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Friday, June 17, 2011

The Morning Scoop - Exclusive: Paul Ryan's Shrewd Budget Payday

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JUNE 17, 2011

Paul Ryan's Shrewd Budget Payday

The congressman stands to make money from his stakes in four businesses that lease land to energy companies that would benefit from $45 billion in tax breaks and subsidies in his proposed budget. The Daily Beast's Daniel Stone reports.

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Assad's Cousin Resigns

Next step, Bashar. The cousin of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad announced that he is quitting business and entering charity work, according to Syrian television. Rami Makhlouf is Syria's most powerful businessman, a confidant of his cousin the president, and hated by protesters. Makhlouf reportedly intends to sell his communications, construction, oil, and other businesses and donate the profits to charity. The move was seen as an attempt to appease protesters, but even if purely symbolic, it is a surprising concession from the regime.

Read it at The New York Times

Pentagon: Don't End Surge Till 2012

With President Obama's promised July troop drawdown nearing, the Pentagon is requesting that the surge continue until Fall 2012. The military wants a large number of the extra 33,000 soldiers, sent in December 2009, to remain in Afghanistan through the next two fighting seasons. The U.S. has about 100,000 troops in Afghanistan, and outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates says only a "small fraction" will remain after December 2014.

Read it at The Wall Street Journal

NSA Teams Up With Internet Carriers

The National Security Agency is working with Internet-service providers to figure out how to stop cyberattacks like the ones that have recently hit defense contractors and government agencies. The NSA is providing Internet carriers with data on suspicious network behavior and malicious code signatures that the carriers can use to scan traffic going to 15 major contractors. The collaboration capitalizes on the Internet carriers' superior ability to monitor large volumes of traffic. It's also intended to allay privacy concerns, because the government itself isn't monitoring private-sector traffic. Civil-liberties advocates are worried that a provision in the White House's recent cybersecurity proposal would open the door to cooperative surveillance by the public and private sector.

Read it at The Washington Post

Weiner's Successor Gets Raw Deal

There is a good chance that whoever takes over for Anthony Weiner will end up a lame duck. Weiner's congressional district, which covers Brooklyn and Queens, may disappear as a result of the 2010 census. New York is set to lose two House seats, and it was widely assumed that Weiner's district could be absorbed into adjoining districts to help shore up Democratic incumbents. The winner of the upcoming special election will serve out the rest of Weiner's term until 2012, and would then be expected to step aside. One Democratic consultant said, "There is very little precedent that I can think of that someone is agreeing to be both a placeholder and not seek that office if they get redistricted out."

Read it at The New York Times

Greece Names New Finance Minister
As France and Germany meet to prevent default.

Saudi Women Drive in Protest
Tour capital in violation of ban.

Strauss-Kahn Claimed Immunity
Tried to avoid arrest on sexual-attack charges.

U.S. Will 'Capture and Kill' Zawahiri
Bin Laden replacement deemed not as qualified.

Romney Ribbed for 'Unemployed' Joke
Tried to sympathize with jobless Floridians.

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How the Dems Toppled Weiner
by Patricia Murphy

The sexting congressman refused to resign, but Nancy Pelosi had other ideas. Patricia Murphy on how the party leaders forced out the man who'd become a national embarrassment.

Weinergate: Men Will Always Cheat
by Kay Hymowitz
So what's the difference now? From Anthony Weiner to Eliot Spitzer, it's the public shaming on behalf of the women they've betrayed.

15 Hottest Books For Dad
by Malcolm Jones & Jimmy So
You'll find plenty of advice out there when it comes to which E-reader to get your dad. But when it comes to what to put on those devices, things get murky. We're here to help. Here are some books dad will love.

BREAKING NEWS: Suspect in Custody in Pentagon Suspicious-Device Probe

Man arrested, all major roads around Pentagon closed as investigation widens into planting of suspicious devices in Arlington, Va. Police say suspect may have had explosive materials in a backpack. Press conference planned within the hour. WATCH LIVE on Fox News Channel and FoxNews.com

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[Kelsey Timmerman] TOMS shoes: half-assed aid & a bad deal???

Kelsey Timmerman has posted a new item, 'TOMS shoes: half-assed aid & a bad
deal???'

I've written about the problem with TOMS and their critics and about TOMS
recent big announcement: selling sunglasses.

Courtney Martin, author of Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists,
takes the TOMS criticism to the glossy pages of the American Prospect magazine
and even quotes me in the process:
Others argue that it's important [...]

You may view the latest post at
http://whereamiwearing.com/2011/06/17/toms-shoes-half-assed-aid-a-bad-deal/

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BREAKING NEWS: President Saleh will not return to Yemen

President Ali Abdullah Saleh will not return to Yemen from Saudi Arabia, where he is being treated for wounds sustained during an attack on his palace, a senior Saudi official said Friday.

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