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She Does Not Speak for Me By / Opinion Journal — Permalink I lost a son in Iraq and Cindy Sheehan does not speak for me. I grieve with Mrs. Sheehan, for all too well I know the full measure of the agony she is forever going to endure. I honor her son for his service and sacrifice. | |
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Michelle Malkin: Ronald Griffin, a grieving parent who supports the war, talks back to Mrs. Sheehan in the Wall Street Journal. Brendan Nyhan: The battle of grieving parents over Iraq — The Wall Street Journal ran the inevitable op-ed from a grieving parent... Betsy Newmark: Ronald R. Griffin has a moving essay in the Wall Street Journal about how he feels as the father of a son who died fighting in Iraq. |
Mcq: Sheehan doesn't speak for many — In today's Opinion Journal, Ronald Griffin makes note of many who've lost sons and daughters in Iraq who don't agree with Sheehan at all. John Hawkins: Not In Hawaii" "The Economist: A New Report From The International Monetary Fund Says That Iraq's Economic Growth Is... Gateway Pundit: St. Louis "Cindy Protests" a Bust — In today's Wall Street Opinion Journal there is a piece titled, "She Does Not... |
| Also: Cori Dauber, Marc @USSNeverdock, Pejman Yousefzadeh, Larry Kudlow, Dean Esmay, Anthony Dick | |
In U.S. heartland, anxiety over Iraq, oil By / Reuters — Permalink BROKEN BOW, Nebraska (Reuters) - In the solidly Republican state of Nebraska, voters are expressing deep anxiety about rising gasoline prices and the war in Iraq, a possible early warning sign for President George W. Bush in one of his most reliable strongholds. | |
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Ezra Klein: But we've heard all about that lately — hell, even Chuck Hagel's saying it. Now I want to hear the best arguments from the other side. Atrios: Dovish Left — Welcomes veteran Chuck Hagel.Hagel, a Vietnam veteran, acknowledged the U.S. military presence was becoming harder and harder to justify. Taegan Goddard: Quote of the Day — [snipped quote] — Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), quoted by Reuters, on the Bush administration's Iraq policy. |
Chris Andersen: And then where will we be? There are already rumblings of this happening (Link courtesy this dKos post). Kevin Drum: MORE WITHDRAWAL NOISES....I know that Chuck Hagel has been critical of our Iraq policy for a while, but has he now decided to endorse withdrawal as our only option? Cookie Jill: senator chuck hagel lincoln office 294 federal building 100 centennial mall north, lincoln, ne 68508 tel: (402) 476-1400 fax: (402) 476-0605 |
COLONEL TELLS OF SICKENING SPY BLUNDER: 'WE HAD' ATTA & DID NOTHING New York Post — Permalink August 18, 2005 — A veteran Army intelligence officer said yesterday the elite military intelligence unit known as Able Danger might have been able to prevent the 9/11 attacks — if it had been allowed to alert the FBI that Mohamed Atta was living in the country. | |
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John Cole: More Able Danger More on the Able Danger saga in the NY Post today: A veteran Army intelligence officer said... John @PowerLine: Able Danger Update — Deborah Orin interviewed Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer yesterday, and has the latest on the Able Danger story. John Podhoretz: PARTIAL VINDICATION ON THE MEMORY QUESTION — In today's edition of my paper, the New York Post (yes, you have to... |
Tom Maguire: In his latest interview in the NY Post, Lt. Col. Shaffer tells us that, like Rep. Curt Weldon, he didn't know that Able... Captain Ed: Deborah Orin continues her coverage of Able Danger, rivalling that of the cross-town Times which initially broke the... Kevin Drum: Today, Shaffer says he thinks a few others will go public too: "A naval officer has also told reporters that he alerted the 9/11 commission about Able Danger but was ignored. |
| Also: Andy McCarthy | |
al-Qaida Leader in Saudi Arabia Killed By / AP — Permalink (08-18) 05:28 PDT RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Al-Qaida's leader in Saudi Arabia was killed Thursday during clashes with police in the western city of Medina, the Interior Ministry said. | |
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Captain Ed: Another 72-Virgins Moment In Saudi Arabia — Saudi security forces found and killed another al-Qaeda leader in the desert kingdom today. James Joyner: Saudi Arabia Al-Qaeda Head Killed — Saleh Mohammed al-Aoofi, head of al Qaeda's Saudi Arabia operation, was killed by... Larry Kudlow: More Good News — In the 'eventually getting to them' department: Saudi police killed the head the of the Saudi Arabian arm of al-Quaeda. |
Jeff Goldstein: al-Qaeda Leader in Saudi Arabia Killed — From the AP: [snipped quote] Gee. Where in Saudi Arabia will they ever find a replacement terrorist...? Andy McCarthy: BREAKING: HEAD OF AL QAEDA IN SAUDI ARABIA KILLED — From AP: "Police raids touched off fierce gunbattles Thursday... |
Funding of Palestinian Propaganda By U.N. 'Unacceptable,' Bolton Says New York Sun — Permalink The United Nations' funding of a Palestinian Arab propaganda campaign timed to coincide with Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip has increased tensions between the U.N. and American officials. | |
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Mcq: Oh wait, we're talking about the non-partisan UN, aren't we? Betsy Newmark: John Bolton is on the job and already bashing the UN. Alcibiades @KesherTalk: But I've got to say, on a day like today, day 4 of the Disengagement, and before the Palestinians have done the first... |
Joe Gandelman: Bolton Fires First Key UN Broadside — UN Ambassador John Bolton has rolled up his moustache sleeves and is at work at... Ted Belman: Bolton quick out of the starting gate — Funding of Palestinian Propaganda By U.N. Scott @PowerLine: Amabassador Bolton at work — Jacob Gershman follows up on his story yesterday regarding UN funding of PLO/Hamas... |
| Also: Kathryn Jean Lopez | |
Fetal Tissue Heals Burns By / WaPo — Permalink An experimental therapy that uses skin cells grown from an aborted fetus successfully healed severe burns in eight children, sparing them the need for skin grafts, according to a study published today. | |
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Jan Haugland: Fetal tissue used to treat burn victims — This treatment will certainly raise some objections: An experimental therapy... Steve Bainbridge: Using Fetal Tissue for Humanitarian Purposes — Hugh Hewitt comments on a WaPo article reporting that tissue from... Lindsay Beyerstein: Fetal tissue heals burns — They've got a real culture of life in Switzerland. |
Jesse Taylor: In a post attempting to create issues with the discovery that fetal tissue has been discovered to heal burns in children... Hugh Hewitt: Fetal Tissue Heals Burns Tests Show Treatment Led to Normal Skin Regrowth What if "tests show" that the only fetal tissue that works is ninth month fetal tissue? |
U.S. 'Will Not Relent' in Iraq, Cheney Tells Veterans Group By / WaPo — Permalink Vice President Cheney declared yesterday that the United States "will not relent" in the war in Iraq and will hunt down insurgents there "one at a time if necessary," implicitly rebutting escalating pressure on the Bush administration to bring U.S. troops home. | |
