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7:15 AM ET, August 7, 2007

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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
Beauchamp Recants  —  THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned from a military source close to the investigation that Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp—author of the much-disputed "Shock Troops" article in the New Republic's July 23 issue as well as two previous "Baghdad Diarist" columns …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Beauchamp signs military statement recanting TNR pieces; Update: "armylawyer" comments  —  According to Goldfarb.  No independent evidence is offered aside from the recantation itself so we're where I thought we'd be two days ago — with a confirmed liar and no way of proving which side he's lying to.
Discussion: protein wisdom
John Podhoretz / The Corner:   Update on The New Republic and Scott Beauchamp
Hindrocket / Power Line:
THE SHORT HAPPY LIFE OF SCOTT BEAUCHAMP, FABULIST...
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Bruce Smith / Associated Press:
2 USF students charged with having incendiary device in S.C.
Discussion: Cold Fury
Richard Esposito Reports / The Blotter:
In a Hurry to Make Rockets: Two South Carolina Speeders Possessed …
Discussion: Riehl World View
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Bush Still Wields the Threat of Terrorism  —  Until last weekend, President Bush had repeatedly fallen short in seven months of battles with a Democratic-led Congress that would not give him what he wanted on immigration or education, health care or energy policy.
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Analysis: Military Shows Gains in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD (AP) - AP Video The new U.S. military strategy in Iraq, unveiled six months ago to little acclaim, is working.  —  In two weeks of observing the U.S. military on the ground and interviewing commanders, strategists and intelligence officers …
Discussion: The Belmont Club and Power Line
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
TOMMY THOMPSON: BIG IDIOT?  —  In my post yesterday about the Republican debate in Iowa, I said I thought that Tommy Thompson was supposed to be a "sharp guy."  And that because of that purported sharpness I was surprised that his answer to one of the questions about Iraq was one of the stupidest …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:   Tommy Thompson [Eric]
Washington Post:
As British Leave, Basra Deteriorates  —  Violence Rises in Shiite City Once Called a Success Story  —  As British forces pull back from Basra in southern Iraq, Shiite militias there have escalated a violent battle against each other for political supremacy and control over oil resources …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Informed Comment
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Attention Democrats: GOP fear-mongering does not work  —  Karl Rove's election strategy prior to the 2006 election was to force the Democrats to vote against the Military Commissions Act and warrantless eavesdropping so that he could run around the country accusing them of being "soft" and "weak" on Terrorism.
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Blake Fleetwood / The Huffington Post:
Bill Clinton: The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Is Even More Right Wing And Irrational Than Fox News  —  In a weekend conversation with wealthy supporters that was closed to reporters, Bill Clinton was asked about Rupert Murdoch's takeover of the Wall Street Journal.
Nicholas Wade / New York Times:
In Dusty Archives, a Theory of Affluence  —  For thousands of years, most people on earth lived in abject poverty, first as hunters and gatherers, then as peasants or laborers.  But with the Industrial Revolution, some societies traded this ancient poverty for amazing affluence.
Discussion: Steve Sailer and Economist's View
CNN:
Crews 'using every means known to mankind' to reach miners  —  HUNTINGTON, Utah (CNN) — Rescue crews in central Utah know exactly where six trapped miners are located, but were forced to turn around late Monday because of "impassable conditions," the mine's operator said.
Bloomberg:
Bear Stearns Caymans Filing May Hurt Bankrupt Funds' Creditors  —  Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) — Bear Stearns Cos.' decision to liquidate two bankrupt hedge funds in the Cayman Islands instead of New York may limit creditors' and investors' ability to get their money back.
Associated Press:
New Orleans facing pipes problem  —  Official: City loses 50 million gallons of water each day; lines leak sewage  —  NEW ORLEANS - Deep underground, an unseen crisis is threatening New Orleans' already troubled recovery.  —  The city's 3,200-mile system of water and sewer lines — old …
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Same Agencies to Run, Oversee Surveillance Program  —  The Bush administration plans to leave oversight of its expanded foreign eavesdropping program to the same government officials who supervise the surveillance activities and to the intelligence personnel who carry them out, senior government officials said yesterday.
 
 
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James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web  —  Today's Videos on WSJ.com: Brendan Miniter …
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Keith Perine / CQPolitics.com:
Democrats Introduce Censure Resolutions Aimed at Bush, Cheney and Gonzales
Esquire:
The Beauty Contest  —  The half-wits and harridans talk about nothing so much as his hair.
Daily Mail:
Pattie Boyd: 'My hellish love triangle with George and Eric' - Part One
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
CNN:
Democratic candidates clash on lobbyist cash
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Tax Argument  —  Earlier today, I reported on the earmarks …
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PERRspectives Blog:
Is the New York Times the Next NSA Leak Target?
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Vikas Bajaj / New York Times:
In Volatile Day, Stocks Reverse Friday's Losses
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Is Giuliani's Daughter an Obama Supporter?
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Turkey to Warn Iraq on Rebel Sanctuaries
Associated Press:
Bad Thai cops to endure Kitty shame
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Arlen Specter / Washington Post:
A Less Ambitious Approach to Immigration
Discussion: The Corner and Lonewacko