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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 …
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Preemptive Karma
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Elena Becatoros / Associated Press:
Dozens killed in Iraq; 8 U.S. troops die — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Violence in Iraq left nearly 50 people dead Monday in a suicide car bombing and clashes between Shiite militia and Iraqi security forces, a brutal contradiction of the prime minister's claim that bloodshed was decreasing.
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All Spin Zone
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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 …
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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush to mark first Katrina anniversary
Bush to mark first Katrina anniversary
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Michael J. Totten:
Eyeless in Gaza — The engine of a Qassam rocket fired from Gaza into Israel by Palestinian terrorists — SOUTHERN ISRAEL, NEAR GAZA - All eyes turned from Gaza to Lebanon as Israel fought a hot war with Hezbollah across its northern border. Before the Lebanon war broke out …
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Blue Crab Boulevard
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Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
'Gaza is 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."
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Haaretz, Power Line, A Blog For All, Pajamas Media, Snapped Shot and Liberty and Justice
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
Shopping for Support Down the Wrong Aisle — Once upon a time, smart Democrats defended globalization, open trade and the companies that thrive within this system. They were wary of tethering themselves to an anti-trade labor movement that represents a dwindling fraction of the electorate.
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.
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Bin Laden, Most Wanted For Embassy Bombings? — Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is a longtime and prominent member of the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list, which notes his role as the suspected mastermind of the deadly U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa on Aug. 7, 1998. — is nowhere to be found on the same FBI notice.
Tim Worstall / TCS Daily:
America: More Like Sweden Than You Thought — One of the joys of my working life is that I get to read papers like "The State of Working America" from the Economic Policy Institute. They are, as you may know, the people who urge that the USA become more like the European countries, most especially the Scandinavian ones.
Washington Post:
Homicide Charges Rare in Iraq War — The majority of U.S. service members charged in the unlawful deaths of Iraqi civilians have been acquitted, found guilty of relatively minor offenses or given administrative punishments without trials, according to a Washington Post review of concluded military cases.
Rasmussen Reports:
Ohio Governor: Strickland Lead Widens to 25 Points — Blackwell (R) 32% Strickland (D) 57% — During the past several months, Democratic Congressman Ted Strickland's edge over Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell has ranged from four to seventeen percentage points.
Bridget / GOP Vixen:
SADDAM BEING FORCED TO WATCH 'SOUTH PARK' MOVIE! — This is great news about Saddam (auditioning for "Inherit the Wind," left): … Stone, incidentally, voiced Saddam's character in the "South Park" movie. — We know that Parker and Stone have a knack for seeing ahead with their work …
Linda Feldmann / Christian Science Monitor:
Major black candidates at record high — Six African-Americans are making serious bids for senator or governor in 2006. — WASHINGTON - From Maryland to Tennessee to Ohio, the 2006 elections already hold a place in the history books: More black candidates from both major parties …
Brian Lockhart / Stamford Advocate:
Lieberman: A Democrat by any other name? — Democratic, independent, unaffiliated, minor party and petition candidate. — What's in a political designation? — Plenty, if you're a veteran U.S. senator who lost his party's primary, petitioned his way onto the November ballot and needs to define his identity in the new campaign.
Washington Post:
Securing Future Fiscal Health — The economic and moral case for long-term reform of fiscal policy is clear. Yet politicians refuse to act. If this stalemate persists, it could end in catastrophe. — Over the next 30 years, spending on federal programs is on track to go up by 50 percent as a share of the economy.