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Pudentilla: cheney (foal) promises more dead soldiers — [snipped quote] as the father of a lesbian, mr. cheney, is of course,... |
Joe @AmericaBlog: Cheney: We'll get em one at a time — So, why don't you and the Cowboy suit up and head to Iraq to hunt the insurgents down "one at a time"? |
Sheehan and the Antiwar Movement By / WaPo — Permalink Can Bush foes turn Cindy Sheehan into the symbol of a nascent antiwar movement? This is a growing question as Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, has been the focus of increasing media attention. Sheehan has been camping out at President Bush 's ranch in Crawford, Texas to protest the war in Iraq. | |
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Garance Franke-Ruta: I see NRO is reporting that ABC is confirming the Cindy Sheehan letter; Sheehan is saying some friend of hers with his... Jim Romenesko: Milbank: Sheehan protested outside WP because of my story — Washington Post The Post's Dana Milbank on Cindy Sheehan:... |
Oliver @LiquidList: Politics/Media: Milbank — Three hours after Dana Milbank's online chat today at Washingtonpost.com, I am still wondering about this exchange: "Raleigh, N.C. |
Is Sheehan a Spark or a Flicker? By / WaPo — Permalink Is Cindy Sheehan the spark igniting an antiwar movement that threatens the Bush presidency? Or is she just an over-hyped flicker that will be extinguished with the next turn of the news cycle? The White House is counting on it being the latter. | |
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Tim Cavanaugh: The only real question is whether this story is winding down or just getting started. Lambert @Corrente: Ah! The "noble cause" is the flypaper theory! |
Garrett M. Graff: VandeHei On D.C. Incest — Dan Froomkin points out Jim VandeHei's surprisingly candid (in places) chat yesterday about White House coverage. |
Pope seeks immunity in Texas abuse case AP — Permalink VATICAN CITY — Lawyers for Pope Benedict XVI have asked President Bush to declare the pontiff immune from liability in a lawsuit that accuses him of conspiring to cover up the molestation of three boys by a seminarian in Texas, court records show. | |
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Michael @AmericaBlog: Pope Wants Immunity In US For Hiding Crime Of Molesting Boys — According to AP, Pope Benedict is asking the White House... Greg @TheTalentShow: God's Consigliere — Pope Ratzo's looking for a "get out of jail free" card (via DailyKos) : [snipped quote] I guess it's... |
DeDurkheim: According to a report in the Chicago Sun Times, lawyers for the new Pope are asking for Mr. Bush (I am trying to... |
What the Presbyterian Church (USA) Has in Common With al-Qaida By / Newhouse News — Permalink Can't — he's compost now. But when he was alive he wasn't shouldering aside old ladies to make morning Mass; McVeigh was one of those pathetic Aryan pagans who would have beat up Jesus for his dusky hue. What about that abortion bomber guy, Eric Rudolph? | |
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TheAnchoress: I'm uncomfortable with the Jews being forced to leave Gaza, for several reasons, partly because it seems to be so easy, these days, to simply blame Jews. Alcibiades @KesherTalk: False, yes, but potent! Lileks had an absolutely must-read-screed last week against those disinvestin' Presbyterians. |
Hugh Hewitt: Lileks on My Presbyterians — I was at sea when James targeted my denomination. Well done, James. Glenn Reynolds: JAMES LILEKS has thoughts on the Presbyterian Church (USA). [snipped quote] Odd. |
The Real Meaning of the Cindy Sheehan Vigils NRO — Permalink Birmingham, Alabama — Jim Douglass is against war, period. As a young Catholic activist in the 1960s and 1970s he protested the war in Vietnam, once organizing a "resistance Mass" at the University of Notre Dame in which, according to an account in The... | |
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Garance Franke-Ruta: Writes York: "And as they stood around — there were no speeches — they expressed opposition not just to the... Kathryn Jean Lopez: SHEEHAN'S TROOPS — Her crowd was anti-Afghan-war, too, Byron reports. |
Michelle Malkin: Byron York highlights just how radical Sheehan and her anti-war friends are (her anti-Afghanistan war views were noted earlier here.) |
Ohio Governor Enters No Contest Plea By / AP — Permalink COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gov. Bob Taft became the first Ohio governor found guilty of a crime Thursday as he pleaded no contest to charges that he broke state ethics law by failing to report golf outings and other gifts. | |
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TChris: Those charges were presumably the result of negotiations, given the governor's decision to enter "no contest" pleas to the charges today. Jayson @PoliPundit: Nolo Contendere — Bob Taft. |
Joe @AmericaBlog: Taft is just the tip of the iceberg. |
Update in ACLU Torture FOIA Lawsuit ACLU — Permalink Following a two-hour closed hearing in New York on August 15, a federal judge ordered the government to reveal blacked-out portions of its legal papers arguing against the release of images depicting abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib. | |
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Hilzoy @ObsidianWings: The Abu Ghraib Photos: The Saga Continues... by hilzoy From the ACLU, via the Poor Man: [snipped quote] The ACLU (and amici)'s brief is here (pdf). |
The Poor Man: (I don't need your) photograph We inch closer to a showdown between the courts and the White House: Following a... |
The Information Reformation By / Weekly Standard — Permalink DEAN BARNETT of Soxblog has penned a couple of crucial essays on the effects of lefty blogs on the Democratic party that remain must-reads (here and here). Barnett is expanding on a theme sounded by Michael Barone in a February column in U.S. News & World Report where Barone asked and answered his own question: "So what hath the blogosphere wrought? | |
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Jesse Taylor: Hugh Hewitt defends the conservative blogosphere's rise in self-fellating (they exceeded their target goal by nearly 60%!) Betsy Newmark: Hugh Hewitt writes today in the Daily Standard about the impact that blogs seem to be having on the parties and media. John @PowerLine: Thanks, Hugh! Hugh Hewitt's column in tomorrow's Daily Standard is called "The Information Reformation." |
Captain Ed: Hugh Hewitt: The Reformation Sails To Starboard — Hugh Hewitt provides an analysis of the rapidly-increasing impact of... La Shawn Barber: "(Source)" I won't editorialize this to death, but let me say one thing about the information revolution, a force that many people don't comprehend, can't see or won't see. Jeff Goldstein: In which I attempt to defend my good name using SCIENCE — In an otherwise reasonable Daily Standard piece analyzing the... |
| Also: TheAnchoress, Glenn Reynolds, Hugh Hewitt, Mitch Berg | |
Oil for Enron By / Opinion Journal — Permalink Since the Oil for Food program came to an end in 2003, it has been described—accurately enough—as oil for palaces, oil for terror and oil for fraud. Now it turns out the U.N. relief program in Iraq was also oil for Enron. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: "Oil for Enron" — Claudia Rosett has a new essay that includes her usual mix of fresh reporting and analysis that... Pejman Yousefzadeh: "OIL FOR ENRON" — I guess this is what it might take to get some people interested in a scandal of appalling proportions. |
