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Don Surber:
Edwards Is Wrong About Being Wrong  —  John Edwards lays out in the Washington Post the new Democratic Party tack to derail President Bush: Surrender Iraq.  —  It is a disingenuous plan that requires a false confession of error on his part.  ("I was wrong.")  A false premise for the war.
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The Evil Emperor Mindstation / Point Five:
Weekend Open Trackbacks: Delete All Trackbacks Edition  —  It's time again for Open Trackbacks.  —  That's right.  It's called delete all trackbacks edition.  That means that all trackbacks will be efficiently, and mercilessly deleted.  So try it, I dare you, and watch as your puny trackbacks …
The Uncooperative Blogger:
Weekend Open Trackback Party!  —  Here is how it works.  If you have an article you would like to share with my readers, edit the post to include a link to this post, and send a trackback.  If your article contains no link to this post, then the trackback will be caught in the spam filter, and deleted.
Mr. Snitch / Mister Snitch!:
Charlie Rose interviews the Avian Flu, or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the pandemic  —  In deciding how to feel about the Avian Flu, we've settled on alarm combined with morbid acceptance.  It's like realizing the house is surrounded by Zombies and they've cut off the phone liines.
Don Surber:
L'Act de Patriot
Jim Lynch / bRight & Early:
Worn Out Beyond Belief Overnight News Open Post
Discussion: Random Numbers
Ferdinand T Cat / Conservative Cat:
Have the French Lost Touch Again?
Jo's Cafe:
Sunday OTB Specials
Discussion: euphoricreality.net
Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Competent Tribunals  —  (sixth in a series arguing against the Graham Amendment/for the Bingaman Amendment regarding habeas corpus at Guantanamo Bay.  If you agree, please call your senators, and ask them to vote for Jeff Bingaman's S. AMDT 2517 to bill # S. 1042.  Senator Graham's full floor speech is here.)
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Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Medical Malpractice
Discussion: Amygdala
Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:   Medical Malpractice 3  —  (This is the fourth in a series …
Washington Post:
Libby May Have Tried to Mask Cheney's Role  —  In the opening days of the CIA leak investigation in early October 2003, FBI agents working the case already had in their possession a wealth of valuable evidence.  There were White House phone and visitor logs, which clearly documented the administration's contacts with reporters.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Yale Law Frets Over Court Choices It Knows Best  —  NEW HAVEN, Nov. 8 - The morning after Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. was announced as the president's choice for the Supreme Court, some students and professors at his alma mater, the Yale Law School, were already hard at work - to defeat him.
Ian Mather / Scotsman:
Al-Qaeda on defensive as bombs begin to backfire  —  AFTER years of al-Qaeda terror attacks in which thousands have been killed, many of them Muslims - the people they wish to recruit - voices of dissent are starting to be heard in the Middle East.  —  As moderate Muslims dare to protest …
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Tim Butcher / Telegraph:
Jordanians turn against al-Qa'eda leader over bombings
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Free Thoughts
Times of London:
Al-Qaeda calls Queen an 'enemy of Islam'  —  AL-QAEDA has threatened the Queen by naming her as "one of the severest enemies of Islam" in a video message to justify the July bombings in London.  —  The warning has been passed by MI5 to the Queen's protection team after it obtained …
John Edwards / Washington Post:
The Right Way in Iraq  —  I was wrong.  —  Almost three years ago we went into Iraq to remove what we were told — and what many of us believed and argued — was a threat to America.  But in fact we now know that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction when our forces invaded Iraq in 2003.
Gillian Flaccus / Associated Press:
Calif. May Build Tunnel in Quake Region  —  ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (AP) - Traffic is so bad along the eastern rim of Los Angeles' suburban ring that regional planners are considering the once unthinkable - an 11-mile tunnel through a mountain range in earthquake country.
Epoch Times:
Pigs in China's Hunan Province Test Positive for Bird Flu  —  Chinese officials revealed that pigs have tested positive for bird flu in Xiangtan County, Hunan Province, where a bird epidemic is raging and one human death, possibly from bird flu, has already occurred, reported Phoenix TV on November 10.
Discussion: Clayton Cramer's BLOG
La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
U.S. To Sue Southern Illinois University For Anti-White Bias  —  Update: Welcome to LBC.  Bookmark.  Grab a feed.  Visit often.  —  It's about time the Bush administration did something to stop blatant skin color preferences and to uphold the Constitution.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
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Dave Newbart / Chicago Sun Times:
U.S. accuses SIU of anti-white bias
Discussion: In the Agora and Instapundit.com
Townhall.com:
DEAN VS. ITALIANS?  —  Joseph R. Cerrell, a leading California Democrat and prominent Italian American, has called on Chairman Howard Dean to apologize to Federal Appellate Judge Samuel Alito for Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffers saying the Supreme Court nominee was weak in prosecuting the Mafia.
New York Times:
Death of Hussein Aide Is Confirmed  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 12 - Former officials of the Baath Party confirmed Saturday on their Web site the death of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the last of Saddam Hussein's inner circle still at large in Iraq and a man long sought by the American military command …
Discussion: Main and Central
Matthew Campbell / Times of London:
Wounded Chirac 'losing grip' of riot-hit France  —  FRANCE yesterday ordered a ban on public meetings likely to provoke disturbances as thousands of police were deployed on the streets of Paris to stop youths turning the tourist centre into a battlefield.  —  The initiative came …
Discussion: Roger L. Simon
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
AP Misses Story On French Media Coverage Of Riots  —  The AP has a report out this afternoon regarding the supposedly cautious approach of the French media on reporting the riots.  Elaine Ganley notices the toned-down news coverage of the social unrest and violence, but misses at least …
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Wretchard / The Belmont Club:
The Quick and the Dead  —  The premise of George Romero's Night …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Dean Not Raising Enough $$ For Democrats  —  If you're a political junkie, here's an important fact to file away; according to the New York Times, under Howard Dean the Democrats are seriously behind the Republicans in the quest to raise vital campaign funds:
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Dean Flopping At DNC

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Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Caught On The Battlefield  —  (fifth in a series arguing …
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
THREE STARS....In Slate today, Mike Steinberger says it's a scandal …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Washington Post Says Bush Speech Not Quite Accurate
The Aardvark / Abu Aardvark:
Understanding al-Qaeda: the irrelevance of IR theory
David Cole / Slate:
Who They Are  —  The double standard that underlies our torture policies.
Discussion: Body and Soul and The Heretik
Andrew / www.AndrewSullivan.com:
THE 'WATERBOARDING' TEST:  —  Here's an astonishing sentence …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
French Riots Gain Steam Again Over The Weekend

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Chris Bowers / MyDD:
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Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
Meeting of Muslim Nations Ends in Discord
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Boston Globe:
In Maine, flags highlight town's divisions
New York Times:
Relying on Computer, U.S. Seeks to Prove Iran's Nuclear Aims
Discussion: lgf and Clarity & Resolve
Cori Dauber / Rantingprofs:
The Second Front  —  I've got an important point, but bear with me …
Discussion: Media Lies and Power Line
Cathy Young / The Y Files:
L'affaire Deignan: Free speech, academic politics, and the blogs
 
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