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Joseph Rago / Opinion Journal:
The Blog Mob — "Written by fools to be read by imbeciles." — Blogs are very important these days. Even Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has one. The invention of the Web log, we are told, is as transformative as Gutenberg's press, and has shoved journalism into a reformation, perhaps a revolution.
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Matthew Yglesias:
Lowry Sells Out — National Review editor Rich Lowry must be drinking the Beltway kool-aid or angling for a gig on The New York Times op-ed page because here he is selling out to the traitors in the MSM: … Say it ain't so! And most of all what about the good news from Iraq?
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
A Limit To Media Bashing — Rich Lowry wrote a provocative column at National Review Online yesterday — a challenge of sorts to his conservative readers regarding their war against the mainstream media. Lowry warns against building up an image of the media as a vast liberal conspiracy …
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
AP: Pentagon Wants $99.7B More for Wars — The Pentagon wants the White House to seek another $99.7 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to information provided to The Associated Press. — The military's request, if embraced by President Bush and approved by Congress …
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
U.S. Not Winning War in Iraq, Bush Says for 1st Time — President Plans to Expand Army, Marine Corps to Cope With Strain of Multiple Deployments — President Bush acknowledged for the first time yesterday that the United States is not winning the war in Iraq and said he plans to expand …
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Brian Lockhart / Stamford Advocate:
Lamont camp cleared in hacking of Lieberman Web site — The U.S. attorney's office and state attorney general have cleared former U.S. Senate candidate Ned Lamont and his supporters of any role in the crash of U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman's campaign Web site hours before last summer's Democratic primary.
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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
The Associated Press lost Iraq? — December 12 brought news that Associated Press Television News cameraman Aswan Ahmed Lutfallah was killed in Mosul while filming a gun battle between police and insurgents. Considering the daily wave of killings that washes ashore in Iraq …
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Adam Zagorin / Time:
Syria in Bush's Crosshairs — Exclusive: A classified document suggests the Administration is considering a plan to fund political opposition to the Damascus government. Some critics say it would be an unwarranted covert action — The Bush Administration has been quietly nurturing individuals …
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Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
Report Says Berger Hid Archive Documents — WASHINGTON (AP) - Former national security adviser Sandy Berger removed classified documents from the National Archives in 2003 and hid them under a construction trailer, the Archives inspector general reported Wednesday.
Michelle Malkin:
2006: The year of perpetual outrage — ***update and bumped to the top: Zawahiri rings in the new year with a call to jihad for the Religion of Perpetual Outrage*** — It began with the Danish cartoons. It ended with the flying imams. 2006 was a banner year for the Religion of Perpetual Outrage.
Peter Spiegel / Los Angeles Times:
Top general in Mideast to retire — Abizaid opposed calls for more troops in Iraq. His departure could clear way for a more aggressive strategy. — WASHINGTON — Army Gen. John P. Abizaid, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, has submitted plans to retire and will leave his post in March …
Media Matters for America:
Schlussel: Should Barack Hussein Obama be president "when we are fighting the war of our lives against Islam"? — In a December 18 column headlined "Barack Hussein Obama: Once a Muslim, Always A Muslim" and posted on her website, right-wing pundit Debbie Schlussel argued that because Sen. Barack Obama's …
This Is London:
'SANTA CLAUS DOES NOT EXIST' SCHOOL TELLS STUNNED KIDS — A primary school has been accused of spoiling Christmas for pupils after a lesson telling them that Santa Claus does not exist. — Children as young as nine were told that only 'small children believe in Father Christmas'.
Noah Shachtman / Popular Mechanics:
Hypersonic Cruise Missile: America's New Global Strike Weapon — The mission: Attack anywhere in the world in less than an hour. But is the Pentagon's bold program a critical new weapon for hitting elusive targets, or a good way to set off a nuclear war? — Diagrams by Kakofonia
David Crary / Associated Press:
Most Americans have had premarital sex — NEW YORK - More than nine out of 10 Americans, men and women alike, have had premarital sex, according to a new study. The high rates extend even to women born in the 1940s, challenging perceptions that people were more chaste in the past.
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White House:
Press Conference by the President — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Good morning. This week I went to the Pentagon for the swearing-in of our nation's new Secretary of Defense, Bob Gates. Secretary Gates is going to bring a fresh perspective to the Pentagon, and America is fortunate …
Andrew Norfolk / Times of London:
Police killer suspect fled Britain in a veil — A man who was being hunted for the murder of a policewoman is understood to have escaped from Britain by disguising himself as a veiled Muslim woman. — Mustaf Jama, a prime suspect in the fatal shooting of PC Sharon Beshenivsky …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Dear Santa — Last year I asked my readers to put a little change in the kitty if they had it to spare and many of you did. It was a wonderful affirmation of what I do and I'm still basking in its glow. Well, it's that time of the year again, and while we are all counting our blessings …
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