Cori Dauber: Not to worry: the intrepid Claudia Rosett has uncovered the one, single, perfect fact guaranteed to whet their appetite and ensure coverage from here on out: Enron was involved. K-Lo: "OIL FOR ENRON" — Claudia Rosett's latest |
Ohio governor expected to enter plea to settle case AP — Permalink COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Charged with ethics violations, Gov. Bob Taft was expected to enter a plea Thursday and apologize, wrapping up the case less than 24 hours after it was filed, two top state leaders said. The embattled Ohio governor is expected to apologize to Ohioans in court Thursday. | |
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Garance Franke-Ruta: The same general dynamic is now at work in the state of Ohio, where Republican Governor Bob Taft — scion of a political... Gerry Daly: Ohio governor pleads no contest to ethics charges — The USAToday: [snipped quote] As to what good Taft feels he can... |
Susie Madrak: Paging Dr. Jung… UPDATE: Hah. Plea bargain. Damn those activist judges! |
Iraq War Protest Vigils Dot U.S. CBS News — Permalink (AP) As the sun dipped behind pastures around the makeshift campsite near President Bush's ranch, more than 200 people silently clutched candles and gathered around a flag-draped coffin. | |
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Skippy: cbs news tells us of vigils in oklahoma, tennessee, west virginia and portland, oregon: marie evans said she attended a... |
Joe @AmericaBlog: A sample of coverage: Denver Post Seattle Post-Intelligencer Hartford Courant Atlanta Journal-Constitution Milwaukee... |
In Pakistan's Public Schools, Jihad Still Part of Lesson Plan By / LAT — Permalink LAHORE, Pakistan — Each year, thousands of Pakistani children learn from history books that Jews are tightfisted moneylenders and Christians vengeful conquerors. One textbook tells kids they should be willing to die as martyrs for Islam. | |
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Pudentilla: awol's ally is preaching jihad to the kiddies — [snipped quote] we can't wait to find out what the lesson plans in saudia arabia are. |
Marc @USSNeverdock: Pakistan - Home To Islamic Terrorism — Here's part of the reason. |
Colo. vigils offer support for protest at Bush ranch Denver Post — Permalink Kurt Brumbaugh, left, Donna Thornton, center, and Tilli Urban attend a vigil Wednesday night at Civic Center for Cindy Sheehan, who is protesting the Iraq war near President Bush s ranch. | |
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Skippy: colorado: about 100 people joined hands in a line and stretched across interstate 70 in golden, about 80 gathered at a... |
Eric Boehlert: Last night, all across the country thousands of people gathered for candlelight vigils in honor of Sheehan and her son, Casey, who died in Iraq. |
Ambassador Says Hamas Gaining Strength By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - The Palestinian group Hamas, responsible for several bloody attacks on Israel, is engaged in a massive buildup of manpower and weapons and must be dismantled by Mahmoud Abbas' Palestinian Authority, Israeli Ambassador Daniel Ayalon says. | |
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Gateway Pundit: (Reuters) And, as Israel leaves its settlements in Gaza, Hamas builds in strength... The Palestinian group Hamas,... Judith Weiss: And I have been at a loss to understand her aggressive arm-twisting of Israel in contradiction of all recent US foreign policy, especially as Palestinian aggression continues. |
Ted Belman: Ambassador Says Hamas Gaining Strength — By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON - The Palestinian group... |
Texan who fought in Iraq denied in-state tuition rates AP — Permalink AUSTIN - A decorated Marine enrolling in college was surprised to learn his Texas driver's license, car registration and bank records weren't enough to qualify him for the lower-priced state resident tuition. | |
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James Joyner: Texan who fought in Iraq denied in-state tuition (Houston Chronicle - AP) [snipped quote] So, Basham was not actually a Texas resident. |
Jim Dallas: Veteran denied in-state tuition by ACC — This distresses me (via the Houston Chronicle): [snipped quote] This isn't a... |
Feingold Urges Troop Withdrawal By End of '06 By / WaPo — Permalink Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) called on the White House yesterday to withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq by the end of next year and criticized fellow Democrats for being too "timid" in challenging the Bush administration's war policy. | |
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Kevin: Feingold Calls For Withdrawal By 2006 — This is interesting: [snipped quote] I have already said that I think getting... Scott Shields: Feingold Advocating Withdrawal — Leave it to Russ Feingold to get out in front of the rest of the 2008 Democratic pack... |
Taegan Goddard: Feingold Wants Troops Home — Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI) called on the White House to "withdraw all U.S. forces from... |
4 U.S. Soldiers Killed as the Violence Continues in Iraq By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 18 - Continued violence claimed the lives of four American soldiers today, the military said. They were killed when a roadside bomb exploded in the northern city of Samarra this morning. No other details were made available. | |
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Armando @DailyKos: Democrats and Iraq — In Iraq, 4 US soldiers were killed today, continuing the gnawing and numbing tragic consequences of the biggest American strategic blunder since Vietnam. |
Joe @AmericaBlog: Four more soldiers killed in Iraq — Mr. President, while you were biking: "Continued violence claimed the lives of four American soldiers today, the military said." |
TV Show Host Scarborough Weighs Senate Bid By / AP — Permalink TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Congressman turned political talk show host Joe Scarborough has a choice to make: renew his contract with NBC or challenge Katherine Harris for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. | |
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Kos @DailyKos: FL-Sen: Scarborough asked to challenge Harris — Scared s**tless that their challenge to Sen. Bill Nelson will be DOA if... Steve Soto: Now we find out that the RNC and the NRSC aren't happy with the prospect of fielding Katherine Harris as their candidate... Brian Stelter: They've offered me a new contract. That's sitting on the table," he tells the Associated Press. |
Joe Gandelman: So what do you do when faced with likely electoral defeat but talk to a high profile, former Congressman who is now a... Jayson @PoliPundit: GOP Candidate Recruitment — Joe Scarborough is thinking about running against Katherine Harris for the GOP nomination. Dr. Steven Taylor: Via the AP: TV Show Host Scarborough Weighs Senate Bid I know this has been in the air for a couple of days, but I was... |
