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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Anti-war video bogus? — I can't get this to load, but I'm putting the link out there anyway because someone sent me a long message this morning questioning its veracity. Not just the claims that are made, either; I'm talking about mistakes in his uniform, etc.
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Uncle Jimbo / BLACKFIVE:
ANTI-WAR POSEUR FRONTED OUT AT HOT AIR — The mighty Allah at Hot Air asked if this anti-war video was fake, and the answer is OH YEAH! — This spindly little weasel wouldn't have made it through 10 seconds of RIP, let alone Ranger school or life in a Ranger Batt.
Allan Lengel / Washington Post:
FBI Says Jefferson Was Filmed Taking Cash — Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), the target of a 14-month public corruption probe, was videotaped accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from a Northern Virginia investor who was wearing an FBI wire, according to a search warrant affidavit released yesterday.
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Michael Smith / The Raw Story:
Bush, Blair to announce 'phased withdrawal' from Iraq — Michael Smith, a reporter for the London Sunday Times, broke the Downing Street Minutes in 2004. — LONDON — Tony Blair and George Bush will announce that they are to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq at a summit in Washington as early as this week, RAW STORY has learned.
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Wired News:
Whistle-Blower's Evidence, Uncut — Former AT&T technician Mark Klein is the key witness in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's class-action lawsuit against the telecommunications company, which alleges that AT&T cooperated in an illegal National Security Agency domestic surveillance program.
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Ian Bishop / New York Post:
HILLARY IPODHAM CLINTON — POLITICAL PLAYER OFFERS PEEK AT HER SONG LIST — May 22, 2006 — WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton doesn't need "Respect" - she's already got it at the top of her iPod playlist. — The surprisingly tech-savvy Clinton mixes Aretha Franklin's 1967 landmark smash hit …
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Gareth Smyth / Financial Times:
Iran denies 'mischievous' allegations on Jews — Iranian officials and politicians have strongly condemned a Canadian newspaper report alleging that Iran had passed a law requiring Jews to wear yellow badges on their clothes. — The story also claimed Christians and Zoroastrians …
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Jean Rohe / The Huffington Post:
Response to McCain's Aide Mark Salter — At the risk of turning this into a battle between Mark Salter, Senator John McCain's staff-member, and myself, I'd like to comment briefly on his comment on the Huffington Post. I'm sad to see that Mr. Salter intentionally misinterpreted my writing …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Rove Lawyer Has a Pet Peeve — Robert Luskin, Karl Rove's lawyer, says he spent most of the day on May 12 taking his cat to the veterinarian and having a technician fix his computer at home. — He was stunned, therefore, when journalists started calling to ask about an online report …
Paul Kirby / dailyfreeman.com:
Graduates get an apology — NEW PALTZ - New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. told about 900 SUNY New Paltz graduates Sunday that he was sorry. — It wasn't an apology for anything Sulzberger, who first joined the Times in 1978 as a Washington correspondent, specifically did.
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The American Thinker:
Something frighteningly ominous has been happening on the Internet lately: Google, without any prior explanation or notice, has been terminating its News relationship with conservative e-zines and web journals. — At first blush, one can easily ignore such business decisions by the most powerful company …
NY Daily News:
Justice prays for a Prez in 'real trouble' — Just how bad are things for President Bush? — Pretty bad, I'd say, if even Clarence Thomas is worried about him. — The other night at a Washington book party for the President's sister, Doro Bush Koch, the Supreme Court justice arrived with his wife …
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
Reclaiming the Democratic Agenda — Though you'd never know it from surfing the Internet, there exists in the Democratic Party a substantial body of politicians and policymakers who believe the U.S. mission in Iraq must be sustained until it succeeds; who want to intensify American attempts …
New Yorker:
LISTENING IN — A few days before the start of the confirmation hearings for General Michael Hayden, who has been nominated by President Bush to be the head of the C.I.A., I spoke to an official of the National Security Agency who recently retired. The official joined the N.S …
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Reuters:
Oliver Stone to make Venezuela coup film: Chavez — CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone was planning to film a movie about the 2002 coup in Venezuela that briefly ousted the former army officer.
Brandie M. Jefferson / Associated Press:
Protests, Applause Greet Rice at BC — A few students turned their backs but more stood to applaud as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice received an honorary degree and addressed graduates at Boston College on Monday. — After weeks of turmoil and anti-war protests over Rice's invitation …
MSNBC:
Data about millions of U.S. veterans stolen — Burglar reportedly took Veterans Affairs disk containing personal info — WASHINGTON - A computer disk with personal data of about 26.5 million U.S. veterans was stolen from the home of a Veterans Affairs analyst, the federal department said Monday.
Reuters:
Bush's faith worries Albright — LONDON, England (Reuters) — U.S. President George W. Bush has alienated Muslims around the world by using absolutist Christian rhetoric to discuss foreign policy issues, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says. — "I worked for two presidents …