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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Leave Him Alone  —  I understand the impulse to treat politics as a bloodsport, but even those who prefer that mode should really limit their attacks to the combatants.  Today's story about the arrest of Al Gore III provides a case in point: … I know that some bloggers are having fun with this …
Discussion: TBogg
Catherine Elsworth / Telegraph:
Al Gore's son arrested for drugs
Discussion: Tim Worstall
CNN Political Ticker:
Police: Drugs found in Al Gore III's car
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Al Gore III And His Prius
Discussion: TigerHawk
Maddy Sauer Reports / The Blotter:
New Video From Al Qaeda Number Two  —  Maddy Sauer Reports:  —  As Americans celebrate the 4th of July today, Al Qaeda's top deputy Ayman Zawahiri is appearing in a new internet video praising jihadi fighters in Iraq and elsewhere.  Dressed in all white and sitting before a news studio background …
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Associated Press:
New al-Qaeda video calls on Muslims to unite in jihad  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaeda's No. 2 has issued a new video tape calling on Muslims to unite in jihad, or holy war, and support the Islamist movement in Iraq, a U.S.-based intelligence monitoring group said Wednesday.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
John Solomon / Washington Post:
Splitting Hairs, Edwards's Stylist Tells His Side of Story  —  Man Behind Pricey Coifs Details Long Relationship  —  For four decades, Joseph Torrenueva has cut the hair of Hollywood celebrities, from Marlon Brando to Bob Barker, so when a friend told him in 2003 that a presidential candidate needed grooming advice, he agreed to help.
The Australian:
Mosque chief arrested trying to flee in burqa  —  THE leader of a radical Pakistani mosque was arrested while trying to flee in a woman's burqa as security forces stepped up pressure on a few hundred hardcore followers still holed up inside.  —  Firebrand cleric Abdul Aziz's capture sparked …
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Michael Ledeen / The Corner:
Jihadi Transvestite Busted in Islamabad  —  Now here's the sort of story that brightens the 4th of July: … It's like an upper-class Indian masquerading as an Untouchable, or a Ruler of the Universe in blackface, trying to fool the cops.  The deputy information minister has it precisely right …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Romney-Clinton encounter friendly  —  CLEAR LAKE, Iowa — Former Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, had a little time to kill before the start of the Independence Day parade here, so they decided to go say hello to the other presidential candidate and her spouse taking part in the festivities.
Discussion: New York Times
Andrew Meldrum / Guardian:
Panic in Zimbabwe as shops empty  —  Panic buying swept through the streets of Zimbabwe yesterday, as stores ran out of basic goods and shopkeepers complained that they were selling goods at a loss after the government ordered prices to be halved in a last-ditch effort to tackle hyper-inflation.
Discussion: The Reaction
Amanda / Think Progress:
Bush, Nixon are most unpopular presidents ever.  —  A new Rasmussen analysis finds that George Washington continues to be the nation's most popular president, with 94 percent of Americans viewing the Father of our Country favorably.  The highest unfavorable rating for any president — 60 percent — is earned by Richard Nixon.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Construction Woes Add to Fears at Embassy in Iraq  —  U.S. diplomats in Iraq, increasingly fearful over their personal safety after recent mortar attacks inside the Green Zone, are pointing to new delays and mistakes in the U.S. Embassy construction project in Baghdad as signs that their vulnerability could grow in the months ahead.
Discussion: Needlenose
Karen Bale / The Daily Record:
HERO CABBIE: I KICKED BURNING TERRORIST SO HARD IN BALLS THAT I TORE A TENDON  —  HERO CABBIE..  —  A HERO cabbie who took on the Glasgow Airport terror suspects told yesterday how he booted one of them in the privates.  —  Alex McIlveen, 45, kicked the man, whose body was in flames, so hard that he tore a tendon in his foot.
Discussion: QandO and Times of London
Peter Griffiths / Reuters:
Gadget boom to drive up energy demand: report  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Flat-screen televisions, computers and other hi-tech gadgets will use nearly half of a typical British household's total electricity by 2020, an energy conservation body said in a report on Wednesday.
Discussion: The Belmont Club
Badgers Forward:
Choosing a Narrative and Making Sense Out of Chaos  —  Following September 11, 2001, the mantra for so many people was "every thing's changed."  My mentor looked askance at that analysis.  In his view this threat had always been there actively trying to do something of this nature.
Discussion: Pajamas Media
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Conyers questions presidential pardons  —  The House Judiciary Committee, upset over President Bush's decision to grant clemency to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, will hold a hearing on July 11 to examine presidential clemency power, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the panel's chairman, announced on Tuesday afternoon.
 
 
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