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Associated Press:
Sen. Biden Suggests Scrapping Hearings — WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominees are so mum about the major legal issues at their Senate confirmation hearings that the hearings serve little purpose and should probably be abandoned, Democratic Sen. Joe Biden said Thursday.
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Kos Kidz Go After Alito's Wife — It can't be pleasant for family members of a judge who sit through confirmation hearings. Just imagine being in their position. Here's this person you have great love and respect for, on TV, in front of the whole world, being attacked by a bunch of ill-tempered …
National Review:
Alito: A Last-Gasp Democratic Gambit Fails — What's in the Concerned Alumni of Princeton papers? Nothing. — You can say what you want about the liberal groups opposing Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, but they stay on message. So much so that by late afternoon Wednesday …
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Alito's Wife Cries at Confirmation Hearing — WASHINGTON — Martha-Ann Bomgardner left her husband's confirmation hearings in tears, returning not long after. The episode elicited sympathy for her from senators of both parties _ and instant finger-pointing.
TigerHawk:Alito roundup: Ted Kennedy tramples on freedom of speech and association
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Charles Hurt / Washington Times:Kennedy belongs to exclusive university club of his own
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Radio Blogger:John Podhoretz on the foolishness among the Democrat Senator in the Alito hearing.
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Dean Barnett / dbsoxblog.blogspot.com:TEARS TO YOUR EYES — Joe Biden chortles while Alito's wife weeps
Joan Vennochi / Boston Globe:Senate's swirling winds
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John / AMERICAblog:
AMERICAblog just bought General Wesley Clark's cell phone records for $89.95 — I reported the other day that your cell phone records are on sale online for anyone to buy, without your permission. Well, this morning AMERICAblog bought former presidential candidate, and former Supreme Allied Commander …
James Wolcott:
NOXIOUS FUMES — In a feeble attempt to draw attention to itself before it sinks into the briny deep under the dead weight of its founders Charles Johnson and Roger L. Simon and its undistinguished blogroll, Pajamas Media showcases an attack on me by Michael Fumento, and seldom has a writer been more aptly named.
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Michael Fumento / American Spectator:
The James Wolcott Treatment — Every once in awhile, in the spirit of "know thy enemy," you have to brace yourself and take a peek inside the fetid mind of an influential defeat-nik. "Enter, if you will," as Rod Serling might have said, "the head of one James Wolcott."
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Sam Alito / TalkLeft:
Sparks Fly at Alito Hearing — We were waiting for some fireworks at Judge Sam Alito's confirmation hearing. Tuesday was definitely dullsville. We wanted sparks to fly. We wanted to hear — Bell's going to ring — Hear the alarms — Better tell the fire chief — To quit playing cards
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Mike Allen / Time:GOP Confident as Alito Hearings Wrap
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Brian C. Anderson / City Journal:
The Plot to Shush Rush and O'Reilly — Talk radio, cable news, and the blogosphere freed U.S. political discourse. The Left wants to rein it in again. — The rise of alternative media—political talk radio in the eighties, cable news in the nineties, and the blogosphere in the new millennium …
Chris Hogg / BBC:
Taiwan breeds green-glowing pigs — Scientists in Taiwan say they have bred three pigs that glow in the dark. — They claim that while other researchers have bred partly fluorescent pigs, theirs are the only pigs in the world which are green through and through.
Dane Smith / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
'Impaler' sinks his teeth into governor's race — Self-styled "vampyre" Jonathon Sharkey is running for governor on a platform that includes impaling terrorists. — Looking for something really, really different in a political candidate this year? — Take a gander at Jonathon (The Impaler) …
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Shakespeare's Sister
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post:
THE (Broken) TRIANGLE: Progressive Bloggers in the Wilderness — "This, then, is the reality: progressive bloggers and online activists — positioned on the front lines of a cold civil war — face a thankless and daunting task: battle the Bush administration and its legions of online and offline apologists …
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Maria Glod / Washington Post:
DNA Tests Confirm Guilt of Executed Man — DNA tests released this afternoon confirmed the guilt of a Virginia man who had proclaimed his innocence in a slaying and rape even as he was strapped into the state's electric chair in 1992. — Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner (D) …
CNN:
Hajj stampede kills hundreds — MINA, Saudi Arabia (CNN) — At least 345 people have been killed in a stampede during a symbolic stoning ritual at the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, according to the country's health ministry. — Health Minister Hamad al-Maneh told Saudi TV …
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ctv.ca:
Ad wasn't an attack on military: Paul Martin — Paul Martin defended the series of controversial ads his Liberal Party unleashed this week and continued his attack on Stephen Harper, painting him as a leader who subscribes to a far right-wing ideology. — In an interview Thursday morning …
