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11:15 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
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 …
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 …
USA Today:
Poll: Mixed feelings on kids' health insurance  —  WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans trust Democrats to handle the issue of children's health insurance more than President Bush, but they agree with the president that government aid should be targeted to low-income families, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows.
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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: MSNBC and TalkLeft
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blogs.wsj.com:
Thanks, But No Thanks for $9.11 Checks  —  Susan Davis reports on the presidential race.
Discussion: Conservative Belle and Hot Air
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
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.
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 …
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.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Politico Playbook: $38,777 for FedEx  —  Good Tuesday morning.  Senator McCain, who yesterday reported -$94,447 cash on hand for the primary, is on a media blitz that will include a call to Tavis Smiley's radio show and a couple of cable interviews.  —  Gov. Romney has a new TV ad about killing the death tax.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and mediabistro.com
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.
 
 
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Bret Stephens / Opinion Journal:
Iran's al Qaeda
Discussion: PrairiePundit and SWJ Blog
The Board:
Dianne Feinstein's Vote for a Judge Has Civil Rights Groups Asking "Why?"
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F William Engdahl / Asia Times:
The geopolitical stakes of 'Saffron Revolution'
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush Stands His Ground on Budget
The Atlantic Online:
FEC Report Highlights: John McCain's Campaign Is Virtually Bankrupt
Discussion: Wonkette
ScienceDaily:
Feminism And Romance Go Hand In Hand
Herschel Smith / The Captain's Journal:
Granny in Iraq: Armed and Dangerous
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
McCain seeing red
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Washington Post:
Nuclear Deal With India May Be Near Collapse
Discussion: Rook's Rant
Cal Thomas / Real Clear Politics:
Global Warming: Conservatives' Opportunity
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0:
What's really broken with Windows Update - Trust
Discussion: BitsBlog
Associated Press:
Nevada Police Arrest Man Who Allegedly Videotaped Himself Raping 3-Year-Old Girl
Discussion: CNN and Scared Monkeys
Donna Smith / Reuters:
First U.S. baby boomer applies for Social Security
Seattle Times:
$4.5 million for a boat that nobody wanted
Huffington Post:
Launched! Fox Biz Network Goes Live (With Bloopers)
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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