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Michael Moore's Wish For America.. Cuban Healthcare (Photos) — The Sick "Sicko" Propaganda... Yahoo defines "Sicko" as a documentary in the Politics/Religion genre. Truly, the socialism pushed in the movie is nothing short of a religion to many. — "Sicko" the movie, is opening this week to rave reviews by the Left.
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The Saturday Cartoons — We have two animations today. The first is by Mark Fiore, featuring Dick Cheney with his "Commandments of Secrecy." — Click on the screenshot above or go here to see it. — And here's Pulitzer Prize winner Ann Telnaes with a short clip poking more fun at Shotgun Dick:
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Lisa J. Adams / WJLA-TV:
Mexicans Chide U.S. Over Immigration — Opinion makers and migrant advocates in Mexico said Friday that the collapse of U.S. immigration reform plans hurts Mexican workers, U.S. employers and anti-terrorism efforts. President Bush's plan to legalize as many as 12 million unlawful immigrants …
Associated Press:
Justice Department official resigns — WASHINGTON — A Justice Department official who was eyed as a possible replacement for one of several fired U.S. attorneys announced her resignation Friday. — Rachel Brand, the assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Policy, will step down July 9, the department said in a statement.
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Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Thompson gets mixed reviews in New Hampshire premiere — BEDFORD, N.H. — When Fred Thompson made his debut on the presidential stage here this week, he left some Republicans thinking he needs more work before his nascent campaign matches the media hype it's gotten in advance.
Greg Jaffe / Wall Street Journal:
Critiques of Iraq War Reveal Rifts Among Army Officers — Colonel's Essay Draws — Rebuttal From General; — Captains Losing Faith — Last December, Lt. Col. Paul Yingling attended a Purple Heart ceremony for soldiers injured in Iraq. As he watched the wounded troops collect their medals …
Cernig / The Newshoggers:
London Car Bomb — So a "potentially viable" explosive device was discovered in a car in London's Haymarket last night, as I'm sure everyone is aware by now. The British and American media and every blogger in America are all over this, but to be honest there's a hell of a lot of re-treading of a very few facts going on.
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Telegraph, State of the Day, Little Green Footballs, The Impolitic and Michael P.F. van der Galiën
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE RIGHT'S MOVEON.ORG....For years, one of the principal concerns on the left was creating a political and intellectual infrastructure that the right developed over decades. Conservatives had the think tanks, the massive membership organizations, the media outlets, the conferences, the deep-pocketed benefactors, etc.
Times of London:
Nightclub bomb alert issued two weeks ago — Read the Government's warning sent out to nightclubs in full — Nightclubs across Britain were warned they could be terrorist targets just weeks before a double car bomb attack in London, The Times has learnt.
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The Moderate Voice
Art Levine / The Huffington Post:
Bush to Uninsured Kids: Drop Dead — The Democrats at last night's debate essentially ignored President Bush's full-scale assault Wedneday on a program, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), designed to help relatively lower-income kids whose families don't qualify for Medicaid to get health care.
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Stoic Londoners Shrug at Latest Threat — The headline of London's Evening Standard newspaper today said 1,700 people could have died at "ladies' night" in the Tiger Tiger night spot. The police gauged the potential death toll as "significant" if the car had exploded.
The Blotter:
Officials: Car Bomb Plot Bears Al Qaeda's Trademark — Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report: — Al Qaeda's mantra, "If at first you don't succeed, try again," appears, according to officials, to be behind today's foiled car bomb plot in London with the same kind of bombs aimed …
Jamiecnn / CNN Political Ticker:
McCain: "I am going to Iraq on Monday" — (CNN) — Normally VIP visits to Iraq are kept under wraps, at least until the day of the trip. But Senator John McCain Friday night said he's going to Iraq next week. — Responding to a question in Chicago about whether the Iraq strategy can succeed …
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Think Progress
Susan Ferrechio / CQ.com:
Doolittle Earmark Request: Bad Timing, Or Just a Coincidence? — Rep. John T. Doolittle, who's been caught up in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, has requested a substantial earmark for a college represented by one of his former aides, who, coincidentally, has just been contacted by the FBI.
Tom Palmer / tomgpalmer.com:
This is Nuts! — A friend just sent me a rather shocked link to Amazon.com's page for Jonah Goldberg's new book with the utterly crazy title: "Liberal Fascism: The Totalitarian Temptation from Hegel to Whole Foods." The original subtitle was "The Totalitarian Temptation from Mussolini to Hillary Clinton."
Associated Press:
Farfour Mouse dies in last episode — Hamas TV on Friday broadcast what it said was the last episode of a weekly children's show featuring "Farfour," a Mickey Mouse look-alike who had made worldwide headlines for preaching Islamic domination and armed struggle to youngsters.
Renee Schoof / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Congress letter to Bush: Close Guantanamo — WASHINGTON — A group of 145 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to President Bush on Friday urging him to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and move the detainees there to military prisons in the United States.
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