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Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
Why the Miers Fight is Worth Fighting — There is a school of thought in the conservative blogosphere that "the Miers pick ... is done now; we have to move on." Presumably this entails conservative critics of Miers taking Lindsey Graham's advice to just "shut up." I for one, however, have no plans to do so any time soon.
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NewsMax.com:
Robert Bork 'Borks' Harriet Miers — Legendary conservative jurist Robert Bork is "borking" Bush Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, trashing her nomination as a complete and total "disaster." — Asked by MSNBC's Tucker Carlson Friday night if he was impressed by Ms. Miers, Bork replied: "Not a bit.
Washington Post:
Bush Rejects Calls To Withdraw Miers — President Bush yesterday rejected conservative calls to withdraw his nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court and prepared to reassure skeptical Republicans and persuade the Senate to confirm her for the seat of retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
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The Claremont Institute, The Heretik, The Strata-Sphere, Taegan Goddard's …, White House and The Left Coaster
Don Surber:
Conspiring To Do A Legal Act? … If 24 years in West Virginia taught me anything, it is that a politician is guilty until proven innocent. The court has to presume innocence, not me. — Still I had to chuckle at the re-indictment of Tom DeLay. He was charged originally with conspiracy based on a law that came after the fact.
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The Politburo Diktat
Edward Morrissey / Washington Post:
How Harriet Unleashed a Storm on the Right — Well, he's finally done it. By nominating White House lawyer Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, George Bush has managed to accomplish what Al Gore, John Kerry, Tom Daschle and any number of Democratic heavyweights have been unable to do: He has cracked the Republican monolith.
The Big Trunk / Power Line:NEGATIVE CAPABILITY — President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers …
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KEN / Oblogatory Anecdotes:Open Trackback and Comment Weekend!
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
18,000 Reportedly Killed in South Asia's 7.6 Quake — Mother Nature has brutally struck again in a year when she has been deadly cranky: the death toll for South Asia's earthquake is now 18,000 and rising, as is clear from this AP report: … CNN notes:
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Christopher Torchia / Associated Press:
Quake Kills More Than 18,000 in South Asia — A devastating earthquake triggered landslides, toppled an apartment building and flattened villages of mud-brick homes Saturday, killing more than 18,000 people across a mountainous swath touching Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.
Gateway Pundit:
Massive Earthquake Hits Pakistan! — Update: (11:00 PM CST) THE DEATH TOLL IS NOW REPORTED TO BE NEAR 18,000! … Update: (6:00 PM CST) 250 children who perished at one school north of Islamabad in Pakistan. Police chief Riffat Pashar told Reuters 350 altogether had died in the collapse in Mansehra district.
BBC:
Bird flu strikes in Danube delta — Romania has reported its first bird flu cases but it is unclear if the strain found in the Danube delta is the deadly H5N1 virus which hit parts of Asia. — Scientists in Bucharest discovered flu antibodies in three domestic ducks found dead …
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Denise Grady / New York Times:Danger of Flu Pandemic Is Clear, if Not Present
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Adam Entous / Reuters:
Reporter turns over notes in CIA leak case — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A New York Times reporter has given investigators notes from a conversation she had with a top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney weeks earlier than was previously known, suggesting White House involvement started …
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Robert / musil.blogspot.com:
Another Looming Miers Disaster — He may be right. He's very smart. And he's there. — But having reviewed the increasingly personal, nasty and ill tempered criticism of Harriet Miers (including that of Charles Krauthammer, who ridiculed the nomination as "a joke" - and worse) …
Washington Post:
Snap Judgments — TO HEAR THE reaction from some conservatives to President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, you would think the president had named an avowed liberal. The White House has spent the past few days trying to soothe a Republican base angered by the nomination.
Anthony Colarossi / orlandosentinel.com:
War-dead Web site leads to Polk obscenity arrest — Polk County officials arrested a Lakeland man on obscenity charges Friday after investigating his graphic Web site, which has gained international attention for allowing U.S. soldiers to post pictures of war dead on the Internet.
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Drudge Report:
MIERS VOTED FOR REAGAN IN '84 — The DRUDGE REPORT has learned from a senior official on Harriet Miers' confirmation team that her political evolution began in 1984 during the Reagan revolution when she voted to reelect President Ronald Reagan. — DRUDGE sources have also uncovered Miers …
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Patterico's Pontifications
New York Times:
President Bush's Major Speech: Doing the 9/11 Time Warp Again — Yesterday, the same day New Yorkers were warned there was a "specific threat" of a bombing on their subways, President Bush delivered what the White House promoted as a major address on terrorism. It seemed, on the surface, like a perfect topic for the moment.
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