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10:40 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 9:25am Eastern.  Your S-CHIP editorial cartoon of the morning comes from Nate Beeler of the Examiner...  Meanwhile, Time magazine recycles Democrat talking points and passes it off as reporting.
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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Army Offers Big Cash To Keep Key Officers  —  The Army is offering cash bonuses of up to $35,000 to retain young officers serving in key specialties — including military intelligence, infantry and aviation — in an unprecedented bid to forestall a critical shortage of officer ranks …
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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 …
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
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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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 …
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
Media Matters for America:
On CNBC's The Big Idea, Coulter said that "we" Christians "just want Jews to be perfected"  —  During the October 8 edition of CNBC's The Big Idea, host Donny Deutsch asked right-wing pundit Ann Coulter: "If you had your way ... and your dreams, which are genuine, came true ... what would this country look like?"
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Aussie Dave / Israellycool:
Coulter Skelter  —  I might consider myself a Conservative …
Discussion: Roger L. Simon
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Alberto Gonzales hires defense attorney  —  WASHINGTON - Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has hired a high-powered Washington lawyer to represent him in investigations of mismanagement of the Justice Department.  George Terwilliger, a white-collar crime defense attorney …
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Washington Post:
Attorney General Nominee Made His Name With Terror Cases
Discussion: Corrente
Paul Kane / Capitol Briefing:
Cheney, House Republicans on Different Money Paths  —  Once popular enough to charge donors $4,200 for a handshake and a photo, Vice President Dick Cheney has become a much less sought-after fundraiser among House Republicans.  —  Almost 10 months into the year, Cheney has headlined …
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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 …
Christopher Demuth / Opinion Journal:
Think-Tank Confidential  —  What I learned during two decades as head of America's most influential policy shop.  —  I have been presiding at the American Enterprise Institute for 21 years.  Today I am announcing that I will step down before the end of 2008.
New York Times:
Turkey Angry Over House Armenian Genocide Vote  —  Turkey reacted angrily today to a House committee vote in Washington on Wednesday to condemn the mass killings of Armenians in Turkey in World War I as an act of genocide, calling the decision "unacceptable."
Discussion: normblog, Guardian and PoliBlog (TM)
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
Alex Berenson / New York Times:
Boom Times for Dentists, but Not for Teeth  —  For American dentists, times have never been better.  —  The same cannot be said for Americans' teeth.  —  With dentists' fees rising far faster than inflation and more than 100 million people lacking dental insurance, the percentage of Americans …
Discussion: CBS News and Suburban Guerrilla
 
 
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Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
Hillary Talks About 'It'  —  Would she defend Rush Limbaugh's …
Discussion: Power Line and PrairiePundit
David Burge / iowahawk:
TV CLASSICS: "THAT DARN SANDY"
MSNBC:
Republican Presidential Candidates Debate for Oct. 9, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. ET
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
New York Post:
CODDLING KILLERS  —  PAKISTAN'S APPEASEMENT FAILS
Discussion: PrairiePundit and SWJ Blog
Victor Davis Hanson / Real Clear Politics:
Hope Yet for Iraq?
Adam Cohen / New York Times:
The United States Attorneys Scandal Comes to Mississippi
KNTV-TV:
It's Official — Belmont Bans Smoking In Some Homes
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
You Know How Those Sioux Loved Hockey
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Wall Street Journal:
The United States of Subprime
Discussion: The Big Picture
The Politico:
Members: House is not a home
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Amanda Carpenter / Townhall.com:
Senate Earmark Reforms Quietly Gutted
Discussion: Conservative Belle
Hugh Naylor / New York Times:
Syria Tells Journalists Israeli Raid Did Not Occur
New York Post:
ANDY AND ANN?!  —  ODDEST couple of the decade: lifelong …
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
Cuomo, Kurtz Revel in Media's Ability to Push Anti-war Agenda
Discussion: Right Wing News and Cold Fury
Jesus' General:
Ron Paul endorsed by Stormfront Radio