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3:10 PM ET, February 1, 2007

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William M. Arkin / Early Warning:
The Arrogant and Intolerant Speak Out  —  Well, one thing's abundantly clear about who will actually defend our rights to say what we believe: It isn't the hundreds who have written me saying they are soldiers or veterans or war supporters or real Americans and who also advise me to move to another country …
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AlterNet.org:
Update: Cartoon Marketing Ignites Bomb Scare [VIDEO]  —  Pranksters give finger to the media...  Attempts at buzz marketing are nearly always lame, awkward, and obvious; that's about the worst (or, perhaps, best) that can be said of them, most of the time.  Rare indeed is the word …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Ace of Spades HQ
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CNN:
Two held after ad campaign triggers Boston bomb scare … BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) — Authorities have arrested two men in connection with electronic light boards depicting a middle-finger-waving moon man that triggered repeated bomb scares around Boston on Wednesday and prompted the closure …
August J. Pollak / xoverboard.com:
Thomas Menino is an incompetent coward  —  I have never lived in Boston, and I have never supported a Republican for any elected office.  But I would send money to a Republican opponent against Boston Mayor Tom Menino just to get him out of office if he actually dares to do something as cowardly and abusive-of-power as this.
Discussion: Blinq, The News Blog, Attytood and WCVB-TV
Defense Tech:
BREAKING: DOUBLE THE TROOPS IN "SURGE" (UPDATED)  —  President Bush and his new military chiefs have been saying for nearly a month that they would "surge" an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq, in a last, grand push to quell the violence in Baghdad and in Anbar Province.
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Analysis: "Surge" Far Larger Than 20,000 Troops
Doug Mellgren / Associated Press:
Al Gore nominated for Nobel Peace Prize  —  OSLO, Norway - Former Vice President Al Gore was nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his wide-reaching efforts to draw the world's attention to the dangers of global warming, a Norwegian lawmaker said Thursday.
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Agence France Presse:
Al Gore seen as possible winner of 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
Discussion: Hot Air
Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. delays report on Iranian role in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has postponed plans to offer public details of its charges of Iranian meddling inside Iraq amid internal divisions over the strength of the evidence, U.S. officials said.  —  U.S. officials promised last week …
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
The soft bigotry of blowhards  —  Wesley Clark et al should watch what they say and how they say it.  —  WESLEY CLARK, the retired general and once — and no doubt future — presidential candidate, says the United States is going to attack Iran.  How does he know?
Discussion: TAPPED, Ezra Klein and Matthew Yglesias
Fox News:
TWO SENIOR IRAQI GENERALS EYED IN BRAZEN ATTACK ON U.S. SOLDIERS  —  Two senior Iraqi generals are being questioned in connection with last week's attack in Karbala that left five U.S. soldiers dead, Pentagon officials told FOX News Thursday.  —  Military officials also said the level …
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 …
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Al Qaeda Behind British Beheading Plot; Bakri Mohammed Implicated; Suspects Identified  —  New developments on the raid that rounded up 9 Muslims suspected of plotting to behead a returned British Muslim soldier.  Al Qaeda is now said to be behind the plot, and directed from Pakistan.
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Daily Mail:
Al Qaeda was behind 'plot' to behead soldier
shakespearessister.blogspot.com:
Shakes on a Campaign  —  I've got some news, Shakers.  —  I have been offered and have accepted a position as the Netroots Coordinator for John Edwards' presidential campaign, joining an outstanding internet team that now also includes Pandagon's Amanda Marcotte, with whom I'll be working closely.
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.
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 …
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 …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
A Tide For School Choice  —  Fifty-seven years later, Sumner Elementary School in Topeka is back in the news.  That city's board of education is still wrongly preventing the right people from getting into that building.  Two educators wanted to use Sumner for a charter school …
Discussion: Eduwonk.com and The Corner
 
 
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John Porretto / Associated Press:
Exxon Mobil posts record annual profit
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Mike Blackman / Dallas Star-Telegram:
Molly Ivins: A fond remembrance
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Bill Hobbs:
An Assualt on Web Writers?
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Molly Ivins, Columnist, Dies at 62
City Journal:
Free Inquiry? Not on Campus
Discussion: The Corner
Christi Parsons / Chicago Tribune:
Obama decision set for Feb. 10
Discussion: The Hill
Boris Johnson / Telegraph:
I'll tell you why women are running out of men to marry
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Arnold Kling / TCS Daily:
Request for Ideological Comment
Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Speaker pursues military flights
Discussion: Redstate and On Deadline
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
In Fighting Troop Increase, Senator Finds Few Old Allies
USA Today:
Giuliani: Can hero of 9/11 win over his own party?
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Mary Cheney Publicly Defends Her Pregnancy
Discussion: Think Progress and AMERICAblog
Austan Goolsbee / New York Times:
Now That a Penny Isn't Worth Much, It's Time to Make It Worth 5 Cents
Associated Press:
New York Times Reports 4Q Loss of $648M