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Daily Mail:
The Pope must die, says Muslim — A notorious Muslim extremist told a demonstration in London yesterday that the Pope should face execution. — Anjem Choudary said those who insulted Islam would be "subject to capital punishment". — His remarks came during a protest outside Westminster Cathedral …
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Telegraph:
Islam, like Christianity, is not above criticism — The Pope quotes a barbed medieval criticism of Islamic violence in the course of a scholarly discourse, and Muslims all over the world go into uproar; churches are firebombed. The Prime Minister's wife delivers a playful slap to a cheeky teenager …
Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Pope pokes medieval Islam with a stick — Another European has stuck his foot in it. "It" being the violent, simplistic 14th century mindset predominant in the Muslim world. — Pope Benedict XVI, apparently engaged in some kind of intellectual discussion with his fellow Germans …
Reuters:
Qaeda-led group vows "jihad" over Pope's speech —Text+DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iraqi militant group led by al Qaeda vowed a war against the "worshippers of the cross" in response to a recent speech by Pope Benedict on Islam that sparked anger across the Muslim world.
Ian Fisher / New York Times:
In a Rare Step, Pope Expresses Personal Regret
In a Rare Step, Pope Expresses Personal Regret
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
GOP talk of vibrant economy rings hollow — FALMOUTH, Ky. - Used boots fetch $3 and old salt-and-pepper shakers bring in a buck at a makeshift flea market along Highway 27, presumably not what President Bush and Republicans have in mind when they herald a vibrant economy.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
AP Prefers Anecdotes To Real Data — As we approach the midterms, the media will attempt to kneecap Republicans on one of the issues where they can point to real success: the economy. Over the last three years, as the last of the tax cuts came into force and provided more incentive for investment …
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Blue Crab Boulevard
New York Times:
Bush Untethered — Watching the president on Friday in the Rose Garden as he threatened to quit interrogating terrorists if Congress did not approve his detainee bill, we were struck by how often he acts as though there were not two sides to a debate. We have lost count of the number …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Rhode Island Senate: Chafee Trailing By 8 — Whitehouse (D) 51% Chafee (R) 43% — The GOP establishment forcefully backed Republican Lincoln Chafee in the primary over a more conservative and arguably less-electable Republican. But, perhaps damaged by having to struggle so long for the nomination …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Montana Senate: Tester By Nine — Tester (D) 52% Burns (R) 43% — The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey in Montana shows Democrat Jon Tester leading incumbent Republican Sen. Conrad Burns 52% to 43% (see crosstabs). The candidates were tied at 47% in August's survey.
Sam Harris / Los Angeles Times:
Head-in-the-Sand Liberals — Western civilization really is at risk from Muslim extremists. — TWO YEARS AGO I published a book highly critical of religion, "The End of Faith." In it, I argued that the world's major religions are genuinely incompatible, inevitably cause conflict …
Greg Sargent / The Horse's Mouth:
RIGHT-WING POWERLINE BLOG MISLEADS READERS ABOUT IMPRISONED IRAQI ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTER. Normally it wouldn't be news that right-wing Powerline Blog is misleading readers, but this is an important story. — The Associated Press has now announced that the U.S. military has been holding …
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Harmful chemical leaks in space station — HOUSTON - International space station astronauts pulled an alarm and donned protective gear Monday after smelling a foul odor that turned out to be a harmful chemical leaking from an oxygen vent, NASA said. — "We don't exactly know the nature of the spill …
Smash / The Indepundit:
Goodnight, Ladies — SOMETIMES you see a man with a short haircut, athletic build and a military bearing, and you think to yourself, "I bet that man is a Marine." — With Major Pain, there is no question. You know he is a Marine. — Which makes him an ideal wingman for me when it's …
Tom Malinowski / Washington Post:
Call Cruelty What It Is — President Bush is urging Congress to let the CIA keep using "alternative" interrogation procedures — which include, according to published accounts, forcing prisoners to stand for 40 hours, depriving them of sleep and use of the "cold cell," in which the prisoner …
Ji Jobs / Journal Inquirer:
Give him another week — Almost 50 years ago, a reporter asked President Dwight Eisenhower what major contributions his vice president, Richard M. Nixon, had made to the Eisenhower administration. Ike's response was telling and hilarious. He said, "If you give me a week, I might think of one."
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Ned Lamont for Senate
CNN:
What war with Iran would look like — Editor's note: The following is a summary of this week's Time magazine cover story. — (Time.com ) — The first message was routine enough: a "Prepare to Deploy Order" sent through Naval communications channels to a submarine, an Aegis-class cruiser, two minesweepers and two minehunters.
Washington Post:
Major Problems At Polls Feared — Some Officials Say Voting Law Changes And New Technology Will Cause Trouble — An overhaul in how states and localities record votes and administer elections since the Florida recount battle six years ago has created conditions that could trigger a repeat …
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Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
NEWSWEEK "Isikoffed" the Gonzales Memo — Since Christopher Hitchens is correcting old Dowdified quotes, I thought I'd correct one myself. This one, from a 2004 NEWSWEEK article, is a major Dowdification — in my view, every bit as egregious as Dowd's original. What's more, it's still influencing lefties even today.
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BBC:
Narrow win for Swedish opposition — Sweden's centre-right opposition bloc has defeated the ruling Social Democrat party in the country's closest-fought general election for decades. — Moderate party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt declared victory as near-complete results gave him a 1% lead.
Shankar Vedantam / Washington Post:
In Politics, Aim for the Heart, Not the Head — In 1935, researchers from Columbia University fanned out around the city of Allentown, Pa., and handed out leaflets ahead of local and state elections. What residents did not know was that they were part of an experiment in political persuasion …
Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Major State Union Switches To Lamont — AFSCME Council 4 Drops Lieberman, Citing Movement Toward Bush Policies — One of the state's largest labor unions has dropped its endorsement of U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman and switched its support to Democratic primary winner Ned Lamont.
Patricia Lopez / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Klobuchar keeps big lead over Kennedy — A charged-up DFL base and disapproval of Bush play a role in the margin, similar to a July poll's. — DFL U.S. Senate candidate Amy Klobuchar continues to hold a dominant lead over GOP rival Mark Kennedy, 56 to 32 percent, in the latest Minnesota Poll …