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3:45 PM ET, July 4, 2006

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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
A Dissident's Holiday  —  Have you ever noticed a certain hesitant quality to the expressions of patriotism by progressives or left-wingers?  —  The patriotism of the conservative goes unquestioned.  It's assumed that every politician on the right will wear a flag on his lapel …
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John Kerry / The Huffington Post:
How to Love Your Country  —  This Fourth of July it's right to spend some time thinking about what it means not just to be an American, but to be a patriot — because the concept of patriotism itself is under assault in ways that remind me of a different time in our history.
Examiner:
Christopher Hitchens: This July Fourth, ignore polls on America's image  —  WASHINGTON - Here's what I want to know, and here's why I want to know it.  At what point in history, exactly, did the Pew Center decide that it knew how to measure world opinion?  —  I ask this because almost every week …
Discussion: Cold Fury
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Judith / Kesher Talk:
Democracy Whiskey Sexy: a 4th of July playlist
Discussion: Wizbang and Yourish.com
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Declaration of Independence: A Fisking
Marcia Dunn / Associated Press:
Space shuttle Discovery goes into orbit  —  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In a majestic Independence Day liftoff, Discovery and its crew of seven blasted into orbit Tuesday on the first space shuttle launch in a year, flying over objections from those within NASA who argued for more fuel-tank repairs.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
NASA Gives Green Light for Shuttle Launch  —  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA officials decided a crack in Discovery's fuel tank insulating foam wasn't enough of a threat to stop the countdown Tuesday to their first Independence Day shuttle launch.  The launch is set for 2:38 p.m. EDT.
Deborah Zabarenko / Reuters:
Discovery blasts off
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
New York Times:
Senator's Plan B Creates Quandary for Democrats  —  Six years ago Joseph I. Lieberman came within a hairbreadth of the vice presidency after the Democratic Party chose him as a moderate face whose support for family values and a stronger military might attract Reagan Democrats and independents.
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Agence France Presse:
US stars align in anti-Iraq war hunger strike  —  Star Hollywood actor-activists including Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon and anti-war campaigners led by bereaved mother Cindy Sheehan plan to launch a hunger strike, demanding the immediate return of US troops from Iraq.
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Amanda Beck / Reuters:
Anti-war protesters begin July 4 fast  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 150 protesters sat in front of the White House on Monday to savor their last meal before starting a hunger strike that some said will continue until American troops return from Iraq.  —  The demonstration marking …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
TigerHawk:   Supporting the terrorists on the Fourth of July
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
C.I.A. Closes Unit Focused on Capture of bin Laden  —  WASHINGTON, July 3 — The Central Intelligence Agency has closed a unit that for a decade had the mission of hunting Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants, intelligence officials confirmed Monday.  —  The unit, known as Alec Station …
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Josh White / Washington Post:
Ex-Soldier Charged in Killing of Iraqi Family  —  Coverup Is Alleged; Four Others Implicated  —  A former U.S. Army soldier was charged yesterday with the rape and murder of a young Iraqi woman and the slayings of three of her family members in their home south of Baghdad in March, federal prosecutors said.
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New York Times:
Ex-G.I. Held in 4 Slayings and Rape in Iraq
Nathan / NathanNewman.org:
Ulysses Grant: Our Greatest President?  —  In 1854, abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison led a crowd celebrating Independence Day by burning the Constitution, denouncing it as "A Convenant With Death and an Agreement with Hell."  His worthy point was that the founding fathers of the nation …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Majikthise
BBC:
Al-Qaeda 'bid to infiltrate MI5'  —  Al-Qaeda sympathisers have been trying to infiltrate the British security service MI5, the BBC has learned.  —  Whitehall officials confirmed what some had long suspected, says BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner.  —  But those with al-Qaeda sympathies …
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Rick Klein / Boston Globe:
House GOP leaders say vote on minimum wage now likely  —  Cite the pressure of Nov. elections  —  WASHINGTON — With Democrats plotting to make the minimum wage a major issue in this fall's congressional races, House Republican leaders are conceding that they may have to yield to pressure …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns and Money:
And This Weekend a Hollywood Studio Released A Movie With Little Artistic Merit!  —  Shorter Verbatim Tom Maguire: "I am not sure I grasp the news value of this Times piece describing the summer homes of Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld...I remain dubious of the timing."
Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Bush's foreign friends fading fast  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush's stalwart foreign friends are fading fast.  —  Most of the leaders who defied criticism at home to stand with him on Iraq and win his friendship are no longer players on the world stage, or are on their way out.
MSNBC:
Dirty wars, dirty bombs  —  Plus, Slacker Friday letters  —  I am taking an extra day because I love my country, sooo much.  If people really miss me, I'll be on Al Franken's show around 1:30 p.m. ET.  —  I've got a new Think Again: The Best of Times . here.  —  We're not yet a police state.
 
 
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New York Times:
Conservative Has Slight Edge in Mexico Vote
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
OPEN FOR BUSINESS  —  Townhall reopens today as a project of Salem Radio.
Discussion: The Sundries Shack and TBogg
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Would I have supported the American Revolution?
Marilynn Marchione / Associated Press:
Docs: Comatose Man's Brain Rewired Itself
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Palestinians Pledge To End Negotiations But Keep Shalit Alive
Gateway Pundit:
Happy Independence Day, 2006!... "One Nation, Under God!"
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
New York Times:
No News Allowed  —  News has always been a tough nut for Communist dictators.
Cassandra / Villainous Company:
Bill Keller: The Unitary Editor
 Earlier Items: 
Telegraph:
Proud to be Muslim, a soldier and British
Discussion: Harry's Place
Editor and Publisher:
Shreveport Paper Considers Dropping Coulter
Bjorn Lomborg / Observer:
Climate change can wait. World health can't
Discussion: UNSPEAK
The Anchoress:
Anchoress identifies source of world's problems
Discussion: JunkYardBlog
sciencedaily.com:
Jellyfish-like Creatures May Play Major Role In Fate Of Carbon Dioxide In The Ocean
Anton La Guardia / Telegraph:
Target any white person: the chilling guidelines for Bali suicide bombers
Discussion: TigerHawk
Jerusalem Post:
Switzerland: Israel violating int'l law
Associated Press:
Al-Zarqawi's cell phone reportedly yields surprises
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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