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9:35 PM ET, September 24, 2007

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CNN:
Iran's president on Israel, nukes and gays  —  NEW YORK (CNN) — Columbia University President Lee Bollinger excoriated Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday, going through a long list of documented actions and remarks by the firebrand Iranian leader and his government.
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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 …
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.
Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:
Eyewitness to Nonsense  —  Just came from the Columbia campus, where a shocking number of my classmates skipped out on discussion section to go watch the show.  In the SIPA lobby I joined a hundred and some other people watching Bollinger on closed circuit TV.
Discussion: bustardblog and Riehl World View
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.
Matt / Think Progress:
Hunter: I Will Try To 'Cut Off Funds To Columbia University' Because Of Ahmadinejad Speech  —  Earlier today, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) said in a statement that if Columbia University President Lee Bollinger "follows through with this hosting of the leader of Iran, I will move in Congress …
Catherine Donaldson-Evans / Fox News:
Ahmadinejad Speaks of Love, Kindess, Beauty and God in Speech to National Press Club
Frank James / The Swamp:
McCain: Columbia allows Iranian but not ROTC?
Discussion: The Hill
Michelle Malkin:
Mahmoudapalooza: The madman comes calling; Update: A Columbia/nutjob quid pro quo?
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 …
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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.
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Joshua Freed / Associated Press:
Prosecutor: Craig is 'politicking'  —  MINNEAPOLIS - Sen. Larry Craig is only trying to get out of his guilty plea in an airport sex sting because he doesn't like the political consequences, a prosecutor wrote in court papers filed Monday.  —  Craig, R-Idaho, has asked to withdraw his guilty plea …
Discussion: TalkLeft
The Atlantic Online:
Women who make good salaries, and the men who don't love them  —  The New York Times has another thumb-sucker about the dating problems of female professionals: … Apparently—you're not going to believe this, but I swear, it's true—there are men who don't like it when the women they date make more than them.
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Alex Williams / New York Times:
Putting Money on the Table
Discussion: Feministing
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 …
Ezra Klein:
Fearful Nation  —  I genuinely don't understand the quaking fear over Ahmadinejad's interview at Columbia.  When did America become so weak, so insecure, that we mistrust our capacity to converse with potentially hostile world leaders?  Do we really believe the president of Columbia …
Paul Krugman:
Bubba Isn't Who You Think  —  Since I've just published an op-ed about the enduring influence of race on Southern voting, I'm sure to be accused of being a typical Northeastern snob talking about poor white trash who don't know what's good for them.  So I thought I'd mention an important point …
New York Times:
G.M. Workers Begin Walkout Over Contract Impasse  —  Members of the United Automobile Workers union walked off the job today at General Motors plants across the country after union leaders and company officials failed to reach an agreement in contentious talks on a new contract.
Discussion: ParaPundit
Faiz / Think Progress:
Bush: We Can't Spend $22 Billion On America Because We Need $200 Billion For Iraq War  —  The Democratic leadership in Congress is set to pass a host of domestic funding bills that would exceed Bush's request by $22 billion.  The extra funding would help go towards veterans health care …
Chris / TVNewser:
Changes In Store For MSNBC  —  NBC/MSNBC Senior VP Phil Griffin says he's been talking with Shannon High-Bassalik since the summer about joining the cable network.  With the network's planned move across state lines, now became the right time.  "We started talking months ago," …
Discussion: Inside Cable News
 
 
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