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Bolton in extraordinary outburst against United Nations — The U.S. Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, launched a scathing attack on the United Nations Friday. — Bolton was furious over the adoption by the General Assembly of a resolution which said the assembly regretted the deaths …
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Pamela Geller Oshry / Atlas Shrugs:
FOOKIN JOHN BOLTON! — Another Jew hating, Israel bashing resolution passed by the corrupt world body that ignores the Islamic Jihad of the Khartoum Government in Sudan, ignores the oppression of non Muslims in Muslim countries, ignores the mad ravings of Islamic Iran bent on annihilating the West …
David Morgan / Reuters:
Chertoff says U.S. threatened by international law — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Bush administration official on Friday said the European Union, the United Nations and other international entities increasingly are using international law to challenge U.S. powers to reject treaties and protect itself from attack.
BBC:
Blair accepts 'disaster' in Iraq — Tony Blair has publicly agreed with the opinion that the violence in Iraq since the 2003 invasion has been a disaster. — The UK prime minister was responding to a question by Sir David Frost in an interview on the new al-Jazeera English-language Arabic TV channel.
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New York Times:
Unlike Clinton, Bush Sees Hanoi in Bit of a Hurry — President Bush likes speed golf and speed tourism — this is the man who did the treasures of Red Square in less than 20 minutes — but here in the lake-studded capital of a nation desperately eager to connect with America, he set a record.
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Party Shift May Make Warming a Hill Priority — Dramatic changes in congressional oversight of environmental issues may pump new life into efforts to fight global warming, activist groups and lawmakers said yesterday. — Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.) announced his intention to become …
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New York Times:
A Tough Road Ahead for Rove — Karl Rove, the top White House political strategist, is coming off the worst election defeat of his career to face a daunting task: saving the president's agenda with a Congress not only controlled by Democrats, but also filled with Republican members resentful …
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Associated Press:
Leahy Seeks Documents on Detention — Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), who will chair the Senate Judiciary Committee next year, asked the Justice Department to release two newly acknowledged documents, which set U.S. policy on how terrorism suspects are detained and interrogated.
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Brian Beutler / The Raw Story:Dem judiciary leader seeks torture documents
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Psychic CSI - Lefties Catch Coulter Bending Space-Time! — Here is a shocking story from the Times: … Pretty ghastly. But let's see how some prominent lefty sites react - here is Steven D at the Booman Tribune: … And following a Times excerpt, we get this conclusion:
Jon Henke / QandO:
BLOGS, CAMPAIGNS AND THE 2006 ELECTION — Lost in the schadenfreude over the Lamont loss to Lieberman is the fact that the blogosphere — specifically, the Leftosphere — was spectacularly effective during the 2006 campaign. Time Magazine observes... It would be incorrect to premise …
Atrios / Eschaton:
The Big Money — Consider helping out your favorite bloggers. Not me, advertising money has been good lately (thanks Chevron! thanks Glenn Beck!) but some of the rest of bloggers out there. The largely unsung heroes are the "local bloggers" who focus mostly on local issues and candidates …
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Jmelli / bluejersey.net:Blue Jersey Aims High, Needs Your Help
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Media Matters for America:
"Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser — GOP gets a thumpin', and media revive their substance-free, sophomoric taunting ... of Democrats — Elections rarely present perfect tests of progressivism versus conservatism. But they are the best way we have of keeping score …
The Sideshow:
Political meat & veg — The Honorable Albert Gore, Jr. was interviewed by GQ recently, and among other things, he said: … (I liked the jokes, too.) — I got this via Lambert via Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy, both of whom are faunching to see Al run and see hope that he would accept a draft.
Agence France Presse:
Dutch Muslims hit out at proposed burqa ban — Dutch Muslims have hit out at a proposed government ban of face veils, saying it was over the top, ill-conceived and infringed religious rights. — On Friday the Dutch cabinet said it was proposing a bill banning clothing that covers the face in public …
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Dick Cheney at the Federalist Society last night — translated — (updated below) — Vice President Dick Cheney and the Federalist Society got together last night and shared some hearty laughs about the administration's ongoing eavesdropping on American citizens, inside the U.S. …
Robert Novak / Real Clear Politics:
Steele Speaking Out, Chafee's Last Defection — WASHINGTON — President Bush's political advisers are urging Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele neither to seek nor accept a Cabinet post but instead find a national platform on television or radio. — While losing for the U.S. Senate …
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Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
Republicans Lost Ground With Latinos In Midterms — After Gains in 2004, GOP Stumbled on Immigration — Two years ago, Latino voters gravitated in larger-than-ever numbers toward President Bush, the former governor of Texas, a Mexican border state, and his brother Jeb, the loquacious Florida governor who speaks fluent Spanish.
WRAL-TV:
Controversial Assignment Leads To Teacher's Resignation — SMITHFIELD, N.C. — A Spanish teacher at Smithfield-Selma Senior High School resigned this week after handing out an assignment that some students and parents said teaches hate. — Khalid Chahhou, who was in his first year of teaching …
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Michael Young / Lebanon Daily Star:
Kiss goodbye to a liberal Middle East — Amid the joy surrounding the defeat of the Republicans in last week's midterm congressional elections, I might be forgiven this dissenting observation: With George W. Bush so roundly beaten, don't expect much American interest, in the foreseeable future …
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