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U.S. Newswire:
CNN Caught Off-Guard; Recording Proves Damaging 'X' Over Vice President's Face was Intentional Says Team Hollywood  —  Contact: Jane Redding of Team Hollywood Inc., 310-289-2143  —  SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ — The following statement concerning CNN's airing of an 'X …
Discussion: Six Meat Buffet and A Blog For All
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Bill Quick / Daily Pundit:
CNN EMPLOYEE ON TAPE: CHENEY "X" IS "FREEDOM OF SPEECH" - "TELL BUSH AND CHENEY TO STOP LYING"  —  EXCLUSIVE - MUST CREDIT BILL QUICK OF DAILY PUNDIT  —  *** Listen to the tape here.  I interviewed Preska Thomas of Team Hollywood, an "international marketing company" today, after Team Hollywood sent out the following press release:
Discussion: Wizbang and Right Thoughts
Alexandra von Maltzan / All Things Beautiful:
The CNN Tape Exclusive on Cheney's X
Washington Post:
Paper Says Bush Talked of Bombing Arab TV Network  —  LONDON, Nov. 22 — President Bush expressed interest in bombing the headquarters of the Arabic television network al-Jazeera during a White House conversation with Prime Minister Tony Blair in April 2004, a British newspaper reported Tuesday.
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Richard Norton-Taylor / Guardian:
Legal gag on Bush-Blair war row
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Murray Waas / nationaljournal.com:
Key Bush Intelligence Briefing Kept From Hill Panel  —  Ten days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush was told in a highly classified briefing that the U.S. intelligence community had no evidence linking the Iraqi regime …
Washington Post:
3 Brigades May Be Cut in Iraq Early in 2006  —  Some U.S. Troops Would Stay 'On Call' in Kuwait  —  Barring any major surprises in Iraq, the Pentagon tentatively plans to reduce the number of U.S. forces there early next year by as many as three combat brigades, from 18 now …
Edward Jay Epstein / Opinion Journal:
Atta in Prague?  —  An Iraqi prisoner holds the answer to this 9/11 mystery.  —  PRAGUE—On Oct. 27, 2001, the New York Times reported (erroneously) that 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta "flew to the Czech Republic on April 8 and met with [an] Iraqi intelligence officer," helping to give credence to the so-called Prague connection.
Jack Kelly / realclearpolitics.com:
Zarqawi's Bad Week  —  Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the al Qaida chieftain in Iraq, has had a bad week.  If it turns out Zarqawi was among seven al Qaida leaders killed in Mosul Saturday, it'll have been a really bad week.  But even if Zarqawi got away again, it's been a rotten week for him.
Associated Press:
Venezuela sending cheap oil to Massachusetts  —  Two nonprofit groups sign deal to aid low-income residents  —  QUINCY, Massachusetts (AP) — Thousands of low-income Massachusetts residents will receive discounted home heating oil this winter under an agreement signed Tuesday with Venezuela …
Thomas Sowell / Townhall.com:
Tortured reasoning  —  Some people seem to see nothing between zero and infinity.  Things are either categorically all right or they are categorically off-limits.  This kind of reasoning — if it can be called reasoning — is reflected in the stampede to ban torture by Congressional legislation.
Discussion: Sadly, No!
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wkrc.com:
Congresswoman Jean Schmidt Talks With Local 12  —  STATEMENT FROM CONGRESSWOMAN JEAN SCHMIDT Washington, DC -  —  Last week as I returned to the Capitol Building after attending a funeral at Arlington National Cemetery for a local fallen Marine, I found out that the Democrats had just announced …
Jacob Gershman / New York Sun:
At Columbia, an Invitation to a Night of Nakedness  —  An invitation to an all-night party at an undisclosed location is spreading among Columbia University's student body with viral intensity.  —  "Compadres," the e-mail states, "join us in refusing to comply with a culture that tells us to hide our body …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
John O'Neill / Democracy Project:
John O'Neill on "Kerrying" our soldiers  —  A few minutes after I posted "Cowardly Congressional Snipers" below, John O'Neill and I were on the phone chuckling about how we still think alike 34-years after we first joined to bring truth to John Kerry's lies.  John has a great op-ed in today's New York Sun, "Summer Soldiers."
Marc Schulman / AMERICAN FUTURE:
The New York Times on Iraq, 1993-2005  —  Baghdad forfeits the protection of the U.N. cease-fire resolution every time it violates the cease-fire terms.  [January 21, 1993 editorial] … [March 17, 2003 editorial]  —  A war can be lost because public opinion turns against its continued prosecution.
Doug Windsor / 365gay.com:
FOF Brings 'Ex-Gay' Crusade To Macy's Parade  —  (New York City) Focus on the Family has announced plans to distribute 5,000 balls during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to promote a website it operates that claims homosexuality is a disorder that can be changed through faith.
Associated Press:
Fox News Won't Show Ad Opposing Alito  —  WASHINGTON - Fox News is refusing to air an advertisement critical of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, citing its lawyers' contention that the spot is factually incorrect.  —  A spokesman for the groups sponsoring the ad said the network's decision reflects …
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Lindsay Beyerstein / Majikthise:
FOX-blocked: Anti-Alito ad refused
Mitch Stacy / Associated Press:
Fla. Teacher Pleads Guilty in Sex Case  —  TAMPA, Fla. - A female teacher pleaded guilty Tuesday to having sex with a 14-year-old student, avoiding prison as part of a plea agreement.  —  Debra Lafave, 25, whose sensational case made tabloid headlines, will serve three years of house arrest and seven years' probation.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys

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