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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Rangel says men join the army only if they can't have "a decent career" — Hence his support for the draft. If even our volunteers are there involuntarily, why shouldn't everyone be? … This won't get as much attention as what Lurch said (or was understood to have said) a few weeks ago.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Iraq Study Group Weighs Overture to Iran and Syria — A draft report on strategies for Iraq, which will be debated here by a bipartisan commission beginning Monday, urges an aggressive regional diplomatic initiative that includes direct talks with Iran and Syria but sets no timetables …
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Political Animal, PBD, Daily Kos, Israel Matzav, LiberalOasis, Unqualified Offerings and Matthew Yglesias
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Louise Roug / Los Angeles Times:
Angry Shiites hurl stones at Maliki's motorcade — BAGHDAD — Angry Shiite Muslims pelted Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's motorcade with stones today after the Iraqi leader pleaded for national reconciliation at a memorial in Sadr City held for victims of a large-scale bombing attack last week.
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Jeffrey Bartholet / Newsweek:
Sword of the Shia — He can deal out death through his black-clad followers and roil the government any time he chooses. Why Moqtada al-Sadr may end up deciding America's fate in Iraq. — Wathiq Khuzaie / Getty Images for Newsweek — Underestimated No More: Educated Shiites once dismissed …
Times of London:
Obama lifted by hand of God — Rising black star of Democrats connects with evangelicals — IN THE latest sign that the "God gap" between Republicans and Democrats is narrowing, one of America's biggest evangelical churches will this week welcome Senator Barack Obama …
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Des Moines Register:
Obama talks with top advisers in Iowa — The Illinois senator gets filled in on the caucus leadoff state as he weighs a 2008 presidential bid. — Democrat Barack Obama has sought the advice of top campaign workers in Iowa and has established a seedling support network in this state …
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Mary Lynn Smith / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
'Makings of bomb' found in airport car — A worker discovered the device in the trunk of a returned rental car. It didn't contain explosives but the FBI is investigating. — A bomb-like device was found in a rental car Sunday morning at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport …
MSNBC:
MTP Transcript for Nov. 25 — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: One year ago the Republican governor of California had an approval rating of just 32 percent. His disapproval: sky-high at 58 percent. And yet, two weeks ago, in the midst of a national Democratic landslide, he was overwhelmingly re-elected.
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
How many pecks of pickled peppers did Friedman pick?
How many pecks of pickled peppers did Friedman pick?
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Eschaton
Robert Weller / Associated Press:
Woman faces fines for wreath peace sign — DENVER - A homeowners association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti- Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.
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Brian Ellsworth / Reuters:
Chavez vows to beat the "devil" — CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez on Sunday promised hundreds of thousands of supporters he would win a resounding victory in his December 3 reelection bid he describes as a challenge to Washington.
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Classical Values
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
History Offers Post-Midterm Survival Tips For President — The president was in a funk. Morose from midterm elections that handed Congress to the opposition, he stewed in private, vented to friends, turned on aides and summoned self-help gurus to help him understand just what went wrong.
Neil Johnson / TBO.com:
Hurricane Predictions Off Track As Tranquil Season Wafts Away — More from this channel: — This feature requires the Macromedia Flash Plugin. Please visit http://www.macromedia.com/go/ getflashplayer to download this plugin. — It was not the hurricane season we expected, thank you.
Fiona MacRae / Daily Mail:
UK scientists invent male 'pill' that can be taken hours before sex — British scientists have developed a revolutionary pill that men could take as a one-off contraceptive just before a date. — The tablet would prevent a man from being able to impregnate a woman, but within a few hours his fertility would return to normal.
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Don Surber
Simon Jenkins / Times of London:
The really tough way to control drugs is to license them — A young American friend last week visited Camden Lock, north London, and returned amazed. In a hundred yards he was offered brazenly in the street just about every drug he could imagine. It was easier to buy cannabis or cocaine than a cigarette or a can of beer.
WXIA-TV:
Chief Talks About Police Shooting — Atlanta's police chief talked Sunday night about a controversial police shooting involving a 92-year-old woman. It was the first time Chief Richard Pennington has commented on the incident. — It all started Tuesday when Narcotics officers served …