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Nick Antonovics / Reuters:
German coalition news dents economic reform hopes — BERLIN, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Germany's next government won't shake up wage bargaining or trim tax breaks for shift workers, leading officials said on Monday, fuelling fears among economists that it may shirk further painful reforms.
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Merkel clinches it, but the price is high — Germany's two largest parties have agreed to form a "grand coalition" led by Angela Merkel. But Gerhard Schröder's party has got its hands on several key ministries as the price of his giving way — LATE last week, Germans were still bracing …
Richard Clough / dailybruin.ucla.edu:
Explosive found at Midvale — A calm and quiet Westwood was briefly disrupted Friday afternoon when the Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad inspected and detonated an explosive device found within the Midvale Plaza apartment complex on the 500 block of Midvale Avenue.
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
A MIERS MELTDOWN? More and more, I have to wonder what the White House was thinking with this. First of all, when you're already under fire for cronyism, and you nominate someone who's, well, a crony, you ought to be locked-and-loaded in terms of response. They weren't.
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Skymuse / Skymusings:
Misunderstimation and the bigger picture — The nomination of Harriet Miers has conservatives split and arguing amongst themselves. Beyond being silly, pointless, and counterproductive, I find it all very puzzling. — Like everyone else, I scratched my head and said "Who?" upon hearing of the nomination.
Arianna Huffington / huffingtonpost.com:
Clueless in Phoenix — For the all-time example of a man whistling past the graveyard, check out Bill Keller's jaw dropping comments this past Friday at the Association of National Advertisers conference in Phoenix. — His paper finds itself in the midst of what may turn out to be the worst crisis …
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Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Analyzing Paul Mirengoff's Piece — and Announcing My Position on Miers — As you know, I've been looking for a convincing argument that I should support Harriet Miers, or at least withhold judgment. And I keep coming up empty. Virtually every brief for Miers I have read …
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Betsy / Betsy's Page:
Paul Mirengoff examines the question of whether GOP senators should vote to confirm Harriet Miers. … I think this is correct. Conservatives have argued for years that ideology should not be used to decide if a nominee should be confirmed. That was the whole litmus test that Schumer wanted …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:Harriet Not A Hit Inside The Beltway
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Mark Fitzgerald / Editor and Publisher:
Shield Law Sponsor Lugar: Bloggers 'Probably Not' Considered Journos — INDIANAPOLIS Bloggers would "probably not" be considered journalists under the proposed federal shield law, the bill's co-sponsor, U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (R.-Ind.), told the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) Monday afternoon.
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Scott / Environmental Republican:
The Carnival of the RINO's — Sorry about the late RINO posting, but hey, better later than really later. It's been a long week and it's only Monday. Starting with the Eagles suffering an ass-kicking by the hated Cowgirls. I'm full of piss and venom and can't wait to get this carnival started.
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Xeni Jardin / Los Angeles Times:
Battle blogging for profit — AS BLOGS become big business, Internet giants have begun trying to profit from new forms of journalism, including war coverage. The results are not encouraging. — Yahoo's latest experiment reveals that it considers war news just another form of entertainment.
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Jason DeParle / New York Times:
Liberal Hopes Ebb in Post-Storm Poverty Debate — WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 - As Hurricane Katrina put the issue of poverty onto the national agenda, many liberal advocates wondered whether the floods offered a glimmer of opportunity. The issues they most cared about - health care, housing …
Dylan / Still Angry:
Et tu, W? — Friends, Americans, bloggers, lend me your ears — I come to bury Miers, not to confirm her. — The evil that Justices do lives after them; — The good is oft preserved by rejecting their nominations; — So let it be with Miers. — The noble Bush hath told you Harriet is conservative;
George Monbiot / Guardian:
My heroes are driven by God, but I'm glad my society isn't — The evidence is clear that murder, venereal disease and marital breakdown are all more common in religious cultures — Are religious societies better than secular ones? It should be an easy question for atheists to answer.
Daniel J. Solove / Concurring Opinions:
The Airline Screening Playset: Hours of Fun! — After blogging a few weeks ago about the airline screening playset, I went ahead and ordered one. — Each day, I would check my mailbox, eager with excitement about its arrival. Today, it finally arrived. I rushed to open it and began what would be hours of exciting play.
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Suzanne Malveaux / CNN:
Attorney: Rove didn't circulate CIA operative's name — Key White House aide to testify before grand jury for fourth time — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Karl Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, said Monday his client "did not circulate" the name of an undercover CIA operative.
