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11:55 AM ET, April 1, 2007

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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Taking of hostages by Iran is not Britain's finest hour  —  Twenty-seven years ago, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a student in Tehran and is said (by a former Iranian president, for one) to be among those in the U.S. embassy who seized and held American citizens hostage for more than a year.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and Power Line
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Telegraph:
If the Iranians hate us, let them also fear us
Telegraph:
Ministers seek deal with Iran for captives
Washington Post:
Prosecutor Posts Go To Bush Insiders  —  Less Preference Shown for Locals, Senators' Choices  —  About one-third of the nearly four dozen U.S. attorney's jobs that have changed hands since President Bush began his second term have been filled by the White House and the Justice Department with trusted administration insiders.
Faiz / Think Progress:
Fox Catches McConnell Hypocrisy Over Testimony Of White House Officials Under Oath  —  This morning on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace aired archived video of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) calling on the Clinton White House to testify before Congress under oath.  Here's what McConnell said on June 16, 1996:
Discussion: Firedoglake
Kasie Hunt / Associated Press:
Gingrich decries bilingual education  —  WASHINGTON- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich equated bilingual education Saturday with "the language of living in a ghetto" and mocked requirements that ballots be printed in multiple languages.  —  "The government should quit mandating …
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:   Newt Gingrich Mocks Bi-Lingual Education
Telegraph:
Christopher Booker's notebook  —  It's time Defra tried a bit of mud-slinging  —  Last week a Commons committee produced as damning a report on a Government department as anyone could remember.  After investigating the incredible shambles made by the Department for Environment …
Bryan / Hot Air:
Terry Jones: Captured British sailors good for a laugh  —  I'll never watch Monty Python the same way again.  Not after Terry Jones has made a mockery of the British sailors and Marines currently held hostage in Iran, by comparing them them and their treatment to al Qaeda terrorists captured on battlefields in Afghanistan.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
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Terry Jones / Guardian:
Call that humiliation?
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
White House:
President's Radio Address  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  In recent days, the House and Senate each passed emergency war spending bills that undercut our troops in the field.  Each of the Democrats' bills would substitute the judgment of politicians in Washington for that of our generals on the ground.
Discussion: Brendan Nyhan and QandO
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SusanG / Daily Kos:
Partying Down with Bush in His Radio Address
Discussion: Don Surber and Brendan Nyhan
Sean Hackbarth / The American Mind:
My Big Announcement: TAM Bought by MySpace  —  Remember that "big announcement" I teased you with a few days ago?  Well, here it is.  —  I also put it below the fold because it's a bit long.  —  FOX INTERACTIVE MEDIA ENTERS INTO LANDMARK AGREEMENT WITH THE AMERICAN MIND BLOG.
Ben Macintyre / Times of London:
UK Embassy in Tehran hit by violent protest  —  Philippe Naughton, Times Online, and agencies  —  Witnesses heard several small blasts and saw smoke rising from inside the British Embassy compound in central Tehran this afternoon during a student protest over 15 detained sailors and Marines.
J.J. Stambaugh / KnoxNews:
Routine call, horrific crime  —  Responding officer, others remember Lillelid family slayings  —  GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - A decade has passed since Greene County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Frank Waddell was dispatched to Payne Hollow Road to investigate what he thought would be a routine disturbance call on a Sunday night.
Karl / protein wisdom:
Congress Gone WILD!!!  —  Warning!  The following is for adults only!  "Congress Gone Wild" just got wilder!  It's "Congress Gone Wild" on Spring Break!  Madame Speaker Pelosi will be doing Jay Leno and Rahm Emanuel is bringing his comedy act to the Gridiron Dinner, leaving those freshman Dems …
Discussion: Associated Press
Sara Rimer / New York Times:
For Girls, It's Be Yourself, and Be Perfect, Too  —  To anyone who knows 17-year-old Esther Mobley, one of the best students at one of the best public high schools in the country, it is absurd to think she doesn't measure up.  But Esther herself is quick to set the record straight.
The Raw Story:
U.S. government 'outsourcing its brain'  —  Due to its increasing practice of contracting out to private firms and agencies, the U.S. government is quickly losing its expertise and competence in vital national security and defense programs, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
David Boaz / Cato-at-liberty:
NYT Clueless on Libertarianism  —  In Sunday's New York Times, Times economics columnist David Leonhardt reviews Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement by Brian Doherty.  —  It might have made sense to get a libertarian …
Discussion: The Agitator
CNN:
ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES  —  Pope John Paul II One Step Closer to Sainthood?  ; Church Using Sex to Sell God; Keeping Your Pets Safe; Confectionary Christ Raises Controversy; Selling Religion With Sex?  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
Discussion: Norwegianity
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Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
Poor Nations to Bear Brunt as World Warms
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Obama Campaign Aims To Turn Online Backers Into an Offline Force
Matthew Yglesias:
The Critique of Pure Vlogging
Ben Charny / MarketWatch:
For now, no red light district for the Internet
Terri Langford / Houston Chronicle:
After racial outrage, black teen inmate will be freed
Discussion: Off the Kuff and Pacific Views
Scott Shane / New York Times:
The Complicated Power of the Vote to Nowhere
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Kossacks blast Michelle's criticism of the chocolate Jesus double standard
Pajamas Media:
Sanity Squad: High Stakes Hold'em
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Army's War Funds Can Last Through July, Report Says
Edward Barnes / Fox News:
FOX NEWS SPECIAL REPORT 'SOCKS, SCISSORS, PAPER: THE SANDY BERGER …
Discussion: The Corner
IBD Editorials:
Mugabe's Mess  —  Africa's Ills: Famine, disease …
Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Post:
Pelosi Plans Trip to Syria Next Week
Discussion: The Sundries Shack
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
The Crier Wire: If George Were King!
Cagle Cartoons / The Moderate Voice:
Ex-Bush Aide Dowd Says He "Misplaced" Faith In Bush (UPDATED)
New York Times:
The Rovian Era  —  Turn over a scandal in Washington these days …
Lambert / CorrenteWire:
Rove spotted in Chattanooga with brochure for gwb43.com nameserver host.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and The Impolitic
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ its revenue is from ads

 
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