| Also: James Joyner | |
Israeli-Arab doc reunites with Jewish teen he saved By / Chicago Sun Times — Permalink Dr. Maher Deeb remembers the first time he saw Skokie native Shayna Gould: It was in his operating room 3-1/2 years ago in Israel. And Gould was dead. A Palestinian gunman had sprayed a crowded Jerusalem bus stop with bullets, and one found its way into Gould's lung. | |
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Gene @HarrysPlace: Reunion — Here's a story that fits almost nobody's preconceived notions of life in Israel, and therefore a story worth... |
Norm Geras: There was recently a reunion between doctor and patient in Chicago: [quote] "In my operating room, there are just two types of people," Deeb said.[end quote] |
A Personal Guide to Personal-Finance Blogs By / WSJ — Permalink The blogosphere, that smorgasbord of screeds, musings, news and advice, is doubling in size every few months. There are now 12.5 million blogs, up from six million four months ago, and almost 100,000 new blogs are created every single day, according to estimates from blog search-engine firm Technorati. | |
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Jeff Jarvis: They're people. : Take this: A Wall Street Journal report on personal finance blogs. Glenn Reynolds: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL looks at personal finance blogs. (Free link) Which reminds me that I neglected to link to this week's Carnival of Personal Finance. |
Steve Bainbridge: Personal Finance Blogs — The WSJ has a free piece on personal finance blogs: [snipped quote] Here's all the personal finance advice you'll ever need: Plastics. |
When the War Won't Stay at Bay By / WaPo — Permalink Why has Cindy Sheehan — the bereaved mother camped outside President Bush's Crawford ranch — transfixed the nation? Partly because she captures something profound about the war in Iraq. Vietnam was a mass-participation war: Nearly 3 million Americans fought; more than 58,000 died. | |
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Avedon Carol: (Atrios' own insights are, of course, always worth reading. and Peter Beinart really does have a lot to answer for.) |
Atrios: Fighting Faith — I suppose I should congratulate Beinart for writing a pro-Sheehan editorial. But, there are two issues. |
'Times' to Commoners: Go Elsewhere By / Village Voice — Permalink When The New York Times and Forest City Ratner Companies open their grand new office building on Eighth Avenue, it won't have a Taco Bell, McDonald's, Wendy's, or Nathan's, because they are specifically forbidden under terms of a land deal with the state. | |
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Susie Madrak: Ironic Chuckle We can't have the employees of the New York Times Newspaper rubbing elbows with the hoi polloi in the elevators, can we? |
Met chief tried to stop shooting inquiry Guardian — Permalink Britain's top police officer, the Scotland Yard commissioner Sir Ian Blair, attempted to stop an independent external investigation into the shooting of a young Brazilian mistaken for a suicide bomber, it emerged yesterday. | |
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Magpie @PacificViews: [You can read more in this post at Magpie. Tim Dunlop: War on whatever — So the London police had no good reason to go after Charles de Menezes and what's more, the Scotland Yard Commisioner tried to block an inquiry. |
Avedon Carol: Maybe it's news — So, it turns out that Sir Ian tried to stop the inquiry into the murder of Jean Charles de Menezes. Armed Liberal: The London Subway Shooting. and Stupid, Criminally Stupid Police — More facts in the London subway shooting of Jean... |
Herndon Approves Day Labor Center By / WaPo — Permalink The Herndon Town Council last night approved the creation of a formal, taxpayer-funded gathering spot for day laborers, saying the chaos in a 7-Eleven parking lot where the workers now gather would only worsen if it did nothing. | |
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Tarek @LiquidList: Politics: And the Party Not Heard From — I'm glad this decision has been made. |
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Roberts Battle Adds to Democrats' Divide By / WaPo — Permalink The public tug of war among Democrats this week over the Supreme Court nomination of Judge John G. Roberts Jr. underscores the conflicting pressures facing Democratic leaders as they try to satisfy a growing cadre of activists anxious to battle President Bush while avoiding the appearance of being captives of their most vocal constituencies. | |
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Sam Rosenfeld: And it's a bit distressing that throughout the coverage of base-party tensions over strategy on Roberts, this never seems to come up as an option worth considering. |
Kathryn Jean Lopez: DAN BALZ MUSTN'T BE COUNTING MRS. BOXER, MR. KENNEDY, MR. SCHUMER... In the WPost today: "The public tug of war among... |
'TODAY' TURMOIL INSIDE & OUT New York Post — Permalink IS "Today" show news anchor Ann Curry the neighbor from hell? Lynne Lummel, who lives next door to Curry's West 71st Street brownstone, has gone to court to halt... To read this story... | |
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Brian Stelter: > Ann Curry's Manhattan neighbor "has gone to court to halt 'unsafe and harmful demolition and construction practices'... |
Jim Romenesko: Additional items for August 18, 2005 > Seattle's alternative weekly newspaper war takes a weird turn (P-I) > Page Six: "Is 'Today' show anchor Curry the neighbor from hell?" |
NAMES & FACES WaPo — Permalink Age ain't nothing but a number: The latest addition to the upper rungs of Washingtonian magazine's masthead has been out of college for only a few years. Of course, it was Harvard University, mind you. | |
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Garrett M. Graff: And a friendly "Revolving Door" reminder that Fishbowl is seeking a new writer because of our own RD news. |
Jim Romenesko: (NYP) > Washingtonian taps Graff to replace Conconi as editor-at-large (WP) > Send link suggestions, letters, etc. to... |
Bad Iraq War News Worries Some in G.O.P. on '06 Vote By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 - A stream of bad news out of Iraq - echoed at home by polls that show growing impatience with the war and rising disapproval of President Bush's Iraq policies - is stirring political concern in Republican circles, party officials said Wednesday. | |
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Norbizness: However, as this article points out, what's more important is the perception that blind allegiance to this asinine... Steve Soto: Then, in Thursday's New York Times, David Kirkpatrick and Adam Nagourney write that Bush's problems may be a drag on GOP... Gerry Daly: Republicans fear Iraq could hurt them in '06 — Adam Nagourney and David D. Kirkpatrick in the New York Times write of... |
Oliver Willis: The Worm Continues To Turn — It isn't just morally correct for Democrats to strenously stand up to the war and its... Armando @DailyKos: Adam Nagourney told me (snark): "A stream of bad news out of Iraq - echoed at home by polls that show growing impatience... Michael @AmericaBlog: GOP Worried Iraq May Hurt Them In 2006 — Gee, you think? |
