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10:30 PM ET, May 28, 2007

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CindySheehan / Daily Kos:
"Good Riddance Attention Whore"  —  I have endured a lot of smear and hatred since Casey was killed and especially since I became the so-called "Face" of the American anti-war movement.  Especially since I renounced any tie I have remaining with the Democratic Party, I have been further trashed on such …
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:   Cindy Sheehan Resigns as 'Face' of the American Antiwar Movement
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Cindy Sheehan Quits Peace Movement
Discussion: Liberty Street and CorrenteWire
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Right-wing blogger geniuses expose another journalistic fraud!  —  The genius investigators in the right-wing blogosphere — who serve as our Watchdogs over the Corrupt "MSM" — made a major, major discovery this weekend.  Last Wednesday, former CIA agent Larry Johnson published a Memo …
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Kirk Semple / New York Times:
In Rare Talks, U.S. and Iran Discuss Iraq  —  The United States and Iran held the first high-profile, face-to-face talks in nearly three decades today, adhering to an agenda that focused strictly on the war in Iraq and on how the bitter adversaries could work to improve conditions here.
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John Ward Anderson / Washington Post:
U.S., Iran Meet to Discuss Iraq Security
Associated Press:
U.S., Iran end 27-year diplomatic freeze
Discussion: The Newshoggers
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Should Scooter Libby's Sentencing Letters Be Made Public?  —  Marcy (Empty Wheel) argues that the sentencing letters written on behalf of Scooter Libby should be made available to the public.  —  Team Libby disagrees (brief here), asserting that the letters are not judicial records …
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
You Oughta Know  —  Bill Jeffress asserts (PDF) that letters written …
Discussion: Eschaton
Gateway Pundit:
CHAVEZ FORCES CLASH WITH DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS!  —  Venezuala continues its descent into hell.  —  ** The Jungle Hut is following the clashes from Venezuala.  —  ** Globovision has photos from the crackdown by the regime.  —  ** Venezuela News and Views- Even in San Felipe we are hearing sirens and pot banging!
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Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Three Cheers For Three Bloggers: Powerline's Fifth Anniversary  —  John Hinderaker notes that this weekend marks the fifth anniversary of Powerline.  I join with what should be —if justice and perspective replaced envy and bias— a throng tens of thousands of other journalists in toasting …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com and Power Line
Donald Hudson Jr / NiemanWatchdog.org:
A soldier in Iraq asks in despair: Why are we here?  —  After watching his roommate fatally wounded in a roadside bombing, an Army private wonders why the lives of good men are being lost when the Iraqis pose no threat to us and don't want us there.  —  donaldchudsonjr@yahoo.com
Ezra Klein:
Data A Blogger!  —  The New York Times reports on the high circulations and curiously enduring appeal of teen magazines.  They're what newspapers wish they were!  "It really hits these girls on an emotional level," says Molly MacDermot, editor of Twist and M. I can only hope so.
Discussion: New York Times and Unfogged
Hubris Sonic / The News Blog:
Captain Obvious  —  Goes bucking for Commodore.  —  Every now and then as I run barefoot over the burning shores of the NYT, I catch a glint of Tom Friedman talking about, say, energy policy.  Like a shiny nickel washed up along a great swath of poo, catching the light just so.
Los Angeles Times:
Time to tax carbon  —  A carbon tax is the best, cheapest and most efficient way to combat cataclysmic climate change.  —  IF YOU HAVE KIDS, take them to the beach.  They should enjoy it while it lasts, because there's a chance that within their lifetimes California's beaches will vanish under the waves.
Maurice Possley / Chicago Tribune:
Exonerated by DNA, guilty in official's eyes  —  High court hopeful's view troubles critics  —  In the fall of 2002, DNA tests exonerated Jimmy Ray Bromgard in the 1987 rape of an 8-year-old girl in Billings, Mont. His case was dismissed and he was freed from prison.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Norwegianity
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés / The Moderate Voice:
Why Soldiers Back Home Seldom Speak of War: Woman Veteran Nails It.  Memorial Day 2007  —  You hear it a lot: Men and women soldiers went to war.  When they came home, they would not often speak of what they'd done and seen.  —  Many in media have tried to lionize entire generations of vets …
Simon Kearney / The Australian:
Anti-Islamic writer stirs hatred, Muslims warn  —  A VISIT to Sydney by a controversial Somali writer who calls the prophet Mohammed a pedophile and says Islam is inferior to Western culture has outraged Muslims, who accuse her of inciting hatred.  —  Ayaan Hirsi Ali will arrive …
 
 
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The Sun:
Now snow's on the way  —  BRITAIN looks set to be hit by Bank Holiday SNOW today.
Michael Luo / New York Times:
Change on Immigration Turns Senator Kyl Into Lightning Rod
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Hot Air
W. Gardner Selby / Austin American-Statesman:
Elections ahead; Lampson not running for U.S. Senate
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THE WAR PRAYER.... In 1904, disgusted by the aftermath …
Discussion: The RBC
Donna St. George / Washington Post:
Another Memorial Day Marks Grief's Journey
Danny Miller / The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed:
Laughing with Charles Nelson Reilly
White House:
President Bush Commemorates Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery
Discussion: Don Surber
Turkishdailynews Headlines:
'Turkish tanks cannot cross into northern Iraq'
 Earlier Items: 
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Thorn in the side of GOP says he's just doing his job
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Memorial Day.  —  Picture source explained.  More here.
Discussion: Chicago Boyz
Shankar Vedantam / Washington Post:
If It Feels Good to Be Good, It Might Be Only Natural
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Memorial Day 2007: Lend A Hand
National Review:
Photo of the Day  —  is from earlier this year.  —  Via the Tennessean :
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush pays tribute to fallen U.S. troops
Gov. Bill Richardson / MSNBC:
'Meet the Press' transcript for May 27, 2007
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Analyzing Comcast's spinoff of cable networks, purposefully structured with low debt: the move might be a signal to the industry that it's time to consolidate

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
Filing: the US DOJ's proposal requires Google to allow websites more ability to opt-out of its AI products and provide more ad placement controls to advertisers

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
James Harding says the Tortoise-Observer deal could create a profitable media group and there isn't a guaranteed future for the Observer with the Guardian

 
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