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It's that time of year again! Thanksgiving is over, Black Friday and a weekend of deals have passed. Now on to Cyber Monday -- and the deals are better than ever! Like last year, I'm leading a team of more than 50 people from around the country who have worked relentlessly to track down the biggest and best deals and they're all in one place today.
Before you start saving, here are four important points:
1) We do not make a dime from any deal or for mentioning any store. This is is a 100% volunteer effort to save you money.
2) Items will sell out, prices will change and stores will discontinue offers. If a coupon reflects one price, and the store says another, all retailers have the final say. 
3) All retailers have been tested repeatedly by us, all links are secure and one store we're giving a second chance is under new management. 
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A reminder this station does not make a dime from any deal nor are any of these paid products. The only purpose of this series is to save you money.
*Cyber Monday "Doorbusters"*
70% Off Klipsch Headphone w/In-Line Control + Mic + Free Shipping
Was: $50
Now: $14.99
Cyber Monday Deals On Portable Wireless Bluetooth Speakers
80% Off iCreation Bluetooth Handset iPhone Dock + Free Shipping
Was: $249.99
Now: $49.99
**Deal now active at this link alongside video of me testing product
74% Off Remote Control Helicopters + Free Shipping
Was: $69.99
Now: $17.99
**Deal now active at this link alongside video of me testing product
70% off IT Luggage Sacramento 22ʺ Carry-On Spinner + Free Shipping
Was: $200
Now: $59
76% off Dawgs Women's 9ʺ Cozy Boots - Assorted Colors + Free Shipping
Was: $80
Now: $19
46% off Shark SE400 Pro Lite Steam Pocket Mop + Free Shipping
Was: $130
Now: $69
Cyber Monday Special Discounts On Comforter Sets + Free Shipping
Was: (at least) $100
Now: (Twin) $27
(Full/Queen) $30
(King) $33
TOCCs Bluetooth Neckband Headset Earbuds + Free Shipping (limited supply)
Was: $109
Now: $20
Up To 31% off Zoomer & Robotic Toys + Extra 20% Off + Free Shipping
78% Off 16 x 20 Canvas Photo Prints + Free Shipping
Was: $116.23
Now: $25
78% Off 18 x 24 Canvas Photo Prints + Free Shipping
Was: $135.06
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*Electronics*
42% Off RCA 7" Tablet 8GB + Free Store Pickup
Was: $69.99
Now: $44.99
$20 off Asus 15.6" Laptop + Free Shipping
Was: $249.99
Now: $229.99
39% off Toshiba Satellite Laptop Bundle + Free Shipping
Was: $394.96
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28% off Toshiba 13.3ʺ Chromebook + Free Messenger Bag + Free Shipping
Was: $279.99
Now: $199.99
$120 off HP Pavilion 15z Laptop + Free Shipping
Was: $499.99
Now: $379.99
$130 off Samsung 40ʺ 1080p HDTV + Free Shipping
Was: $429.99
Now: $299.99
59% off Lenovo 21.5ʺ All-in-One Desktop + Free Shipping
Was: $699.99
Now: 400.99
$250 Off Amazon Fire Phone 32GB Unlocked + Free Prime + Free Shipping
Was: $449.00
Now: $199.00
**Also available as a $0.00 option with AT&T contract, unlocked phone works with many carriers.
21% off Amazon Fire HD 7 Tablet + Free Shipping
Was: $139.99
Now: $109
*Fashion*
Up to 30% off Uggs + Free Overnight Shipping on any order
57% off Men's Eddie Bauer Quest 150 Fleece Full-Zip Jacket + Free Shipping
Was: $70
Now: $29
57% off Womens Eddie Bauer Quest 150 Fleece Full-Zip Jacket + Free Shipping
Was: $70
Now $29
50% off any order at Express + Free Shipping
40% off any order at Reebok
25% off any order at Bloomingdale's + Free Shipping
35% off any Crocs order
Up to 50% off The North Face Clothing & Outerwear + Free Shipping
40% off Regular Price at Land's End + Free Shipping
40% off any order at American Eagle + Free Shipping
30% off any order at Kate Spade + Free Shipping
Up to 60% off Nike Running Shoes + Free Shipping
46% off Michael Kors Fulton Large Crossbody + Free Shipping
Was: $188
Now: $99.99
40% off any order at Old Navy
40% off any order at The Gap
*Beauty/Personal Care*
Sephora Black Friday/Cyber Monday $10 Beauty Deals
50% Off Any Order At The Body Shop + Free Gift Over $50
*Home Items*
58% off Oversized Down Throw + Free Shipping
Was: $119.99
Now: $49
Up to 74% off Expressions Down Alternative Blanket Full/Queen + Free Shipping
Was: $70
Now: $17.99
Up to 74% off Expressions Down Alternative Blanket Full/Queen + Free Shipping
Was: $70
Now: $19.99
20% off any order at World Market
20% off any order at Kohl's Cyber Monday Sale
Extra 15% off Macy's Cyber Monday + 2-Day Specials + Free Shipping On Orders Over $50
40% Dyson DC39 Animal Plus Cannister Vacuum w/ Bonus Attachment + Free Shipping
Was: $449.99
Now: $269
42% off Dyson DC33 Multi-Floor Bagless Vacuum + Free Shipping
Was: $349.99
Now: $199.99
*Chef's Corner*
$80 Off Wusthof 8 Piece Knife Set + Free Shipping
Was: $130
Now: $49.99
$35 Off Jaccard Meat Tenderizer & Meat Marinater + Free Shipping
Was: $75
Now: $39.99
40% off Wusthof Precision Edge 2-Stage Knife Sharpener + Free Shipping
Was: $39.99
Now: $16.99
$50 Off Wusthof Classic 6" Chef's Knife + Free Shipping
Was: $99.99
Now: $49.99
66% off Cuisinart DLC6 Food Processor (8-Cup, Chrome)
Was: $149.99
Now: $49.99
42% off Keurig K45 Single Serve Brewer + Bonus K-Cups + Free Shipping
Was: $179.99
Now: $99.99
*Gift Cards*
Restaurant.com Cyber Monday $25 for $3
Was: $25
Now: $3
25% off iTunes Cards + Email Delivery - Just Sold Out
Was: $100
Now: $75


