A baby Asian elephant at the Taronga Zoo, in New South Wales, Australia, learning to play with a ball. See the Elephant Nugget below. From the Daily Mail of the UK.
How to Sound Smart on Thanksgiving (Samuel Jacobs) from the Daily Beast
"From Kate Middleton to the Ireland’s economy, your all-ages conversational guide to impressing your friends and loved ones."
Ahmadinejad's Days Are Numbered (Reza Aslan) from the Daily Beast
"Iranian lawmakers—including former supporters—have moved to impeach President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for law violations that could land him in prison. Reza Aslan reports on the bombastic leader’s flagrant missteps."
Israel Backs Off of Iran - for Now from Politico
"The apparent willingness of the Israelis to postpone a demand for confrontation by months – at least – represents a success for the Obama administration, which has sought to convince Israel that it should give sanctions a chance to work. It also, Israelis said, represents the belief on both sides that Iranian technical difficulties – some of them reportedly the result of a computer virus attributed to Israeli intelligence – have slowed the program"
WHAT a surprise!!
Is China's Competitive Edge Already Eroding? (Megan McArdle) from the Atlantic
"China does manipulate its exchange rate to subsidize exports to the US; and its labor is very cheap. Both of those factors, however, are changing."
USG and PTA (Thomas Friedman) from the New York Times
"If we’re going to get more Americans back to work, we will need more stimulus from the U.S.G. — the U.S. government — from the top down. But we will also need more stimulus from the P.T.A.’s — the Parent Teacher Associations — from the bottom up. The deeper problems fostering unemployment in America today can be summarized in three paragraphs:"
President Obama is Hostage to a Tepid Economic Recovery (Dan Balz) from the Washington Post
"Obama and Vice President Biden, also in Indiana, tempered their optimistic remarks with a dose of reality, mindful that whatever improvements Kokomo is seeing are only a start on the road back for the nation's economic prosperity and may not be matched yet elsewhere."
Tea Party Activists Not Your Average Americans, Could Complicate 2012 for GOP: Poll (Alan Fram) from the Associated Press via the Huffington Post
"Tea party backers fashion themselves as "we the people," but polls show the Republican Party's most conservative and energized voters are hardly your average crowd. According to an Associated Press-GfK Poll this month, 84 percent who call themselves tea party supporters don't like how President Barack Obama is handling his job – a view shared by just 35 percent of all other adults. Tea partiers are about four times likelier than others to back repealing Obama's health care overhaul and twice as likely to favor renewing tax cuts for the highest-earning Americans."
Pres-2012: No Rush to Jump into the 2012 Race for White House from CNN
"Since the midterm elections, at least four national polls in the next race for the White House have been released. But one thing's missing: Candidates."
They're all waiting to see what Sarah does. If she gets in, more than half the field will head for the exit, especially those with Tea Party cred: Huckabee, Gingrich, and Hailey Barbour.
Why Jon Kyl, GOP Leaders Refuse to Make Hard Calls (Peter Beinart) from the Daily Beast
"Republicans want power, but won’t use it to make decisions. Peter Beinart on why Jon Kyl and his fellow leaders refuse to take responsibility—and the danger they put us in."
CT-Sen: Limited 2012 Options for Lieberman from Politico
"Joe Lieberman essentially has two options for 2012: Retire or become a Republican."
If he joins the GOP, he would likely face Linda McMahon in a primary -- and in such a match-up he would LOSE.
ELEPHANT NUGGET!!
Baby 'Pele-phant' Shows Off His Silky Ball Skills from the Daily Mail [of the UK]
"This cute baby elephant shows off his silky skills as he gives a first class demonstration in ball control under the watchful gaze of his proud mother."
CITY ENVIRONMENT NUGGET!!
Glowing Trees to Replace Glowing Lamps in Cities from Discovery News
"Nanoparticles turn a material that normally absorbs light into stuff that emits light."
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