May 16, 2011 10:01AM 

# Monday Links 

By George Scoville 

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- [It is false](http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/12/gms-profits-nothing-to-gloat-about/) to assume that GM’s earnings report means the auto bailout was a success.
- [It is false](http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/05/12/top-myths-on-the-u-s-debt-ceiling-crisis/) that, among other things, failing to raise the debt limit means defaulting on our obligations.
- [It is false](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-bandow/getting-osama-bin-laden-t_b_861451.html) that Osama bin Laden’s death means torture is a good idea.
- [It is false](http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/the-perpetually-false-promise-international-institutions-5313) that international institutions can deliver what they say they can deliver.
- [It is false](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/video-highlights/donald-j-boudreaux-discusses-rising-oil-prices-fbns-stossel) that oil speculators are to blame for fluctuating oil prices:

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