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8:35 AM ET, August 28, 2006

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Jeffrey McMurray / Associated Press:
Comair Plane Took Off From Wrong Runway  —  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A commuter jet mistakenly trying to take off on a runway that was too short crashed into a field Sunday and burst into flames, killing 49 people and leaving the lone survivor - a co-pilot - in critical condition, federal investigators said.
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Gary Gentile / Associated Press:
Emmy Plane Crash Skit Called Insensitive  —  It was meant to be funny.  But a fake plane crash during the opening Emmy awards skit made many cringe on Sunday _ the same day 49 people died in a fiery plane crash in Kentucky.  —  The skit, aired live at the start of NBC's Emmy telecast …
Ian / Hot Air:
Video: Emmy Parodies Planecrash Hours After Kentucky Accident  —  This looks like a case of awful timing more than awful taste (and yes, we're aware it's a Lost parody); nevertheless, it's going to be a night to remember for NBC, the Emmys and Conan O'Brien.
Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
EMMYS: What Was NBC/Conan Thinking?  —  The very idea that tonight's Emmy showcast on NBC was so scripted-in-stone that neither the network nor host Conan O'Brien could change a word of the broadcast opener, or decide not to show it altogether and substitute another skit crafted at the last minute, is absurd.
Jamie Gumbrecht / Lexington Herald-Leader:   LEX 18 officials shocked by Emmy Awards' plane-crash spoof intro
CNN:
NTSB: Crashed jet used shorter runway
Discussion: CBS News and BluegrassReport.org
Ann Althouse / Althouse:   TiVo-blogging the Emmys.  —  The Emmy show gets off …
Ynetnews:
Nasrallah: We won't be restrained for a long time  —  In first interview after Lebanon war to Lebanese station NTV, Hizbullah chief says he would not have kidnapped IDF soldiers had he known Israel would respond the way it did.  'Resistance will continue to be a tool for the army.
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Shelby Steele / Opinion Journal:
Life and Death  —  Western guilt blinds us to the nature of Islamic extremism.  —  The simple back-and-forth of war can create the illusion that both sides have a legitimate point to make even when this is not so, and it is clear that Hezbollah's cause has greatly benefited from war's "equalizing" effect.
DownWithTyranny!:
WHY A PAC?  —  If you've checked the Blue America ActBlue page in the last couple of days, you may have noticed a new addition.  That ain't no candidate's face the second from the top.  No, it's the graphic symbol that our sometime art director, Adam, did to represent our "campaign" …
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Atrios / Eschaton:   Have You Had Enough?
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
'Gaza caught in anarchy and thuggery'  —  "When you walk in the streets of Gaza City, you cannot but close your eyes because of what you see there: unimaginable chaos, careless policemen, young men carrying guns and strutting with pride and families receiving condolences for their dead in the middle of the street."
israellove.blogspot.com:
Hezbollah bunkers under UN post  —  The IDF has blown up a Hizbullah bunker, uncovered 400 meters from the northern border near Rosh Hanikra.  —  Deputy Commander of the Golani Brigade, Lieutenant General Gasam Alian, said that "this is a bunker that sprawls on the ground two kilometers with shooting positions of molded concrete."
Discussion: Hot Air
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Jerusalem Post:
IDF uncovers Hizbullah bunker
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Slow and Low  —  Rahm oh Rahm, what are we going to do with you?  —  You were showing so much promise the day after the Connecticut primary: … But that was then, this is now.  Today in the NYT: … Say what?  —  I won't descend into cheap, common snark and point out that Joe Lieberman …
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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran tests submarine-to-surface missile  —  TEHRAN, Iran - Iran tested a new anti-ship missile fired by a submarine during war games Sunday, raising worries it could disrupt vital oil tanker traffic in the Gulf amid its standoff with the West over its suspect nuclear activities.
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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran Test-Fires Sub-To-Surface Missile
Discussion: A Blog For All
John H. McWhorter / Washington Post:
In Defense of Andrew Young  —  Andrew Young unwittingly ended his brief tenure as Wal-Mart's ambassador to U.S. cities this month with his remarks about the nation's urban mom and pop shops:  —  "Those are the people who have been overcharging us — selling us stale bread and bad meat and wilted vegetables …
Agence France Presse:
'Democracy is under attack': Gore  —  LONDON (AFP) - Former US Vice-President Al Gore warned an audience at the Edinburgh International Television Festival that "democracy is under attack".  —  The former presidential candidate said television networks in the world's biggest …
Ms Underestimated:
"Hamas the Oppressed," by Juan Williams (VIDEO)  —  First, apologies for the abrupt start to the video.  As Trace Gallagher says on the tape, Fox News Sunday is rejoined after a breaking press conference about the tragic plane crash in Kentucky.  —  You know, I was getting more and more hopeful …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Year After Katrina, Bush Still Fights for 9/11 Image  —  When the nation records the legacy of George W. Bush, 43rd president and self-described compassionate conservative, two competing images will help tell the tale.  —  The first is of Mr. Bush after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks …
Kieran Healy / Crooked Timber:
Death Rates Again  —  It's depressing to see a professor of demography pull this sort of stunt in the Washington Post: … What a joke.  Note that the authors (Samuel H. Preston and Emily Buzzell) actually compare the crude death rate for the entire population of the United States to that of U.S. service personnel in Iraq.
Reuters:
"Truthiness," "Wikiality" named TV words of year  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Truthiness" and "Wikiality" — two of the words popularized by political satirist on his TV show "The Colbert Report"— were named on Sunday the top television buzzwords of the year.
Discussion: Althouse
 
 
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Contrary to what is now the accepted wisdom in the media …
Associated Press:
Harris clarifies comments on religion
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