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A Black And White World

WILLisms (Will Franklin) Twilight Zone Economics — “This election is about taxes and terrorism. On both issues, Democrats want to take us “into another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a not-so-wonderous land of imagination. Next stop, The Twilight Zone.” ”

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) How Dare You Attack Me, And By The Way, Here Are A Couple More Disclosures — “Harry Reid went on offense yesterday … of a sort. Claiming that his failure to properly disclose his partnership with Jay Brown — an attorney with ties to a zoning-commission bribery case and reported links to organized crime — amounted to a Republican plot to make him look dishonest, Reid filed amended disclosures five years after the fact to note the transfer of his properties into his and Brown’s LLCs. His big offensive ground to a halt, though, when he revealed two other land transactions that had never been disclosed, and another mini-scandal erupted involving his use of campaign funds:”

In The Bullpen (Chad Evans) North Korea to Test Second Nuke? — “Following sanctions placed against the North Korean regime this past weekend, sanctions which are aimed at trying to curb the state’s nuclear program and force its hand to re-enter six-party talks, North Korea states those very sanctions are an act of war. Needless to say, North Korea mostly blames the United States for the sanctions imposed, meaning the nation must not have gotten the memo stating the vote was 15-0 in favor of sanctions upon North Korea.”

Wizbang (Lorie Byrd) They Only Win If We Let Them — “When things get rough there are those who whine and moan and assume the fetal position on the bathroom floor, and there are those who roll up their sleeves, get busy and fight until ten minutes after the clock runs out. Which camp are you going to find yourself in from now until Election Day? I can assure you I will be in the latter camp.”

Right Wing Nut House (Rick Moran) REYNOLDISTAS VS. HEWITTONIANS: WHO’S RIGHT? — “Actually, the largest chasm separating voters today is entirely between two rival subsets of Republicans. One group believes that the GOP is toast on election day and actually looks forward to the drubbing the party will take at the polls. The other group rejects the opinion polls entirely and believes that the GOP will somehow find a way to maintain control of both houses of Congress.”