Vigils Calling for End to Iraq War Begin By / AP — Permalink CRAWFORD, Texas - Hundreds of candlelight vigils calling for an end to the war in Iraq lit up the night Wednesday, part of a national effort spurred by one mother's anti-war demonstration near President Bush's ranch. | |
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Gateway Pundit: There was no notice on the 10 PM news. The rest of the country may have had their "Cindy Hour" but St. Louis was a bust. |
Mary @LeftCoaster: Open Thread — What about those vigils calling for ending the war? Did you go to one? What other stories are you following today? |
CINDY SHEEHAN: COMMANDER IN GRIEF By / Yahoo! News — Permalink To expiate the pain of losing her firstborn son in the Iraq war, Cindy Sheehan decided to cheer herself up by engaging in Stalinist agitprop outside President Bush's Crawford ranch. It's the strangest method of grieving I've seen since Paul Wellstone's funeral. | |
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Hunter Baker: Ann Coulter playing rough: Fortunately, the Constitution vests authority to make foreign policy with the president of the United States, not with this week's sad story. Gateway Pundit: Coulter Gives Dowd a Tongue Lashing — This was coming.... HERE. |
S.Z.: Her piece is called " CINDY SHEEHAN: COMMANDER IN GRIEF," and it's about how nobody should pay attention to Sheehan, who isn't special just because she lost her son in Iraq. |
Lott Accuses Frist of 'Personal Betrayal' By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott blames his fall from power in 2002 on a "personal betrayal" by an ambitious Sen. Bill Frist (news, bio, voting record), his successor, adding in a new book that President Bush, Colin Powell and other GOP associates played roles. | |
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Steve M.: AP On September 10, 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that [James Meredith] had the right to attend the University of Mississippi. Jayson @PoliPundit: Trent Lott has written a book. And AP zombie droid, David Espo, culls several excerpts in this article. |
James Joyner: Lott Accuses Frist of 'Personal Betrayal' — Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott has written a tell-all book criticizing several of his Republican colleagues in the Senate. Taegan Goddard: Lott's Last Licks — The AP has more on Sen. Trent Lott's (R-MS) new book, Herding Cats. |
Roberts' Ind. Hometown Draws Scrutiny AP — Permalink LONG BEACH, Ind. - Like many towns across America, the exclusive lakefront community where Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. grew up during the racially turbulent 1960s and '70s once banned the sale of homes to nonwhites and Jews. | |
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Liz Cox Barrett: "[John] Roberts' Hometown Draws Scrutiny," reads the headline on Tom Coyne and Ashley M. Hehr's Associated Press piece today. Patterico: (Oh — So Did John Roberts) The AP reports some blockbuster news: Like many towns across America, the exclusive... |
Jon Henke: Captain Ed has a particularly disgusting example of race-baiting by Tom Coyne and Ashley Heher... "Like many towns... Captain Ed: In their report on John Roberts' upbringing, Tom Coyne and Ashley Heher do everything except paint a white robe and... |
Roberts Rated 'Well Qualified' by ABA By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee John Roberts earned a "well qualified" rating from the American Bar Association on Wednesday, clearing one hurdle in his path to joining the high court. | |
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Mcq: ABA: Roberts "well qualified" — Given the ABA's endorsement yesterday for Judge Roberts, its going to be interesting to... Captain Ed: The AP notes that the man they want to paint as a bigot just got the highest rating from the American Bar Association on... Steve Bainbridge: Roberts "Well-Qualified" — The American Bar Association's committee on juidicial nominations gave SCOTUS nominee John Roberts a unanimous well-qualified vote. |
Joe Gandelman: ABA Gives Roberts "Well Qualified" Rating — The battle over John Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court has just... Gateway Pundit: Just wondering... It is funny how the left is putting up crosses one day and attacking Catholic John Roberts, who gets a... Orin Kerr: ABA Rates Roberts "Well Qualified": The American Bar Association has announced that they are giving John Roberts a unanimous rating of "Well Qualified," the ABA's highest rating. |
Hollywood to Newsosaurs:Drop Dead By / LA Weekly — Permalink In a surprising role reversal, Hollywood is about to deliver bad news to the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times and, to a lesser extent, other big-city dailies around the country. | |
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Terry Heaton: Mainstream advertising decline continues — Nikki Finke of LA Weekly writes that Hollywood is about to tell major market... Greg Ransom: And you've got to love this headline in the LA Weekly: "Hollywood to Newsosaurs: Drop Dead". The story? Cookie Jill: hollywood to "the times" twins...."drop dead" it's going to be number crunching time at the la times and nytimes. |
Hugh Hewitt: The Los Angeles Weekly's Nikki Finke reports that the papers' cash cow herd that are movie ads and listing fees are... Kevin Roderick: The ad drain at the LAT figures to get worse if Nikki Finke is correct in reporting today on the LA Weekly website that... Jim Romenesko: H'wood isn't interested in "older, elitist" newspaper readers — LA Weekly So the movie studios are pulling their ads, reports Nikki Finke. |
NY'S CASSANDRA By / New York Post — Permalink PRESIDENT Bill Clinton's team ignored dire warnings that its approach to terrorism was "very dangerous" and could have "deadly results," according to a blistering memo just obtained by The Post. Then-Manhattan U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White wrote the memo as she pleaded... | |
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Cori Dauber: Also today the New York Post (via Memeorandum) gets hold of memos written by the top terrorism prosecutor of the '90s,... Betsy Newmark: Deborah Orin revisits Mary Jo White's pleadings with Jamie Gorelick in the 1990s to tear down the wall that separated sharing intelligence on terrorists with prosecutors. MarkInMexico: Main Page Wall falls on 9/11 commission The 9/11 commission's credibility is getting buried under a ton of debris as "The Wall" falls on it. |
Captain Ed: The Second White Memo — Deborah Orin and the New York Post have the second memo from Mary Jo White to the Department of... Charles Bird: Deborah Orin: "Equally troubling is that the 9/11 Commission, charged with tracing the failure to stop 9/11, got... Scott @PowerLine: The White memo — Don't miss Deborah Orin's New York Post column: "NY's Cassandra." |
| Also: John Cole, Ace, Larry Kudlow, Marc @USSNeverdock, Jonah Goldberg | |
Bombs explode across Bangladesh BBC — Permalink More than 50 people have been injured in a series of simultaneous bomb blasts across Bangladesh. Police say about 100 explosions took place in some 50 cities and towns across the country including the capital Dhaka and Chittagong. | |
