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Russell Shaw / The Huffington Post:
I Hope And Pray We Don't Get Hit Again-BUT..... I hope and pray we don't get hit again, like we did on September 11. Even one life lost to the violence of terrorism is too much. — If I somehow knew an attack was coming, I wouldn't pause for a second to report it in order to prevent it from occuring.
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Jeff / Caerdroia:
SHAW'S "BUT" PROVES HIM AN ASS — Russell Shaw, writing at HuffPo has really, really set me off. … So far, so good. … Oh, no! Here it comes... So, basically, as I see it, Shaw has attempted to rhetorically inoculate himself from the further comments of any decent person in two ways.
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Ctblogger / ConnecticutBLOG:
NEWSFLASH: Lieberman refuses to back Democratic candidates — Oh goodie, I get to use the Drudge light! — Okay, lets recap. — 1. We find out that Joe Lieberman hung out with Jodi Rell and Rob Simmons on Thursday. — 2. He's been endorsed by Nancy Johnson and Chris Shays.
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Melinda Tuhus / New Haven Independent:
"Non-Combatant" Lieberman Won't Back Democratic Candidates — Declaring himself a "non-combatant," U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, in remarks at a New Haven press event Friday, raised anew the question of whether his "independent" candidacy will help Republicans hold onto three Congressional seats …
Jim Stratton / Belleville News Democrat:
Katherine Harris says failure to elect Christians will `legislate sin' — ORLANDO, Fla. _Rep. Katherine Harris said this week that God did not intend for the United States to be a "nation of secular laws" and that a failure to elect Christians to political office will allow lawmaking bodies to "legislate sin."
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Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com:
Do I Want to Talk About the Fact that My Dad Sent a Tip-Off on the Big Story in the Blogosphere Right Now to Another Blogger? — No, I don't really wanna talk about it. (Just givin' you a hard time, Dad.) — Turns out Mr. Greg Mitchell, who has so vocally defended the folks making up news …
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Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
Israel gives up on disarming Hizbullah — Israel has essentially given up hope of Hizbullah being disarmed, and instead is now concentrating on ensuring that an arms embargo called for in UN Security Council resolution 1701 be implemented, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
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Associated Press:
Fundamentalists flog Somali woman in public — Strict religious punishment raises fears of Taliban-style regime — MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Islamic leaders in Mogadishu gave a woman 11 lashes for selling cannabis Thursday, the first female to receive such punishment since the fundamentalist rulers took over the capital in June.
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neo-neocon:
"Unsatisfactory" is diplomatspeak for bad, bad, bad — France gives Iran quite the tonguelashing: Foreign Affairs Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy describes Iran's refusal to halt its uranium enrichment program as "unsatisfactory". — "Unsatisfactory" is such a tepid way to describe what Iran …
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New York Times:
New York Man Charged With Enabling Hezbollah Television Broadcasts — The Staten Island home of Javed Iqbal, a Brooklyn businessman, has eight satellite dishes in the backyard. He was arraigned Thursday and held in $250,000 bail. — For several years, Javed Iqbal has operated a small company …
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Wal-Mart Drives Democrats Batty — The left's dunderheaded broadsides at the nation's biggest employer. — NED LAMONT'S primary victory against Joe Lieberman in Connecticut supposedly represented the triumph of the antiwar, anti-Bush "net roots" within the Democratic Party.
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BBC:
Global warming boost to glaciers — Global warming could be causing some glaciers to grow, a new study claims. — Researchers at Newcastle University looked at temperature trends in the western Himalaya over the past century. — They found warmer winters and cooler summers …
WBBM-TV:
Video Discloses Alleged Plot To Target Sears Tower — Federal Judge Denies Request To Ban Video — (CBS) MIAMI Undercover video acquired by CBS 2's Miami sister station, WFOR-TV CBS 4, reveals an inside look at a suspected terror group leader accused in a plot to target U.S. landmarks, including the Sears Tower.
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
F.D.A. Approves Broader Access to Next-Day Pill — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved over-the-counter sales of the morning-after contraceptive pill to women 18 and older, resolving one of the most contentious issues in the agency's 100-year history.
MSNBC:
Dems use ignored rule to oust gay candidate — Alabama party committee disqualifies winner, loser in primary runoff — MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A Democratic Party committee Thursday night disqualified an openly gay candidate for the Alabama Legislature and the woman she defeated in the primary runoff …