Friday link dump: Blago will be received in Graceland

• Oh no! Gwen Ifill invited one Democrat and Republican Rick Lazio on to PBS to politely debate "The Ground Zero Mosque" and a cable news argument broke out! How could she have possibly predicted such a thing would happen?
• Speaking of Rick Lazio, he is a scumbag.
• The Senate GOP is obstructing a package of business tax credits.
• Great moments in newspaper editor's notes, Barney Frank is gross edition.
• Israel has two hours left to strategically strike Goldman Sachs.
• Did you read that Times story on how The Kids Today are slackers who refuse to grow up? Yes, well, some important context was missing.
• Rod Blagojevich's storage facility auctioned off some of his Elvis memorabilia.

Alex Pareene

Alex Pareene writes about politics for Salon and is the author of "The Rude Guide to Mitt." Email him at apareene@salon.com and follow him on Twitter @pareene

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