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Nathan Burchfiel / CNSNews:
Webb Says His Novels 'Inappropriate' for News Radio — (CNSNews.com) - In an interview on Washington Post Radio Friday morning, Jim Webb, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia, said excerpts of his novels are "a little bit inappropriate" to be read on news radio.
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Michelle Malkin:
Politics and pulp fiction — ***bumping back to the top...Webb responds...AUDIO....*** — Remember how pathetic it was when the Left tried to make scandals out of books written by Lynne Cheney and Scooter Libby? — Cheney wrote a pulpy novel, "Sisters," about a frontier woman …
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Variety:
Prickly Peacock nixes Chicks — NBC cancels ads for Dixie docu 'Sing' … The Weinstein Co. is claiming that NBC and the CW have refused to air national ads for the new Dixie Chicks docu "Shut Up & Sing." — But while the Peacock has specifically said it won't accept the spots …
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Judd / Think Progress:
The Dixie Chicks Ad NBC Doesn't Want You To See — NBC is refusing to air an ad for the new Dixie Chicks documentary, "Shut Up & Sing." Variety reports, "NBC's commercial clearance department said in writing that it 'cannot accept these spots as they are disparaging to President Bush.'"
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Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Religious Conservatives Cheer Ruling on Gays as Wake-Up Call — The New Jersey court decision that gay couples are entitled to the same rights as heterosexual couples was bad news for social conservatives — the bad news they were hoping for. — "Pro-traditional-marriage organizations ought …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
G.O.P. Moves Fast to Reignite Issue of Gay Marriage — The divisive debate over gay marriage, which played a prominent role in 2004 campaigns but this year largely faded from view, erupted anew on Thursday as President Bush and Republicans across the country tried to use a court ruling …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Melting Snowflakes — If Rush Limbaugh and his pals in the media still think that Michael J. Fox is acting, they should check out this video clip from ABC News from last July. The guy is so clearly trying to do something good here. It just kills me that these heartless bastards are attacking …
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Cheney's Remarks Fuel Torture Debate — Vice President Cheney said this week that dunking terrorism suspects in water during questioning was a "no-brainer," prompting complaints from human rights advocates that he was endorsing the use of a controversial technique known as waterboarding on prisoners held by the United States.
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Virginia H. Mannering / bea.gov:
News Release: Gross Domestic Product — In order to view the PDF files on this page, the free Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed. — Recorded message: (202) 606-5306 — GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: THIRD QUARTER 2006 (ADVANCE) — Real gross domestic product …
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Shirli Sitbon / ejpress.org:
French FM changes his opinion on Israeli separation barrier — PARIS (EJP)— French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy declared last week he has changed his opinion on Israel's controversial separation barrier in light of its drastic effect on terror, forcing French authorities to clarify their position on the issue.
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Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Democrats Fear Disillusionment in Black Voters — Last weekend, Jim Webb, the Virginia Democrat who hopes to oust Senator George Allen, crammed in visits to 12 black churches, and for several weeks he has been pumping money into advertisements on black radio stations and in black newspapers.
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Michael Grunwald / Washington Post:
The Year Of Playing Dirtier — Rep. Ron Kind pays for sex! — Well, that's what the Republican challenger for his Wisconsin congressional seat, Paul R. Nelson, claims in new ads, the ones with "XXX" stamped across Kind's face. — It turns out that Kind — along with more than 200 …
Daily Mail:
Oh my god, South Park mocks Irwin — The creators of South Park have never been afraid to upset celebrities - and many of the show's viewers. — From jokes about religion and homosexuality to four-letter tirades, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have always mixed shock tactics with satire in the hit cartoon series.
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David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
I.R.S. Going Slow Before Election — Mark W. Everson, commissioner of internal revenue, said he regularly discussed the potential impact of agency actions with senior staff members. "We are very sensitive to political perceptions," Mr. Everson said. — The commissioner of internal revenue …
Salon:
Salon Interview: Camille Paglia — It's been a while since Salon last heard from our favorite intellectual and one of our founding contributors, Camille Paglia. But with so much tumult in the air, we felt the need to ask her to survey the strange tectonic shifts in our political and cultural landscape …
Skinner / democraticunderground.com:
We think you should be aware that the Secret Service contacted us today. — Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) — We think you should be aware that the Secret Service contacted us today. — In the five-plus years since Democratic Underground was started, we have had legal issues arise on a fairly regular basis.
StrategyPage:
Calling Out the New York Times — The U.S. Department of Defense is now taking its requests for corrections public through a website known as For the Record (located at http://www.defenselink.mil/home/ dodupdate/index-b.html). Here, the Department of Defense is openly calling for corrections …
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
In the Libby Case, A Grilling to Remember — With withering and methodical dispatch, White House nemesis and prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald yesterday sliced up the first person called to the stand on behalf of the vice president's former chief of staff. — If I. Lewis "Scooter" …
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