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Must read: “When the protests broke out here, Mehdi Moradani answered the call to crush them. On the first day of the unrest, the 24-year-old volunteer member of Iran’s paramilitary Basij force mounted his motorcycle and chased reformist protesters through the streets, shouting out the names of Shiite saints as he revved his engine.”

“We must let it work the way it’s supposed to, with the understanding that in any recession, unemployment tends to recover more slowly than other measures of economic activity,” said Obama in his recorded weekend address, insisting the plan “was not designed to work in four months. It was designed to work over two years.”

HuffPo’s contradictions: “While it wants to be taken seriously, much of its traffic is driven by entertainment and sex. While it ridicules mainstream media, it relies on it for much of its content–even Froomkin used to describe his White House Watch column as ‘annotated and opinionated daily anthology.’” White House mouthpieces rock.

What is it that makes blonde ex-Gator cheerleader Erin Andrews so beloved? She’s not the prettiest or funniest sideline reporter, but by knowing her stuff and genuinely enjoying her job, Andrews has realized a degree of girl-next-door awe such that the entire sports community held their breath after she was struck by a foul ball.