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9:25 AM ET, August 5, 2006

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Stephen Farrell / Times of London:
'Hezbollah aren't suckers, they know how to fight.  You're scared all the time'  —  Israeli soldiers recount stories of a terrifying week facing the snipers and missiles of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon  —  AT FIRST light they filtered from the undergrowth, camouflaged …
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Amir Oren / Haaretz:
Loss of momentum  —  The closer the campaign in Lebanon comes …
Discussion: Roger L. Simon
Lebanon.Profile / Lebanese Political Journal:
Israel Bombing Christians and Sunnis
Discussion: Al Bawaba and New York Sun
Rebecca Sinderbrand / Political Animal:
TALKING TO SYRIA....There are still plenty of nay-sayers …
Discussion: Obsidian Wings and TAPPED
Alex Koppelman / Salon:
He really was a Fox News Democrat  —  The numbers show Lieberman had a Fox habit, and kicked it cold turkey when he faced a primary challenge from the left.  —  Sen. Joe Lieberman (Reuters photo), left.  Sean Hannity, right.  —  The bad news keeps coming for Joe Lieberman.
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Daniel Levy / Haaretz:
Ending the neoconservative nightmare  —  Witnessing the near-perfect symmetry of Israeli and American policy has been one of the more noteworthy aspects of the latest Lebanon war.  A true friend in the White House.  No deescalate and stabilize, honest-broker, diplomatic jaw-jaw from this president.
Bill Salisbury / TwinCities.com:
GOP says it's about choice  —  National committee's strategy keeps Bush at arm's length, focuses on local candidates  —  Republican national leaders want Minnesota voters in the state's U.S. Senate race to focus on the candidates, Republican Mark Kennedy and Democrat Amy Klobuchar, not on President Bush.
Discussion: Liberty and Justice and MyDD
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Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
GOP Candidates Claim Degrees Of Separation From President  —  On Capitol Hill, Rep. Mark Kennedy (Minn.) and Sen. James M. Talent (Mo.) are known as loyal Republican soldiers, reliable votes for President Bush on tax cuts and the Iraq war.  In elections past, they have aired advertisements featuring …
MSNBC:
Slacker Friday  —  I've got a new Think Again here, "Remember Iraq?"  —  Jim Fallows says we won.  You'll have to read why.  — Generals Give Grim Report on Iraqi Strife," the Los Angeles Times.  [Link]  — "Generals warn of civil war in Iraq," Washington Times.  [Link]
Discussion: TomDispatch
Tom Lasseter / Knight Ridder:
Iraqi civil war has already begun, U.S. troops say  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - While American politicians and generals in Washington debate the possibility of civil war in Iraq, many U.S. officers and enlisted men who patrol Baghdad say it has already begun.  —  Army troops in and around …
Greg Giroux / CQPolitics.com:
Judges Implement New Map in Texas, Altering Five Districts  —  A three-judge federal court panel in Austin today implemented a plan that revises the congressional district map for Texas.  The action was in response to a June 28 Supreme Court ruling that a Republican-drawn mid-decade redistricting map …
Discussion: MyDD
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Karl-Thomas Musselman / Burnt Orange Report:
Re-Re-Redistricting Decided  —  The courts have drawn the redistricting map.
Grace Wong / CNNMoney.com:
Job growth unexpectedly slows  —  Payroll gain of 113,000 misses forecasts for fourth straight month; unemployment rises; wages up.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Job growth came in weak for the fourth straight month in July while the unemployment rate rose, according to a government report Friday …
Victor Davis Hanson / victorhanson.com:
The Brink of Madness  —  A familiar place.  —  National Review Online  —  When I used to read about the 1930s — the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, the rise of fascism in Italy, Spain, and Germany, the appeasement in France and Britain, the murderous duplicity of the Soviet Union …
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE
B.A. / Connecticut Bob:
Dickie Goes Ballistic  —  So, I don't know this Richard Goodstein fellow from a hole in the ground, but he seemed mostly harmless.  Even considering he was demonstrating at a rally for Ned Lamont, with a group of perhaps 50 Lieberman "volunteers", who seemed intent on getting coverage for their disruptive activities.
Discussion: MyDD and Ned Lamont for Senate
Michael J. Totten:
Clarification of Bias  —  No blogger in the world can seriously claim they are "objective" in the literal sense.  That includes me.  —  My traffic is much higher than usual lately, and there are lots of unfamiliar names in the comments.  I'm getting all kinds of emails from people I've never heard …
Brannon Denning / Instapundit.com:
ADVICE TO INCOMING FIRST-YEAR LAW STUDENTS: It's just about time for classes to start.  The first year students at Cumberland begin orientation a week from Monday.  I remember my first year experience as being profoundly challenging and humbling.  Thinking back over my first-year …
Washington Post:
. . . and the Democrats' Reply  —  YOU MIGHT THINK that a call from the new Treasury secretary for reform of entitlements would get a respectful hearing from Democrats.  If entitlement programs are not reformed, they will squeeze out other spending programs that Democrats care about …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and MaxSpeak
Ezra Klein:
More on McCain  —  I love me my Shakespeare's Sister.  And I don't love me my John McCain.  So how come her post explaining how "wonderfully easy to disassemble into a collection of putrid little pieces" he is leaves me more convinced of his potential popularity?
Jerusalem Post:
Iran: We supplied Zelzal-2 to Hizbullah  —  By JPOST.COM STAFF AND YAAKOV KATZ  —  Iran admitted for the first time on Friday that it did indeed supply long-range Zelzal-2 missiles to Hizbullah.  —  Secretary-general of the "Intifada conference" Mohtashami Pur told an Iranian newspaper …
Discussion: GroupIntel and Liberty and Justice
CNET News.com:
Senate ratifies controversial cybercrime treaty  —  The first and only international treaty designed exclusively to combat computer crime won approval late Thursday from the U.S. Senate.  —  The Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime "will enhance our ability to cooperate with foreign governments …
 
 
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Gallup: Lieberman Now More Popular With Republicans Than Democrats
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Nathan Gonzales / The Rothenberg Political Report:
Pennsylvania 6: Challenger Murphy Leads in New Poll
Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
Dems Release Report Alleging White House Lawbreaking
Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
"I Thought The Iraqis Were Muslims!"
Hindrocket / Power Line:
YALLA YA NASRALLAH
Donald Sensing / One Hand Clapping:
The IDF - how far, how soon?
Ed Morrissey / The Heritage Policy Weblog:
How about SOX Audits for Washington?
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Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
Suicide Bomber Kills 21 Civilians in Afghanistan
Discussion: BBC, On Deadline and Amygdala
ShrinkWrapped:
Clans of the Alphane Moon
Billy Shore / New York Times:
The Flags of Our Sons  —  WHEN you fly as often as I do you learn …
New York Times:
The Sound of One Domino Falling
Daniel Freedman / It Shines For All:
Finland's Military Sees Bush As 'The Worst Terrorist Since Adolf Hitler'
Discussion: Blogs for Bush
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Where did that video spoofing Gore's film come from?
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
Hagel: Begin Iraq withdrawal within 6 months