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9:15 PM ET, October 25, 2007

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Col. David Hunt / Fox News:
America Could Have Killed Usama bin Laden — But Didn't  —  Because there is no shortage of things to yell about regarding the War on Terror, Iraq, Afghanistan, Homeland Security, and so on, deciding what to write about is always fun.  —  This week, I was going to yell about how the Bush …
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Did The White House Miss A Chance To Catch OBL Again?  —  Boy, even FOX News analysts are calling the Bush Administration (and the military generals-Watch out!) incompetent.  —  I have to admit that this story seemed completely buried until I heard it this morning on the Stephanie Miller Show.
Discussion: The American Street
Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:   CAN SOCOM PULL THE TRIGGER, EVEN ON BIN LADEN?
Salon:
Glenn Greenwald  —  Anonymous Liberal for Glenn Greenwald: Giuliani on torture  —  In his book, former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin described his experience being tortured by sleep deprivation at the hands of the KGB: … Here's U.S. presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, speaking at a town hall event in Iowa yesterday:
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Michael Cooper / The Caucus:
In His Words: Giuliani on Torture  —  DAVENPORT, Iowa — At a town hall meeting here last night, Rudolph W. Giuliani expanded upon his views of torture.  Here is a transcript of the exchange.  —  Linda Gustitus, who is the president of a group called the National Religious Campaign Against Torture …
William J. Broad / New York Times:
Satellite Photos Show Cleansing of Syrian Site  —  New commercial satellite photos show that a Syrian site believed to have been attacked by Israel last month no longer bears any obvious traces of what some analysts said appeared to have been a partly built nuclear reactor.
Lone Star Times:
EXCLUSIVE: SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTION BY LEADING NEO-NAZI TO RON PAUL CAMPAIGN IDENTIFIED  —  LONESTARTIMES.COM EXCLUSIVE!!!  —  Must credit LoneStarTimes.com!!!  —  That means YOU, mainstream media producer/reporter/outlet!  —  A LoneStarTimes.com investigation has conclusively established …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
The Ron Paul Wars  —  RedState defends its decision to bar future posters from supporting Ron Paul: … I don't think I qualify as a Neo-Nazi or a Code Pink activist.  Full Wired story here.  But here's a simple message to Ron Paul supporters.  You're welcome here.
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
"Effective Liberty"  —  Two of the most chilling words you'll ever hear.  Crooked Timber wants the government policing speech to protect minorities.  At last they're honest about the true agenda of the left.  Notice this isn't about "hate-crimes".  It's about "hate-speech."
Discussion: Liberal Values
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Chris Bertram / Crooked Timber:   The elimination of bigotry is a perfectly legitimate aim of government
Irenep / Michael Yon:
Beauchamp and the Rule of Second Chances  —  October 25, 2007  —  Beauchamp and the Rule of Second Chances: Pass it Along  —  I'd known that General Petraeus was once accidentally shot in the chest, but I first heard the full story this summer in Baqubah, from an eyewitness whose account I wrote about in Second Chances.
CNN:
Arsonist left clues, fire chief says  —  ORANGE COUNTY, California (CNN) — One of the larger fires in Southern California was deliberately started by someone with apparent knowledge of arson, a fire official said Thursday.  —  The Santiago Fire in Orange County was started in two places along …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Cheney falls asleep during Cabinet meeting on wildfires.  —  During a cabinet meeting yesterday, Vice President Cheney fell asleep on camera while President Bush was discussing wildfires in California.  A Cheney spokeswoman "laughed it off," telling CNN that the vice president was "practicing meditation."
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
House Democrats Set For Vote on New Version Of Children's Health Bill  —  Just one week after failing to override President Bush's veto, House Democrats will put a new version of their $35 billion expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program to a vote today …
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New York Times:
House Passes Health Bill but Gains No Republican Votes
Discussion: The Swamp
David Eggert / Associated Press:
Student hounds prof running for Congress  —  MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. - A politically conservative student armed with a video camera and a Web site is trying to force a Democratic congressional candidate out of his teaching job at Central Michigan University.  —  Dennis Lennox, a 23-year-old junior …
Atrios / Eschaton:
60s  —  I'm getting emails from various 60s era types which roughly suggest that it makes sense that people who lived through that era see everything through the prism of that era because lots of stuff happened.  I don't deny that the 60s were a significant historical and cultural time for the US …
Maggie Michael / Associated Press:
Al-Qaida anger at Jazeera on Laden tape  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida sympathizers have unleashed a torrent of anger against Al-Jazeera television, accusing it of misrepresenting Osama bin Laden's latest audiotape by airing excerpts in which he criticizes mistakes by insurgents in Iraq.
Cornelia Dean / New York Times:
'55 'Origin of Life' Paper Is Retracted  —  In January 1955, Homer Jacobson, a chemistry professor at Brooklyn College, published a paper called "Information, Reproduction and the Origin of Life" in American Scientist, the journal of Sigma Xi, the scientific honor society.
 
 
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
The Risk Of Obama  —  Ross makes the case: … I don't disagree.
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Obama: A great many African-Americans agree that homosexuality is …
Discussion: Open Left
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
An Ex-Libertarian  —  Glenn Reynolds comes out of the closet …
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly: "[S]tudies indicate ... most teachers ... bring …
Bill Maher / The Huffington Post:
Rove Reversal  —  If the Democrats want to win in 2008 they must pull a "Reverse Rove."
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
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Cornelia Dean / New York Times:
James Watson Retires After Racial Remarks
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Faiz / Think Progress:
TP: one of America's 'most dangerous organizations.'
Michelle Malkin:
Olbermann: MaglaGONG, MaglaGONG, MaglaGONG, nyah, nyah, nyah
Sharon Weinberger / Danger Room:
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
It Could Happen Here  —  Who's the Republican I'd least …
Discussion: bustardblog
Wonkette:
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Little Green Footballs:
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