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5:40 PM ET, September 24, 2007

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Sewell Chan / New York Times:
Iranian Leader, Calling Introductory Remarks Insulting, Addresses Columbia  —  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran completed his appearance by thanking his audience.  "I ask Almighty God to assist all of us to work hand in hand for a future filled with peace, justice and brotherhood," he said.
Catherine Donaldson-Evans / Fox News:
Ahmadinejad Speaks of Love, Kindess, Beauty and God in Speech to National Press Club  —  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during his remarks to the National Press Club Monday that the world needs to build a better future "based on peace and security of all humanity," …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: There are no gays in Iran, says Ahmadinejad; Update: Photos — Iran executes gays  —  I've got Bollinger's surprising, much-lauded speech coming up, but enjoy this as a snack.  Some rare derisive laughter from the audience greets this little pearl.  —  Maybe it was a translation error …
T-Steel / The Moderate Voice:
An apology is in order!  —  Silly, Silly Man!  —  Those who sharply criticized Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs President Lee C. Bollinger for inviting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak owe him a galaxy sized apology.  You know who you are so I'm not naming names/blogs/media outlets.
Michelle Malkin:
Mahmoudapalooza: The madman comes calling; Update: A Columbia/nutjob quid pro quo?
Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:
Eyewitness to Nonsense  —  Just came from the Columbia campus …
Discussion: Riehl World View
The Hill:
Let Ahmadinejad Speak!  —  Do we believe in free speech or not?
Discussion: The Swamp
Bill Sammon / Examiner:
Examiner Exclusive: President predicts GOP will keep control of White House after 'tough race' in 2008  —  Washington, D.C. (Map, News) - President Bush, for the first time, is predicting that Hillary Rodham Clinton will defeat Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential primaries.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DON'T MISS THAT MEME  —  As you can see in our feature story over on the right, the White House's new line is that Barack Obama may be too "intellectually lazy" to run a serious presidential campaign let alone be President of the United States.  —  But don't think this allusion to generations …
CNN Political Ticker:   The Donald: Time for Bush to go into 'hiding'
Yeas & Nays:
Dick Cheney: Don't forget me when I'm gone
Discussion: TIME: Swampland and Think Progress
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton campaign kills negative story  —  Early this summer, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign for president learned that the men's magazine GQ was working on a story the campaign was sure to hate: an account of infighting in Hillaryland.  —  So Clinton's aides pulled a page from the book …
Discussion: TIME: Swampland
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Podhoretz secretly urged Bush to bomb Iran  —  President Bush and Karl Rove sat listening to Norman Podhoretz for roughly 45 minutes at the White House as the patriarch of neoconservatism argued that the United States should bomb Iran's nuclear facilities.  —  The meeting was not on the president's public schedule.
More Soft Money Hard Law:
The New York Times: Bewildered Visitor to the Mad World of Speech Offenses  —  The New York Times now concedes that it charged MoveOn.org too little for its now famous anti-General Petraeus ad.  MoveOn will pay more, to quell the controversy and moot, if it can, the issue raised …
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The Raw Story:
Chemical weapon disaster 'led to Syria strike'  —  Israel did not strike a nuclear weapons facility in Syria on Sept. 6, instead striking a cache of North Korean missiles, current and former intelligence officials say.  —  American intelligence sources familiar with key events leading …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Liberty Pundit
Washington Post:
U.S. Aims To Lure Insurgents With 'Bait'  —  A Pentagon group has encouraged some U.S. military snipers in Iraq to target suspected insurgents by scattering pieces of "bait," such as detonation cords, plastic explosives and ammunition, and then killing Iraqis who pick up the items, according to military court documents.
Justin Hart / My Man Mitt.com:
If Columbia is not ashamed of the decision...  ... then why did they blacken out the podium and the backdrop?  —  See these heavily-branded events from the same Columbia U. World Leader Forum:  —  Dr. Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia,  —  Evo Morales, the first indigenous president of Bolivia
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Democrats Answer to Republican Resolution Regarding MoveOn.org  —  Sens. Jim Webb (Va.), Jack Reed (R.I.), Daniel Inouye (Hawaii) and every other Democrat who has served in uniform should go the Senate floor together and call for a vote on a resolution similar to the following:
Trapper John / Daily Kos:
They're Out There For All of Us  —  The UAW has struck General Motors, and as you read this, pickets are going up through Michigan and across the country.  It's a strike that — as the UAW explains — is primarily about health care.  As you know if you've been following the story …
Michael J. Totten:
"Al Qaeda Lost"  —  RAMADI, IRAQ - I met and interviewed dozens of Army officers in Baghdad and Ramadi, but none who were as admired and respected by the men who serve under them as much as 3rd Infantry Division Lieutenant Colonel Mike Silverman from Midway, Georgia.
Discussion: Done With Mirrors
 
 
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