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11:15 AM ET, September 23, 2007

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Clark Hoyt / New York Times:
Betraying Its Own Best Interests  —  FOR nearly two weeks, The New York Times has been defending a political advertisement that critics say was an unfair shot at the American commander in Iraq.  —  But I think the ad violated The Times's own written standards, and the paper …
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Rich Schapiro / NY Daily News:
N.Y. Times admits Petraeus ad sold to Moveon.org at 1/2 off  —  The old gray lady has some explaining to do.  —  Officials at the New York Times have admitted a liberal activist group was permitted to pay half the rate it should have for a provocative ad condemning U.S. Iraq commander Gen. David Petraeus.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Remember me  —  Hillary Rodham Kerry  —  Hillary Clinton embarassed herself last week—but Republicans shouldn't celebrate for too long.  —  On October 2, 2003, Senator John Kerry voted for an $87 billion appropriation to fund U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan that was paired with rescinding some Bush tax cuts.
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Times of London:
Snatched: Israeli commandos 'nuclear' raid  —  Uzi Mahnaimi, Tel Aviv, Sarah Baxter, Washington, and Michael Sheridan  —  ISRAELI commandos from the elite Sayeret Matkal unit - almost certainly dressed in Syrian uniforms - made their way stealthily towards a secret military compound near Dayr az-Zawr in northern Syria.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Israeli commandos seized nuke material in Syria before air raid?
Washington Post:
In Swing Districts, Democratic Enthusiasm Is Harder to Come By  —  Conventional wisdom dictates that Democratic voters are thrilled with their choices for president, bursting at the seams to rally behind Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) or whoever gets the party's nod next year.
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Sunday Talking Head Thread  —  Here's the Sunday Talking Head line-up for this morning.  (partially via the Contra Costa Times.)  — C-Span Washington Journal:7:45am - Thomas Schaller, Baltimore Sun, National Political Columnist |  Article; 8:30am - Newspaper Articles & Viewer Calls …
Discussion: The Caucus
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Clinton faces huge test on Sunday
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
A Mother's Strength, a Candidate's Ambition
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Of course we'd invite Hitler to speak, says Columbia dean
Steve Benen / Talking Points Memo:
REWRITING 'GOD BLESS AMERICA'  —  It didn't generate much in the way of media attention this week, but a bunch of religious right groups co-sponsored the first-ever "Values Voter" debate a few days ago for the GOP presidential field.  The top four (Giuliani, Romney, McCain, and Thompson) …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Angela Doland / Associated Press:
Marcel Marceau, Famed French Mime, Dies  —  PARIS (AP) — Marcel Marceau, whose lithe gestures and pliant facial expressions revived the art of mime and brought poetry to silence, died Saturday.  He was 84.  —  Wearing white face paint, soft shoes and a battered hat topped with a red flower …
Discussion: Althouse and Jules Crittenden
Investor's Business Daily:
The 'Old' Consensus?  —  Climate Change: Did NASA scientist James Hansen, the global warming alarmist in chief, once believe we were headed for . . . an ice age?  An old Washington Post story indicates he did.  —  On July 9, 1971, the Post published a story headlined "U.S. Scientist Sees New Ice Age Coming."
David Freddoso / The Corner:
Thompson's Speaking Style  —  ...is a bit dull.  People are looking down, wearing somber faces.  Some at the dinner tables have begun chatting and whispering during the speech.  The majority who are paying attention are really looking for an applause line — perhaps, to put it harshly, for something that will keep them awake.
Kari Lydersen / Washington Post:
War Costing $720 Million Each Day, Group Says  —  The money spent on one day of the Iraq war could buy homes for almost 6,500 families or health care for 423,529 children, or could outfit 1.27 million homes with renewable electricity, according to the American Friends Service Committee …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
China in Three Colors  —  After a week of meetings with Chinese energy, environmental and clean-car experts, I'm left with one big, gnawing question: Can China go green without going orange?  —  That is, can China really undertake the energy/environmental revolution it needs without …
Haaretz:
Explosives belt designated for holiday attack found in Tel Aviv apartment  —  A suicide attack in Tel Aviv was thwarted on Saturday when security forces found an explosives belt in an apartment in the city, designated to be used in an attack over the Yom Kippur holiday.
Discussion: Yourish.com and Solomonia
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Ynetnews:
Police, Shin Bet foil suicide attack in Tel Aviv
Discussion: Power Line and Israel Matzav
 
 
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