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US Offers Deal to Sudan on Terror State Listing

US Offers Deal to Sudan on Terror State Listing The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — President Obama has told Sudan that if it allows a politically sensitive referendum to go ahead in January, and abides by the results, the United States will move to take the country …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 8, 2010

Obama Gets Grilled on Pakistan

Obama Gets Grilled on Pakistan The Washington Post reports : MUMBAI - President Obama was challenged Sunday by an Indian university student to explain his administration's unwavering support for Pakistan, exposing in a single question the central challenge to his goal of …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 8, 2010

Chinese Artist Urges Cameron on Human Rights

Chinese Artist Urges Cameron on Human Rights The Guardian reports : China 's best-known artist, Ai Weiwei , has urged David Cameron to press Beijing on human rights issues this week, as the prime minister leads the largest-ever British delegation to the country. Writing …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 8, 2010

Smart Youth Voters Shunned GOP in Midterms

Republicans had a good election across most of the country, yet still lost heavily amongst young, highly educated voters. Republicans had a good election across most of the country. Yet there are places where the Republicans lost ground - and in these places there are lessons to learn. One such …

Written by Nils August Andresen on Monday November 8, 2010

If GOP Won't Deal, Health Law Won't Change

Without compromise, Obama's health care law will still be in effect in two years. I'm going to get personal here. On the day that health care reform passed its final vote in the House, I posted on my blog a comment titled "Waterloo." I said that the intransigence of Republican leaders had …

Written by David Frum on Monday November 8, 2010

FrumForum's First Blogger Paintball Tournament

The first F F paintball tournament ended in a decisive victory for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. The first Frum Forum invitational paintball tournament ended in a decisive victory for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (ably assisted by ringers Nathaniel Frum and …

Written by David Frum on Sunday November 7, 2010

A Green Agenda for the New GOP Majority

The GOP may need to avoid the Dems' mistake of overreaching, but there are also pragmatic and popular green policies they can implement. Senator Lamar Alexander told the New York Times ’ David Brooks that he’s thinking of putting up pictures of Nancy Pelosi and Henry Waxman in the Republican …

Written by Jim DiPeso on Sunday November 7, 2010

Bloomberg: Newly Elected Reps "Can't Read"

Bloomberg: Newly Elected Reps "Can't Read" Politico reports : Via Katzblog and Kate Lucadamo , Mayor Bloomberg made two interesting comments while doing an interview with the Wall Street Journal from Hong Kong, where he's traveling in his new role as head of C40 Cities, one …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 7, 2010

Noonan Calls Palin a "Nincompoop"

Noonan Calls Palin a "Nincompoop" Peggy Noonan writes : Conservatives talked a lot about Ronald Reagan this year, but they have to take him more to heart, because his example here is a guide. All this seemed lost last week on Sarah Palin, who called him, on Fox, "an actor." She was …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 7, 2010

UN Human Rights Council Takes Aim at US

UN Human Rights Council Takes Aim at U.S. Fox News reports : The United Nations Human Rights Council, a conclave of 47 nations that includes such notorious human rights violators as China, Cuba, Libya and Saudi Arabia, met in Geneva on Friday, to question the United States about …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 7, 2010

Obama Reveals $10 Billion Export Deal in India

Obama Reveals $10B Export Deal in India The LA Times reports : President Obama on Saturday announced a loosening of U.S. restrictions in trade with India and unveiled almost $10 billion in export deals he said could lead to 50,000 American jobs, as he moved quickly to show a …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 7, 2010

Reid Victory Means No Progress on Yucca Mt.

Reid Victory Means No Progress on Yucca Mt. The Daily Beast reports : Majority Leader Harry Reid beat GOP challenger Sharron Angle on Tuesday, helping assure Democratic control of the Senate for the next two years. Unfortunately for U.S. taxpayers, Reid's victory comes with a $40 …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 7, 2010

Hurricane Tomas Barely Misses Haiti

Hurricane Tomas Barely Misses Haiti The LA Times reports : Reporting from Leogane, Haiti — At 6 a.m. Friday, Roseanna Nicolas, 50, heard screams from the road. She looked out her door to see a sheet of tea-colored water streaming down the road. Nicolas, her husband …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 7, 2010

Mexican Drug Kingpin Killed in Battle

Mexican Drug Kingpin Killed in Battle The LA Times reports : Reporting from Mexico City — The Mexican drug kingpin known as "Tony Tormenta," a top leader of the powerful Gulf cartel, was killed Friday in a ferocious gun battle with military forces in the northern border state …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 7, 2010

US News & World Report to Cease Print Edition

US News & World Report to Cease Print Edition ABC News reports : U.S. News & World Report magazine is going to stop sending its monthly print edition to subscribers next year and go mostly online. Brian Kelly, the magazine's editor, outlined the changes in a memo sent to …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 7, 2010

Texas Considers Dropping Medicaid

Texas Considers Dropping Medicaid The New York Times reports : Some Republican lawmakers — still reveling in Tuesday’s statewide election sweep — are proposing an unprecedented solution to the state’s estimated $25 billion budget shortfall: dropping out of the federal Medicaid …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 7, 2010

Saudis Gave US Intel on Parcel Bombers

Saudis Gave US Intel on Parcel Bombers CNN reports : Washington (CNN) -- The United States received intelligence from Saudi Arabia early last month about a possible terror plot involving the use of at least one airplane, a U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN on Saturday. …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 7, 2010

Russian Reporter Beaten, in Coma

Russian Reporter Beaten, in Coma MSNBC reports : MOSCOW — Two unknown men waited for Russian journalist Oleg Kashin to come home and then bludgeoned him on his head, arms and legs. Yet his editor said it was Kashin's mangled hands — with part of one pinky broken off — that showed …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 7, 2010

Somali Pirates Receive Record $12.3m Ransom

Somali Pirates Receive Record $12.3m Ransom BBC reports : Somali pirates are reported to have received a total of $12.3m (£7.6m) in ransom money to release two ships. They are believed to have been paid a record $9.5m (£5.8m) for Samho Dream, a South Korean oil tanker, and …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 7, 2010

MSNBC's Identity Crisis

Keith Olbermann's suspension highlights the trouble with Fox "News" and MSNBC: they pretend to be news organizations but really sell political shock-jock commentary. Keith Olbermann used to be a hell of a journalist. Alongside his best friend Dan Patrick, he put SportsCenter and ESPN on the …

Written by Jeb Golinkin on Saturday November 6, 2010