memeorandum: President Bush Signs Executive Order (White House)

2:55 AM ET, July 21, 2007

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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 …

Discussion: New York Times, Balkinization, TPMmuckraker, Think Progress, NION, Wizbang and Salon

Susan Page / USA Today:
Giuliani: U.S. should focus more on Pakistan

Discussion: Hot Air, MyDD, Des Moines Register, New York Times and Inside Long Island Politics

White House:
President Bush Signs Executive Order

Discussion: Washington Post, JURIST and Jihad Watch

CNN Political Ticker:

Cheney to become president...briefly — WASHINGTON (CNN) - President Bush will undergo a routine colonoscopy Saturday, and will transfer power to Vice President Dick Cheney during the procedure, expected to take about two and a half hours, the chief White House spokesman said.

Discussion: New York Times, Think Progress and Booman Tribune

Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush to Have Colonoscopy at Camp David

Discussion: Guardian, DownWithTyranny!, The Garlic, Liberal Values, TIME: Swampland and The Reaction

Gateway Pundit:
PRESIDENT CHENEY... Pardon Scooter Libby!

Discussion: Jules Crittenden, Hot Air and Norwegianity

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.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, TalkLeft, Crooks and Liars, AMERICAblog, Hot Air, NewsBusters.org, Think Progress, Firedoglake, Sister Toldjah, Norwegianity, Maine blog and QandO

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.

Discussion: Preemptive Karma, Don Surber, Cliff Schecter, News Hounds and michellemalkin.com

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.

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns and Money, Power Line, Riehl World View, The Corner and QandO

Ray Robison / American Thinker:
Who is TNR's mysterious author 'Scott Thomas'?

Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Corner, Riehl World View, Villainous Company, michellemalkin.com and Power Line

Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
"Shock Troops" Blog Round-Up

Discussion: Confederate Yankee, American Spectator, Hot Air, Op For and The Jawa Report

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.

David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
As long as...

Discussion: The Next Hurrah

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 …

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard, Sister Toldjah, Charleston Daily Mail and Redstate

Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:

Romney targets Obama - with a twist — Promoting sex education for kindergarten students—kind of a sexy topic — was injected into the 2008 presidential race. It conjures up visions of condoms and cupcakes passed around before the afternoon naptime. Except that it is not true.

Discussion: NewsBusters.org

Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"How much sex education is age appropriate for a 5-year-old?

Discussion: Riehl World View

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.

Discussion: Jules Crittenden, Oliver Willis and theneweditor.com

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.

Discussion: Unfogged and Greg Mankiw's Blog

Robin Givhan / Washington Post:

Hillary Clinton's Tentative Dip Into New Neckline Territory — There was cleavage on display Wednesday afternoon on C-SPAN2. It belonged to Sen. Hillary Clinton. — She was talking on the Senate floor about the burdensome cost of higher education. She was wearing a rose-colored blazer over a black top.

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.

Discussion: Shakesville

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.

Discussion: Riehl World View and Taylor Marsh

Scott Weinberger / WCBS-TV:

Jersey City Woman Finds Missile Launcher On Lawn — Officials: Launcher, Good For One Use Only, Had Already Been Fired — Featured Slideshows: — Reporting — (CBS) JERSEY CITY A Jersey City woman made what to her and her neighbors was a shocking discovery Friday morning when she noticed …

Discussion: Sadly, No!, Blue Crab Boulevard, Blogs 4 Brownback, Jihad Watch, The Corner, Danger Room, Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media

David Stout / New York Times:

Bush Says Democrats Are Playing Politics on Iraq — President Bush assailed Democrats anew about Iraq today, accusing them of choosing to indulge in a political debate over troop withdrawals rather than giving the troops what they need to carry out their mission.

Discussion: Think Progress, The Reaction, The Politico and Lawyers, Guns and Money

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 …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, DownWithTyranny!, skippy the bush kangaroo, MSNBC and Angry Bear

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?"