Friday's Daily Brief

Friday, March 16, 2012 New iPad Hits Stores Around The World POLITICS AARP Plans Secret 'Salon' With Social Security Opponents WORLD North Korea To Launch Long-Range Rocket WORLD Activists: Clashes Near Syrian Capital BUSINESS 6 Months Later, What Has The Occupy Movement Achieved? GREEN Groups Sue EPA Over Giant Gulf 'Dead Zone' BLOG POSTS Geoffrey Dunn: "God's Will"?: Sarah Palin's Secret Plot to Capture the White House in 2012 Anyone who has watched Sarah Palin closely in recent months can only marvel at the "magical thinking" she embraces with respect to the potential outcome of the Republican Party primary for president. It's clear that Palin still has her sights set on the White House for 2012. Robert Reich: Why Republicans Aren't Mentioning the Real Cause of Rising Prices at the Gas Pump The rise in gas prices has almost nothing to do with energy policy. It has everything to do with America's continuing failure to adequately regulate Wall Street. But don't hold your breath waiting for Republicans to tell the truth. William Brown: A Conversation With Governor Christie: "Damn, Man, I'm the Governor! Could You Just Shut Up?" There is no doubt that Governor Chris Christie publicly humiliated me. But on the positive side, for a few days, the whole nation learned about the pleas of the small Rutgers campus in Camden, New Jersey. Martha Burk: What's at Stake for Women 2012: An Interview With Nancy Pelosi "[Republicans] run against me because I'm effective. They came in massively against us because they feared what we were trying to do for women and men in the workplace -- and it has an impact." Noel Gallagher: Tales From the Middle of Nowhere (Vol. 2): European Highlights Outside my gig they have A LOT of bootleg t-shirt stalls. I had to drive through them to get to the backstage area bit upon where I saw many, many T-shirts bearing my name and face etc. Right in the middle of one particular stall though was a T-shirt that simply said... "SEXY BITCH!"

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