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2:45 AM ET, August 15, 2006

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Washington Post:
Sen. Allen's Remarks Spark Ire  —  Democrat James Webb's Senate campaign accused Sen. George Allen (R) of making demeaning comments Friday to a 20-year-old Webb volunteer of Indian descent.  —  S.R. Sidarth, a senior at the University of Virginia, had been trailing Allen with a video camera …
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Jeffrey Feldman / FRAMESHOP:
'Macaca' or 'Macaque'  —  News breaking out of Virginia is that Senator George Allen called a person a 'macaca' while on the campaign trail.  The person was dark skinned and, as it happens, working for Jim Webb's campaign.  —  There has been some question as to what this word 'macaca' means …
Discussion: Seeing the Forest and Eschaton
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Don Michak / Journal Inquirer:
Senate rivals' lieutenants launch ideological salvoes  —  So much for civility in the now three-way race for the U.S. Senate.  —  In separate e-mails sent to reporters over the weekend, top officials in the campaigns of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman and his Democratic challenger …
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush Says Israel Defeated Hezbollah  —  President Bush said Monday that Hezbollah guerillas suffered a defeat at the hands of Israel in their monthlong Mideast war.  —  "There's going to be a new power in the south of Lebanon," Bush said.  —  The president also said the war was part …
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Associated Press:
2 Fox News Journalists Kidnapped in Gaza  —  Palestinian gunmen ambushed a car carrying a Fox News crew in Gaza City on Monday and kidnapped two of the journalists inside, according to witnesses and Fox.  "We can confirm that two of our people were taken against their will in Gaza," Fox News said in a statement.
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Reuters:
Two Fox News journalists kidnapped in Gaza: witness
Ben Webster / Times of London:
Muslims face extra checks in new travel crackdown  —  THE Government is discussing with airport operators plans to introduce a screening system that allows security staff to focus on those passengers who pose the greatest risk.  —  The passenger-profiling technique involves selecting people …
lsj.com:
Coast Guard increases Mackinac Bridge patrols  —  Report: 3 terror suspects had photos, videos of 5-mile span  —  CARO - The U.S. Coast Guard has increased patrols near the Mackinac Bridge after prosecutors said they believe three Palestinian-American men from Texas now jailed …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Arab TV binging on Lebanese death porn to incite Muslims (Update: Ynet busts CNN)  —  It's electrifyin'. … "The Sixth War," as in the sixth Arab-Israeli war.  They've made Hezbollah the standard-bearer of Arab pride.  Quote: … And this despite the fact that Sunni governments like Saudi Arabia …
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BBC:
Step up extremism fight - Kelly
Discussion: USS Neverdock
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Defeatism and attacks on the Commander-in-Chief during a time of war  —  We have a rule in our country that "attacking the Commander-in-Chief during a time of war" helps The Terrorists and emboldens our enemies.  Joe Lieberman put it this way: "in matters of war, we undermine presidential credibility at our nation's peril."
Spencer Ackerman / American Prospect:
A Hawk for All Seasons  —  When it comes to foreign policy, Joe Lieberman's hawkish consistency is the hobgoblin of a little mind.  —  It took all of two days for Joe Lieberman to jettison the high-minded justifications for his post-primary campaign against Democratic Senate nominee Ned Lamont.
Michael J. Totten:
The Storm Before the Calm  —  The events in this essay took place on August 11 and 12.  —  METULLA, ISRAEL - Israel scrapped the proposed ceasefire agreement on August 11 and launched a full-scale ground invasion of Lebanon.  Presumably the Israeli Defense Forces wanted to rapidly snap …
Media Matters for America:
Media Matters to CNN: Will anchor Roberts be disciplined for suggesting Lamont is "the Al Qaeda candidate"?  —  Dear Messrs.  Klein and Santos:  —  I am writing to express my great concern over an incident that occurred on your network Friday, August 11, 2006.
Talking Points Memo:
From TPM Reader DN ...  I have mixed feelings about what DN has to say.  But I do recognize a lot in it I identify with.  TPM has always been pretty aggressive and pugilistic in its politics.  The site, after all, started during the 2000 recount, the founding political bad act from which, you might say, everything else followed.
Maria Aspan / New York Times:
Ease of Alteration Creates Woes for Picture Editors  —  The recent discovery that a Lebanese freelance photographer, Adnan Hajj, had manipulated pictures he took for Reuters has raised questions about the standards of photojournalism at a time of widespread digital photography.
 
 
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Will the AFL-CIO back Lieberman?  —  Senator Joe Lieberman …
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Tennessean.com:
State briefs: 'Bryson Prayer Force' asks Christians to join
Stephen Foley / Independent:
To google or not to google? It's a legal question
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James Rosen / The State:
Defeat of Bush's judicial nominee traced to S.C.'s Graham
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats See Security as Key Issue for Fall
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Independent:
America's one-eyed view of war: Stars, stripes, and the Star of David
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Ynetnews:
CNN Int'l snubs Israeli civilians
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Dating tip: Quality dates quality
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Pres. Ahmadinejad trying to infect Israelis with web viruses?
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Saint Maximilian Kolbe, A Saint For Our Times
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est.

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 19% YoY to $14.33B, vs. $14.25B est., amid its push to insert ads into Prime Video, and subscription sales up 11% YoY to $11.3B

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google

 
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