Al Qaeda vs. Yemen’s government: “They have called for a tribal rebellion against Saleh. The attack could be an assassination attempt on President Saleh. It could be a Western embassy or some other target in Yemen.” The pollster is not the problem. The web makes the black market smoother in Cuba. Tyler Cowen: Why the naughts were not so bad. Oops: Iran soccer chief apologizes for acknowledging existence of Israel. “At one point your pool asked if the first family was ready to go back to the mainland. ‘No!’ Was the group response, led by POTUS.” Colorado AG: “The U.S. Constitution and related case law bar Congress from arbitrarily funding or taxing the states differently. Any differences must have a rational basis. It is our opinion that the ‘Nebraska Compromise’ has no rational basis.” Good news: “President Obama’s chief counterterrorism adviser on Sunday defended the administration’s decision to try in federal court the man charged with attempting to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day and indicated that he would be offered a plea agreement to persuade him to reveal what he knows about al-Qaeda operations in Yemen.” Update: Fannie and Freddie still bleeding your money, and a Christmas Eve change by the administration means it’ll lose a whole lot more. Republican retirement in S.C. means Republicans are defending more open seats than Dems.
