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MichaelMoore.com:
EXCLUSIVE: JIHADBALL! — CHRIS MATTHEWS AND OSAMA BIN LADEN — A "SPECIAL" FRIENDSHIP — Some believe Osama and Chris Matthews tried to sabotage Lance Armstrong's win in France last year. — "I find it the safest course of action to always let Osama have a strike, even when he throws a gutter ball."
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David Montgomery / Washington Post:
The Author Who Got A Big Boost From bin Laden — Historian 'Glad' of Mention As Sales of Book Skyrocket — Twenty-four hours after Osama bin Laden told the world that the American people should read the work of a little-known Washington historian, William Blum was still adjusting.
Glenn Greenwald / Crooks and Liars:
Why the Chris Matthews smear matters — Why the Chris Matthews smear matters — The anger over Chris Matthews' comment that Osama bin Laden in his new video sounds like Michael Moore, and the resulting campaign demanding that Matthews apologize, arises from much more than a single comment, and has little to do with Moore himself.
Editor and Publisher:
Tucker Carlson: Bin Laden Getting 'Talking Points' from 'NY Times' — NEW YORK While much of the liberal blogosphere, and political figures such as Sen. John Kerry, remain inflamed over comments by MSNBC's Chris Matthews on "Hardball" on Thursday—in which he suggested that Osama bin Laden …
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Alexandra von Maltzan / All Things Beautiful:
Daily Kos Is A Mouthpiece For Kerry's Campaign — John Kerry @ the Daily Kos: … No Mr. Kerry what is outrageous and should not sit well with anyone is that the Daily Kos, run by Democratic Consultant Markos Moulitsas, is publishing John Kerry's election speech drafts. (KJLo @ NRO thinks it's a joke!)
Jukeboxgrad / dailykos.com:Here they are: the 42 blog posts WaPo wants to hide from you
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Rove Offers Republicans A Battle Plan For Elections — White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove offered a biting preview of the 2006 midterm elections yesterday, drawing sharp distinctions with the Democrats over the campaign against terrorism, tax cuts and judicial philosophy …
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Libby Team to Subpoena Media — Defense Plans to Go After Journalists' Notes in CIA Leak Case — Attorneys for Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff told a federal court yesterday that they plan to subpoena several journalists and news organizations to obtain their notes …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:Rove Lays Out Road Map for Republicans in Fall Elections
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Reuters:
Report says ransom money found on Osthoff — BERLIN (Reuters) - Part of the ransom money alleged to have been paid by the German government to win the freedom of Iraq hostage Susanne Osthoff last month was found on Osthoff after her release, the German magazine Focus said on Saturday.
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Jay / Stop The ACLU:
Reagan Revolution Weekend Trackbacks — 25 years ago, the revolution began! If you haven't done so yet, Join the Reagan Conservatives. — Image originally found at Lifelike Pundits … At the end of his two terms in office, Ronald Reagan looked back with satisfaction at the achievements …
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Doug Struck / Washington Post:
Anti-U.S. Tack Backfires On Canada's Liberals — BURLINGTON, Canada — Rob Hlohinec, 58, doesn't see what's so bad about Americans. He even admits to knowing some. — "I've talked to Americans. They want the same things we want," Hlohinec said as he watched a Conservative Party campaign rally in this Ontario town last week.
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Jennifer McKee / missoulian.com:
Burns changed vote on bill about the Marianas islands — HELENA - U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., met with a Marianas official who had close ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff in the weeks before Burns received an Abramoff-related $5,000 contribution from the Marianas and reversed …
Munir Ahmad / Associated Press:
Pakistan Tells U.S. Not to Repeat Attack — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's president told a senior American official Saturday the United States must not repeat airstrikes like the one that apparently was aimed at al-Qaida but killed civilians in a remote village, as officials sought to soothe public outrage over the attack.
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New York Times:
Pakistan's Push in Border Areas Is Said to Falter — PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan. 19 - Two years after the Pakistani Army began operations in border tribal areas to root out members of Al Qaeda and other foreign militants, Pakistani officials who know the area say the military campaign is bogged down …
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Robert Novak / Townhall.com:
Filibuster Alito? — WASHINGTON — Pressure from liberal activists to oppose confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court has been so intense that Democratic senators may be trapped into a filibuster that they do not want to wage. — Despite the consensus that Alito performed …
Michelle Malkin:
BLOGGING FOR HALEIGH — Here's the latest in Haleigh Poutre's fight for her life: The Massachusetts Department of Social Services, which last week won court-ordered authority to remove Haleigh's feeding tube, is now under fire for failing to detect and act on signs that Haleigh was abused:
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Even the Techies Aren't Buying It, Jim — Slashdot: … And: … Gilliard: … I think Steve's right, the real-time nature of blogging — where your s**t is out there in the open before you have time to catch your breath, and you have absolutely no control over it — probably shocked them.
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PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
Orson Scott Card, Intelligent Design advocate — Orson Scott Card has written a long essay defending Intelligent Design. — Oy, but it is depressing. — It's a graceless hash, a cluttered and confusing mish-mash of poorly organized complaints about those darned wicked "Darwinists".
Hugh Hewitt / Weekly Standard:
The Media's Ancien Régime — To enter Columbia University's graduate school of journalism is to enter the highest temple of a religion in decline. A statue of Thomas Jefferson guards the plaza outside the doors, and the entry room is suitably grand.
