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MEGAN MCARDLE ON AUTO BAILOUT TALK: “By far the most optimistic estimates in the financial community…

by Glenn Reynolds on 11/20/2008 3:11:48 AM

MEGAN MCARDLE ON AUTO BAILOUT TALK: “By far the most optimistic estimates in the financial community come from the people who have virtually no dealings with Congress. Anyone who does, recognizes that this is not going to be bridge financing towards a massive restructuring. I’d wager e... Continue »

ILYA SOMIN:  ”Polls routinely show that most Americans give very low approval ratings to Congress…

by Glenn Reynolds on 11/20/2008 2:52:58 AM

ILYA SOMIN:  ”Polls routinely show that most Americans give very low approval ratings to Congress as a whole, but give much higher ratings to their own representatives. Count me among the minority that would give an even lower rating to their own representative than Congress as a whole. That&#... Continue »

Stream Chinese Democracy

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 1:04:56 AM

MySpace has it up now. Hurrah. Continue »

eHarmony forced to offer same-sex dating services

by Michelle Malkin on 11/20/2008 12:59:14 AM

So, this is “progress?” [...] Read the rest » Continue »

Zawahiri: Obama is the anti-Malcolm X

by Juan Cole on 11/20/2008 12:09:00 AM

Ayman al-Zawahiri attacked Barack Obama in a video released on the internet on Tuesday. Fox News reprinted the whole transcript here. I'm a little bit confused by this step, since I thought the US networks had agreed under pressure from Bush only to carry excerpts from al-Qaeda, and the US elite ha... Continue »

Parliament Session on Security Agreement Interrupted by Altercation

by Juan Cole on 11/20/2008 12:08:00 AM

Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that the Iraq parliament's Committee on Security and Defense voted in favor of the Iraqi-US security agreement. That committee is headed by Hadi al-Amiri, the leader of the Badr Organization (the paramilitary wing of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq). Badr's willingnes... Continue »

BARACK OBAMA’S ONE-STOP SHOP for foreign-policy advisors….

by Glenn Reynolds on 11/19/2008 10:58:43 PM

BARACK OBAMA’S ONE-STOP SHOP for foreign-policy advisors. Continue »

That 25 Minutes Of 'Star Trek XI' Footage

by Nikki Finke on 11/19/2008 10:28:35 PM

Faithful readers of DHD know I don't do geek. And this is not yet another site that reviews movies badly. Instead, we do the biz of the Biz here. So, with that in mind, I asked my geek expert Luke Y Thompson to attend today's unveiling by J.J. Abrams of 25 minutes of Star Trek XI footage for opinion... Continue »

ANNOUNCING the National Book Awards….

by Glenn Reynolds on 11/19/2008 10:26:51 PM

ANNOUNCING the National Book Awards. Continue »

RNC Chair Race: Don Wildmon Endorses Katon Dawson

by Marc Ambinder on 11/19/2008 10:21:40 PM

American Family Association founder Don E. Wildmon has endorsed South Carolina Republican Party head Katon Dawson's RNC chairman's bid.In an e-mail sent to supporters today, Wildmon writes that "if the Republican Party is to survive, it must get back to its roots. I believe that Katon Dawson...has t... Continue »