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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Remembering John Lennon's Untimely Departure — It was 25 years ago today. At night to be exact. — I was working the night shift at the Wichita Eagle, one of three reporters and a tiny staff of editors unlucky enough to have to work the late hours that night.
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Siobhan Morrissey / Time:
Eyewitness: "I Never Heard the Word 'Bomb'" — A passenger on Flight 924 gives his account of the shooting and says Rigoberto Alpizar never claimed to have a bomb — At least one passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 924 maintains the federal air marshals were a little too quick …
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CNN:
Marshals', witnesses' accounts differ on jet bomb threat claim — Man suffered from bipolar disorder, relative says … MIAMI, Florida (CNN) — As investigators try to piece together the final moments before two air marshals shot and killed an American Airlines passenger, questions are arising about whether he made a bomb threat.
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Happy Furry Puppy Story …, Conservative Cat, Macsmind, Washington Post, Wizbang and The Political Teen
Douglas Jehl / New York Times:
Qaeda-Iraq Link U.S. Cited Is Tied to Coercion Claim — WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 - The Bush administration based a crucial prewar assertion about ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda on detailed statements made by a prisoner while in Egyptian custody who later said he had fabricated them to escape harsh treatment …
BBC:
Iran's president says move Israel — Iran's conservative president has said that Israel should be moved to Europe. — "If European countries claim that they have killed Jews in World War II... why don't they provide the Zionist regime with a piece of Europe," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Iranian television.
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Paul Hughes / Reuters:Iran's president questions Holocaust
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TimChapman / Townhall.com:
Blogger call with Representatives Kingston and Kline — Today, at 11:00, Capitol Report will be in on the call below. Details to follow. … UPDATE: The call has begun...but we are waiting. — Congressman Kingston just had a meeting with Rumsfeld and was whisked off to the White House, thus the delay.
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Kevin Bohn / CNN:
Source: Time reporter deposed in CIA leak case — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald continued his investigation into the leaking of a CIA agent's name by taking sworn testimony from a Time magazine reporter Thursday, said a source close to Time Inc.
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Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:It's a Jungle Out There — Can I just say it is absolutely crazy out there?
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Drudge Report:
EXCLUSIVE: GOP TO LAUNCH 'WHITE FLAG' DEM ATTACK — The DRUDGE REPORT has learned from a top GOP operative that the Republican National Committee will provide state parties with a web video prior to release tomorrow afternoon that shows a white flag waving over images of Democrat leaders making anti-war remarks.
Kash / Angry Bear:
Spending Growth in Context — Are the budget deficits due to profligate spending by the Bush administration? Are Congressional Republicans truly more spendtrift in their ways than French socialists? — I find a little historical context helpful in assessing these claims from the right.
Deborah Kolben / New York Sun:
First-Graders Made To Clean A Bathroom — A charter school run by the United Federation of Teachers hired a new consultant this week after the principal raised the ire of parents by allegedly ordering a group of first-graders to clean up human waste in the bathroom.
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David Stout / New York Times:
House-Senate Panel Reaches Agreement on Patriot Act — WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 - House and Senate negotiators reached agreement today on reauthorizing the USA Patriot Act, the sweeping anti-terrorism measure that granted the federal government new powers after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a Republican Senate leader said.
Will Dunham / Reuters:
CORRECTED - Rumsfeld says 'I have no plans to retire' — In WASHINGTON story headlined "Rumsfeld says 'I have no plans to retire'" ... please read in second paragraph ... New York Daily News ... instead of ... New York Post ... (correcting newspaper throughout) — A corrected story follows:
David / Israellycool:
JIB Awards 2005 — For the second year running, I am proud to present to you the JIB Awards. — The word JIB, besides being an acronym for Jewish and Israeli blog, also represents the small triangular sail of a sailboat, as compared to the main sails. The jib's role is to direct the wind …
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George Will / Jewish World Review:
The Inalienable Right to a Remote — If this filigree on the welfare state becomes law, everyone who owns old analog television sets — everyone from your Aunt Emma in her wee apartment to the millionaire in the neighborhood McMansion who has such sets in the maid's room and the guest house …
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A Chequer-Board of Nights …
Ken Silverstein / Los Angeles Times:
Pentagon Memo on Torture-Motivated Transfer Cited — A court filing describes a classified proposal to send a detainee away for information extraction. — WASHINGTON — Although Bush administration officials have denied that they transfer terrorism suspects to countries where they are likely to be abused …
Atrios / Eschaton:
Occasional Reminder — Whenever I write one of these posts people always assume something has annoyed me or that I'm whining or being ungrateful or something. I'm not doing any of these things. I just think it's a useful service to provide now and then.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Europeans Search for Conciliation With U.S. — Some States Are Assuaged By Rice on Prison Policy — BRUSSELS, Dec. 8 — European foreign ministers attempted to make peace with the United States on Thursday over the controversy concerning treatment of terrorism suspects …
