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Associated Press:
Ex-FEMA Head Starts Disaster Planning Firm — DENVER - Former FEMA Director Michael Brown, heavily criticized for his agency's slow response to Hurricane Katrina, is starting a disaster preparedness consulting firm to help clients avoid the sort of errors that cost him his job.
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N.M. Gov Admits He Wasn't Baseball Pick — Gov. Bill Richardson is coming clean on his draft record _ the baseball draft, that is, admitting that his claim to have been a pick of the Kansas City A's in 1966 was untrue. — For nearly four decades, Richardson, often mentioned …
Jack Risko / Dinocrat:
Giving thanks, but not for the MSM or sunshine senators — Like most Americans, we are grateful to God for having been born in the greatest country on earth, and for the gifts of family and friends; we are grateful for the sacrifices of so many in prior generations to make and keep us free …
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Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
The rise of the bland old party — All the noise out of Washington covers up the fact that the GOP and the Democrats are galloping toward the center. — BEHOLD: We have entered the Age When Dinos and Rinos Rule the Earth. See them battle each other for absolute dominion!
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Bomber Bloodies U.S. Toy Giveaway — At Least 31 Iraqis Killed; 22 Die in Other Violence — BAGHDAD, Nov. 24 — A suicide attacker steered a car packed with explosives toward U.S. soldiers giving away toys to children outside a hospital in central Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 31 people.
Laurence Simon / This Blog Is Full Of Crap:
The Media Emperor's New Pajamas — The Editorial Advisory Board of Pajamas Media are having what they call a blogjam on the whole launch fiasco. The first I heard of it was an accidental check of my Backburner blogroll for references to Pajamas Media/OSM. — Way to keep us updated, guys.
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BBC:
French MP blames riots on rappers — A French MP has publicly accused rappers of fuelling the country's recent riots with their songs. — It comes a day after 200 politicians backed his petition calling for legal action against seven rap musicians and bands it alleges have incited racism.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Bush Faces Dual Challenges on Iraq — As he leads a fierce campaign this month to rebut criticism of the Iraq war, President Bush faces twin challenges — one of them rooted in history, the other in the political realities of the moment. — Bush's historical burden is that there is no recent precedent …
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
The About-Face of a Hawkish Democrat — Murtha, With Many Military Connections, Moves From Voting for War to Urging Troop Withdrawal — Of all the Democrats calling for an end to the Iraq war, Rep. John P. Murtha is an anomaly. Unlike Sens. John F. Kerry (Mass.) and Russell Feingold (Wis.), he doesn't want to be president.
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Jennifer Harper / Washington Times:
Public ignores Iraq war naysayers — Negative press coverage of the war in Iraq in recent weeks has emphasized rising pessimism among the American public about the conflict. But a new survey found that 56 percent of the public thinks that efforts to establish a stable democracy in the country will succeed.
Steve / Modulator:
Friday Ark #62 — We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....? — We will add your post to the list if you do one of the following:
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Public Enemy No. 43,527 — The government throws back another small fish. — Listen to this story on NPR's Day to Day. — Poor Jose Padilla. When the Defense Department decided to release America's last Public Enemy No. 1—Yaser Esam Hamdi—from nearly three years of bondage …
Carol Gould / Front Page Magazine:
The First Step to Britishness Is Your Poppy — Writing this week in London's Guardian, columnist Madeleine Bunting made an important observation in the context of her evaluation of television and radio programs that encourage "multicultural understanding." She commented that one of the biggest barriers …
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John M. Broder / New York Times:
States' Coffers Swelling Again After Struggles — LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24 - After four years of tight budgets and deepening debt, most states from California to Maine are experiencing a marked turnaround in their fiscal fortunes, with billions of dollars more in tax receipts than had been projected pouring into coffers around the country.
