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CNN:
Americas summit protest turns violent — Anger in streets over Bush, economic policies as leaders gather — MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (CNN) — Protesters set one building on fire Friday and threw objects at police in the streets of this resort city as the leaders of 34 nations began the fourth Summit of the Americas.
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Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Bush Orders Staff to Attend Ethics Briefings — White House Counsel to Give 'Refresher' Course — President Bush has ordered White House staff to attend mandatory briefings beginning next week on ethical behavior and the handling of classified material after the indictment last week …
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» Outside The Beltway, The Left Coaster, skippy the bush kangaroo, Pandagon and AMERICAblog
Craig S. Smith / New York Times:
Immigrant Rioting Flares in France for Ninth Night — AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS, France, Nov. 4 - France's worst urban violence in a decade exploded for a ninth night on Friday as bands of youths roamed the immigrant-heavy, working-class suburbs of Paris, setting fire to dozens of cars and buildings …
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Roger L. Simon, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Big Lizards, Washington Post and » Outside The Beltway
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BBC:
No halt to French urban violence — French police have arrested more than 50 people, following fresh riots in and around Paris and other parts of France. — Some 220 cars have been burnt on the ninth consecutive night of unrest in mainly immigrant-dominated areas near Paris, despite a heavy police presence.
Patrick Hynes / anklebitingpundits.com:
Blogger Conference Call With WH Advisor Steve Schmidt On Alito Nomination — Today I had the opportunity to participate in a blogger conference call with Steve Schmidt, Special Advisor to the President in charge of the White House confirmation team. We first want to thank Steve and Patrick Ruffini …
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Blogs for Bush
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Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Spending Inquiry for Top Official on Broadcasting — WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 - Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, the head of the federal agency that oversees most government broadcasts to foreign countries, including the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, is the subject of an inquiry into accusations …
Victor Davis Hanson / victorhanson.com:
The Real Global Virus — The plague of Islamism keeps on spreading. — National Review Online — Either the jihadists really are crazy or they apparently think that they have a shot at destabilizing, or at least winning concessions from, the United States, Europe, India, and Russia all at once.
Don Surber:
Girlcott This Linkfest — That is correct. Please GirlCott this linkfest so I can get lots of free publicity. It seems to be the marketing strategy for Abercrombie & Fitch. The once-proud retailer of clothing to uppercrust men decided to make a quick buck and hit the mallrat crowd in the '80s.
Right Wing Nut House:
CARNIVAL OF THE CLUELESS #20 — There were a couple of leading candidates for Cluebat of the Week this time around. Some would have been awarded on a collective basis (The French Government for their tepid response to rioting Muslims), some for individual achievement (Harry Reid's stunt in closing the Senate).
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The Right Place
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The Case Against Karl Rove (Ongoing...) — The NY Times has a good news / bad news story about the case against Karl Rove. — (a) Fitzgerald is no longer looking at some of the more dramatic charges, such as conspiracy or lying to the President; — (b) Fitzgerald is focusing …
Associated Press:
Clinton: Hillary Would Be Better President — Former President Clinton said in an interview Friday that he believes his wife would do a better job than he did in the nation's highest office. — New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has not said whether she plans to run in Nonetheless …
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PunditGuy
Jasper Mortimer / Associated Press:
Libya Reportedly Puts Blogger in Prison — CAIRO, Egypt - Libya has sent to prison for 18 months a blogger who criticized the government on the Internet, Human Rights Watch says in a report that inspired a series of Web tributes to the dissident Friday. — A Tripoli court convicted Abdel …
Daily Kos:
New DeLay-Abramoff Connections Raised — This is almost getting funny. Almost. From the New York Times: … A reminder that DeLay's criminal indictment in Texas is just the tip of the iceberg. He's involved in the Abramoff case up to his eyebrows. — You know... the last six months have been, well, interesting times.
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Majikthise
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Philip Shenon / New York Times:DeLay Asked Lobbyist to Raise Money Through Charity
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Balloon Juice, firedoglake, Booman Tribune ~ Boo!, Taegan Goddard's …, TAPPED, Facing South and The Stakeholder
Aaron / aaron:
Deck 'O Bloggers 2005 - Taking Nominations — Inspired by Hugh Hewitt's lamenting the absense of Hallmark Cards for bloggers and anticipating the receipt of cease and desist letters due to violating trademarks for well-known games, I'm announcing the creation of a new interim blogmeme...
James Glanz / New York Times:
U.S. Should Repay Millions to Iraq, a U.N. Audit Finds — An auditing board sponsored by the United Nations recommended yesterday that the United States repay as much as $208 million to the Iraqi government for contracting work in 2003 and 2004 assigned to Kellogg, Brown & Root, the Halliburton subsidiary.
Denny Walsh / Sacramento Bee:
War protesters sue for right to bare breasts — A hearing is set over CHP warning that nudity at a Capitol rally will lead to arrests. — Mendocino County women who have been baring their breasts at various venues to protest the war in Iraq are in Sacramento federal court seeking …
The MaryHunter / TMH's Bacon Bits:
Bacon Break — Open Post Weekend — Featured Blog: — Blogmamma Cao (pronounced "Key" ) is front and center today as I wander randomly about, pointing to blogs I'm fond of. She's proprietress of the eponymous Cao's Blog and co-founder (foundress?) of The Wide Awakes, of which I am proud to be a member.
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Amy Sullivan / The Washington Monthly:
NO COMMUNION FOR JUDGES, PART 2....Ramesh Ponnuru and Stephen Bainbridge both take umbrage at my suggestion that Catholic judges might be vulnerable to the same sort of pressure that Catholic politicians are. Of course, saying that the two of them disagree with me is about as remarkable …
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ProfessorBainbridge.com
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ShrinkWrapped:
The French "Intifada" — With the riots in Paris by Muslims entering its ninth day, the sense of a chaotic situation with no obvious end point growing out of control has become pervasive. This morning, Drudge reports on the French government's growing belief that these riots …
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