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ALLEN'S REVENGE: EXPOSES UNDERAGE SEX SCENES IN OPPONENT'S NOVELS — Sen. George Allen, R-VA, unleashed a press release late Thursday that exposed his rival's fiction writing, which includes graphic underage sex scenes. — The press release, as provided by the Allen Campaign: — WEBB'S WEIRD WORLD
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Business Wire:
Voters Increase Support for Stem Cell Research After Viewing Michael J. Fox Ad — Republicans' Support for Republican House Candidates Declines — FLEMINGTON, N.J.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—A new national study revealed that American voters' support for stem cell research increased after they viewed …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Good Morning, Creep — This Michael J. Fox controversy is making me more angry than I can remember being in a long time. There is something wrong with people who think like this: … If Michael J. Fox could still act he would be making millions of dollars acting in paying TV commercials, films or sitcoms.
Shakespeare's Sister:
"Limbaugh's words are just sounds carrying an emotion" — Excellent post from Mannion on Limbaugh's latest bit of wankery. — He's spot-on when he says that Limbaugh "probably doesn't give people with disabilities a thought when he's not using them to stir up the pot on his show."
Richard Shears / Daily Mail:
Outrage as Muslim cleric likens women to 'uncovered meat' — A Muslim cleric's claim that women who do not wear the veil are like 'uncovered meat' who attract sexual predators sparked outrage around Australia yesterday. — Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali, the nation's most senior Muslim cleric …
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Tim B. / Tim Blair:
"UNCOVERED MEAT IS THE DISASTER" — Sheik Sheik Sheik! — Sheik Sheik Sheik! — Sheik Hilali! — Shiek HiLAli! — KC & The Sunshine Band of Decadent Western Dancing Unpeople Who Must Die — IS IT possible to Sheik and spin at the same time?
Peter Bergen / New York Times:
What Osama Wants — THE French saying, often attributed to Talleyrand, that "this is worse than a crime, it's a blunder," could easily describe America's invasion of Iraq. But for the United States to pull entirely out of that country right now, as is being demanded by a growing chorus of critics …
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Spencer Ackerman / TAPPED:YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT. Ezra, I really …
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Tim Tagaris / Ned Lamont for Senate:
Barack Obama Writes Emails [17] — Barack Obama Writes Emails — (Barack Obama sent out an email to his CT list supporting Ned Lamont earlier today - Tim) — Ned Lamont has waged an impressive grassroots campaign to give the people of Connecticut a choice in the November Senate election.
The Blotter:
Trandahl Names Kolbe as a 'Problem' With Page Program, Source Says — Rhonda Schwartz and John Yang Report: — A source close to former House Clerk Jeff Trandahl told ABC News that Arizona Congressman Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) was one of a small number of "problem members" …
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
A Match Made In Washington: It's A Quote Off! Round 1... (H/T to Steve Clemons for the pix.) — It's down to the final decisions on the Match Made in Washington Quote Off. But I need your help to determine the winners. Voting begins now, and will continue until tomorrow …
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Rights Group Fires Publisher of Foley E-Mail — A liberal gay rights group said Wednesday that one of its employees, acting anonymously, had created the Web site that first published copies of unusually solicitous e-mail messages to teenagers from former Representative Mark Foley, which led to his resignation.
Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2006: THE BIG PICTURE — We've been through a lot together this election cycle, and now we're headed for the last round-up on November 7th. Your Crystal Ball staff will be tweaking our predictions right up until election eve, taking into account last-minute shifts, scandals, and surprises.
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Hotline On Call:
Seven Reasons Why Karl Rove Is Optimistic — Ok, well, actually, we can't break into Rove's head and we don't know why he's personally confident. Many speculate that the veneer of hope masks unalloyed fear. But here are seven reasons cited by people who also read "THE polls" …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
In Iraq, Journalist Richard Engel Sticks to the Story — NBC Correspondent Has Made War Coverage His Life — NEW YORK — After struggling for years to make it as a Middle East journalist, Richard Engel was living in Cairo, married to his college girlfriend and itching for a new adventure.
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BBC:
Travelling with the Taleban — The BBC's David Loyn has had exclusive access to Taleban forces mobilised against the British army in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. — There is no army on earth as mobile as the Taleban. — I remember it as their secret weapon when I travelled …
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Jonathan S. Landay / Miami Herald:
Cheney calls 'water-boarding' a valuable interrogation tool — The vice president confirmed that an interrogation technique that simulates drowning and has been called 'cruel and inhumane' was used on al Qaeda suspects. — jlanday@mcclatchydc.com — WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney …
The Brussels Journal:
The Rape of Europe — The German author Henryk M. Broder recently told the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant (12 October) that young Europeans who love freedom, better emigrate. Europe as we know it will no longer exist 20 years from now. Whilst sitting on a terrace in Berlin …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"Dems Dodge Big Gay Bullet?" — Says ... asks ... Mickey Kaus: … That is, we don't have the instant spectacle of people suddenly going to New Jersey to get married. (Going to New Jersey to get married sounds like the least cutting-edge thing in the world to do, doesn't it?
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Signs U.S.-Mexico Border Fence Bill — WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush signed a bill Thursday authorizing 700 miles of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to give Republican candidates a pre-election platform for asserting they're tough on illegal immigration.
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Cecile Brisson / Associated Press:
Youths Torch Buses Around Paris — Youths forced passengers off three buses and set them on fire overnight in suburban Paris, raising tensions Thursday ahead of the first anniversary of the riots that engulfed France's rundown, heavily immigrant neighborhoods.
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