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Alexandra von Maltzan / All Things Beautiful:
Loyalty To The Truth on Thanksgiving — Hugh Hewitt inspired me to write this post today. Read this it's brilliant. — The loyalty and integrity we should have as bloggers is to the Truth and liberation of that Truth, and not to the Truth we assign to the political denominations we belong to.
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Gregory Krappman / Major K.: Thankful — Much to my surprise, everyone here is acknowledging Thanksgiving.
pajamasmedia.com:
The turkey that laid a golden egg — Today's panelists, all members of Pajamas Media's Editorial Advisory Board, will be carving up the turkey that was OSM (Open Source Media) and has now been reborn as Pajamas Media. What is our new identity, and what does it mean for us moving forward?
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BuzzMachine, This Blog Is Full Of Crap, Daily Pundit, Tammy Bruce, Barcepundit, Riehl World View, Clive Davis and Peaktalk
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Officials More Hopeful on Iraq Draw Down — WASHINGTON - The Bush administration and military leaders are sounding optimistic notes about scaling back U.S. troops in Iraq next year, as public opposition to the war and congressional demands for withdrawal get louder.
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Robert H. Frank / New York Times:
Sometimes, a Tax Cut for the Wealthy Can Hurt the Wealthy — WHEN market forces cause income inequality to grow, public policy in most countries tends to push in the opposite direction. In the United States, however, we enact tax cuts for the wealthy and cut public services for the needy.
Howard W. French / New York Times:
A Party Girl Leads China's Online Revolution — SHANGHAI, Nov. 23 - On her fourth day of keeping a Web log, she introduced herself to the world with these striking words: "I am a dance girl, and I am a party member." — "I don't know if I can be counted as a successful Web cam dance girl," that early post continued.
FbL / Valour-IT:
Special Thank Yous — In this season of thanks, I am very thankful for a bunch of wonderful people. — Everybody who participated in the recent Valour-IT fundraising competition deserves the thanks of all involved, and the thanks of those who will benefit from the funds raised.
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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
How a Town Became a Terror Hub — MAASEIK, Belgium — The phones at city hall began ringing nonstop one morning last year when several masked figures were spotted walking through the cobbled streets of this pastoral town. A small panic erupted when one of the figures …
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Jihad Watch, AMERICAN FUTURE, In the Bullpen, Secular Blasphemy and Melanie Phillips's Diary
Hindrocket / Power Line:
BE THANKFUL FOR DEMOCRACY — The optimistic title of Jennifer Harper's article in the Washington Times this morning is "Public Ignores Iraq War Naysayers." That might be a bit of a stretch, but it certainly is true that the public at large retains a more optimistic view of the Iraq war than the media.
George F. Will / Washington Post:
A Journalist for the Ages — In his 40th anniversary toast to his Yale class of 1950, William F. Buckley said, "Some of us who wondered if we would ever be this old now wonder whether we were ever young." Those who were not young 40 years ago, in 1965, can have no inkling of what fun …
Booman Tribune / Booman Tribune ~ Boo!:
Bush V Al-Jazeera: Fact or Fancy? — The internet is abuzz over a leaked memo quoted yesterday by the London Mirror alleging that President Bush told British Prime Minister Tony Blair that he "planned to bomb Arab TV station al-Jazeera in friendly Qatar," according to a transcript of an April 16 …
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Michelle Caruso / NY Daily News:
Jacko's sicko Jewish rant — Michael Jackson picked a familiar target to blame for his mounting money problems - the Jews. — In phone messages obtained by ABC News, the apparently prejudiced pop star likens them to "leeches" and claims they conspired to leave him "penniless."
New York Times:
Shift on Suspect Is Linked to Role of Qaeda Figures — WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 - The Bush administration decided to charge Jose Padilla with less serious crimes because it was unwilling to allow testimony from two senior members of Al Qaeda who had been subjected to harsh questioning, current and former government officials said Wednesday.
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INTEL DUMP, Body and Soul, Balkinization, Unclaimed Territory, The Heretik and Donklephant
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Andrea Mitchell, Take Two — Andrea Mitchell, who caught the eye of the Huffington bloggers recently, tried to explain herself to Don Imus on Wednesday morning, and Crooks and Liars was there with the video. [Pants on fire, Ms. Mitchell - see UPDATE] — But we are lo-tech, so let's run the Newsmax transcript:
Jonathan Singer / MyDD:
Kolbe Retires, Opening Pick Up Opportunity for Dems — In 2004 Rep. Jim Kolbe, a moderate Republican who represents Southeastern Arizona, narrowly defeated conservative state Rep. Randy Graf in the GOP primary. If the latter name rings a bell, perhaps you saw Ed Helms' Daily Show expose …
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Kremlin Pushes Measure to Curb Private Groups — MOSCOW, Nov. 23 - Russia moved Wednesday to impose greater government control over charities and other private organizations, including some of the world's most prominent, in a move aimed at restricting foreign support for political activity in the country.
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Cry Me a River — You've got to hand it to Michael Isikoff and his tireless efforts to try and make the most unsympathetic man in the world — Karl Rove — look almost human. Even on Thanksgiving, he picks up pen in weary hand to let us know that Karl, poor Karl, had to take out a $100,000 line …
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Dave Wedge / Boston Herald:
Kerry reports for jury duty: Courtroom service a first for the senator — Sen. John F. Kerry has testified in some of the nation's most hallowed halls of justice and sat in many Bay State courtrooms as a prosecutor but he'd never been on a jury - until this week.
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