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1:20 PM ET, September 29, 2007

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Alex / Army of Dude:
The Real Deal  —  Blue Girl directed me to a very interesting story about Rush Limbaugh, who called veterans opposed to the war phony soldiers.  Of course, this is the same Rush Limbaugh who threw a fit about the Moveon.org Petraeus ad, calling it "contemptible" and "indecent."
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The Influence Peddler:
Limbaugh on Solid Ground on 'Phony Soldiers'  —  House Democrats are apparently considering a resolution to castigate Rush Limbaugh for having the nerve to allege that there are 'phony soldiers' bragging about their exploits in Iraq.  As long as they're at it, perhaps they'll actually denounce the phony soldiers.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Fox News' attack on the honor and integrity of our war generals  —  As we learned from both our Senate and House last week, in the United States we must never "attack the honor and integrity . . . of members of the United States Armed Forces."  All good patriots from both parties agree on this.
Juan Williams / Time:
What Bill O'Reilly Really Told Me  —  It started with Bill O'Reilly's grandmother.  And it blew up into charges of O'Reilly being called a racist and me being attacked as a "Happy Negro" (read that as a lackey or Uncle Tom).  —  O'Reilly, controversial host of the top-rated TV cable talk show …
Dan Senor / Opinion Journal:
The Long Arm of Iran  —  The top mullahs have been complicit in terror attacks.  —  "I think it would be almost inconceivable that Iran would commit suicide by launching one or two missiles of any kind against the nation of Israel."  —  On March 17, 1992, a suicide bomber crashed …
Terre / Daily Kos:
UPDATE 2 - WAXMAN PISSED: Krongard, SUSPEND All Communications  —  Henry Waxman, is starting to see major red where Inspector General Howard Krongard is concerned.  (H/T to Nolo at IndictDickCheney Blogspot)  —  Krongard is "apparently" threatening his employees with retaliation …
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Washington Post:
State Dept. Agents Say Jobs Were Threatened
Discussion: Norwegianity and Cliff Schecter
Amanda Marcotte / Pandagon:
Why it's too much trouble to educate girls past the 5th grade  —  Oh, you know some a**hole is thinking it.  —  A school in New York is having problems because their absolute "no bag" policy is a bit anti-female, surprise surprise.  As any woman reading this is immediately thinking …
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Heather Yakin / Times Herald-Record:
Updated: 'The Question' causes furor at local high school
Discussion: Unfogged, Majikthise and Feministing
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Dems turn to a youngster to make their SCHIP points  —  Democrats are getting a good ride this week out of President Bush's looming veto of the children's health insurance bill, and they're not afraid to tug at the heart strings a bit to play out this issue.
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Michelle Malkin:
Fight the bully smear merchants at MoveOn.org  —  Update: Another challenge to the MoveOn legal thugs...  Earlier in the week, the LA Times reported that MoveOn.org, the infamous left-wing thugs who sponsored the "General Betray Us" ads, had unleashed its lawyers on Internet retailer Cafe Press …
Kristin Jensen / Bloomberg:
Bill Clinton Says He Was More Experienced Than Obama  —  Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) — Former President Bill Clinton said he was far more experienced when he made his successful 1992 White House run than Senator Barack Obama is today.  —  ``There is a difference,'' Clinton said in an interview …
New York Times:
Texas Planning New Execution Despite Ruling  —  A day after the United States Supreme Court halted an execution in Texas at the last minute, Texas officials made clear on Friday that they would nonetheless proceed with more executions in coming months, including one next week.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
BREAKING NEWS: Giuliani fundraiser was mystery initiative backer  —  A close friend and major fundraiser of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has identified himself as the mystery financer of the proposed California initiative to apportion the state's 55 electoral votes by congressional district instead of winner-take-all.
James Chapman / Daily Mail:
BBC's Newsround fed youngsters Al Qaeda propaganda, claims ex-spy chief  —  Britain's former spy chief accused the BBC of "parroting" Al Qaeda propaganda to children as young as six.  —  Dame Pauline Neville Jones, who is also a former BBC governor, is infuriated at the stance …
Los Angeles Times:
Holly-cons: in the closet?  —  Are Hollywood conservatives largely in the political closet for fear of social or even workplace retribution, or are they a bunch of whiners?  Why are most of the actor/politicians Republican?  Why do Hollywood Dems always seem to back politicians …
Discussion: Power Line
 
 
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Flip / Suitably Flip:
Where's Winkle?  —  While we no longer need to worry …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Campaigns get creative in dash for cash
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Maggie Fox / Reuters:
Satellites confirm reports of Myanmar violence
Jason Straziuso / Associated Press:
Taliban suicide blast in Kabul kills 30
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Allan Lengel / Washington Post:
Prosecutors Lay Out Case Against Jefferson
Paul Marshall / Washington Post:
Muzzling in the Name of Islam
Discussion: PrairiePundit
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Exclusive: First Images of Controversial Blackwater Incident
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Greg Mankiw / Greg Mankiw's Blog:
A New Entitlement?  —  The big problem with U.S. fiscal policy …
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Alan Greenspan / Weekly Standard:
The Age of Turbulence
Discussion: Power Line
Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Sen. Craig's fall may benefit salmon
Chris Kahn / Associated Press:
6 die from brain-eating amoeba in lakes
Sasha Issenberg / Boston Globe:
Army personnel spoke at McCain rally
Digby / Hullabaloo:
It Is What It Is  —  Everybody's asking today, "Why are the …
Angela Caputo / Associated Press:
First Jell-O, now Santa  —  So long, Halloween parade.
Washington Post:
Justice Thomas Lashes Out in Memoir
 

 
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Jeff Jarvis / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists and liberal critics blast the NYT and other US news outlets for “sanewashing”, false equivalence, and more, and call for sharper political reporting

Todd Spangler / Variety:
An amended FCC filing shows that Skydance CEO David Ellison will hold 100% of the Ellison family's voting interests in the combined Paramount-Skydance company

Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
SAG-AFTRA announces a deal with Ethovox, an AI company building a “foundational voice model” based on voices of members, who would get an ongoing revenue share

 
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