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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Suicide Bombing in Iraq Kills 30 and Wounds Dozens — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 24 - A suicide car bomb exploded Thursday near an American convoy at the entrance to the main hospital in the volatile town of Mahmudiya, killing at least 30 Iraqis and wounding dozens of others in a burst of fire and shrapnel.
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Unclaimed Territory
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Spc. Phil Van Treuren / Camp Katrina:
An Interesting Omission — Dozens of innocent Iraqis were killed and maimed on Thursday in a monstrous terrorist car bomb attack at a hospital, as reported in this clip from a story by the Associated Press: — A homicide bomber blew up his car outside a hospital south of Baghdad on Thursday …
Yahoo! News:
Former Canadian Minister Of Defence Asks Canadian Parliament Asked To Hold Hearings On Relations With Alien "Et" Civilizations — (PRWEB) - OTTAWA, CANADA (PRWEB) November 24, 2005 — A former Canadian Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister under Pierre Trudeau has joined forces …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Replant the American Dream — When I lived abroad, Thanksgiving was always my favorite holiday. It was a chance to scrounge up a turkey, gather foreign and American friends, and celebrate what America represented to the world. I liked to give a sentimental toast when the turkey arrived at the table …
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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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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Questions on the Legality of Campaign Fund-Raising — WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 - The American system of underwriting political campaigns is often derided as legalized bribery. Now the Justice Department is contending that it can amount to illegal bribery as well.
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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!
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Booker Rising
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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 …
Discussion:
Rantingprofs, The Mahablog, No End But Victory, Wampum, The Strata-Sphere, The Next Hurrah and AMERICAblog
Tim Molloy / Associated Press:
Actor Pat Morita Dies at 73 — LOS ANGELES - Actor Pat Morita, whose portrayal of the wise and dry-witted Mr. Miyagi in "The Karate Kid" earned him an Oscar nomination, has died. He was 73. — Morita died Thursday at his home in Las Vegas of natural causes, said his wife of 12 years, Evelyn.
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Shakespeare's Sister
Darleen / Darleen's Place:
US Post Office goes Politically Correct — About four hours ago - after the turkey carcass was put away and we sat around the dining table sipping hot coffee and finishing the pie crumbs off our plates - my mother riveted all attention on her as she related her experience with US Post Office.
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local6.com:
Shoppers Storm Stores; Officers Stop Fights — ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando police officers were called to break up some fights between shoppers early Friday as Central Floridians flocked to stores for one of the busiest shopping days of the year, according to Local 6 News.
Robin Wright / Washington Post:
In Baghdad, Capital Vistas Gradually Shrink With Insecurity — BAGHDAD — Five months after the fall of Baghdad, I went to Iraq with Colin Powell. It was the first visit by a secretary of state in half a century, and although he moved under heavy security, there was an optimistic, forward-looking feel to the trip.
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War and Piece
Economist:
Unfamiliar questions in the Arab air — As al-Qaeda scores own-goals in its backyard, many Arabs, including some Iraqis, are beginning to rethink their position on violence in the name of resistance — OF ALL the films to extol the fight for freedom from imperialism …
Shawn Wasson / Bareknucklepolitics.com:
Muslims Ransack Oakland Stores — OAKLAND (FOX) — Abdul Saleh has just one question for the men — suspected by authorities to be Black Muslims — who trashed his corner store late Wednesday, terrorizing his 17-year-old son and another clerk and causing thousands of dollars in damage. — Why?
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Alicia Mundy / Seattle Times:
Defense hawk Dicks says he now sees war as a mistake — WASHINGTON — It was after 11 p.m. on Friday when Rep. Norm Dicks finally left the Capitol, fresh from the heated House debate on the Iraq war. He was demoralized and angry. — Sometime during the rancorous, seven-hour floor fight …
Associated Press:
Nixon Was Torn by Prospect of Nuclear War, Papers Show — WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (AP) - Widely considered a military hawk, President Richard M. Nixon fretted privately over the notion of any no-holds-barred nuclear war, newly released documents from his time at the White House reveal.
Daniel Johnson / New York Sun:
Should Bush and Blair Consider Bombing Al Jazeera? — Did President Bush tell Prime Minister Blair that he would like to bomb Al Jazeera? According to leaked document, allegedly a secret minute of a conversation between the president and the prime minister in April 2004 …
Discussion:
Power Line
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.