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John Hawkins: Daily News For August 18, 2005 — Foreign "3 Car Bombings Kill 43, Wound 89 In Iraq" "Bangladesh Hit By 300 Bombs; 1... Joe Gandelman: Islamic Militants Explode Bombs Across Bangladesh — Grief and terror brought by Islamic militants has struck yet... Michael J. Totten: 300 Bombs Explode in Bangladesh — Islamist terrorists prove once and for all that they are not primarily motivated by... |
Norm Geras: Terrorism in Bangladesh — Yesterday two people were killed and 50 injured as a result of some 300 small explosions... Jan Haugland: Bomb explosions all across Bangladesh — Today's bomb attacks in Bangladesh must be the largest coordinated terrorist... Justin Gardner: Thankfully they seem to have rounded up a lot of these terrorists. The BBC has more. |
| Also: James Joyner, FrancoAlemán, Glenn Reynolds | |
The Exploits and Exploitation of Cindy Sheehan By / Newhouse News — Permalink Might as well get it out of the way: This is a cruel, false, chicken-hearted attempt to smear Cindy Sheehan, the protesting mother who lost a son in Iraq. That's not the intent, but that's how some will respond. Some people think that any time you argue back, you're Stifling Dissent. | |
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Tbogg: Courage I'm afraid there's no denyin' / I'm just a dandy-lion Posted by Picasa Lileks on Cindy Sheehan: Might as well... Betsy Newmark: Lileks is his usual perceptive self as he addresses the idea that people can't even criticize the things that Cindy... Lorie Byrd: Lileks On Sheehan — No commentary necessary - just read this from James Lileks. (link via Lucianne) |
Gateway Pundit: (LINK to story) Thank you, KMG for an incredible story! For more go HERE or HERE and this is very good, HERE. Ed Driscoll: Lileks On Sheehan — In his syndicated Newhouse column, James Lileks writes: [snipped quote] If the left remembers her three years from now. |
Why the 'Chickenhawk' argument is un-American: Part I By / Townhall.com — Permalink Who is qualified to speak on matters of national security? According to the American left, only pacifists, military members who have served in combat and direct relatives of those slain in combat or in acts of terrorism. The rest of us — about 80 percent of voters — must simply sit by silently. | |
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Tbogg: DIY — Shorter Virgin Ben: I'm not popping my military cherry either. Okay. A bit more. Jo Fish: Virgin Ben, The Chickenhawk Series — Over at Clownhall today, the Virgin Ben has an essay up telling us all why we... Marc @USSNeverdock: America - "Chickenhawk" Doesn't Fly — Ben Shapiro explains why. [quote] The "chickenhawk" argument also explicitly rejects the Constitution itself.[end quote] |
Betsy Newmark: Ben Shapiro ably counteracts the "Chickenhawk" argument. [snipped quote] Add in Franklin D. Roosevelt. Sadly, No!: Shapiro vs. Shapiro — In one corner, the indefatigable Ben Shapiro: "I'm Ben Shapiro." |
E Pluribus Unum? Opinion Journal — Permalink The Senate is poised to sanction the creation of a racially exclusive government by and for Native Hawaiians who satisfy a blood test. The new race-based sovereign that would be summoned into being by the so-called Akaka Bill would operate outside the U.S. Constitution and the nation's most cherished civil rights statutes. | |
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Robert Mayer: There was a piece just published in the Wall Street Journal, which prompted Rush Limbaugh to take up his opinion on the matter. Randall Parker: Former US Senators Slade Gorton of Washington and Hank Brown of Colorado say a racially exclusive government for native Hawaiians would violate the US Constitution. |
Gail Heriot: Slade Gorton and Hank Brown on the Akaka Bill — Former Senators Slade Gorton and Hank Brown weigh in against the Akaka... |
United Nations Bankrolled Latest Anti-israel Propaganda By / New York Sun — Permalink The United Nations bankrolled the production of thousands of banners, bumper stickers, mugs, and T-shirts bearing the slogan "Today Gaza and Tomorrow the West Bank and Jerusalem," which have been widely distributed to Palestinian Arabs in the Gaza Strip, according to a U.N. official. | |
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MarkInMexico: And, as if to put an exclamation on the point that the U.N. is in need of fresh leadership and an extreme makeover,... TheAnchoress: The UN did what? United Nations Bankrolled Latest Anti-israel Propaganda. Rob @Wizbang: UN Paying For Palestinian Propaganda — Good grief. |
Scott @PowerLine: Quiet: UN at work — The New York Sun's Jacob Gershman has an excellent story on the one job the United Nations can be... Jan Haugland: UN bankrolled anti-Israel propaganda — When it isn't oil-for-food, it is something else, but of course it doesn't... Ace: UN Funds Palestinian Incitement-Propaganda — As usual: I did not see this one coming: [snipped quote] The UN Let's be... |
| Also: Pejman Yousefzadeh | |
Hamas: Armed struggle is sole strategy By / Jerusalem Post — Permalink Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal declared on Wednesday that the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank marked the beginning of the end of the Zionist dream in Palestine. Mashaal was speaking to reporters in Beirut and his remarks were broadcast live by a number of major Arab TV satellite stations. | |
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Gateway Pundit: (AP) Meanwhile, yesterday... Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal declared on Wednesday that the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza... Norm Geras: Oh well: [quote] Asked about Hamas's future plans, [Mahmoud Zahar, Hamas's overall leader in the Gaza Strip] said: "Neither...[end quote] |
Dave Pell: And so it is with the disgustingly predictable Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal who greeted the Gaza pullout with the following: [snipped quote] It makes perfect sense. |
Democrats Feel Heat From Left On Roberts WaPo — Permalink Major liberal groups accused Democratic senators yesterday of showing too little stomach for opposing John G. Roberts Jr.'s Supreme Court nomination, saying newly released documents indicate he is much more conservative than many people first thought. | |
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Sam Rosenfeld: Over at TPMCafe, Jason Spitalnick calls out the murkiness and hesitancy of the Democrats' message on John Roberts and makes some good points. Jason Spitalnick: On Wednesday, the headline read "Democrats Feel Heat From Left On Roberts." Brendan Nyhan: Democrats appease activists on Roberts — After conceding that Roberts is going to get confirmed, Democrats were accused... |
Erick @RedState: Liberal Lap Dogs in the Senate In, what I find to be a humorous piece, WaPo shows that the Democrats on the Judicial Committee are lap dogs of the left. John Cole: The Roberts Conundrum Looks like the base is pissed with reports there will be no vicious confirmation battle: Major... Avedon Carol: Background noise — Murray Waas in The Village Voice on how the Treasongate investigation became real - Needlenose says,... |
| Also: Patterico | |
At Least 43 Killed in Baghdad Bombings WaPo — Permalink BAGHDAD, Aug. 17 — Three back-to-back bombings hit near a Baghdad bus station Wednesday and then at the hospital where rescuers rushed the victims, killing at least 43 people and wounding nearly 90, authorities said. | |
