Larwyn's Linx: House Republicans look to set stage for what might be called a strategic retreat

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Nation

GOP looks set to stage what might be called a strategic retreat: Tatler
Huelskamp: If GOP Caves it Will "Anger the Entire Conservative Base": TPNN
Shutdown: Free North Carolina

Obama to Boehner: Drop Dead: Matthew Vadum
The Dangerous Dishonesty of Possible SCOTUS Nominee Pam Karlan: Adams
The Obama-Reid Gamble: Newt Gingrich

Cruz handles Obamabot hecklers effortlessly: Twitchy
Only 2 People Attend 'Obamacare and You!' Event in SC: Daniel Halper
AP: Only 16% of Independents Approve of Obama: TPNN

Economy

Niall Ferguson: Paul Krugman Has Gotten Nearly Everything Wrong: Ace
IRS Cincinnati Employee Staging Hunger Strike to Protest Shutdown: JWF
Thank a Democrat: 9 health insurers exit Nebraska: Fox

Study finds IRS suppression of Tea Party swung 2012 election: Sean Higgins
Obama’s America: 7-Eleven Promoting EBT Pizza: Stephen Beadencup
SpiteHouse: Not just NPS, closures by U.S. Forest Service too: Marathon

Scandal Central

Vicious: Arlington Cemetery Strips Gravesites of Mementos: TPNN
I’m Sure It was a Different Sarah Hall Ingram Who Visited the White House 155 Times: Tatler
IRS, White House officials that shared confidential taxpayer info had 155 meetings: Patrick Howley

Media

Elitist drivel at Business Insider: “Washington should ignore what Americans think”: Poor Richard
Nate Silver: Political Fallout May be Overhyped: Keith Koffler
New Ann Coulter book rages at GOP with 'change or die' them: Paul Bedard

Can This Administration Sink Any Lower?: AWD
Mark Levin at the Values Voter Summit 2013: Scoop
Col. Allen West: Obama Is “Spoiled Brat Child, Pathological Liar”: WZ

World

CIA warned that Snowden was a problem in 2009: Eric Schmitt
2-star in charge of ICBMs fired: AirForceTimes
NSA Staff Whining That President Obama Isn't Defending Them Enough: TechDirt

What the Modern Martyr Should Know: Gates of Vienna
History Rhymes: ObamaCare Website and the Ukrainian Wheat Farmers: Ann Barnhardt
How do you deal with a President who is hell bent on destroying America?: Beck

Sci-Tech

No Good Excuses Exist For the Failure of Obamacare’s Expensive Website: Joshua Sharf
Now ANYONE can search for you on Facebook: No more hidden profiles: Josh Peterson
Cadillac ELR arrives on lots in January, starting at $76,000: Timothy J. Seppala, Engadget

Cornucopia

Stasicare: Shenandoah
The Egg: 1776
1997 Jeep Cherokee - $1750 (Enid, OK ): Craigslist

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QOTD: "Boner Unveils His Old Strategy

• Start a fight
• Give up just before you win
• Get nothing out of it
• Look like a total fool
• Let down your constituents
• Reinforce the dictatorship"

      --Steven Goddard