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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 …
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New York Times:
What We Wanted to Tell You About Iran — HERE is the redacted version of a draft Op-Ed article we wrote for The Times, as blacked out by the Central Intelligence Agency's Publication Review Board after the White House intervened in the normal prepublication review process and demanded substantial deletions.
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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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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Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
THE DARK SIDE OF "TRADITIONAL VALUES"
THE DARK SIDE OF "TRADITIONAL VALUES"
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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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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.
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 …
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 …
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NY Daily News:
Slurs? Rat's not true, says Regan — Embattled publisher Judith Regan is defending herself against new claims that she made anti-Semitic slurs. — Two publishing insiders allege the woman behind that O.J. Simpson book regularly compared Jewish people to "rodents."
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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.
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Franklin did write an autobiography — George Will, who seems to be quite troubled lately with the blogging medium, devoted his column today to comparing us — that is, literally people like you and me — to 18th century pamphleteers. Apparently, we don't measure up well.
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:
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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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.
Rachel Ehrenfeld / Washington Times:
Carter's Arab financiers — To understand what feeds former president Jimmy Carter's anti-Israeli frenzy, look at his early links to Arab business. — Between 1976-1977, the Carter family peanut business received a bailout in the form of a $4.6 million, "poorly managed" …
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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 …
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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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Some Stores In Great Britain Think Santa May Be Unsafe For Kids (UPDATED) — You just KNEW THIS DAY was coming, didn't you? — It has arrived: … Why, we never thought of it that way. And to think, yours truly is a baby boomer and this never entered our minds or the minds of parents of kids we grew up with.
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David Burge / iowahawk:
BLOGS MAKE ME PUKE — [ed note: found in an empty ink barrel in an alley behind Dow Jones: first draft of Joseph Rago's turgid indictment against the blogosphere] — "Imbeciles eating poo flung by uncredentialed monkeys." — BY JOSEPH RAGO — Blogs are very important these days.
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