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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Welcome To War  —  Exit polling turned out to be optimistic for the now-defunct Palestinian Authority, dominated by Fatah since its founding by Yasser Arafat.  The supposedly reformed terrorist kept the government as a sinecure for his PLO comrades, and made sure that any elections held …
New York Times:
Anticipating Hamas Victory, Palestinian Cabinet Resigns  —  RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Palestinian prime minister, Ahmed Qurei, and his government submitted their resignations Thursday as the radical Islamic faction Hamas appeared to have scored a major upset and defeated the ruling Fatah party in parliamentary elections.
Discussion: TAPPED, A Blog For All and Prometheus 6
Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:
Abbas to Ask Hamas to Form Next Government  —  RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will ask Hamas to form the next Palestinian government after the Islamic militants swept parliamentary elections, and the defeated Fatah Party will serve in the opposition, a senior Fatah legislator said Thursday.
Pajamas Media:   Hamas captures majority of parliament seats: Hamas and Fatah officials
Patrick Belton / OxBlog:
UF, WELL THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!  When I wrote …
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Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:
Officials: Hamas Wins Palestinian Election
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BBC:
Hamas sweeps to election victory
David Horovitz / Jerusalem Post:
The earthquake
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
White House Dismissed '02 Surveillance Proposal  —  The Bush administration rejected a 2002 Senate proposal that would have made it easier for FBI agents to obtain surveillance warrants in terrorism cases, concluding that the system was working well and that it would likely be unconstitutional to lower the legal standard.
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Words, Deeds on Spying Differed  — Even as warrantless U.S. eavesdropping was being conducted, the White House opposed easing rules on the issue in 2002 to avoid public debate.  —  WASHINGTON — Four years ago, top Bush administration lawyers told Congress they opposed lowering …
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush Taking Bin Laden Threat Seriously
New York Times:
Senators in Need of a Spine  —  Judge Samuel Alito Jr., whose entire history suggests that he holds extreme views about the expansive powers of the presidency and the limited role of Congress, will almost certainly be a Supreme Court justice soon.  His elevation will come courtesy …
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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Alito Picks Up Second Democrat Supporter
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Opinion Journal:   The Roberts-Alito Court  —  Thank you, Ted Kennedy and Ralph Neas.
Right Wing Nut House:
OH THOSE PESKY IRAQI WMD'S!  —  For almost three years, the conventional wisdom regarding Iraq WMD's prior to our invasion was that Saddam never had them, we knew it, Bush lied, and we invaded anyway because we wanted their oil, or to establish military bases, or because George Bush is a meany …
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Ira Stoll / New York Sun:
Iraq's WMD Secreted in Syria, Sada Says  —  The man who served as the no. 2 official in Saddam Hussein's air force says Iraq moved weapons of mass destruction into Syria before the war by loading the weapons into civilian aircraft in which the passenger seats were removed.
Milt Freudenheim / New York Times:
Prognosis Is Mixed for Health Savings  —  President Bush has made "consumer-directed" health savings plans a cornerstone of his policy for addressing runaway medical costs, and he plans to push them again in the State of the Union address next week.  But so far there is little evidence …
Discussion: TAPPED and NathanNewman.org
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Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
The Fix-It Myth  —  Almost everyone agrees that we ought to …
Discussion: TAPPED, The Next Hurrah and EconLog
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
GOP Freezes Jobs List, a Vestige of the K Street Project  —  Republican lawmakers yesterday ended their long practice of routinely summoning lobbyists to the Capitol to try to persuade them to hire their aides and colleagues, in the wake of the Jack Abramoff political corruption scandal.
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Maeve Reston / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Santorum denies ties to 'K Street Project'
Mickey Kaus / Slate:
Worst Beltway Incest Yet?  —  Tim Russert isn't doing his son any favor.  —  Earl Ofari Hutchinson contributes a forceful and admirably BS-free post on a dirty little un-PC secret of the Democratic coalition: Anti-illegal immigrant sentiment among blacks. ...
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / Financial Times:
US congressman takes Google to task on China  —  Google will be called to task in Washington next month following a controversial decision by the internet search engine to launch a China-based version of its website that will censor results to avoid angering the country's Communist government.
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ThreatsWatch.Org:
The Pakistani Frontier  —  When more is not enough; Counterterror efforts net successes but fall short on The Frontier  —  The airstrike on al-Qaeda leadership in the town of Damadola has done more than just kill up to five senior al-Qaeda commanders, including Abu Khabab …
Washington Post:
President Bush Holds a White House Press Conference  —  SPEAKER: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES  —  BUSH: I thank you all very much.  Look forward to answering some of your questions here in a minute.  —  I'm also looking forward to going up to Capitol Hill next Tuesday to give my State of the Union address.
Times of London:
Critics attack Google's 'black day' in China  —  Google today caved in to pressure from the Chinese Government by launching a localised version of its website that self-censors information deemed "subversive" by the Communist authorities.  —  The company, whose motto is "Don't be evil" …
Elaine Sciolino / New York Times:
France Battles a Problem That Grows and Grows: Fat  —  ROUBAIX, France - In a cold, stark municipal hall, 8-year-old Hatim sat silently as the pediatrician passed judgment.  —  At about 4 feet 6 inches and 95 pounds, the boy was declared overweight and in danger of becoming obese.
Discussion: JustOneMinute

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