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Stanton Denman: I was reading this about the car bombings in Baghdad yesterday. Hilzoy @ObsidianWings: The fact that the news we hear is bad does not imply that what is not being reported is good. John @AmericaBlog: Car bombs rock central Baghdad, 43 dead — We winning yet? |
Cori Dauber: The Post Covers the Bombing in Baghdad: Forest, Trees, Missed — The Post focuses their attention on the aftermath of... Gene @HarrysPlace: "We cannot afford to be choosy"* watch — From The Washington Post: Three back-to-back bombings hit near a Baghdad bus... |
Twin Towers steel used in construction of USS New York Stars & Stripes — Permalink ARLINGTON, Va. — From rubble to avenging angel: The U.S. Navy is using steel from the World Trade Center in a new ship, according to the Navy. Ten tons of steel from the World Trade Center's twin towers will be used in the construction of the USS New York, according to a Navy official. | |
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John Hawkins: My Son Died In Iraq—And It Was Not In Vain" Left-Overs "Twin Towers Steel Used In Construction Of USS New York"... Blackfive: Trade Center Towers' Steel Forged Into The USS NEW YORK — Many people have sent this story from the Stars&Stripes. Michelle Malkin: U.S. STEEL — A very moving story in Stars & Stripes today: Twin Towers steel used in construction of USS New York. |
Lorie Byrd: USS New York — Mr. Right links to the Stars and Stripes story of the USS New York being built using steel from the World Trade Center. Kathryn Jean Lopez: The Navy is on a similar wave length: "ARLINGTON, Va. — From rubble to avenging angel: The U.S. Navy is using steel... |
"The president always knows" Salon — Permalink Last week, Associated Press reporter Pete Yost wrote a relatively aggressive article about potential conversations between Karl Rove and President George W. Bush about Valerie Plame Wilson. But Yost's piece considers only the possibility that Rove lied about his involvement in the leak to Bush after the fact. | |
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Mark Kleiman: Bush and Plame — If you're willing to watch an ad for ESPN, you can read Judd Legum and Faiz Shakir's analysis of how... Susie Madrak: From Salon: So how did the current President Bush react when he learned that Joe Wilson—once a member of his father's... |
Steve Soto: And as Judd Legum and Faiz Shakir of the Center for American Progress ask today, how come the media doesn't have the... Skippy: father knows nothing judd legum and faiz shakir discuss in salon.com why it's a mistake for the press to simply not ask... |
The Silence of the Bush Boom NRO — Permalink The president has a good story to tell, but he must tell it. Why President Bush seemingly gets no credit for the strong economy is one of the enduring political mysteries of our time. Some call it the "Goldilocks economy" — a term widely used to describe the low-inflation growth of the second half of the 1990s. | |
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PGL: Bush Economy: Not the Ugliest Girl at the Party — Lawrence Kudlow must be having a hard time finding a date: [snipped quote] Was Goldilocks supposed to be a very attractive woman? John Hawkins: [quote]"— Larry Kudlow [end quote] |
Gateway Pundit: More Big Hitting Blog Posts — I didn't want to lose these stories... INSIDE AIR AMERICA: AN INVESTIGATIVE BLOG REPORT... |
No room in Sandy's pants? American Thinker — Permalink A very interesting memo from former US Attorney for Manhattan Mary Jo White apparently escaped being smuggled out of the National Archives in Sandy Burglar's pants. | |
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TheAnchoress: Ace of Spades HQ Betsy Captains Quarters Blog Mark in Mexico Ranting Profs Whizbang American Thinker Powerline Ruffini QandO Austin Bay Strata-sphere Greg Ransom: More reason to investigate the 9/11 Commission — A U.S. Attorney warned that the Clinton/Gorelick "wall of seperation"... |
Ace: At the risk of hearing "That's old".... [snipped quote] Sandy Berger's Pants Are Nicely Packed Update: The American Thinker wonders what's going on "down there." Marc @USSNeverdock: America - Clinton Ignored Terror Warnings — Not only did Clinton ignore the threat of bin Laden, he also ignored the warnings over intelligence gathering and dissemination. |
Pierce Brosnan Out As James Bond, 007 AP — Permalink NEW YORK - A single, surprising phone call and it was over. That's how Pierce Brosnan says he learned that his services as James Bond would no longer be required. "One phone call, that's all it took!" the 52-year-old actor tells Entertainment Weekly magazine in its Aug. 19 issue. | |
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Steve Bainbridge: Pierce Brosnan is out (he was getting a little long in the tooth for the job, although it REALLY pains me to say that since he's only 5 years older than I am). Kathryn Jean Lopez: UNBONDED — Remington Steele is 007 no more. |
Joe Gandelman: RIP — but he's not in mourning as the day has finally come: [snipped quote] Indeed, type casting is a problem for actors (and, actually members of families as WELL). |
String of Car Bombings Kills at Least 43 in Iraqi Capital By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 17 - At least 43 people were killed and 76 were wounded when a series of car bombs exploded at a crowded bus station in central Baghdad today, sending debris and body parts flying across the scene and horrified survivors fleeing on foot, police and hospital officials said. | |
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John Cole: Perhaps I am just looking for positive news, with all the other bad news dominating headlines, but I don't necessarily... Charles Bird: Our Enemies Know It's Crunch Time for an Iraqi Constitution — Last Saturday, the Washington Post relayed a message from... |
Armando @DailyKos: Today: "At least 43 people were killed and 76 were wounded when a series of car bombs exploded at a crowded bus station... Cookie Jill: this is what "last throes" looks like? iraq. "...it will be an enormous success story" - dick cheney. |
State Dept. Says It Warned About bin Laden in 1996 By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 - State Department analysts warned the Clinton administration in July 1996 that Osama bin Laden's move to Afghanistan would give him an even more dangerous haven as he sought to expand radical Islam "well beyond the Middle East," but the government chose not to deter the move, newly declassified documents show. | |
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Patrick Ruffini: UPDATE: State Dept. Says It Warned About bin Laden in 1996. Cori Dauber: Not one day after an interview with New York magazine comes out in which he makes yet another pass at positioning... Paul @Wizbang: The New York Times provided the bombshell that Clinton was looking to defuse. State Dept. |
TheAnchoress: 1) State Dept. Says It Warned About bin Laden in 1996, somehow links in my mind to this statement by Bill Clinton in this article. Captain Ed: In response to a FOIA request, the State Department has declassified internal documents showing that it warned President... Gateway Pundit: And, to top of the weekly news we hear that the Clinton White House was warned by the State Department... |
