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9:55 AM ET, October 11, 2007

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Michelle Malkin:
My reply to Respectable Liberal Blogger Ezra Klein and his fellow travelers; Plus: Hillary threatens S-CHIP critics  —  Update: Hillary Clinton, She Whose Hand Rocks The Cradle, warns S-CHIP critics to "lay off."  Or else what, Mrs. Clinton? … Hillary should lay off the kiddie shields.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
What, Me Worry?
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Marines Press to Remove Their Forces From Iraq  —  The Marine Corps is pressing to remove its forces from Iraq and to send marines instead to Afghanistan, to take over the leading role in combat there, according to senior military and Pentagon officials.  —  The idea by the Marine Corps commandant …
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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Army Offers Big Cash To Keep Key Officers
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Another Voice in the Choir  —  Fred Thompson did not disgrace himself in his first formal debate as a Republican presidential candidate, but he also did not dominate the stage full of White House hopefuls in Dearborn, Mich., on Tuesday.  —  At least three others — John McCain …
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Gail Collins / New York Times:   Calvin Coolidge Redux
WorldNetDaily:
Giuliani 'doesn't deserve to live'  —  Terrorists threaten presidential candidate, cite Rudy's war stance, Arafat treatment  —  Saying Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani "doesn't deserve to live," Palestinian terror leaders are threatening to harm the former New York mayor …
Discussion: The Newshoggers and Israel Matzav
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
GOP lawyer ties Rove to Siegelman case  —  House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) on Wednesday released an interview with GOP lawyer Dana Jill Simpson implicating former White House adviser Karl Rove in the prosecution and conviction of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman (D) on corruption charges.
Discussion: MyDD
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Agence France Presse:
Empire State Building to go green for Muslim holiday  —  New York's iconic Empire State Building is to be lit up green from Friday in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid, the biggest festival in the Muslim calendar marking the end of Ramadan, officials said.  —  "This is the first time that …
Ben Quinn / Telegraph:
Islamists damage giant rock Buddha  —  Islamist radicals in Pakistan have attempted to destroy an ancient carving of Buddha by drilling holes in the rock and filling them with dynamite.  —  The 23ft high image was damaged during the attack, which brought back memories of the Taliban's …
Discussion: JammieWearingFool and TigerHawk
Wall Street Journal:
The United States of Subprime  —  Data Show Bad Loans  —  Permeate the Nation;  —  Pain Could Last Years  —  As America's mortgage markets began unraveling this year, economists seeking explanations pointed to "subprime" mortgages issued to low-income, minority and urban borrowers.
Discussion: The Big Picture
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
You Know How Those Sioux Loved Hockey  —  I'm just running through the blogs before I head to the airport this morning, and my partner Mitch noticed something amiss at the University of Minnesota.  The U recently adopted the policy that they would not allow their sports teams to compete …
Discussion: Associated Press
Lewis Smith / Times of London:
Al Gore's inconvenient judgment  —  Al Gore's award-winning climate change documentary was littered with nine inconvenient untruths, a judge ruled yesterday.  —  An Inconvenient Truth won plaudits from the environmental lobby and an Oscar from the film industry but was found wanting when it was scrutinised in the High Court in London.
Discussion: RADAMISTO
CNN:
Carter says U.S. tortures prisoners  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The United States tortures prisoners in violation of international law, former President Carter said Wednesday.  —  "I don't think it.  I know it," Carter told CNN's Wolf Blitzer.  —  "Our country for the first time in my life …
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Effort to Curb Illegal Workers' Hiring Blocked  —  A federal judge barred the Bush administration yesterday from launching a planned crackdown on U.S. companies that employ illegal immigrants, warning of its potentially "staggering" impact on law-abiding workers and companies.
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
Judge Suspends Key Bush Effort in Immigration
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
Victor Davis Hanson / Real Clear Politics:
Hope Yet for Iraq?  —  Iraq for most Americans is now a toxic subject — best either ignored or largely evoked to blame someone for something in the past.  —  Any visitor to Iraq can see that the American military cannot be defeated there, but also is puzzled over exactly how we could win …
 
 
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New York Post:
CODDLING KILLERS  —  PAKISTAN'S APPEASEMENT FAILS
Discussion: PrairiePundit and SWJ Blog
Adam Cohen / New York Times:
The United States Attorneys Scandal Comes to Mississippi
KNTV-TV:
It's Official — Belmont Bans Smoking In Some Homes
Washington Post:
Attorney General Nominee Made His Name With Terror Cases
Discussion: Corrente
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Alberto Gonzales hires defense attorney
The Politico:
Members: House is not a home
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Amanda Carpenter / Townhall.com:
Senate Earmark Reforms Quietly Gutted
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Alex Berenson / New York Times:
Boom Times for Dentists, but Not for Teeth
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Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
Cuomo, Kurtz Revel in Media's Ability to Push Anti-war Agenda
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Americans United / americansunitedforchange.org:
AUFC SCHIP AD CAMPAIGN
Discussion: Cliff Schecter and Redstate
Jesus' General:
Ron Paul endorsed by Stormfront Radio
Daniel Levy / Prospects for Peace:
Bipartisan Foreign Policy Leaders on Annapolis Conference
Sara Bonisteel / Fox News:
Canada's Expectant Moms Heading to U.S. to Deliver
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Exclusive: Nearly 90 House Dems Sign Letter Pledging To No Longer Fund War
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

The New York Times Company:
The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

 
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