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8:10 PM ET, August 15, 2006

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Associated Press:
Hizbullah likely to retain weapons  —  Hizbullah will not hand over its weapons to the Lebanese government but rather refrain from exhibiting them publicly, according to a new compromise that is reportedly brewing between Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Seniora and Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
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Bob Geiger / BobGeiger.com:
Update: Senate Democrats Supporting Ned Lamont
Washington Post:
George Allen's America  —  "MY FRIENDS, we're going to run this campaign on positive, constructive ideas," Sen. George F. Allen told a rally of Republican supporters in Southwest Virginia last week.  "And it's important that we motivate and inspire people for something."
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Hotline On Call:
When A Quip Is More Than A Quip
Discussion: The Fix and NewsBusters.org
Luke Thomas / sanfranciscosentinel.com:
Happy Birthday Fidel  —  San Franciscans honor the life of the world's longest reigning revolutionary leader  —  Members of Dance Brigade perform a dance ode to honor the life of Cuban President  —  Fidel Castro at Dance Mission Theater on Saturday.  —  The event was co-sponsored by Casa Cuba Resource Center.
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Val Prieto / Michelle Malkin:
San Francisco In Support of Slavery
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
New York Times:
Iraqi Death Toll Rose Above 3,400 in July  —  July appears to have been the deadliest month of the war for Iraqi civilians, according to figures from the Health Ministry and the Baghdad morgue, reinforcing criticism that the Baghdad security plan started in June by the new Iraqi government has failed.
Kimberly Hefling / Associated Press:
Poll Shows Pa. Senate Race Narrowing  —  MANNS CHOICE, Pa. - Democrat Bob Casey is holding onto his lead over Republican Sen. Rick Santorum (news, bio, voting record) in one of the nation's hottest Senate races, despite the recent appearance of a Green Party candidate who is considered a spoiler for Casey, a poll released Tuesday shows.
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and PoliPundit.com
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush says U.S. safer, but not yet safe  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush said Tuesday that the foiled plot in Britain to blow up jetliners over the Atlantic is evidence the U.S. could be fighting terrorists for years to come.  —  "America is safer than it has been, yet it is not yet safe," …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
The Triumph of Unrealism  —  Five weeks have passed since the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers provoked Israel to launch its most unsatisfactory military operation in 58 years.  What problem has been solved, or even ameliorated?  —  Hezbollah, often using World War II-vintage rockets …
Haaretz:
IDF General Staff sources: Halutz cannot escape resignation  —  Senior sources in the Israel Defense Forces General Staff and field officers who took part in the war in Lebanon said on Tuesday that Chief of Staff Dan Halutz, who went to his bank branch and sold an NIS 120,000 investment portfolio …
Michael J. Totten:
War Warps the Mind a Little  —  The events in this essay took place on August 11 and 12.  —  NORTHERN ISRAEL - War does strange things to the mind.  The first time you hear the loud BOOM, BANG, and CRASH of incoming and outgoing artillery, you will jump.  You will twitch.  You will want to take cover.
Guardian:
Liberal agonies  —  Leader  —  "Why are the liberals always on the other side?" asks the fictional French military commander Colonel Mathieu when he is challenged, in The Battle for Algiers, for using torture to fight terror.  The film suggests that torture works as a tool of immediate necessity …
KLTV-TV:
Clinton Sounds Off on Terror, Republicans  —  Taking a break from his work at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto on Monday, former President Clinton warned Republicans not to politicize the London terror arrests, slammed Sen. Joe Lieberman, whom he campaigned for just a couple weeks ago …
New York Magazine:
Andrew Sullivan blogs from a parallel world  —  After a somber beginning, the president finally found his voice last night.  It's been hard for him to connect viscerally to the public, and the formality of a congressional address doesn't exactly help.  He remains awkward, stiff, emotionally detached.
Robert Cox / Examiner:
Anti-partisan Lieberman may be on to something  —  WASHINGTON - When I left New York last week for a family vacation in Southern California, Sen. Joe Lieberman had just lost the Democratic primary in Connecticut and was preparing for his first day as an independent candidate for higher office.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Jamie Glassman / Times of London:
Have you heard the one about the Jews?  —  As a writer on The Ali G Show I can do insulting jokes.  But the anti-Jewish sentiment at Edinburgh is shocking  —  THERE'S NOTHING I like more than a Jewish joke.  It's the anti-Jewish ones I'm not so keen on.  —  Wandering through the streets …
Lawrence M. Krauss / New York Times:
How to Make Sure Children Are Scientifically Illiterate  —  Voters in Kansas ensured this month that noncreationist moderates will once again have a majority (6 to 4) on the state school board, keeping new standards inspired by intelligent design from taking effect.
Colin Brown / Independent:
Let us adopt Islamic family law to curb extremists, Muslims tell Kelly  —  Muslim leaders have urged Ruth Kelly, the Secretary of State for Communities, to support Islamic family law in Britain to stop youths joining Islamic extremists.  —  Following three hours of meeting with Muslim groups in Whitehall …
DFH / Drinking From Home:
Orla Guerin - Busted!  —  Two reports from Bint Jbeil from yesterday's news, one from Orla Guerin on the BBC (watch the full report here**) and the other from Alex Thomson on Channel 4 News (click here to view.  Window Media Player only. 2 mins in.)  (Added emphasis mine in all spoken extracts)
Discussion: Iain Dale's Diary and Biased BBC
 
 
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John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
What If 9/11 Never Happened?
Guardian:
TAKE SOME GODDAMN RESPONSIBILITY!!!!
Eric Boehlert / The Huffington Post:
Little Green Footballs, Staged War Photos, and the Story the Press Won't Tell
Discussion: Liberal Values
Doug Donovan / Baltimore Sun:
Cardin promises cancer cure
bobharris.com:
Actual praise for a TV anchor
Chris Bowers / mydd.com:
MyDD / Courage Campaign Poll: Republicans Divided On Iraq, Accountability
Gretchen Peters Reports / The Blotter:
Al Qaeda in Drag
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Shankar Vedantam / Washington Post:
Women in Top Ranks Pull Up the Pay of Others
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James Moore / The Huffington Post:
Karl Called  —  When the book "Bush's Brain" was published …
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Martin Griffith / Associated Press:
Notices to be posted about Nevada candidate's death
Rick Lyman / New York Times:
Census Shows Growth of Immigrants
David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:
Expect no miracles from Katie
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Ze'ev Schiff / Haaretz:
ANALYSIS: The IDF's military victory is not enough
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Reuters:
Snow White's dwarfs more famous than US judges: poll
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Latest Bush Approval Rating at 37%
 

 
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