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The Smoking Gun:
Congressman's No Muslim Fan — Republican warns immigration crackdown needed to halt influx — Here's the letter Representative Virgil Goode sent to Virginia constituents warning that unless there is an immigration crackdown "many more Muslims" will be elected to public office.
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The Lede
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Va. Lawmaker's Remarks on Muslims Criticized
Va. Lawmaker's Remarks on Muslims Criticized
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The DCeiver, Amygdala, PoliBlog (TM), The Carpetbagger Report, On Deadline, Riehl World View, Thomas P.M. Barnett and Reason Magazine
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
THE DARK SIDE OF "TRADITIONAL VALUES"
THE DARK SIDE OF "TRADITIONAL VALUES"
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Riehl World View, The Huffington Post, The Lede, Think Progress, Liberty Street, The Caucus and Slublog
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Keith Ellison responds to Dennis Prager and Virgil Goode
Video: Keith Ellison responds to Dennis Prager and Virgil Goode
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WRTV-TV
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Haditha: Wuterich charged with 13 counts of murder — Time reported on September 17th that the charges could come "as early as next week." They were a little off. Then they reported yesterday that the suspects won't be held in pre-trial confinement, which they took as a sign that the charges wouldn't be that severe.
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
U.S. to Declassify Secrets at Age 25 — It will be a Cinderella moment for the band of researchers who study the hidden history of American government. — At midnight on Dec. 31, hundreds of millions of pages of secret documents will be instantly declassified, including many F.B …
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R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Berger Hid Archives Papers Under a Trailer, Probe Shows — On the evening of Oct. 2, 2003, former White House national security adviser Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger stashed highly classified documents he had taken from the National Archives beneath a construction trailer at the corner …
LiberalNC / BlueNC - blog entry:
Robin Hayes says we will win in Iraq by "spreading the message of Jesus Christ" there. — Robin Hayes has the solution to the Iraq war: have our soldiers convert all Muslims to Christianity. — Having won the election by only a hair's width and almost getting himself kicked out of Congress seems …
Murray Waas / The Huffington Post:
The Wag Time Pet Spa Conspiracy... And a Cancer Survivor's Right to Respect — As an investigative reporter and independent journalist, I have pursued a career course of independence so as to not be beholden to anyone. A grandiose notion, perhaps, and I will perhaps leave it to others to judge my work against the ideal.
New York Times:
Redacted Version of Original Op-Ed — The Iraq Study Group has added its voice to a burgeoning chorus of commentators, politicians, and former officials calling for a limited, tactical dialogue with Iran regarding Iraq. The Bush administration has indicated a conditional willingness to pursue …
MSNBC:
'Scarborough Country' for Dec. 20 — Guests: Michael Crowley, Josh Green, Joan Walsh, Steve Adubato, Rachel Sklar, Katrina Szish, Courtney Hazlett — JOE SCARBOROUGH, HOST: Tonight, the Democratic frontrunner for 2008 takes her pre-campaign campaign to "The View." But first, stop the presses.
Alan Dershowitz / Boston Globe:
Why won't Carter debate his book? — YOU CAN ALWAYS tell when a public figure has written an indefensible book: when he refuses to debate it in the court of public opinion. And you can always tell when he's a hypocrite to boot: when he says he wrote a book in order to stimulate a debate …
BBC:
Robots could demand legal rights — Robots could one day demand the same citizen's rights as humans, according to a study by the British government. — If granted, countries would be obliged to provide social benefits including housing and even "robo-healthcare", the report says.
Lloyd Dunkelberger / HeraldTribune.com:
Judge to decide if voting code is trade secret — TALLAHASSEE — The question of whether a private company should disclose the computer codes it uses to operate touch-screen voting machines in Florida will now be decided by a Leon County circuit judge. — Lawyers in the case …
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TPMmuckraker
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Michelle Malkin:
The AP (non-)responds and another search comes up empty — Yesterday, I contacted the AP about the "Jamil Hussein"/Jamil Ghdaab Gulaim/Ghulaim findings and asked these simple questions: … Here is the response I received yesterday from AP media relations officer Linda Wagner:
Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
Muslims Mark Solidarity With Jews — Event Held Days After Iranian Meeting That Denied Genocide — Local Muslim leaders lit candles yesterday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to commemorate Jewish suffering under the Nazis, in a ceremony held just days after Iran had a conference denying the genocide.
Aftenposten:
Oslo rape statistics shock — Two out of three charged with rape in Norway's capital are immigrants with a non-western background according to a police study. The number of rape cases is also rising steadily.The study is the first where the crime statistics have been analyzed according to ethnic origin.
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Outside The Beltway
Democracy Now:
Target Iran: Former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter and Investigative Journalist Seymour Hersh on White House Plans for Regime Change — Watch 128k stream Watch 256k stream Read Transcript — Help Printer-friendly version Email to a friend Purchase Video/CD
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