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7:35 PM ET, May 21, 2007

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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Democrats Capitulate On Capitulation
Discussion: Hot Air and The American Mind
Ryan Sager / Latest Politics:
McCain Hits Romney Hard  —  Mitt Romney has been trying to make quite a bit of political hay out of the compromise immigration bill — he sees it as one of John McCain's key weaknesses as relates to the Republican base and a great way to differentiate himself as the One True Conservative in the race …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
McCain Conference Call  —  I just completed a conference call with John McCain which meant to cover a wide range of topics — but in the end focused almost entirely on immigration.  Senator McCain clearly understood that the press reports of his sharp exchange with Senator Jon Cornyn had nicked …
Discussion: eyeon08.com and Macsmind
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Another blogger conference call with McCain.  —  Starting momentarily.  I don't have a question planned.  Too busy getting that podcast up and so forth.  I'm not going to ask why he said "f*ck you" to Senator Cornyn, or why he thinks people aren't going to think that he's too much of a hothead …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:   Romney's camp punches back at McCain
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
McCain on Immigration Bill
NPR:
Pentagon Studies Long-Term Commitment in Iraq  —  · The White House and Pentagon are under increasing pressure from Congress and the public to end U.S. military involvement in Iraq.  But the Pentagon is considering maintaining a core group of forces in Iraq, possibly for decades.
Francis Elliott / Times of London:
Secret plans to turn staff into police informers  —  Council workers, charity staff and doctors will be required to tip off police about anyone whom they believe could commit a violent crime, under secret Home Office plans.  —  Civil liberties campaigners last night said that the proposal raised …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Edwards not involved in haircut  —  As he told the New York Times's Matt Bai of the haircut mess, "Other people arrange these things, and I wasn't personally involved in it."  —  To be fair, this one should probably just be filed, at least in part, under the weirdness of the campaign life …
Discussion: Iowa Voice and Liberal Values
The Atlantic Online:
The Ultimate Nineties Alt-Rock Playlist  —  By popular demand, you'll find the playlist for the Nineties Alt-Rock Party below.  A few words.  For one thing, this is just the songs in alphabetical order; at the party itself, the Party Shuffle was in effect.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Unfogged
Spencer Ackerman / The Nation:
Training Iraq's Death Squads  —  Tucked into the corner of Major Ali's mirror is a postcard displaying the handsome, airbrushed visage of Imam Hussein, the venerated Shiite martyr.  Ali probably needs no reminder of sacrifice when he sees his tired reflection.
Robert E. Rector / Heritage Foundation:
Executive Summary: The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Immigrants to the U.S. Taxpayer  —  Each year, families and individuals pay taxes to the government and receive back a wide variety of services and benefits.  When the benefits and services received by one group exceed the taxes paid …
Discussion: Bluey Blog
Lisa Anderson / Chicago Tribune:
Falwell saw law school as tool to alter society  —  LYNCHBURG, Va. — Some may have found it curious when Rev. Jerry Falwell's new Liberty University School of Law recently unveiled a $1 million teaching courtroom featuring exact-to-the-inch replicas of the U.S. Supreme Court bench and the lectern and counsel tables facing it.
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Sideshow
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
They're Ugly and Stupid and Nobody Likes Them  —  I know I've had boatloads of fun mocking wingnut bloggers for being the toenail clippings of the Mighty Wurlitzer, unable do anything but echo the messages that come down to them from on high while liberal blogs organize, raise money …
CBN.com:
Mike Huckabee to Brody File: "I Do Not Believe in Teaching About Sex or Contraception in Public Schools"  —  Do you like Abstinence Only programs being taught in Public Schools?  Well, the Democrat controlled Congress isn't fond of them.  They're pulling the plug.
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Gay Britons Serve in Military With Little Fuss, as Predicted Discord Does Not Occur  —  The officer, a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force, felt he had no choice.  So he stood up in front of his squad of 30 to 40 people.  —  "I said, 'Right, I've got something to tell you,' " he said.
 
 
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Immigration Passion  —  A reader writes: … (Photo: David McNew/Getty.)
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Another Chapter in Hillary's Attempt to Rewrite History on Iraq
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Probe Carbon Offsets, Congressmen Say
Discussion: The American Mind
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Lott, `Scorned' After Katrina, Targets State Farm, Allstate
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Why We Like Fred  —  Robert McHenry has an interesting insight …
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Can we take 24/7 news seriously?  —  That's an M-48 tank out on a firing range.
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Sawyer's Interview Focuses On Media's Obsessions With Gore …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Interviews, Going the Way of the Linotype?
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The administration's FISA falsehoods continue unabated
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone does not plan to stay on the board of Paramount Global after the company completes its planned merger with Skydance Media

 
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