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radioblogger.com:
Los Angeles Times columnist Joel Stein today saying he doesn't support the troops.  —  It's another glaring example of why the Times is the worst newspaper in America:  —  01-24stein.mp3  —  HH: Welcome now Joel Stein of the Los Angeles Times, columnist there.  Hi, Joel.  Welcome to the Hugh Hewitt Show.
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Joel Stein / Los Angeles Times:
Warriors and wusses  —  I DON'T SUPPORT our troops.  This is a particularly difficult opinion to have, especially if you are the kind of person who likes to put bumper stickers on his car.  Supporting the troops is a position that even Calvin is unwilling to urinate on.  —  I'm sure I'd like the troops.
Michelle Malkin:
THE MOST LOATHSOME PEOPLE IN AMERICA  —  ***update: Hugh Hewitt interviewed Joel Stein today and posts his thoughts...transcript and audio at Radioblogger...***  —  Some website has named me the 49th most loathsome person in America.  (I'm just ahead of Geraldo.
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:   Don't Support the Troops  —  Joel Stein makes a rather bizarre argument …
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:   "Warriors and wusses"  —  From Joel Stein in the LAT:
Kimberly Hefling / timesleader.com:
Casey announces endorsement of Alito  —  WASHINGTON - Sen. Rick Santorum's leading Democratic challenger, Pennsylvania Treasurer Bob Casey, announced Tuesday that he endorses Judge Samuel Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court.  —  For weeks, Republicans have called Casey "Silent Bob" …
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Judiciary Committee Recommends Alito to Senate  —  By a 10-8 party line vote with sometimes bitter partisan debate, the Senate Judiciary Committee today recommended that Samuel A. Alito Jr. be confirmed by the full Senate as associate justice of the Supreme Court.
Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:   Alito Nomination Goes to Full Senate
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The Administration's new FISA defense is factually false  —  In light of Gen. Hayden's new claim yesterday that the reason the Bush Administration decided to eavesdrop outside of FISA is because the "probable cause" standard for obtaining a FISA warrant was too onerous (and prevented …
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General Michael V. Hayden / dni.gov:
FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY ADDRESS TO THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB  —  WHAT AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE & ESPECIALLY THE NSA HAVE BEEN DOING TO DEFEND THE NATION  —  NATIONAL PRESS CLUB  —  WASHINGTON, D.C.  —  MR. HILL: Good morning.  My name is Keith Hill.
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Google Agrees to Censor Results in China  —  Online search engine leader Google Inc. has agreed to censor its results in China, adhering to the country's free-speech restrictions in return for better access in the Internet's fastest growing market.  —  The Mountain View …
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Katie Hafner / New York Times:
After Subpoenas, Internet Searches Give Some Pause  —  Kathryn Hanson, a former telecommunications engineer who lives in Oakland, Calif., was looking at BBC News online last week when she came across an item about a British politician who had resigned over a reported affair with a "rent boy."
Discussion: Amygdala
Jack Shafer / Slate:
Posters vs. the Post  —  Lessons from the Post.blog meltdown.  —  Washingtonpost.com temporarily shuttered its Post.blog message board last week after hundreds of personal attacks and profane, sexist, and generally hateful comments were placed there by readers—and others …
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Michelle Malkin:
THE WAR AT THE BORDER (W/VIDEO LINK)  —  The Inland Daily Bulletin reports on the latest armed Mexican incursions on our southern border: … FOX News has confirmation from Texas officials.  —  Bare Knuckle Politics has video from the Minutemen.  More from the Guard the Borders Blogburst.
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San Diego Union-Tribune:
Official: Standoff in Texas involved men in Mexican Army uniforms
CBS News:
Dems In '06 Need To Face The Facts  —  Since they lost the 2004 elections, Democrats have been giving each other a tremendous amount of free advice.  There will be a slew more as the 2006 midterm elections approach - plenty of expensive advice, too.  —  Nobody has asked for mine.
Brian / Santorum Exposed:
ASK NOT WHAT SANTORUM CAN DO FOR YOU  —  Last week Rick Santorum addressed the Centre County Republican Party and asked them to support him.  During the course of his speech Rick actually had the gall to compare putting a Santorum bumper sticker on your car to serving your country in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Discussion: Norwegianity and Balloon Juice
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
White House Declines to Provide Storm Papers  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 - The Bush administration, citing the confidentiality of executive branch communications, said Tuesday that it did not plan to turn over certain documents about Hurricane Katrina or make senior White House officials available …
Discussion: The Left Coaster and Linkmeister
Associated Press:
West Poses As Jesus for Rolling Stone  —  Kanye West, with a crown of thorns atop his head, poses as Jesus Christ on the cover of the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone.  —  The outspoken rapper defends his brash attitude inside the magazine's pages, on newsstands Friday.  He is also pictured posing as Muhammad Ali.
Doug Struck / Washington Post:
Canadians Move Right, Elect New Leadership  —  Returns in the national election gave a strong victory to Conservative leader Stephen Harper, 46, a political strategist from western Canada who jokes about being dull.  He shrugged off Martin's accusations that he is too cozy with U.S. conservatives …
Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
TimesSelect Draws About 156,000 Web-Only Subs in First 4 Months  —  NEW YORK About 156,000 people have signed up and paid a special online fee to read The New York Times' columnists since the paper launched its TimesSelect service four months ago, the paper reported Tuesday.
Discussion: Vodkapundit and mediabistro
Ezra Klein / Wonkette:
The New Republic Throws Down  —  My honor has been impinged, my magazine's good name scurrilously impugned.  I refer you, good sirs, to The New Republic's promotional e-mail: … The next sentence? … Pretty awesomely unconventional if you ask me.  I mean, I would've expected one article saying "no" to Sam Alito, but two?

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