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11:20 AM ET, October 16, 2007

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Barooosk / Talking Radio:
Randi Rhodes is the Victim of a Violent Attack  —  Randi Rhodes was mugged on Sunday night on 39th Street and Park Ave, nearby her Manhattan apartment, while she was walking her dog Simon.  —  According to Air America Radio late night host Jon Elliott, Rhodes was beaten up pretty badly …
Washington Post:
The Real Iraq We Knew  —  Today marks five years since the authorization of military force in Iraq, setting Operation Iraqi Freedom in motion.  Five years on, the Iraq war is as undermanned and under-resourced as it was from the start.  And, five years on, Iraq is in shambles.
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Jules Crittenden:
12 Captains  —  With an alarmingly poor grasp of political and military realities in Iraq and the United States weigh in with the following at the Washington Post: … It would be far quicker, cheaper and less politically traumatic to simple expand the military, and offer financial incentives to boost enlistment.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and RADAMISTO
Confederate Yankee:
Thanks For the History Lesson
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Los Angeles Times:
Retirement season hits GOP hard  —  PACKING UP: Rep. Ray LaHood, shown in 2005, is to retire next year.  "I don't like being in the minority," he said.  "It's not that much fun, and the prospects for the future don't look that good."  —  In 2008, Republicans look certain to be defending …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
A Still, Small Voice  —  A few weeks ago, I interviewed Deborah Pryce, the Republican congresswoman, in her Washington office.  There was a doll propped up against a windowsill, and I wanted to ask her if it had belonged to her daughter, who died of cancer at age 9 in 1999.
Bill Schneider / CNN:
Retirements may put House out of GOP's reach
Discussion: The Newshoggers
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Frost Parents Talk About The Right's Jihad Against Their Son On Countdown  —  In their first television interview since Michelle Malkin, Rush Limbaugh and others on the right decided to crucify their 12 year old son and swiftboat their family, the parents of Graeme Frost sat down and talked with Keith Olbermann tonight on Countdown.
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USA Today:
Poll: Mixed feelings on kids' health insurance
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
New SCHIP Video: Bethany's Story
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Verizon Says It Turned Over Data Without Court Orders  —  Firm's Letter to Lawmakers Details Government Requests  —  Verizon Communications, the nation's second-largest telecom company, told congressional investigators that it has provided customers' telephone records to federal authorities …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:
After Nobel, Support for Gore Presidential Bid Remains Limited  —  Gore's favorable rating improves to 58% in new poll  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Former Vice President Al Gore has added the Nobel Peace Prize to the collection of awards he has won this year, which also includes an Academy Award and an Emmy.
Discussion: The Swamp and Pollster.com
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Cal Thomas / Real Clear Politics:
Global Warming: Conservatives' Opportunity
Nick Pisa / Daily Mail:
Is this Pope John Paul II waving from beyond the grave?  Vatican TV director says yes  —  This fiery figure is being hailed as Pope John Paul II making an appearance beyond the grave.  —  The image, said by believers to show the Holy Father with his right hand raised in blessing …
Thomas Sowell / Real Clear Politics:
Sabotage in Wartime  —  With all the problems facing this country, both in Iraq and at home, why is Congress spending time trying to pass a resolution condemning the massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire nearly a century ago?  —  Make no mistake about it, that massacre of hundreds of thousands …
Washington Post / The Trail:
Giuliani Spends Big Bucks for Posh Hotels  —  Rudy Giuliani prefers posh hotels, water views and chartered planes.  (Getty Images)  —  Rudy Giuliani likes to travel in style.  —  That's what can be deduced by looking through Giuliani's campaign spending report, which shows the former …
Discussion: TalkLeft
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Looseheadprop / Firedoglake:
Breaking News: Hillary Pledges to End War "Immediately" Upon Taking Office  —  Every year I go to a fundraiser luncheon sponsored by group called Eleanor Roosevelt's Legacy Committee.  It's a group that raises money, recruits and trains Democratic women candidates and give campaign grants to those running in New York.
Discussion: The Sideshow and The Jawa Report
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP targeting Clinton on phone-call snooping  —  Republicans plan to seize on an allegation from the 1992 presidential campaign to tarnish Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) on the red-hot issue of government surveillance.  —  Government surveillance will be at the forefront of the political debate …
blogs.wsj.com:
Bob Jones Dean Endorses ... Romney!  —  Michael M. Phillips reports on the presidential race.  —  A top official at Bob Jones University, the Evangelical Christian school with a history of anti-Mormon rhetoric, plans to throw his weight behind Mormon presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.
Guardian:
The making of the Muslim left  —  Muslim leftism is the only way to ensure that Islam's individualist revolution doesn't take an even darker turn than it already has.  —  I went to a government school in the American south where I had constant interaction with religious supremacists.
 
 
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

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Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

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