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Michelle Malkin / New York Post:

LURID AP REPORT ON IRAQ OUTRAGE DOESN'T CHECK OUT — WELL, the Iraqi Ministry of Interior says disputed Associated Press source Jamil Hussein does exist. But at least one story he told the AP just doesn't check out: The Sunni mosques that as Hussein claimed and AP reported as "destroyed …

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard, Don Surber, The Jawa Report, Austin Bay Blog, Little Green Footballs, Riehl World View and Power Line

Michelle Malkin:

Fact-checking the AP and Jamil Hussein — My report on our investigation of the Associated Press's four destroyed mosques/six immolated Sunnis story is up at the New York Post. We'll have video and audio, including comments from Dagger Brigade members about the AP's faulty coverage …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Patterico's Pontifications, Flopping Aces, Dean's World and Confederate Yankee

Confederate Yankee:

Hussein of Cards — And finally, we get to the truth of the matter: … There is more, much more, in Michelle's NY Post article, and I suggest that you take the time to read it all, but the heart of the matter is that AP's reporters seem to have greatly exaggerated what took place in Hurriyah on November 24.

Jonathan Greenberger / ABCNEWS:

EXCLUSIVE: Richardson Enters 2008 Presidential Race — New Mexico Governor Would Be Nation's First Hispanic President — The field for the Democratic presidential nomination got still more crowded this morning, with New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson announcing he will take the first step …

Discussion: Liberal Values, The Democratic Daily, Althouse and Don Surber

Patrick Healy / New York Times:

Clinton's Success in Presidential Race Is No Sure Thing — Compared with the other Democrats who plan to run for president in 2008, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is the most battle-tested, has the biggest fund-raising network and can walk into the job with a unique set of skills …

Discussion: Is That Legal?, PoliBlog (TM), Prairie Weather and Times of London

Associated Press:

N.M. governor enters White House race — WASHINGTON - Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., took the first step Sunday toward an expected White House run in 2008, a high-profile state chief who promoted his extensive experience in Washington and the world stage as he seeks to become the first Hispanic president.

Discussion: The Washington Note and Captain's Quarters

Nico / Think Progress:

Kristol On War Critics: 'It's So Irresponsible That They Can't Be Quiet For Six Or Nine Months' — This morning on Fox News, Weekly Standard editor William Kristol said that opponents of escalation in Congress are "leap-frogging each other in the degrees of irresponsibility they're willing to advocate."

Discussion: Unclaimed Territory, The Impolitic and Liberty Street

Observer:

Don't you know your left from your right? — As a child of politicised parents, Observer columnist Nick Cohen followed in their tradition and became a trenchant voice on the liberal-left in the 1980s and 90s. But the Iraq War changed all that and forced him to rethink.

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard, Andrew Sullivan and Austin Bay Blog

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Video: Dan Riehl versus Mike Stark on "Reliable Sources" — Kurtz did a good job with the intro so I won't bother with background. You might remember "guerrilla tactics" aficionado Stark from Campaign '06, where he shoved his way past George Allen's handlers to ask the senator if he'd ever spat …

Discussion: Riehl World View

Washington Post:

Embattled, Bush Held To Plan to Salvage Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had a surprise for President Bush when they sat down with their aides in the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman, Jordan. Firing up a PowerPoint presentation, Maliki and his national security adviser proposed …

Discussion: Redstate, The Impolitic, The Belgravia Dispatch and The Carpetbagger Report

Alan Wolfe / New York Times:

None (but Me) Dare Call It Treason — At first Dinesh D'Souza considered him "a dark-eyed fanatic, a gun-toting extremist, a monster who laughs at the deaths of 3,000 innocent civilians." But once he learned how Osama bin Laden was viewed in the Muslim world, D'Souza changed his mind.

Discussion: The Mahablog, DownWithTyranny! and Big Brass Blog

Associated Press:

Calif. Lawmaker Seeks Ban on Spanking — Calif. Lawmaker to Introduce Bill That Would Ban the Spanking of Children Under 4 Years Old — SACRAMENTO, Calif. Jan 20, 2007 (AP)— California parents could face jail and a fine for spanking their young children under legislation a state lawmaker has promised to introduce next week.

Discussion: Liberty Street, Running The Gauntlet, Captain's Quarters and LIBERTAS

Nancy Vogel / Los Angeles Times:
A spanking ban: are we gonna get it?

Discussion: Polimom Says

Opinion Journal:

Will Al Gore Melt? — If not, why did he chicken out on an interview? — Al Gore is traveling around the world telling us how we must fundamentally change our civilization due to the threat of global warming. Last week he was in Denmark to disseminate this message.

Discussion: Don Surber, NewsBusters.org and Blue Crab Boulevard

Simon Romero / New York Times:

Colombian Government Is Ensnared in a Paramilitary Scandal — The government of President Álvaro Uribe, the largest recipient of American aid outside the Middle East, has found itself ensnared in a widening scandal as revelations surface of a secret alliance between some of the president's …

Discussion: Larisa Alexandrovna's … and EconLog

Nick White / Windows Vista Team Blog:

Windows Vista Content Protection - Twenty Questions (and Answers) — A conversation has cropped up since the recent publication of a paper scrutinizing how Windows handles digital rights management, especially for HD video. I've since looped back with Dave Marsh, a Lead Program Manager responsible …

Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com: AUDIO/VIDEO QUALITY ON WINDOWS VISTA: Microsoft responds to critics …

Solomon / Solomonia:

Exclusive: The Islamic Society of Boston and Intimidation 101 by Charles Jacobs — Special to Solomonia! Charles Jacobs, President of The David Project has a few things to say about the litigious Islamic Society of Boston (search results show oldest results first, scroll down for most recent), exclusively via this site.