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11:15 PM ET, July 14, 2006

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Haaretz:
Nasrallah vows to strike south of Haifa, says Israel chose 'all-out war'  —  Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah vowed Friday to strike Israeli targets south of Haifa, after an Israel Air Force attack left the group's headquarters in Beirut in ruins.  —  The group was quick to announce …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Vatican Rag (Updated)  —  The Vatican finally issued a statement on the conflict in Lebanon, and Catholics around the world — including yours truly — will wish that the Holy See had remained quiet.  Despite the attack on Israel by Hezbollah, a member of the Lebanese government …
Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press:
Israelis continues bombardment of Beirut  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel tightened its seal on Lebanon, blasting its air and road links to the outside world and bringing its offensive to the capital for the first time Friday to punish Hezbollah — and with it, the country — for the capture of two Israeli soldiers.
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
IDF confirms warship hit by explosive-laden UAV  —  A Hizbullah strike on an IDF warship off the Lebanese coast damaged the ship severely, The IDF confirmed to The Jerusalem Post late Friday.  —  Earlier reports disagreed regarding the extent of the damage, with the IDF initially reporting that the ship was largely unharmed.
Discussion: Secular Blasphemy
Josef Federman / Associated Press:
Israel Says Hezbollah Drone Damages Warship
Laura Rozen / American Prospect:
The Rules of the Game  —  An American mediator with Hezbollah …
Pamela Geller Oshry / Atlas Shrugs:
JOHN BOLTON ADDRESSING THE UN
Discussion: Gates of Vienna and protein wisdom
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Cheney, Rove and Libby Sued Over CIA Leak  —  Former U.S. ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV and his wife, former CIA agent Valerie Plame, said today Vice President Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials knowingly lied and abused their power to "exact personal revenge" …
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Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:   Valerie Plame Wilson, Ready for Her Close-Up
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
About Those Poison Pills...  UPDATE: Crooks and Liars has the video …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and NO QUARTER
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
It's Our War  —  WHY IS THIS ARAB-ISRAELI WAR different from all other Arab-Israeli wars?  Because it's not an Arab-Israeli war.  Most of Israel's traditional Arab enemies have checked out of the current conflict.  The governments of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia are, to say the least …
Discussion: Blogs for Bush
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Washington Post:
The Mideast Erupts
Discussion: Don Surber and Decision '08
Walter Pincus / niemanwatchdog.org:
Fighting back against the PR presidency  —  The Summer 2006 issue of Nieman Reports is about 'Reflections on Courage.' Veteran Washington Post reporter Walter Pincus thinks that Washington editors and reporters should be brave enough not to cover any statements made by the president …
Discussion: PostWatch
Harper's:
Stabbed in the Back!  —  The past and future of a right-wing myth … —Hagen to Siegfried  —  Die Götterdämmerung  —  Every state must have its enemies.  Great powers must have especially monstrous foes.  Above all, these foes must arise from within, for national pride does …
Brad / The BRAD BLOG:
BREAKING: DNC'S VOTING RIGHTS INSTITUTE ISSUES STATEMENT CALLING FOR 'MANUAL COUNT' OF ALL BALLOTS IN BUSBY/BILBRAY ELECTION!  —  Filed by Brad Friedman from San Diego...  In a harshly worded statement, the DNC's Voting Rights Institute has issued a statement condeming the adminstration …
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Greg Moore / The Democratic Party:
DNC Voting Rights Institute on CA-50 Special Election
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG
Newsday:
Lieberman has $4.3 million for re-election bid  —  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, facing a strong Democratic primary challenge, said Friday he has nearly $4.3 million cash on hand for his re-election campaign.  —  Lieberman raised $1.3 million in the three-month period ending June 30 …
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Jonathan S. Landay / Knight Ridder:
Bush agrees to have domestic eavesdropping program reviewed
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Angry Bear
Marc Caputo / Miami Herald:
Story of 'Joe's dead intern' began Harris' slide, insiders say  —  When Katherine Harris attacked a TV pundit, insiders say the incident revealed the depth of problems with her campaign — which was hit again by six staff departures.  —  mcaputo@herald.com
John W. Dean / Boston Globe:
Triumph of the authoritarians  —  CONTEMPORARY CONSERVATISM and its influence on the Republican Party was, until recently, a mystery to me.  The practitioners' bludgeoning style of politics, their self-serving manipulation of the political processes, and their policies that focus narrowly …
Adrienne P. Samuels / Boston Globe:
A new intolerance visits Provincetown  —  Police say gays accused of slurs  —  PROVINCETOWN — Town leaders here are holding a public meeting today to air concerns about slurs and bigoted behavior.  And this time, they say, it's gay people who are displaying intolerance.
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Watching Finances Of Terror Suspects Discussed in 2002  —  At a House subcommittee hearing five months after the Sept. 11 attacks, plans were openly discussed to give the government a highly secure, real-time electronic capability to request and receive data from financial institutions …
campusprogress.org:
Now Show Me Yours  —  By Julie Brinn Siegel, University of Pennsylvania  —  Two weeks ago, my editor here at CampusProgress.org, our daily web magazine, asked me if I would like to cover the Young America's Foundation (YAF) National Conservative Student Conference, set for July 30 to August 5 in Washington.
Pete Thamel / New York Times:
Top Grades and No Class Time for Auburn Players  —  A graphic popped up on James Gundlach's television during an Auburn football game in the fall of 2004, and he could not believe his eyes.  —  One of the university's prominent football players was being honored as a scholar athlete for his work as a sociology major.
 
 
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