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New York Post:
A FAN OBAMA DOESN'T NEED — SEN. Barack Obama might want to tell George Soros to shut up, now that the Hungarian-born billionaire has equated the George W. Bush administration with the Third Reich. Soros, who spent $26 million trying to beat Bush two years ago, is a key supporter …
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Liberty Street, Jules Crittenden, Liberal Values, Flopping Aces, Macsmind and AMERICAN FUTURE
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Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
George Soros Has It Right on America's History and Accountability Problem: NeoCons Brew Storm to Distract from Their Complicity in Today's Disaster — George Soros's words often kick up storms. And another storm has hit. — This time it's about comparing America today and Nazi Germany …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:George Soros: America Needs 'De-Nazification'
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The American Mind
CNN:
Truck bomb kills more than 120 in Baghdad market … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden truck in a crowded Baghdad market Saturday, killing at least 121 people and wounding 373 others, a Health Ministry official said. — The blast, which destroyed automobiles …
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Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
Suicide bomber kills 121 in Baghdad — BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide truck bomber struck a market in a predominantly Shiite area of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 121 people and wounding scores among the crowd buying food for evening meals, the most devastating strike in the capital in more than two months.
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The Reaction, Gun Toting Liberal ™, PoliBlog (TM), TIME: Swampland, Middle Earth Journal and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Science Panel Calls Global Warming 'Unequivocal' — In a grim and powerful assessment of the future of the planet, the leading international network of climate scientists has concluded for the first time that global warming is "unequivocal" and that human activity is the main driver …
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Jonathan Adler / The Volokh Conspiracy:DID AEI SEEK TO BUY CLIMATE SCIENTISTS? The blogosphere is abuzz …
John J. Fialka / Wall Street Journal:Global-Warming Report Gets U.S. Emphasis
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Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
At Democrats' Meeting, Bush Appeals for Cooperation — President Bush, forced by circumstance to reach out to some of his strongest adversaries, appealed directly to House Democrats on Saturday to work with him to reform the immigration system, limit the cost of Social Security …
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CorrenteWire
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Washington Post:
Bush to Request Billions for Wars — President Bush will ask Congress for close to three-quarters of a trillion dollars in defense spending on Monday, including $245 billion to cover the cost of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan and other elements of the "global war on terror," senior administration officials said yesterday.
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Taking The Bait: War With Iran Would Only Come If We Stay In Iraq — Here is a new line of thinking I find extremely infuriating, via TPM: … Matt Yglesias ran with the same nonsense the other day: … This is so wrong, so obtuse, so plain dumb from both Fallows and Yglesias …
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:Where Congress Can Draw the Line
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Hullabaloo, The Left Coaster, The American Street, The Impolitic, TalkLeft and Middle Earth Journal
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
MY EARLIER POST ON GLOBAL WARMING AND THE NEED FOR A BAN ON PRIVATE JETS led one reader to ask me for some constructive thoughts, as opposed to snark. Fair enough, though if things are as bad as they say, a ban on private jets would be constructive, no? Or, if not, it's probably …
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Candidates Pick Tunes at DNC Meeting — WASHINGTON (AP) - Everyone needs a soundtrack - even politicians. — The presidential candidates who addressed the Democratic National Committee's winter meeting Friday got to choose their tunes, and it was an eclectic mix that reflected personal favorites and not-so-subtle messages.
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New York Times:
In Washington, Contractors Take on Biggest Role Ever — In June, short of people to process cases of incompetence and fraud by federal contractors, officials at the General Services Administration responded with what has become the government's reflexive answer to almost every problem.
Michelle Malkin:
How to become a leading Democrat's blogmaster — Amanda Marcotte: A bleepin' embarrassment — Last week, far left-wing blogger Amanda Marcotte began her stint as Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards' "blogmaster:" … The question is: How long will the Edwards campaign want the …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
New McCain Team Made Attack Ads He Once Faulted — Senator John McCain, intent on succeeding where his freewheeling presidential campaign of 2000 failed, is assembling a team of political bruisers for 2008. And it includes advisers who once sought to skewer him and whose work he has criticized as stepping over the line in the past.
Dan / Riehl World View:
Resolving The Spitting Debate — There's a growing blog debate going on as regards peace activists spitting on returning veterans during the Vietnam era. It begins here at Slate in an article claiming the charges are false. … At Volokh, Jim Lindgren points out some weaknesses …
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Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Marketer says it acted quickly to halt scare — Denies trying to hide firm's involvement — The New York guerrilla marketing firm that spearheaded the advertising campaign that spawned the wave of bomb scares in Boston this week broke its silence yesterday, apologizing for any hardships …
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
EDWARDS AND IRAN....Here is John Edwards two weeks ago, speaking about Iran to the Herzliya Conference in Israel: … Italics mine. And I'm left wondering: I don't think the American people have any real problem with economic sanctions and diplomatic pressure against Iran.
Discussion:
Pacific Views
John Byrne / The Raw Story:
Senator Clinton won't run out use of force to stop 'pro-terrorist' Iran — At a speech Friday to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) said "no option can be taken off the table" when dealing with Iran, RAW STORY has learned.
White House:
President Bush Meets with House Democratic Members in Williamsburg — THE PRESIDENT: Speaker, thank you. First of all, thanks for the invitation, Madam Speaker and Rahm, thank you very much. I enjoyed sharing ideas with members of Congress. — One of the things I wanted to tell …
Discussion:
The Caucus
Atrios / Eschaton:
Happy Blogroll Amnesty Day — Hey, the blogroll is gone. — As I wrote earlier, one of the big complaints by new bloggers is that it's impossible to get onto blogrolls because established bloggers tend not to add them. They're right. A big reason for that is that everyone feels …
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