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Pajamas Media:
HOW THE NEW REPUBLIC GOT SUCKERED — When Pajamas Media heard the authenticity questions surrounding the "Baghdad Diarist" articles by Scott Thomas Beauchamp in The New Republic, we asked our Washington Editor Richard Miniter to look into how the respected opinion magazine could once again be the locus of such a scandal.
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Center for American Progress:
The Terrorism Index — Third Semi-annual, Nonpartisan Survey of Foreign Policy Experts from the Center for American Progress and Foreign Policy — "U.S. Foreign Policy Experts Oppose Bush's Surge," Reuters, Aug. 20, 2007 — In the third Terrorism Index, more than 100 of America's …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Lieberman Shrugs Off Failed Iraq Predictions, Now Claims 'Road To Victory' Goes Through Syria — Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) writes today in the Wall Street Journal that the U.S. "road to victory" in Iraq goes through Damascus, and urges Congress to "send a clear and unambiguous message to the Syrian regime":
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Joseph Lieberman / Opinion Journal:
Al Qaeda's Travel Agent — Damascus International Airport is a hub for terrorists. — The United States is at last making significant progress against al Qaeda in Iraq—but the road to victory now requires cutting off al Qaeda's road to Iraq through Damascus.
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protein wisdom, The Strata-Sphere, Macsmind, Connecting.the.Dots, My Left Nutmeg and The Tank
Reuters:
Bears eat man at beer festival — BELGRADE, Serbia (Reuters) — A 23-year old Serb was found dead and half-eaten in the bear cage of Belgrade Zoo at the weekend during the annual beer festival. — The man was found naked, with his clothes lying intact inside the cage.
Journalism.org:
CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT TAKES CENTER STAGE IN COVERAGE — A Quarterly Report of the PEJ News Coverage Index — MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE CAMPAIGN RISES, WAR COVERAGE FALLS, DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2007 — The 2008 Presidential campaign—with its crowded field and accelerated timetable …
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Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Democratic Rivals Caution Against Swift Iraq Pullout — The leading Democratic presidential contenders sounded a note of caution about a precipitous withdrawal from Iraq in a largely civil debate Sunday morning that also returned to the familiar themes of experience and electability.
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New York Times, Booman Tribune, Instapundit.com, Los Angeles Times, The Van Der Galiën Gazette, The Politico and ABCNEWS
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Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Clinton backers see Warner — not Obama — as best V.P. choice — Anticipating that Sen. Hillary Clinton will clinch the Democratic presidential nomination, some supporters are beginning to argue against her choosing her principal rival — Sen. Barack Obama — for vice president.
Mike Phelan / CNN:
Report: Vick agrees to plea deal, prison possible — (CNN) — Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has accepted a plea deal that could send him to prison, ending a federal dogfighting prosecution that jeopardizes his pro football career, a Virginia newspaper is reporting.
National Review:
Petraeus To Testify Before the Senate on September 11; McCain Launching 'No Surrender Tour' — Highlights from the McCain Campaign's Conference Call: — Headline one: McCain says he has been told General Petraeus will be testifying before the Senate on September 11. (!?)
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Wake up America
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Michael Howard / Guardian:
Kurds flee homes as Iran shells Iraqi villages — Iraqi Kurdish officials expressed deepening concern yesterday at an upsurge in fierce clashes between Kurdish guerrillas and Iranian forces in the remote border area of north-east Iraq, where Tehran has recently deployed thousands of Revolutionary Guards.
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Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
Rove Talks: If Mistakes Were Made, They Weren't His — Karl Rove says he feels like Moby Dick. — In a television tour of three Sunday morning shows as his departure from the White House nears, Mr. Rove, President Bush's chief political adviser, complained that Democratic leaders …
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Shakespeare's Sister, Gawker, The Blue State, The Carpetbagger Report and The Democratic Daily
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Thompson loses press aide — Fred Thompson's campaign-in-waiting suffered another departure last week, as spokeswoman Burson Snyder tendered her resignation, according to sources close to the campaign. Snyder follows a handful of other Thompson aides out the door as the organization struggles …
This Is London:
BBC DROPS FICTIONAL TERROR ATTACK TO AVOID OFFENDING MUSLIMS — The BBC has dropped plans to show a fictional terror attack in an episode of Casualty to avoid offending Muslims. — The first show of the hospital drama's new series was to have featured a storyline about an explosion caused by Islamic extremists.
Frank Bass / Associated Press:
AP: Pain medicine use has nearly doubled — MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - People in the United States are living in a world of pain and they are popping pills at an alarming rate to cope with it. — The amount of five major painkillers sold at retail establishments rose 90 percent between 1997 and 2005 …
Shawn Walker / The Independent:
Vladimir Putin rewrites Russia's history books to promote patriotism — Critics are accusing President Vladimir Putin's government of a Soviet-style rewriting of Russian history with a series of new "patriotic" textbooks to be unveiled in the new school year.
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
An Interview With Robert Novak — On Friday of last week, I did a telephone interview with Robert Novak about his book, The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington. What follows is the transcript of our interview (Note: This interview has been edited slightly to correct grammar and for brevity's sake.)
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The Moderate Voice, Middle Earth Journal, RealClearPolitics, The Jawa Report and Betsy's Page
Donald Roberts / New York Times:
A New Home for DDT — DDT, the miracle insecticide turned environmental bogeyman, is once again playing an important role in public health. In the malaria-plagued regions of Africa, where mosquitoes are becoming resistant to other chemicals, DDT is now being used as an indoor repellent.