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3:50 PM ET, November 10, 2007

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Richard Landes / Pajamas Media:
AL-DURA AND THE "PUBLIC SECRET" OF MIDDLE EAST JOURNALISM  —  The evidence emerging from the ongoing Al Dura trial in France indicates that Western journalists are fully aware that some of the footage they use in their reports on the Mideast conflict is staged, charges Richard Landes.
Discussion: Power Line
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Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Clinton admits planting questions in public forum  —  Hillary Clinton stopped at a bio-diesel plant in Newton, Iowa earlier this week to see alternative fuels in the making and drive home the week's campaign theme of her energy plan.  After a tour, the candidate took questions from the crowd.
Major Garrett / Fox News:
Clinton Campaign Confirms Planting Town Hall Question, Says It Won't Happen Again  —  SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton's campaign admitted Friday that it planted a global warming question in Newton, Iowa, Tuesday during a town hall meeting to discuss clean energy.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   Is Everyone's Game Fixed Now?
Martina Stewart / CNN Political Ticker:
Questions planted by Clinton campaign
Sara Just / Political Radar:
Clinton Camp Admits To Planting Questions
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Bart Barnes / Washington Post:
Pulitzer Prize-Winner Norman Mailer Dies at 84
Discussion: GregsOpinion.com
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Republicans blame the wrong president for overstretched military  —  Of all of Bush's misstatements from the 2000 presidential election, one of the most obviously-false attacks was on military readiness.  Indeed, then-Gov. Bush blamed Clinton and Gore directly for "hollowing out" the military.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
Top Iowa Story: Rudy Attacks Bill Clinton — Plus Russia And China  —  Here's the top story out of the Iowa local press: Rudy Giuliani told an audience at Iowa State University that the American military needs to be bigger, and he lashed out at Bill Clinton for cutting the military during the 1990's.
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Recession?  What Recession?  —  If it looks like a recession and feels like a recession ...  "Quite frankly," said Senator Charles Schumer, peering over his glasses at the Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, "I think we are at a moment of economic crisis, stemming from four key areas …
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Atrios / Eschaton:   CPI  —  Herbert: … This isn't true.  The CPI does include food …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Rice's Management at Issue  —  Critics Cite Blackwater, Baghdad Embassy and Passports  —  Shortly after Condoleezza Rice took charge of the 57,000-person State Department in 2005, she said she relished the challenge of "line responsibility" in leading a large organization.
Associated Press:
Play of the Day: McCain's Mom on Mormons  —  MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) - John McCain's 95-year-old mother, in a swipe at her son's rival Mitt Romney, said Friday that Mormons were to blame for the scandal that rocked the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.  —  During an appearance on MSNBC …
Discussion: Riehl World View and Althouse
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
Ballistic  —  NUCLEAR....John McCain offered up some criticism of Bernie Kerik yesterday for bailing out on his job training the Iraqi police, and the Giuliani campaign naturally went ballistic in response.  Rich Lowry is perturbed: … But this is just the package you get with Rudy.
Learfield / Radio Iowa:
Edwards @ John Mellencamp concert  —  It was 7 p.m. on a Friday night in Des Moines and I was driving to meet friends L, M and S at Wells Fargo Arena where I would see one of my favorite bands, Los Lobos, open for John Mellencamp.  The sound of my phone ringing pierced the interior of my car.
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush urges Congress to OK veterans bill  —  CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush said Saturday that Congress' Democratic leaders should celebrate Veterans Day by finally passing a spending bill covering programs for veterans.  —  "Congressional leaders let the fiscal year end without passing …
Discussion: AMERICAblog
John / Argghhh!:
A STORY YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED, AS THE REGULAR PRESS DOESN'T COVER GOOD NEWS MUCH.  —  This post will be up top all day.  New stuff will come in below.  —  The BlogWorld Expo has been fun and useful.  And today's big post was going to be about that.  —  But not now.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush and Relatives of Fallen Lean on Each Other  —  Late one night last year, while her husband was an Army scout in Iraq, Melissa Storey sat in the quiet of her bedroom to write President Bush a letter.  She wanted him to know "we believed in him."  And after Staff Sgt. Clint Storey, 30 …
 
 
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Patrick Wintour / Guardian:
UK's new Afghanistan plan: pay farmers to ditch opium
Raina Kelley / Newsweek.com:
The Writing On The Wall  —  Good penmanship is more than just a quaint skill.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
USA Today:
Iowa GOP inundated by irate calls from Ron Paul fans
Inside Higher Ed:
Sending in the Class Monitor
Discussion: Althouse and protein wisdom
David Weigel / Reason Magazine:
Feel the Pajamamentum!  —  It's a little-known fact …
Discussion: Dennis The Peasant
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Republicans in Congress Propose Bills on Licenses
Kos / Daily Kos:
Is Rahm racist, or merely scared?
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
SOME MORE PHOTOS FROM BLOGWORLD EXPO:  —  Pinups for the troops:
Discussion: Pajamas Media and alicublog
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Telegraph:
Dr Bari: Government stoking Muslim tension
Associated Press:
Anti-abortion postings ordered removed
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Say It's So, Joe  —  Vice President Lieberman?
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
F.C.C. Planning Rules to Open Cable Market
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
TPM's Ultimate Kerik Scandal List!
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés / The Moderate Voice:
Veterans Day 2007: Our Brothers and Sisters On the Job
Fife Symington / CNN:
Ex-Gov. Symington: I saw a UFO
Los Angeles Times:
LAPD defends Muslim mapping effort
 

 
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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