| Also: Avedon Carol, Joe Gandelman, Marc @USSNeverdock, Kevin Drum, Michael @AmericaBlog, Pejman Yousefzadeh, JPod, Pudentilla | |
Ex-FBI Whistleblower to Join 'Peace Mom' By / AP — Permalink OAKDALE, Minn. (AP) — Former FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley, along with a state senator whose son died in Iraq, are headed to Texas this week to join a growing anti-war demonstration near President Bush's ranch. | |
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Captain Ed: Two Minnesota Politicians Flock To Sheehan's Side — Two Minnesota politicians have announced that they will travel to... James Joyner: Ex-FBI Whistleblower to Join 'Peace Mom' (AP) [snipped quote] Surely, Jesse Jackson can not be far behind. |
Jayson @PoliPundit: Voyage to Political Oblivion down in Texas. Kathryn Jean Lopez: SYNERGY! All the Left's favorite media darlings must be in Crawford. Next up? "FBI Whistleblower" Colleen Rawley. |
Bangladesh Bombings Kill 2, Injure 125 By / AP — Permalink DHAKA, Bangladesh - More than 100 homemade bombs planted by suspected Islamic militants exploded nearly simultaneously across Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing two people, including a young boy, and wounding at least 125. About 50 people were arrested, a state-run news agency reported. | |
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Gateway Pundit: (Reuters) The bombs that killed two were planted by Islamic militants and injured more than 125: About 50 people were arrested, a state-run news agency reported. |
Kathryn Jean Lopez: In Bangladesh: "DHAKA, Bangladesh - More than 100 homemade bombs planted by suspected Islamic militants exploded... |
White House Insider By / WaPo — Permalink Washington Post staff writer Jim VandeHei will be online Wednesday, August 17, at 1 p.m. ET to take your questions on all the latest happenings in the Bush White House. Wichita, Kan. : There was a recent Time magazine piece that seemed to humanize President Bush. | |
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Oliver Willis: The Out Of Touch Media — Washington Post's Jim VandeHei talks San Francisco, Calif.: Why doesn't the press refuse to... |
Jim Romenesko: VandeHei: McClellan "has a lot of credibility with reporters" — Washington Post McClellan Washington Post reporter... |
Nick Coleman: Ralphie still runs the show at UND Minneapolis Star Tribune — Permalink For a minute there, I was hopeful that the University of North Dakota might do the right thing. Not a chance. Even from beyond the grave, Ralphie is pulling the strings. | |
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Chad The Elder: Today Nick Coleman has a column in the Star Tribune titled, Ralphie still runs the show at UND. Connect the dots people. |
Mitch Berg: Nick Coleman indulges in all three in yesterday's column. |
Iraqis vent rage on call-in TV after bombs kill 43 By / Reuters — Permalink BAGHDAD (Reuters) - State television flashed grisly images of the latest bombing victims as the anchor told viewers their squabbling leaders would stabilize the country, in words that could only be termed reassuring in Iraq's chaos. "It is a dialogue. | |
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Joe @AmericaBlog: We now have thousands of Saddams — Iraqi citizens have had it and they are cranking on state run call-in shows: "The... |
Steve Clemons: "Instead of Saddam we now have thousands of Saddams" — Baghdad is boiling. The killing is getting worse, and the fear. |
'Shoot-to-kill' suspension call BBC — Permalink The family of a man shot dead by police who mistakenly suspected him of being a suicide bomber are calling for the "shoot-to-kill" policy to be suspended. It comes after leaked documents contradicted previous accounts of the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell Tube station on 22 July. | |
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John Cole: I then pushed him back on to the seat where he had been previously sitting … I then heard a gun shot very close to... Atrios: Noggin — Well, I'm sure glad John Gibson wants to live in a world where if he walks into a subway station, slides his... |
Justin Gardner: And by the way, Jean Charles de Menezes' family has called for an inquiry into the shooting. |
Vacations out of reach for some French AP — Permalink PARIS, France (AP) — Sunning himself on a bright blue beach towel, Romain Playner looked like any summer vacationer. But the unemployed actor wasn't on vacation. In fact, he hadn't even left Paris. | |
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Don: Now this story from the Associated Press: With unemployment hovering at 10 percent, a growing number of French can no... |
Tanker: With unemployment hovering at 10 percent, a growing number of French can no longer afford a traditional August getaway... |
Blasts rock Bangladesh cities; one dead, 100 hurt By / Reuters — Permalink DHAKA (Reuters) - Scores of mysterious bomb blasts, apparently targeting government buildings, rocked cities across Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing one person, wounding at least 100 and triggering panic. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Indeed, note this Reuters report: "Bangladesh, which has been hit by a number of unexplained bombings over the past two... |
Donald Sensing: Reuters reports one dead and 100 injured, though it's safe to assume both numbers will rise as recovery continues. |
Let's Have a 9-Hour School Day By / WaPo — Permalink August is the month I try to remove the piles of rotting debris that have accumulated in my work cubicle during the previous 11 months. Like a high school junior being lectured by his mother, I have been telling myself I am too busy to tidy up, but even I have my limits. | |
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Michele Catalano: May be edited/changed later] Jay Matthews in WaPo: Let's Have a 9 Hour School Day Let's not. Why? |
Michael Lopez: This weeks' is no different. This week, he argues for a 9 hour school day: "I have been collecting school success stories for 22 years. |
Iraqi Crossroads Opinion Journal — Permalink That free Iraqis are taking another week to write their new constitution is no great cause for alarm. There were a few glitches 200 years ago in Philadelphia too. The reason to worry is that the talks are stymied on the issue of federalism, which is crucial if Iraq's ethnic factions are going to coexist in a single country for the long run. | |
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John Hawkins: Have a glass of shut-the-hell-up already Pat Buchanan, Andrew Sullivan, and you other third rate, right-wing rejects... |
Glenn Reynolds: THE IRAQI OIL TRUST IDEA actually seems to be getting more support now, from a surprising source. |
Bad Company By / Opinion Journal — Permalink NFL fans want to know: Why is Terrell Owens such a jerk? A better question might be: Why are so many talented wide receivers such jerks? Granted, T.O.'s tomfoolery is starting to reach championship levels. | |
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Steve Bainbridge: NFL Post of the Day — Max Boot poses the question: "Why are so many talented wide receivers such jerks?" |
Ed Driscoll: Flankerjerks — As Terrell Owens deigns the Eagles with his presence at training camp today, Max Boot ponders why so... |