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12:30 AM ET, January 3, 2007

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Eason Jordan / iraqslogger.com:
The AP's Jamil Hussein Scandal  —  Controversy Will Haunt the AP Until It Does What is Right  —  If an Iraqi police captain by the name of Jamil Hussein exists, there is no convincing evidence of it - and that means the Associated Press has a journalistic scandal on its hands that will fester until the AP deals with it properly.
Armed Liberal / Winds of Change.NET:
"It's Just A Scratch"  —  In a display of clueless arrogance …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The New Crowd's First Test
Digby / Hullabaloo:
When Time Stood Still  —  I've noticed something interesting among …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
CNN apologizes to Barack Obama  —  Wolf Blitzer apologized to Barack Obama for misspelling Osama's name on a graphic yesterday during a broadcast on The Situation Room.  —  Video-WMP Video-QT  —  A contact at CNN told me they were aware of the gaffe yesterday and this morning emailed me this transcript.
Discussion: Wonkette and SOTUblog
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Senator Barack Hussein Obama (D- Ill), Osama Bin Laden, CNN
Discussion: HACKED
Associated Press:
CNN Apologizes for Mistaken Headline
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Olbermann: Special Comment on "Sacrifice"  —  Keith Olbermann stepped up and slapped Bush's plan to use the word "sacrifice" as an excuse to send more troops to Iraq.  Bush needs a new catch phrase to try and deceive the nation with, but Republican talking points won't work on the people anymore.
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Keith Olbermann / MSNBC:
Special comment about 'sacrifice'  —  BBC reports Bush will reveal troop surge plan in sacrifice-themed speech  —  SPECIAL COMMENT  —  If in your presence an individual tried to sacrifice an American serviceman or woman, would you intervene?  —  Would you at least protest?
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Sacrificing For Junior
Discussion: James Wolcott's Blog
Lauren Frayer / Associated Press:
Iraqi Government to Investigate Saddam Hanging, Leak of Video  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — The prime minister on Tuesday ordered an investigation into the conduct of Saddam Hussein's execution in a bid to learn who among the witnesses taunted the former Iraqi leader in the last minutes of his life, then leaked a cell phone video.
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John F. Burns / New York Times:
Iraq Plans Inquiry Into Hussein Execution  —  With angry demonstrations spreading across Iraq's Sunni Arab heartland, the country's Shiite-led government said today that it had ordered an investigation into the disorderly scenes at the execution of Saddam Hussein, who was mocked and taunted …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
CBC News:
Kenya arrests as many as 2 men with Canadian passports: reports  —  As many as two Somali Islamic fighters who claim to be Canadian were among 10 fighters arrested by Kenyan police, according to separate reports Tuesday.  —  The 10 were arrested on Monday at the Liboi border crossing in Kenya …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Associated Press:
Iran vows to 'humiliate' U.S.  —  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad scorned U.N Security Council sanctions imposed against Iran, telling a crowd Tuesday that Iran had humiliated the United States in the past and would do so again.  —  Speaking in the southwestern provincial capital …
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NY Daily News:
Revealed: Rudy's '08 battle plans  —  It's clearly laid out in 140 pages of printed text, handwriting and spreadsheets: The top-secret plan for Rudy Giuliani's bid for the White House.  —  The remarkably detailed dossier sets out the budgets, schedules and fund-raising plans that will underpin …
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:   Leak Reveals '08 Strategy From Giuliani Camp
John Brockman / edge.org:
GOT OPTIMISM?  —  THE WORLD'S LEADING THINKERS SEE GOOD NEWS AHEAD  —  While conventional wisdom tells us that things are bad and getting worse, scientists and the science-minded among us see good news in the coming years.  That's the bottom line of an outburst of high-powered optimism gathered …
Virgil Goode / USA Today:
Save Judeo-Christian values  —  Immigration leaves USA vulnerable to Muslim extremists' infiltration.  —  A letter I sent in early December was written in response to hundreds of e-mails from constituents upset about Rep.-elect Keith Ellison's decision to use the Quran in connection with his congressional swearing-in.
Ezra Klein:
Libraries vs. Amazon  —  This is weird: … Since when do bookstores allow you to check out books for no fee, finish them, and bring them back?  That's the primary difference between libraries and bookstores — they make reading cheap, if not free.  As it happens, John and I work at magazines.
Scott Burgess / The Daily Ablution:
Happy New Year!  —  It may not be true for most mammals, but the New Year seems a good time for me to emerge from hibernation and revisit regular posting at the Ablution.  —  It will probably take a bit of time to get back up to speed - to be honest, I've been a bit out of touch with stories …
Discussion: The Corner and Blue Crab Boulevard
Drudge Report:
HILLARY PREDICTS: OBAMA CANDIDACY WILL DIMINISH  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton views Barack Obama as her biggest obstacle to nomination, the NEW YORK TIMES is planning to report, but she believes the threat of his candidacy will diminish — as voters learn how inexperienced he is in government and foreign affairs!
Discussion: Ankle Biting Pundits and Macsmind
Mark Bowden / Opinion Journal:
So, Saddam Is Dead . . .  But the way of the world remains Saddam's.  —  Now that they have hanged Saddam Hussein, perhaps we can begin to appreciate the irony and the lessons of his demise.  —  Any nation is, at heart, an idea.  Once people started organizing themselves in groups larger …
 
 
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Adler, Drezner, and Levy try to close the glass window on debate …
Michael Beatty / Examiner:
Michael Olesker to join The Baltimore Examiner
Discussion: Hot Air
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Enough, Markos  —  Glenn Greenwald emailed me this morning …
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
TIME loves The Vampire  —  "William the Bloody" Kristol …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Choice
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
The White House Dumps Another Body Over the Side of Its Sinking Iraq Ship
Brad Stone / New York Times:
Young Turn to Web Sites Without Rules
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The Agonist:
Euro Officially Surpasses Dollar
Esquire:
WHAT I'VE LEARNED: James Watson
Discussion: The Corner
Wall Street Journal:
Calibrating a Troop 'Surge'
Discussion: Hot Air and PoliPundit.com
Andrew Ward / Financial Times:
Jeb Bush quiet about long-term plans
Washington Post:
With Iraq War Come Layers of Loss
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos
The Nation:
Kristol Clear at Time  —  The market doesn't work …
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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