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Panel: Interactivity Ethics — Last Thursday, washingtonpost.com turned off the reader comments feature on post.blog , a blog dedicated to sharing news by and about The Post and washingtonpost.com. The move came after several comments containing personal attacks, profanity and hate speech …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Incivility — Boy that Washington Post chat with bloggers sure was fun, huh kids? It's really cool when guys like Glenn Reynolds cojmpletely misrepresent themselves in a national forum. It shows once again how out of control the left is. — Here's Glenn:
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Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Democrats in Md. Try to Limit Fallout Of Gay Union Case — Parties Try to Curb Ruling's Effect on Chance in Election — Maryland Democrats concerned about the political fallout from last week's court ruling on same-sex marriage are considering a plan to block any final court ruling …
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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:Alito Confirmation Seems All but Assured
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James Clench / The Sun:
My pal the psychopath — Crawling ... George with Saddam Hussein's son, Uday — CELEB Big Brother prat George Galloway is today exposed in his revolting true colours — fawning before Saddam Hussein's murderous son Uday. — An astonishing video shown in part on the Sun TV Bulletin depicts Galloway …
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Al-Qaida Is Losing — There's desperation in Osama's voice. — I once hypothesized that Osama Bin Laden might be dead. The induction went like this: Proof of life is easy to furnish, but some of the tapes allegedly showing him could easily have been cobbled from earlier releases.
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New York Times:
Al Qaeda's Big Boast — IF Osama bin Laden's aim in releasing an audiotape was to gauge his enemies' reaction, he must have been gratified to find that America's leaders and opinion-makers understand him little better than they did on 9/11. The proof is in how his offer of a "long-term truce" was treated.
The New Republic:
WILL ALITO MAKE HILLARY PRESIDENT?: — Chris Cillizza over at "The Fix" has an interesting post today about whether or not Hillary can win a presidential election. His conclusion is a tentative yes—something I agree with despite Marisa Katz's excellent piece laying out some of the obstacles Hillary faces …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:Parsing the Polls: Can Hillary Win the White House?
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Richard Brookhiser / New York Observer:
Status Quo Republicans Gambling With History — Washington smarties will tell you that only 15 House seats are ever truly in play every two years, thanks to gerrymandering. This is the world, comfortable and eternal, that all politicians want (even politicians in the minority …
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
New Tax Breaks for Medical Expenses — President Bush will propose that Americans be allowed to take tax deductions on more of their out-of pocket medical expenses, as part of an initiative the White House believes will rein in soaring health costs by shifting responsibility toward individuals …
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Marginal Revolution, TAPPED, Think Progress, MyDD, Say Anything, ACSBlog, Democracy Project, Las Vegas Gleaner, Needlenose, INDC Journal, BrothersJudd Blog and Mia Culpa
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Bush to visit spy agency, defend surveillance — Sen. McCain, uncertain if president exceeded authority, welcomes hearings … WASHINGTON - President Bush heads to the National Security Agency on Wednesday for another speech defending his controversial spying program …
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Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Google Agrees to Censor Results in China — SAN FRANCISCO - 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.
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Michelle Malkin:
DOWDIFYING BEN FRANKLIN — Take a close look at the protest banner held up by a petulant bunch of Georgetown University kids who disrupted a speech by Attorney General Al Gonzales defending the NSA's terrorist surveillance program yesterday: — Notice anything missing?
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Right Wing Nut House, Power Line, Sister Toldjah, The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta, Newslinker, The Heretik and Lifelike Pundits
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Bush the Incompetent — Incompetence is not one of the seven deadly sins, and it's hardly the worst attribute that can be ascribed to George W. Bush. But it is this president's defining attribute. Historians, looking back at the hash that his administration has made of his war in Iraq …
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Mr. Abramoff's Meetings — HERE ARE SOME things we know about Jack Abramoff and the White House: The disgraced lobbyist raised at least $100,000 for President Bush's reelection campaign. He had long-standing ties to Karl Rove, a key presidential adviser. He had extensive dealings …
John In Dc / Open Letter To Chris Matthews:
Frequently Asked Questions — 1. What is your complaint with Chris Matthews and MSNBC? — Chris Matthews is a major opinion leader who has repeatedly compared Americans concerned about the war in Iraq to Osama bin Laden, a charge that borders on accusing over half the American public with treason.
Mark / Mark in Mexico:
Dumb and Dumber — Hugh Hewitt's interview with Joel Stein, made available by Radio Blogger, is hilarious or sad or some kind of combination of the two. I don't know if Hugh talked to Joel Stein for awhile prior to taping the interview or if Hugh had a chance to talk about Stein with other people …
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AMERICAN FUTURE, Power Line, The Glittering Eye, Hugh Hewitt, Say Anything, Argghhh!, Brainster's Blog and aaron
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Al Qaeda Sees Resurgence in Pakistani Tribal Areas — Videotape Shows Terror Network Actively Recruiting, Plotting Attacks — Jan. 24, 2006 — Al Qaeda and its former protectors — the Taliban — are in the midst of a powerful resurgence, according to accounts by local officials …
Roy / alicublog:
THESE THINGS JUST WRITE THEMSELVES. Jonah Goldberg: … Jonah Goldberg, who I guess is not religious, forty minutes later: … Hey, that's a funny idea. Maybe Goldberg should do it. Oh, wait, his family couldn't afford the lost income etc. — Three minutes later, Tim Graham:
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Daimnation!, Say Anything, NewsBusters.org, The Sundries Shack and The Corner on National …
Will / Attytood:
The Ed Rendell Party: Like it's 1999 — There's nothing more frustrating for a blogger than getting tied up on real-life work, etc., when we'd wanted to write last night about the Democratic fiasco right here in Pennsylvania. — That would be the stunning endorsement of right-wing Supreme …
