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6:55 PM ET, April 10, 2006

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Gateway Pundit:
France Surrenders!  —  It was only a matter of time...  The kids did not care for the new plan...  It had to go.  They were forced to take their fight to the streets.  (France-Echos)  —  After putting up a brave fight, France surrendered today to the young socialist thugs on the street.
Elizabeth Pineau / Reuters:   France to scrap disputed youth job contract
Matthew Bigg / Reuters:
France scraps youth job law
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
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Kim Priestap / Wizbang:
DEMOCRATS RECRUITING AT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT PROTESTS  —  Updated  —  Scroll to read updates.  —  A number of photos were taken at yesterday's Dallas illegal immigrant protest, including this one of a Democrat recruitment flyer encouraging Mexican immigrants to vote for Democrats in 2006.
Discussion: The Mahablog and The American Mind
Michelle Malkin:
ILLEGAL ALIEN VOTER RECRUITMENT  —  Photographed at the Dallas illegal alien demonstration yesterday:  —  Kim Priestap at Wizbang: … Sen. Ted Kennedy is scheduled to address the crowd—future constituents—in Washington, D.C., today around 4:30pm EST.  —  As they say: "Today they march, tomorrow they vote."
Discussion: A Blog For All and In the Bullpen
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CNN:
Bush: Talk of Iran attack 'wild speculation'
Bull Moose:
Prudent Planning  —  The Moose is pleased that the taxpayers …
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Jason Leopold / truthout.org:
Bush and Cheney Discussed Plame Prior to Leak  —  In early June 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney met with President Bush and told him that CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson was the wife of Iraq war critic Joseph Wilson and that she was responsible for sending him on a fact-finding mission …
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THREE YEARS LATER: IT'S STILL NEWS!
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Show Your Teeth  —  WHEN CHIDED for a sharp or acerbic remark …
Discussion: protein wisdom and TAPPED
Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Bush's Job Approval Rating Continues to Swoon  —  Forty-Seven Percent of Americans 'Strongly' Disapprove of Handling of the Presidency  —  Political reversals at home and continued bad news from Iraq have dragged President Bush's standing with the public to a new low and boosted Democratic chances …
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Eric Boehlert / The Huffington Post:
Surprise!  Fox News Ignores Page Six Extortion Story  —  Proving once again that the "News" in Fox News is not meant to be taken literally, the Rupert Murdoch-owned news channel has all but ignored the stunning story of the New York City gossip columnist who tried to extort nearly $250K …
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Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
Behind Gossip, There's Often a Relationship
USA Today:
Army surpassing year's retention goal by 15%  —  WASHINGTON — Two of every three eligible soldiers continue to re-enlist, putting the Army, which has endured most of the fighting in Iraq, ahead of its annual goal.  —  The Army was 15% ahead of its re-enlistment goal of 34,668 …
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Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Young Officers Leaving Army at a High Rate
MSNBC:
Polls: Berlusconi trailing challenger in Italy vote  —  Conservative premier is seeking third term; leftist Prodi is ex-ECU president  —  ROME - Center-left leader Romano Prodi looks set to beat Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Italy's general election, winning a majority in both houses of parliament …
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Bloomberg:
Berlusconi Overtakes Prodi in Italian Election (Update1)
Discussion: In the Bullpen
Sebastian Mallaby:
Political Crackups  —  What Happens When Governments Don't Work  —  In the fall of 1992, when a different Bush administration was unraveling, Shin Kanemaru ran into a little trouble.  Kanemaru was the Tom DeLay of politics in Japan; he was the gruff son of a rural sake maker who became …
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Stephanie Simon / Los Angeles Times:
Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies  —  Many codes intended to protect gays from harassment are illegal, conservatives argue.  —  ATLANTA — Ruth Malhotra went to court last month for the right to be intolerant.  —  Malhotra says her Christian faith compels her to speak out against homosexuality.
Bob Carter / Telegraph:
There IS a problem with global warming... it stopped in 1998  —  For many years now, human-caused climate change has been viewed as a large and urgent problem.  In truth, however, the biggest part of the problem is neither environmental nor scientific, but a self-created political fiasco.
Neil Munro / nationaljournal.com:
Real Or Fake? … Thanks to digital technology, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are the most photographed in history.  Photographers with digital cameras have provided, almost instantaneously, an enormous flood of accurate, dramatic, and even shocking images to people around the world.
Washington Post:
Christian Coalition Shrinks as Debt Grows  —  In an era when conservative Christians enjoy access and influence throughout the federal government, the organization that fueled their rise has fallen on hard times.  —  The once-mighty Christian Coalition, founded 17 years ago by the Rev. Pat Robertson …
Michelle Malkin:
MUSLIMS FOR OPEN BORDERS  —  Illegal alien protest in Detroit.  Sunday, April 9, 2006.  Second from right is guest speaker Dawud Walid, 34, of Detroit, executive director of Council on American-Islamic Relations-Michigan.  —  March 27 illegal alien protest in Detroit.
Michael J. Totten:
Back to Iraq - Part One  —  GALLIPOLI PENNINSULA, WESTERN TURKEY - My recent trip to Turkey wasn't my first, but my friend Sean LaFreniere - whom I flew from Beirut to Istanbul to meet - had never been there before.  So I let him decide our itinerary.  He wanted to see Gallipoli and Troy, even though Izmir has better ruins than Troy.
Discussion: The Wide Awake Cafe
Paul Horwitz / PrawfsBlawg:
Balkin on Wills on JC  —  An interesting post by Jack Balkin today, itself referring to an op-ed by Garry Wills in the New York Times.  Wills argues against the institutionalization of Jesus in politics — against the tendency to recruit him as "a campaign aide."
Hassan M. Fattah / New York Times:
Democracy in the Arab World, a U.S. Goal, Falters  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, April 9 — Steps toward democracy in the Arab world, a crucial American goal that just months ago was cause for optimism — with elections held in Iraq, Egypt and the Palestinian areas — are slowing …
 
 
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