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8:05 AM ET, February 5, 2007

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Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
Super Bowl Ads of Cartoonish Violence, Perhaps Reflecting Toll of War  —  No commercial that appeared last night during Super Bowl XLI directly addressed Iraq, unlike a patriotic spot for Budweiser beer that ran during the game two years ago.  But the ongoing war seemed to linger just below …
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Michelle Malkin:
Iraq Derangement Syndrome at the NYTimes  —  What do you see?  —  One of the Super Bowl ads that ran tonight was an ad for the Prudential insurance company—you know, the "Get a Piece of the Rock" company.  Allah has the ad over at Hot Air.  —  A bizarro business columnist at the NYTimes thinks …
New York Times:
Iraqis Fault Delayed U.S. Plan in Attack  —  A growing number of Iraqis blamed the United States on Sunday for creating conditions that led to the worst single suicide bombing in the war, which devastated a Shiite market in Baghdad the day before.  They argued that slowness in completing …
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Mohammed / IRAQ THE MODEL:   More violence in Baghdad as the city braces for the security plan.
Julia Preston / New York Times:
U.S. Set to Begin a Vast Expansion of DNA Sampling  —  The Justice Department is completing rules to allow the collection of DNA from most people arrested or detained by federal authorities, a vast expansion of DNA gathering that will include hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, by far the largest group affected.
Discussion: The Corner and Prairie Weather
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:   DNA Collecting Run Amok
Washington Post:
Iraq Vote Could Resonate In 2008  —  Resolution Against Adding Troops Is Set for a Showdown  —  When Sen. John E. Sununu (R-N.H.) saw reporters approaching him last week, he took off in a sprint, determined to say as little as possible about a nonbinding resolution opposing President Bush's …
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Reuters:
Nader leaves '08 door open, slams Hillary  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader on Sunday left the door open for another possible White House bid in 2008 and criticized Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton as "a panderer and a flatterer."
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Mia Culpa
Thers / Whiskey Fire:
Bitter Fish in Crude Oil Sea  —  Heh.  Michelle Malkin is fixin' to destroy Amanda Marcotte, 'cause Amanda uses naughty words.  —  Michelle Malkin wrote this book:  —  So Amanda wins.  —  And it ain't even close.  —  UPDATE: Auguste takes care of the other nonsense.
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Bush Budget Projects A Surplus by 2012  —  The budget that President Bush will submit to Congress today shows the federal deficit falling in each of the next four years and would produce a $61 billion surplus in 2012, administration officials said.  But to get there, Bush is counting …
Bill / INDCJournal:
Insh'allah: A Nighttime Raid with the Iraqi Army  —  It was after midnight when our convoy of Jundi (Iraqi Army soldiers) and trailing Marine advisors rolled out into Fallujah's neighborhoods, their darkened Humvees barreling down pitch black streets and muddy back alleys.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Dave Montgomery / Real Cities:
Dick Armey takes aim at GOP, war in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON - When he was the GOP leader in a Republican-controlled House of Representatives, Dick Armey was never known to be a shrinking violet.  But now that he's out of politics, Armey is indisputably even more plainspoken as the leader …
Discussion: CorrenteWire and The Reaction
Reuters:
Edwards: raise taxes for healthcare  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential candidate John Edwards on Sunday said that he would raise taxes, chiefly on the wealthy, to pay for expanded healthcare coverage under a plan costing $90 billion to $120 billion a year to be unveiled on Monday.
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Obama Confronts 'Outsider' Dilemma  —  In the nearly three weeks since Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) made his unofficial debut as a presidential candidate, his senior advisers have been holed up in a temporary office on Connecticut Avenue NW, feverishly working to translate the huge excitement about his candidacy into a political strategy.
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
McQ / QandO:
HARRY REID AND THE CULTURE OF CORRUPTION  —  nvestors Business Daily has an article on the latest land deal that Senate Majority Harry Reid has been involved in, and it isn't particularly flattering: … See the name "Haycock?"  Remember it.  —  Here's the payoff, no pun intended:
Associated Press:
Amidst bloodshed, millions of Muslims pray for peace … TONGI, Bangladesh (AP) — Some 3 million Muslims put aside their country's violent struggle with political corruption and Islamic extremists and raised their hands in prayer for global peace at one of the world's largest religious gatherings.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Jihad Watch
 
 
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Fars News Agency:
Moussad Incapable of Running Operations in Iran
Discussion: Redstate and Fox News
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Palestinians: We don't deserve a state
Associated Press:
Ex-US military heads: Iran attack a disaster
Discussion: The Sideshow
TigerHawk:
Dissing John Edwards: A TigerHawk exclusive!
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Editors At The WaPo?
Juan / Informed Comment:
Sunni Arab Guerrillas Massacre 155 Shiites, Wound 305
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
TRANSCRIPT: SEN. JIM WEBB ON 'FOX NEWS SUNDAY'
Discussion: LiberalOasis
Telegraph:
Iceland fears bears that go with the floe
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 Earlier Items: 
Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
Capitol's Newcomers Try a Little Openness
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Robert Schwaneberg / New Jersey Online:
When life without parole is worse than death
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Kristol:"On the whole over the last two weeks, some of the news …
Michael O'Hare / The RBC:
The ideal issue  —  This week marked an odd intersection …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
A Fourth Branch?  —  We have all discussed the unprecedented power …
Little Green Footballs:
UC Irvine: MSU Calls for Israel to Be Wiped Out
Discussion: Riehl World View
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
With Rumsfeld Gone, Critics of War Look to Rice
Discussion: The Heretik and OxBlog
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael Yon from Camp Victory
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