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Executive Order: Interpretation of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 as Applied to a Program of Detention and Interrogation Operated by the Central Intelligence Agency — By the authority vested in me as President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces by the Constitution and the laws …
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Kos / Daily Kos:
JetBlue caved — Okay, so JetBlue, after deciding to resist Bill O'Reilly's pressure last night, just decided to back down. Let them know what you think about that. … As for my part, I'm cancelling my JetBlue American Express card and will be looking at alternative options for my future travel.
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Bill O'Reilly / Fox News:
JetBlue changes strategy — Earlier this week we confronted JetBlue CEO Dave Barger about his airline sponsoring a conference held by the hate-filled Web site, the Daily Kos. — That far-left concern routinely posts vile thoughts such as Tony Snow should die from cancer, the pope is a primate, and Israel deserves to be attacked.
Gateway Pundit:
PRESIDENT CHENEY... Pardon Scooter Libby! — PRESIDENT CHENEY... Use Your Presidential Powers & Pardon Scooter! — Should President Cheney Pardon Scooter Libby? — Yes- but only in his final minutes of office. — Yes- with great fanfare. — No- let him rot.
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CNN Political Ticker:Cheney to become president...briefly
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:Bush to Have Colonoscopy at Camp David
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Guardian, The Garlic, The American Street, Liberal Values, TIME: Swampland and The Reaction
Franklin Foer / The New Republic:
NOTE TO READERS: — Several conservative blogs have raised questions about the Diarist "Shock Troops," written by a soldier in Iraq using the pseudonym Scott Thomas. Whenever anybody levels serious accusations against a piece published in our magazine, we take those charges seriously.
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New York Times:
A White House Warning on Contempt Charges — The Justice Department would be likely to block any efforts by Congressional Democrats to seek contempt charges against present and former White House officials for refusing to give information to Congress, a White House spokesman said Friday.
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Guardian:
Harry Potter: the economics — Successful magical worlds depend on basic economic principles, and that's where JK Rowling's Harry Potter falls short. — Why are books about magic so exciting? The lure is almost tautological: magic is compelling because it allows us to imagine doing the things we cannot ordinarily do.
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"How much sex education is age appropriate for a 5-year-old? In my mind, zero is the right number." — Says Mitt Romney, taking aim at Barack Obama: … Well, I'm going to keep score. Obama gets one point and Romney loses one. Actually, I'm going to give Obama 3 points and subtract 2 for Romney.
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Shays screams at Capitol Police officer — On Thursday afternoon, Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) got into a loud, angry dispute with a U.S. Capitol Police officer at the security checkpoint inside the entrance of the West Side of the Capitol. On Friday, Shays, a veteran lawmaker …
William Glaberson / New York Times:
Court Tells U.S. to Reveal Data on Detainees at Guantánamo — A federal appeals court ordered the government yesterday to turn over virtually all its information on Guantánamo detainees who are challenging their detention, rejecting an effort by the Justice Department …
Greg Sargent / Talking Points Memo:
Being a New... VIDEO SURFACES OF RUDY SCREAMING, "BULLSH#$T!" — Being a New Yorker, I'd remembered that during a cop union rally in 1992, Rudy had come unhinged and screamed, "Bulls#$t!" — For some time now I've been meaning to track video of this moment down.
The Corner:
A Busy Saturday — Readers are really into Cheney being president for awhile. Suggestions for Acting President Cheney include — Bomb Iran. — Commute the sentences of those border agents. — Fire Mike Chertoff. — Tell Harry Reid to ... well, you know... Pardon Scooter.
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Shakesville
Associated Press:
Nancy Pelosi to publish memoir — NEW YORK - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat who this year became the first woman to hold the top spot in the House of Representatives, is writing a memoir, to be released in the summer of 2008 by the Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group.
Karol / Alarming News:
"Sometimes I can't believe it when I look up in the mirror" — All Russian female names end in "A". My grandmother was Sarra, her sister Raya. My other grandma was Antonina. My mom is Nina. Her sister is Gyala. So, when people meet me and learn I was born in the Soviet Union they ask "so what is your Russian name?"
Media Matters for America:
Slacker Friday: — Hometown: Newton, MA. — Hey Doc — "Mary Hill used to love to ride on the merry-go-round/All the guys got eager eyes watching Mary go 'round." — WWOZ Pick To Click — "Fish For Supper" (Hot Lips Page): Once again, I have forgotten to design an eight-mile circular work …
Casey Ross / Boston Herald:
Romney aide's bogus badges: Sources detail 'illegal' security tactic — In an apparent violation of the law, a controversial aide to ex-Gov. Mitt Romney created phony law enforcement badges that he and other staffers used on the campaign trail to strong-arm reporters, avoid paying tolls …
Google:
Google Intends to Bid in Spectrum Auction If FCC Adopts Consumer Choice and Competition Requirements — Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that should the Federal Communications Commission adopt a framework requiring greater competition and consumer choice, Google intends to participate …
JMG / Barcepundit:
THIS IS THE STATE of free speech in Spain. A few weeks ago, Zapatero took a rabbit out of his hat. In pure banana-republic style, or like Evita in Argentina, he decided out of the blue, in the middle of the State of the Nation debate in Parliament, to announce that all couples who gave birth …
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