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1:35 PM ET, October 22, 2007

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Resistance is Futile — October 22, 2007 — Resistance is futile: You will be (mis)informed. — A gulf. — A gap. — A chasm. — A parallel universe. — All describe the bizarro-world contrast between what most Americans seem to think is happening in Iraq versus what is really happening in Iraq.

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Confederate Yankee, The Jawa Report, QandO, The Tank, Stop The ACLU, Say Anything, The Strata-Sphere, Hot Air, Daily Pundit, Bookworm Room, JammieWearingFool, Balloon Juice, Secular Blasphemy, BLACKFIVE, FreeSpeech.com and Pundit Review

New York Times:

The Republican Debate on Fox News Channel — The following is a transcript of the Republican Presidential debate in Orlando, Fla., as provided by Congressional Quarterly. — PARTICIPANTS: — REP. DUNCAN HUNTER, R-CALIF. — FORMER GOV. MITT ROMNEY, R-MASS. — SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, R-ARIZ.

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Think Progress, The Carpetbagger Report, Lonewacko and MSNBC

Chris Cillizza / The Fix:

McCain Shines at Latest GOP Debate — The Fix didn't liveblog last night's Republican debate in Florida, but I certainly watched it, interrupted only by the occasional channel switch to check on Game 7 of the Red Sox-Indians series. — The first 30 minutes of the debate provided …

Discussion: Comments from Left Field, Wide Open, Wonkette, Power Line and Spin Cycle

ABCNEWS:
GOP Candidates Spar Over Conservatisim

Discussion: PrezVid

Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
THE FOX DEBATE IN FLORIDA:

Discussion: MoJoBlog and Real Clear Politics

Washington Post:

Dishwashers for Clinton — DONORS WHOSE addresses turn out to be tenements. Dishwashers and waiters who write $1,000 checks. Immigrants who ante up because they have been instructed to by powerful neighborhood associations, or, as one said, "They informed us to go, so I went."

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, michellemalkin.com, Heading Right, A Blog For All, GINA COBB, Never Yet Melted, Blue Crab Boulevard, Newsweek.com, UrbanGrounds, Media Blog, Betsy's Page and Macsmind

Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Clinton Finds Way to Play Along With Drudge

Jake Whitman / Political Radar:
Rob Reiner Sings For Clinton

Discussion: Sweetness & Light, Redstate, Assorted Babble and Weasel Zippers

WFAA-TV:

Holy Land trial: Not guilty but judge orders more discussion — WFAA.com — 11:00 a.m.Jurors in the landmark Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing case acquitted some of the former Richardson charity organizers on charges they aided terrorists abroad, but appear to have deadlocked on other charges …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, michellemalkin.com and Hot Air

David Koenig / Associated Press:

Mistrial declared in Muslim charity case — DALLAS - A judge declared a mistrial Monday for most former leaders of a Muslim charity accused of funding terrorism, after chaos broke out in the court when three jurors disputed the verdict that had been announced.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Sweetness & Light

Lawhawk / A Blog For All:
Hung Jury in Holy Land Foundation Terror Financing Trial

Discussion: KXAS-TV and Little Green Footballs

The Palmetto Scoop:

Mike Huckabee has just won the White House — CHUCK NORRIS ENDORSES FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR — Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.) may have just gone from a dark horse candidate to the lone frontrunner with the announcement that Chuck Norris — who is known for slamming revolving doors …

Discussion: Yeas & Nays

WorldNetDaily:

My choice for president — A short time ago, I wrote in jest about what I would do if I am elected president. Of course, that was written all in good fun. — Like most of you, over the summer and into the fall, I've been watching, listening, studying and praying about who could lead this country as our next president.

Discussion: Wonkette and CNN Political Ticker

Valerie Plame Wilson / The Huffington Post:

Finally Telling My Story — I'm Valerie Plame Wilson and I'm excited to be here and blog about my book Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House, which goes on sale Monday, Oct 22. When my publisher sent me the finished copy earlier this week, it was thrilling.

Discussion: Never Yet Melted, The Gun Toting Liberal™, Comments from Left Field, NYT, Macsmind, JammieWearingFool, TalkLeft, Jules Crittenden and Take Our Country Back

Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:
Valerie Plame Wilson and the Ultimate Betrayal

Discussion: protein wisdom, Firedoglake, Brilliant at Breakfast, Crooks and Liars, State of the Day, The Democratic Daily and The BRAD BLOG

New York Times:

8 Turkish Soldiers Are Missing in Kurdish Attack — Turkey's military confirmed today that eight of its soldiers were still missing after an ambush by Kurdish militants a day earlier that left at least 12 Turkish soldiers dead and touched off a major escalation in Turkey-Iraq tensions.

Discussion: On Deadline and The Atlantic Online

Volkan Sarisakal / Associated Press: Turkish troops, weapons head toward Iraq

Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Iraq and Turkey See Tensions Rise After Ambush

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Rita Beamish / Associated Press:

NASA won't disclose air safety survey — MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - Anxious to avoid upsetting air travelers, NASA is withholding results from an unprecedented national survey of pilots that found safety problems like near collisions and runway interference occur far more frequently than the government previously recognized.

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, AMERICAblog and Secular Blasphemy

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters: What NASA Won't Tell You — NASA commissioned a study …

River / riverbendblog.blogspot.com:

Bloggers Without Borders... Syria is a beautiful country- at least I think it is. I say "I think" because while I perceive it to be beautiful, I sometimes wonder if I mistake safety, security and normalcy for 'beauty'. In so many ways, Damascus is like Baghdad before the war- bustling streets …

David Segal / Washington Post:

Low Road to Splitsville — Right-Wing Publisher's Breakup Is Super-Rich In Tawdry Details — Looking for a perfect little weekend vacation this fall? Here's a travel tip you don't hear very often: Head to Pittsburgh. Right away. — Seriously, get in the car and read this story later …

Discussion: Middle Earth Journal, NewsBusters.org, Pharyngula, The Impolitic and Paul Krugman

New York Times:

Ain't That America — Think of America's greatest historical shames. Most have involved the singling out of groups of people for abuse. Name a distinguishing feature — skin color, religion, nationality, language — and it's likely that people here have suffered unjustly for it …

Discussion: Washington Post, Firedoglake, Chuck Adkins, QandO and Vox Popoli

Niall Ferguson / Los Angeles Times:

One strike, Iran could be out — Of all the columns I've written for this newspaper over the last couple of years, none has elicited a more heated response than the one published in January 2006 about the Great War of 2007. Indeed, it still gets quoted back at me more than a year and a half later.

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

Hostages — We note over at Election Central that Ron Paul got booed in last night's debate for calling for a pull-out from Iraq, something that had not happened in previous Republican debates, notwithstanding the relative unpopularity of his views among the Republican faithful.

Discussion: Eschaton, TalkLeft and Los Angeles Times

Michelle Malkin:

Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week kicks off — The irrepressible David Horowitz is the man behind Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, which kicks off today. The Left and the jihadi apologists are in a snit, of course, and you already know what the grievance hoaxers at GWU attempted to do in their effort …