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Hello and welcome to the Thanksgiving argument settler Gab Fest.

My name is David Plotz.

I'm the editor of Slate.

I'm here with John Dickerson, Slate's senior chief

political correspondent and political director of CBS News. And Emily Bazelon, Slate's senior editor,

joins us from New Haven, where she is probably cooking a turkey even as we speak, because that's

the kind of multitasker Emily Bazelon is... Apple Pie, but I haven't started yet.

That's all you're making is Apple Pie?

I'm not hosting Thanksgiving.

That's all your... I'm not hosting Thanksgiving.

I'm making like seven side dishes and three pies.

You are just a better citizen in person than I am.

Also, your Thanksgiving is local and mine is not.

I eat local.

So it's...

I find local to be a little too dry.

We're going to talk about a bunch of topics today.

We're going to talk about the Super Committee.

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