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6:40 PM ET, May 28, 2007

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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 …

Discussion: Booman Tribune, Little Green Footballs, NO QUARTER and The Moderate Voice

IraqSlogger.com:

That Disputed Food Supply Memo: It's Legit — It's a Fraud, and You're Busted; Oh, Wait, Oops; Headline: Food Problem Solved — The appearance of this leaked "Staff Memo" on IraqSlogger and elsewhere last week prompted a flurry of questions and doubts about the authenticity of the memo.

Discussion: Sadly, No!, Little Green Footballs and Hot Air

Gov. Bill Richardson / MSNBC:

'Meet the Press' transcript for May 27, 2007 — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Our Meet the Candidates 2008 series continues. An exclusive interview with Democrat Bill Richardson. He is now in his fifth year as governor of New Mexico. He was United States congressman …

Discussion: Angry Bear, The Moderate Voice, Lonewacko and Blue Crab Boulevard

Boston Globe:
Contender Richardson wants to have it all

Discussion: Michael P.F. van der Galiën

Associated Press:
Richardson to Stop Using Name of Marine

Discussion: PoliBlog (TM)

Associated Press:

U.S., Iran end 27-year diplomatic freeze — BAGHDAD - The United States and Iran broke a 27-year diplomatic freeze Monday with a four-hour meeting about Iraqi security. The American envoy said there was broad policy agreement, but that Iran must stop arming and financing militants who are attacking U.S. and Iraqi forces.

Discussion: The Newshoggers

John Ward Anderson / Washington Post:
U.S., Iran Meet to Discuss Iraq Security

Discussion: The Gun Toting Liberal™

Kirk Semple / New York Times:
In Rare Talks, U.S. and Iran Discuss Iraq

Discussion: Brian Beutler

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 …

Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:

You Oughta Know — Bill Jeffress asserts (PDF) that letters written to Judge Walton in support of Scooter Libby should not be made public because bloggers will "mock" the authors, but Jeralyn makes a very good point: … Fitzgerald (PDF) mentions that these letters have been written by "former and current public officials."

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Patrick McGeehan / New York Times:

Charles Nelson Reilly, Tony-Winning Comic Actor, Dies at 76 — Charles Nelson Reilly, who acted and directed on Broadway but came to be best known for his campy television appearances on talk shows and "Match Game," died on Friday in Los Angeles. He was 76 and lived in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Discussion: Pam's House Blend and TV Squad

Danny Miller / The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed: Laughing with Charles Nelson Reilly

David Carr / New York Times:

The Media Equation: Not to See the Fallen Is No Favor — On this Memorial Day, thousands of United States men and women are engaged in untold acts of bravery and drudgery on behalf of what our leaders have defined as vital American interests in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Discussion: Power Line, Balkinization, Taylor Marsh, The Carpetbagger Report, The Impolitic, Debsweb and Daily Kos

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 …

Discussion: NewsBusters.org, Tammy Bruce, this blog is full of crap, Little Green Footballs and Hot Air

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!

Discussion: Reuters, Associated Press, The Jungle Hut, Voice of America, Agence France Presse, Publius Pundit, Venezuela News And Views, BizzyBlog, The Jawa Report, Fausta's blog and Wizbang

Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:

Memorial Day 2007: Lend A Hand — Taps at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington seemed awfully appropriate for Memorial Day today. It is a mournful song, and that suits my mood this morning to a tee. — I went back to an older post that quoted a letter from Kevin Tillman, and it ticked me off all over again in the read.

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 …

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.

Discussion: The Glittering Eye, The RBC, Ezra Klein and Liberal Values

National Review:

Photo of the Day — is from earlier this year. — Via the Tennessean :

Turkishdailynews Headlines:

'Turkish tanks cannot cross into northern Iraq' — Amid ongoing domestic debates focusing on the likelihood of a military incursion by Turkey into northern Iraq to stop infiltrations by PKK terrorists, a senior Iraqi Kurdish official says the world will not allow such an action …

Discussion: The Newshoggers and Michael P.F. van der Galiën

Ann Althouse / Althouse:

Memorial Day. — Picture source explained. More here. Memorial Day always makes me think of my parents, who are both dead, not that they died in a war, but they did meet in the Army, during WWII. — My first Memorial Day post:

Discussion: Chicago Boyz