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Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
The Firestorm Over My Column — Nothing in my 50-year career prepared me for the thousands of flaming e-mails I got last week over my last column, e-mails so abusive and many so obscene that part of The Post's Web site was shut down. — That column praised The Post for breaking the story …
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
BeKos Kerry Says So — Massachusetts Senator and failed Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry, writing on Daily Kos: … Right. Because had George W simply strapped on the chaps, cowboyed up, and put a slug in bin Laden's belly as promised, al Qaeda would have dried up and blown away …
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Jill / Brilliant at Breakfast:Now I am 100% convinced that the …
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Josef Federman / Associated Press:
Israeli Hints at Preparation to Stop Iran — JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's defense minister hinted Saturday that the Jewish state is preparing for military action to stop Iran's nuclear program, but said international diplomacy must be the first course of action.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Why Not a Strike on Iran? — DIPLOMATS around the world keep repeating the mantra: There is no military option when it comes to slowing, much less stopping, Iran's presumed ambitions to get the Bomb. The Europeans say so. The Chinese, who need Iran's oil, and the Russians …
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Time:
When George Met Jack — White House aides deny the President knew lobbyist Abramoff, but unpublished photos shown to TIME suggest there's more to the story … As details poured out about the illegal and unseemly activities of Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, White House officials sought …
MSNBC:
'The Situation with Tucker Carlson' for Jan. 19th — Read the transcript to the Thursday show — Guest: Jeb McMahon, H. Alexander Robinson, Michael Jacobson — JOE SCARBOROUGH, HOST, "SCARBOROUGH COUNTRY": That is all the time we have. THE SITUATION with Tucker Carlson starts right now.
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Jeffrey / ArmsControlWonk:
Iran & the Bomb 2: Iran's Missiles [1] — Iran & the Bomb 2: Iran's Missiles … Once upon a time, Persian scientists spent their considerable talents making the world a better place, inventing useful things like batteries and studying the heavens (left). — Lately ... not so much.
Zachary Goldfarb / Washington Post:
As Elections Near, Officials Challenge Balloting Security — In Controlled Test, Results Are Manipulated in Florida System — As the Leon County supervisor of elections, Ion Sancho's job is to make sure voting is free of fraud. But the most brazen effort lately to manipulate election results …
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William Baude / New York Times:
States of Confusion — IT'S no longer just anti-abortion advocates who oppose Roe v. Wade. These days, Roe's traditional critics are joined by a surprising and increasing number of people who are pro-choice but willing - in fact, eager - to have the ruling overturned.
Verena Dobnik / Associated Press:
Belafonte Continues Tirade Against Bush — NEW YORK — Entertainer Harry Belafonte, one of the Bush administration's harshest critics, compared the Homeland Security Department to the Nazi Gestapo on Saturday and attacked the president as a liar. — "We've come to this dark …
Scott Rosenberg / Scott Rosenberg's Links & Comment:
What journalists can learn from software developers — One result of the whole Washington Post comments debacle is that, as Jay Rosen puts it, "We're going backwards in our ability to have a conversation with the Washington Post." The Post circles its wagons against the barbarians …
Lawrence Messina / Associated Press:
Rescuers Find Bodies of 2 W.Va. Miners — MELVILLE, W.Va. - Two men trapped in a West Virginia coal mine made a "valiant effort" to escape, but were blocked by scorching heat and thick smoke from a conveyor belt fire that also prevented rescuers from finding their bodies for two days, the director of the state mining agency said.
The Left Coaster:
Rove's Strategy is Out, What's Ours? — I'm in a bleak, weary mood laced with caffeine, but nonetheless I will press ahead in some self-absorbed quest of futility: I want to know how the Democrats are going to win Congress in 2006. Yes, both the House and Senate.
David Sirota / Sirotablog:
Joe Klein is "all opinion and very little information" — Time Magazine's Joe Klein appeared on CNN last night and said "I bow to nobody in, in my disdain for bloggers. They're all opinions and very little information." What a truly incredible statement from person like Klein - one of America's foremost fact-averse pundits.
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Medicare Woes Take High Toll on Mentally Ill — Stephen Starnes, 49, has paranoid schizophrenia and is a resident at Dayspring Village, a Florida assisted living center for the mentally ill. — HILLIARD, Fla., Jan. 16 - On the seventh day of the new Medicare drug benefit …
Daily Kos:
The Real Truth About Bush's "War On Terror" — Karl Rove, who himself is a threat to national security, revealed that the GOP will make national security a central issue in 2006. Who better to reveal the Republicans' Orwellian plan that the man who probably leaked highly classified national security secrets …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Liberal Misstep On Anti-Americanism — Canada may suddenly be hip with Americans, but it might surprise people on both sides of the border that Americans still retain some popularity among Canadians. The Washington Post reports on the upcoming Canadian election today by covering the backlash …
Shakespeare's Sister:
A Million Dollars Worth of Irony — Back in June, I mentioned a reality show called "Welcome to the Neighborhood," in which three white, self-described "Christian" families in Texas got to pick their new neighbors from among a group of minority families, including an African-American family …
Mimus Pauly / A MOCKINGBIRD'S MEDLEY:
READ THIS ONE SOMEDAY, SENATOR... John Kerry says he follows blogs. As does Theresa. They ought to enjoy the Medley, then, since I'm apparently one of the few remaining liberal bloggers who still think the Senator would make a good president. He must like blogs — he has his own Daily Kos diary now, and he's pissed off:
Mark / Decision '08:
Just You Keep It Up — There is a very good reason the Democratic Party in America is, for all intents and purposes, in serious decline; and there is a very good reason I will continue to use my miniscule influence to highlight the bile coming from the Angry Left.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
MISS OKLAHOMA WINS — The Miss America pageant has suffered a bit of a come-down, and departed the networks this year for Country Music Television. The pageant tried to spruce itself up by moving to Las Vegas and putting on a more contemporary swimsuit competition.
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David Kamp / New York Times:
Male Like Me — Don't judge this book by its cover. It features two photographs of the author, Norah Vincent. In the first, she's a brassy, attractive woman with short, upswept hair and a confident smirk on her face. In the second, she's done up in man drag, with poindexter eyeglasses, a day's worth of stubble and a necktie.
Lewis Libby Indictment / TalkLeft:
PlameGate: Libby and the Government At Odds Over Discovery — The Government and lawyers for Lewis "Scooter" Libby filed a discovery status report today with the court. Here are the items in contention (from the court filing): — 6. It is the position of the defense …
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