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The WGA Strike
Is About Getting Rich Folks
To Do The Right Thing

Links:
Shocked Leno staffers fired as strike drags on (Reuters)
Jay Leno Faces Writers’ Backlash (Hollywood.com)
Better Late Than Never (PerezHilton)

If You Can’t Rig The
Elections Are You Really
A Good Dictator?

Links:
Venezuela Hands Narrow Defeat to Chávez Plan (NYTimes)
Jubilant Chavez opponents revel in referendum defeat (CNN)
Venezuelans Deny Chávez Additional Authority (WashingtonPost)

h/t to Atrios for the inspiration.

An SEC Team
To Embarass OSU
Two Years In A Row?

Links:
Teams at the top vying for spots in the BCS title game (ESPN)
Ohio St. vs. LSU? Looks like it (CNNSI)
Ohio State Back to No. 1 in A.P. Poll (NYTimes)

The Iowa Race
Is Not Over. Welcome A
Man Named Huckabee

Links:
Huckabee new GOP leader in Iowa Poll (DesMoinesRegister)
The GOP Race: Huge Changes In Iowa (The Corner)
Now’s When It Gets Interesting (TalkingPointsMemo)

More Beacon Fallout
Grow Up Facebook! You’re Not A
Startup Anymore

Links:
Coke Is Holding Off on Sipping Facebook’s Beacon (NYTimes)
NYT: Facebook’s Zuckerberg Lied To Us; Coke: Ditto (Silicon Alley Insider)

In Rudy’s Back Yard:
Obama Meets With Bloomberg.
Who Asked Who To Veep?

Links:
Obama, Bloomberg hold mystery meeting (CNN)
Bloomberg And Obama Breakfast In Midtown (Gawker)
Obama, Bloomberg Hold Mystery Breakfast Meeting (WCBSTV)

Rudy And Judy
Sitting In A Tree Driven
By NYPD

Links:
Giuliani’s Mistress Used N.Y. Police as Taxi Service (ABC NEWS)
City Said to Have Paid Bills as Giuliani Affair Began (NYTimes)
Giuliani’s Campaign Dismisses Report That NYC Taxpayers Footed Bill for Resort Expenses (AP)

You Couldn’t Find A
Wii Last Christmas. Guess What?
Not This Year Either

Links:
Why You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Wii (Wired)
Nintendo Have New Customers, Old Strategies (Kotaku)
Why You Can’t Find A Wii for Christmas (Slashdot)

The New Kitt’s A Ford
When Did They Decide To Make
A New Night Rider?

Links:
Exclusive First Pictures of KITT From The New Knight Rider TV Series: Yes, It’s a Shelby GT500KR (Jalopnik)

In Sean Taylor’s Death
The Police Have No Suspects
A Random Event?

Links:
Police remain without suspect in Taylor’s shooting death (Espn.com)
Slain NFL star a ‘homebody,’ girlfriend says (Cnn.com)

Is She Or Isn’t
She? And Is J.D. Rotem
Just Pranking The Tabs?

Links:
Britney’s pregnancy: In Touch sets the record straight (InTouchWeekly)
Maybe He Was Just JOKING???? (Perez Hilton)
Who Shot, J.R.? Mag Texts with Rotem on Brit Baby (TMZ)

Fed To Cut Rates Soon?
So The Dow Hopes. Naive. And
Too Optimistic.

U.S. stocks rally on thoughts of another rate cut (Marketwatch)
Stocks Surge, Despite Dour Economic Signs (CNBC)

Bush finally tries!
Peace talks: Israel and the
Palestinians

Framework Set by Palestinians and Israelis for Peace Talks (NyTimes)

Another Down Dow-
Sub-Prime Mortgages Can Mean
No One’s Bank Is Safe

She Can’t See Her Kids.
Who Knew K-Fed Was The More
Sane One Of The Two?

Judge Temporarily Strips Britney of Custody (People)
Britney Loses Custody of Kids (E! Online)