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Egyptian 'Democracy' in Action

Egyptian Islamists continue efforts to drag their nation back in time:

Hamas Gleeful After Terrorist Bombs Bus in Tel Aviv

Speculation of a potential cease fire in Gaza took a major blow with news of a terrorist bombing a bus in Tel Aviv, Israel. Even worse was the response from Hamas:

Back Chat With David Frum

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Republicans Have a Size Problem

Jeb Golinkin thinks the GOP's fallback to platitudes and ideology is shameful:

Easy on the Austerity!

Jed Graham cautions against unnecessarily swift recession at Investor's Business Daily.

Egypt Scores a Big Loan

Not all Middle East negotiations are unsuccessful.

'Barack O'Fraudo'

Pro tip for Dean Chambers: When you completely embarrass yourself by declaring the polls to be "skewed" (they weren't), call out Nate Silver for being potentially gay (as if it would impact his analysis), and beclown yourself all over the national scene, don't follow up such a performace by setting up a website declaring the election stolen by voter fraud.

Leading Writer of Snark Laments Internet Snark

I think Pareene is just trolling with this essay in The New Republic.

Tell Me How This Ends

Your disconcerting game of the day comes via the Truman National Security Project. I'd say "enjoy," but you won't. Play it anyway to understand the difficulties of our present situation.

Palestinian Reconciliation? Not So Fast

Michael Koplow drops a doozy of a line about Hamas: "It seems increasingly clear to me that Hamas moderation belongs in the same category as the yeti and the Loch Ness monster; its existence has long been rumored and many have claimed to have spotted it but no proof of it actually exists."