memeorandum: A hearty F*** You to William Arkin (Pundit Review Radio/BLACKFIVE)

10:10 AM ET, February 1, 2007

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Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:

A hearty F*** You to William Arkin — Update: Marc Danziger, the Armed Liberal over at Winds of change is much less hyperbolic about Arkin than I am and check on Fuzzy Bear's stuff too. — Apologies for the F bombs bursting in air, but...well just read on.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Confederate Yankee, Andrew Olmsted dot com, Gun Toting Liberal ™, Blue Crab Boulevard, Transterrestrial Musings, Wizbang, Hyscience and Instapundit.com

Hindrocket / Power Line:

THE PERIL OF NEWSPAPER BLOGS... ...is that a reporter might say what he actually thinks before an editor catches up with him and makes him stop. A case in point: William Arkin writes on "national and homeland security" for the Washington Post. Yesterday morning, in his blog titled Early Warning …

Discussion: Redstate, Hang Right Politics and BLACKFIVE

Michelle Malkin:
WaPo math: Troops=mercenaries

Discussion: Redstate and Flopping Aces

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
WaPo blogger to U.S. troops: Be thankful we don't spit on you, mercenaries

Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ, FishBowlDC and The Sundries Shack

Dan / Riehl World View:
It's Official: The Press Has Gone To War

Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Hyscience

Associated Press:

Syndicated columnist Molly Ivins dies at 62 — Best-selling author, sharp-witted Texas liberal succumbs to breast cancer — Syndicated columnist Molly Ivins poses for a portrait at her home Sept. 22 in Austin, Texas. She died Wednesday at 62 after a long battle with breast cancer.

Discussion: Associated Press, The Huffington Post, The Left Coaster, skippy the bush kangaroo, Happy Furry Puppy Story …, TAPPED, SteveAudio, Liberal Values, The Democratic Daily, Outside The Beltway, The Agonist and Lifelike Pundits

John Moritz / Dallas Star-Telegram:

Columnist Molly Ivins dies — AUSTIN — Molly Ivins, whose biting columns mixed liberal populism with an irreverent Texas wit, died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at her home in Austin after an up-and-down battle with breast cancer she had waged for seven years. She was 62.

Discussion: New York Times, The American Street, Firedoglake, The Sideshow, Booman Tribune, The Mahablog, Pharyngula, On Deadline, My Left Nutmeg, Liberty Street and Romenesko

Joe Holley / Washington Post:
Columnist Molly Ivins, 62; Poked Fun at the Powerful

Discussion: Gun Toting Liberal ™ and democracyarsenal.org

New York Times:

Chirac Unfazed by Nuclear Iran, Then Backtracks — President Jacques Chirac said this week that if Iran had one or two nuclear weapons, it would not pose a big danger, and that if Iran were to launch a nuclear weapon against a country like Israel, it would lead to the immediate destruction of Tehran.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Redstate, FP Passport, It Shines For All, Kesher Talk, Andrew Sullivan and Atlas Shrugs

New York Times:

Bullying Iran — Given America's bitter experience in Iraq, one would think that President Bush could finally figure out that threats and brute force aren't a substitute for a reasoned strategy. But Mr. Bush is at it again, this time trying to bully Iran into stopping its meddling inside Iraq.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, QandO and The Political Pit Bull

Associated Press:
U.S.-Iran tensions could trigger war

Discussion: Jules Crittenden, Talking Points Memo, NO QUARTER, The Anonymous Liberal and The Democratic Daily

Washington Post:

Senators Unite On Challenge to Bush's Troop Plan — Revised Warner Language That Protects Funds Is Embraced for Bipartisan Appeal — Democratic and Republican opponents of President Bush's troop-buildup plan joined forces last night behind the nonbinding resolution with the broadest bipartisan backing …

Discussion: Think Progress, Captain's Quarters, The Carpetbagger Report, Taylor Marsh, DownWithTyranny! and Daily Kos

Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:

Senate foes of troop buildup join forces — WASHINGTON - Two senators, a Republican and a Democrat, leading separate efforts to put Congress on record against President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq joined forces Wednesday, agreeing on a nonbinding resolution that would oppose the plan and potentially embarrass the White House.

Discussion: Think Progress, Donklephant, AMERICAblog, Crooks and Liars, BobGeiger.com, Middle Earth Journal and The Left Coaster

Adam Nagourney / New York Times:

Biden Unwraps His Bid for '08 With an Oops! — In an era of meticulous political choreography, the staging of the kickoff for this presidential candidacy could hardly have gone worse. — Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, who announced his candidacy on Wednesday with the hope …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Think Progress, Outside The Beltway, Washington Post, Right Wing News, It Shines For All, AMERICAblog, NewsBusters.org, Law Blog, Booman Tribune, Jon Swift, Political Animal, PoliBlog (TM), DownWithTyranny!, Hang Right Politics and GregsOpinion.com

Ana Marie Cox / Swampland:

Everyone Hates Chris — Jurors on the Libby trial are learning many things about the inner workings of unofficial Washington. Just today they were told that "There are a lot of bureaus in Washington" (from Judy Miller's testimony on intial confusion about where Valerie Plame worked) …

Discussion: Firedoglake and Wonkette

truthout:
Cheney's Handwritten Notes Implicate Bush in Plame Affair

Discussion: All Spin Zone, Andrew Sullivan, Wonkette and The BRAD BLOG

San Francisco Chronicle:

MATIER AND ROSS — AIDE QUITS AS NEWSOM'S AFFAIR WITH HIS WIFE IS REVEALED — Campaign manager confronts mayor, who is 'in shock' — San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's re-election campaign manager resigned Wednesday after confronting the mayor about an affair Newsom had with his wife …

Discussion: On Deadline and Hang Right Politics

Rob Hotakainen / Minneapolis Star Tribune:

Franken tells DFLers he's running for Senate — WASHINGTON - Comedian and radio talk show host Al Franken has begun calling Democratic members of Congress and prominent DFLers to tell them he will definitely challenge Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in 2008, the Star Tribune has learned.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Wizbang and Ace of Spades HQ

Josephine Hearn / The Politico:

Sanchez Accuses Democrat of Calling Her a 'Whore,' Resigns from Hispanic Group — Rep. Loretta Sanchez has quit the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, accusing the chairman, Rep. Joe Baca, of telling people she's a "whore." — Baca denied the charge. — In an interview with The Politico Wednesday …

Discussion: Lifelike Pundits

Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:

Decision to Have Baby Isn't Political, Mary Cheney Says — Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, for the first time yesterday publicly defended her decision to become pregnant and asserted that same-sex couples were equally capable of raising children as heterosexual couples.

Discussion: AMERICAblog

Austan Goolsbee / New York Times:

Now That a Penny Isn't Worth Much, It's Time to Make It Worth 5 Cents — How dumb do you have to be to mint money at a loss? In the latest only-in-Washington episode, we find that the government may have lost as much as $40 million coining pennies and nickels last year.

Discussion: Economist's View, PoliBlog (TM) and Marginal Revolution

Washington Post:

Bush Addresses Income Inequality — Economic Speech Touches on Executive Pay as Senators Move to Rein It In — President Bush acknowledged Wednesday that there is growing income inequality in the United States, addressing for the first time a subject that has long concerned Democrats and liberal economists.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, The Caucus and the talking dog