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Homeland recap: season four, episode eight – Halfway to a Donut

‘Carrie has no real option but to let the Taliban take Saul, but it doesn't make the act of doing it any less unpleasant.’ Photograph: Twentieth Century Fox/Ilze Kitshoff/Showtime
Spoiler alert: This blog is for people watching Homeland series four. Don’t read on if you haven’t seen season four, episode eight
Read the episode seven blog here.
‘There are only wrong choices’
A taut hour of spy games shot through with moral complexity and character-driven drama – Halfway to a Donut is the strongest episode of Homeland we’ve seen in quite some time, and certainly the best of the post-Brody era. It’s also, not coincidentally, the first time in a long while that Homeland has properly used its other great central relationship, Carrie and Saul.
In Homeland’s early seasons, that pairing – Saul as the bruised mentor, Carrie as the self-destructive mentee – felt no less watchable than the relationship between Carrie and Brody. So I’ve been quite disappointed by the lack of screen time between Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin lately, with it limited largely to Carrie and Saul briskly meeting in corridors. Perhaps the show has been deliberately keeping them apart, figuring that doing so would make tonight’s standout scene even more powerful.
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison and Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson.Photograph: Kent Smith/PR
If that was the intention then it worked a treat. Watching Carrie desperately try to dissuade Saul from putting a gun to his temple as the Taliban moved ever nearer was stomach-churningly tense and desperately sad. We knew from the episode’s outset that Saul wouldn’t willingly play the role of a bargaining chip for Haqqani. His attack on the guard who spotted him dangling from the ceiling looked like pure opportunism to me. He wasn’t hanging himself as some clever stunt to escape: he was hanging himself because he would rather die than have six Taliban leaders released from prison.
For a moment, I genuinely thought Carrie would fail. That she didn’t underlined the closeness of their bond, with Saul’s implicit trust of Carrie winning through. Of course, this being Homeland, there was an added complication: Carrie didn’t actually lead Saul to safety, as she promised him she would; instead, she allowed him to be recaptured by the Taliban.
A number of critics have drawn parallels between Carrie’s decision-making and America’s larger conduct in the Middle East: every decision she makes, even the ones that are, on paper, sound, have unpleasant or unintended consequences. That’s certainly true here. Carrie has no real option but to let the Taliban take Saul, but it doesn’t make the act of doing it any less unpleasant, especially with Saul screaming “you fucking lied” down the phone at her. Which isn’t to say that Homeland is providing some sympathetic defence of the US here – at times this season the show has been truly damning in its assessments, Drone Queen birthday cakes and all – but rather that ultimately it is an intractable situation. There are, as Carrie says, only wrong choices.
It doesn’t help when the people you’re supposedly working with are quietly plotting to undermine your efforts. A separate conflict was taking place down the corridor from the control room as the ISI officials faced down against Lockhart and Ambassador Boyd. Lockhart is at his best when he’s in attack mode and here he briefly thought he had an upper hand, before it was snuffed out with the realisation that the ISI had already told the Taliban where Saul was. “I was really looking forward to telling those people to go fuck themselves. But I don’t see that happening now,” Lockhart said, gloomily.
Aasar Khan tells Carrie about Dennis’s treachery. Photograph: Twentieth Century Fox/David Bloomer/Showtime
Still, Carrie does now at least know who switched her pills, after Khan revealed Dennis’s treachery to her in a Tinker Tailor-style meeting in the car park. Our former suspicions of Khan have subsided a little: he’s aware of the ISI’s nefarious acts but doesn’t seem to be actively involved in them. The same can’t be said of Dennis, who is knee-deep in murk. How will Carrie deal with him? You’d expect her to force him to play the role of triple agent, though that has its own risks. Dennis is far less discreet than he thinks and poker-faced Tasneem is as shrewd as they come.
Notes and observations
• “Halfway to a donut” was how Dennis described a balushahi, a Pakistani delicacy. Not quite sure how that plays into the episode title. Anyone have any theories?
• One minor reservation in an otherwise strong episode: that line about Saul “ending up with his head in a basket like James Foley” felt quite crass.


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