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5:55 PM ET, September 20, 2006

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Chavez flips out at the UN; Update: Did Chavez say "insh'allah" at his presser?  —  Not to be outdone by his pal Ahmadinejad last night, el presidente's having a full-blown meltdown at the podium before the General Assembly as I write this, shrieking about Bush being "the devil" and hollering "Yankee imperialists go home."
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Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
At U.N., Chavez calls Bush 'the devil'  —  UNITED NATIONS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took his verbal battle with the United States to the floor of the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, calling President Bush "the devil."  —  The impassioned speech by the leftist leader came …
NewsMax.com:
Hugo Chavez Speech at United Nations … PRESIDENT CHAVEZ DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY  —  SPEAKER: HUGO CHAVEZ, PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA  —  "Representatives of the governments of the world, good morning to all of you.  First of all, I would like to invite you …
Discussion: Publius Pundit, Redstate and Hyscience
Michelle Malkin:
AP vs. the "so-called blogosphere"  —  It's spin time.  The Associated (With Terrorists) Press is now waging a p.r. campaign against what it calls the "so-called blogosphere" over detained photographer Bilal Hussein.  After five months of stonewalling, the "so-called reporters" …
Discussion: Riehl World View
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Robert Tanner / Associated Press:
AP Photographer's Detention Spurs Debate
Hindrocket / Power Line:   THE AP RESPONDS, SORT OF
Washington Post:
Georgia Law Requiring Voters to Show Photo ID Is Thrown Out  —  Judge Says Some Would Be Disenfranchised; State Plans Appeal  —  A state judge yesterday rejected a Georgia law requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification, writing in his decision, "This cannot be."
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Brenda Goodman / New York Times:
State Judge Voids Georgia Law Requiring a Photo ID of Voters
Discussion: TalkLeft and Facing South
Michael Smerconish / The Huffington Post:
Roger Waters: The Pink in Floyd  —  For the second time in my life, I'm writing a column about Pink Floyd.  More specifically, the man I have always considered to be the brains of the band: Roger Waters.  The first time I wrote about him was 26-years ago when I was a high school senior at C.B. West …
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Goldwater  —  If you haven't had a chance to see the HBO documentary on Barry Goldwater by his grand-daughter, you might want to take the time.  It didn't have enough politics for this junkie, but it certainly brought to life the spirit of a conservatism now almost entirely eclipsed in the Republican party.
Carolyn Fox / Opinion:
Opposing view: Intelligence comes first  —  U.S. cannot make security policy based on individual anecdotes.  —  The case of Maher Arar, a Canadian Muslim allegedly tortured in Syria after being taken there by the CIA, warrants scrutiny.  So, indeed, does the whole practice of rendition …
Discussion: New York Times, Townhall and alicublog
Pamela Geller Oshry / Atlas Shrugs:
This man's sign says it all.  —  Tens of thousands of freedom loving people showed up from all over the country.  —  It was gorgeous.  They came in droves to protest holocaust denier, nuked up Ahmadinejad's outrageous appearance at the UN.  —  Here in this video I ask the Headmaster …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McAuliffe to join Clinton  —  Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe has told business associates and Democratic donors that he will chair Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) presidential campaign next year, according to several Democratic sources.
New Yorker:
AIR KISS  —  American Airlines Flight 45—departing Charles de Gaulle at 10:40 A.M., arriving J.F.K. at one each afternoon—is a tourist's delight: timed just right to avoid late checkout, leaving time for one last Kir Royale at Les Deux Magots.  On August 22nd, the coach cabin was packed with vacationing New Yorkers.
David Adam / Guardian:
Royal Society tells Exxon: stop funding climate change denial  —  Britain's leading scientists have challenged the US oil company ExxonMobil to stop funding groups that attempt to undermine the scientific consensus on climate change.  —  In an unprecedented step, the Royal Society …
Kieran Healy / Crooked Timber:
Attractive Models  —  Via Jeremy Freese, a paper by Alan Gerber and Neil Malhotra called "Can political science literatures be believed?  A study of publication bias in the APSR and the AJPS."  Here's the main finding.  —  When you run a bog-standard regression, you typically …
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Allen tells of his Jewish heritage  —  He acknowledges he knew of his lineage when faulting a reporter for her question  —  U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Va., yesterday acknowledged his Jewish ancestry, a day after angrily ducking a question about possible Jewish forebears in a debate with his Democratic challenger.
Nico / Think Progress:
Conservative Congressman Blocking Crackdown on Predatory Lenders Targeting U.S. Troops  —  Predatory lenders are seriously harming the U.S. military, and one member of Congress is fighting to keep it that way.  —  A Pentagon report last month found that as many one in five U.S. service members …
Brendan Nyhan / Political Bite:
Everybody Has One: Bloggers and the Death of Opinion Journalism  —  Not that long ago, many people thought the Internet would break down partisan boundaries and improve the quality of political debate in this country — a prediction that sounds as silly today as previous hype about the educational potential of television and radio.
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan and Brendan Nyhan
Michael Rubin / Opinion Journal:
The U.S. vs. Iran  —  One side is playing for real, the other only for time.  —  The Iranian government continues to enrich uranium despite Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's generous package of incentives—and in defiance of the U.N.'s Aug. 31 deadline.  Still, European officials hold out hope for the success of diplomacy.
Discussion: Thomas P.M. Barnett and TigerHawk
Mohamad Bazzi / Newsday:
Hezbollah cracked the code  —  Technology likely supplied by Iran allowed guerrillas to stop Israeli tank assaults  —  AITA SHAAB, Lebanon — Hezbollah guerrillas were able to hack into Israeli radio communications during last month's battles in south Lebanon, an intelligence breakthrough …
Patrick / FishBowlDC:
Washington Blade Parts Ways With Jeff Gannon  —  Following Executive Editor Chris Crain's departure from The Washington Blade, the paper chose Kevin Naff as his replacement this week.  One of Naff's first decisions was to sever ties with columnist Jeff Gannon.  —  We spoke with Naff:
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Hotline On Call:
Mark Warner: About Those Tax Cuts...  Ex-VA Gov. Mark Warner (D) wants you to know: he thinks the Bush tax cuts for the richest Americans, enacted during an expensive war and with rising federal budget deficits, were "morally wrong and economically wrong" and that he would indeed support their repeal.
Media Matters for America:
Buyer's remorse: The Bush story the press won't tell  —  Despite the obvious signs it exists — and has for nearly 20 months — the pervasive buyer's remorse that hovers around President Bush's second term, as measured by public opinion polls, remains off limits for the press.
Harper's:
Six Questions for Dr. Emile A. Nakhleh on the CIA and the Iraq War  —  Recently retired head of key CIA unit calls for Iraq "exit strategy"; says there was "no evidence" of Saddam-bin Laden links … 1. In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, administration officials claimed that Saddam Hussein's regime …
Bernard Lewis / Real Clear Politics:
Bring Them Freedom, Or They Destroy Us  —  The following is adapted from a lecture delivered by Bernard Lewis on July 16, 2006, on board the Crystal Serenity, during a Hillsdale College cruise in the British Isles.  —  By common consent among historians, the modern history of the Middle East begins …
 
 
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