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Israel, Hamas, and moral idiocy — Much of the world's response is a false moral equivalence that simply encourages the terrorists. — Israel's decision to take military action against Hamas rocket attacks targeting its civilian population has been long in coming.
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We must adjust our distorted image of Hamas — Gaza is a secular society where people listen to pop music, watch TV and many women walk the streets unveiled — Last week I was in Gaza. While I was there I met a group of 20 or so police officers who were undergoing a course in conflict management.
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FLORIDASTAN: ISLAMIC ANTI JEW, PRO-HAMAS RALLY - THE HATRED OF THE GOOD — Federal building Broward Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Muslims rally against the Jewish state. — It was pandemonium. Muslims dress in full jihad garb juiced with .... hate.It looked like Halloween in Gaza.
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Ynetnews, Israel Matzav, Israellycool, Debbie Schlussel, Boker tov, Boulder!, the “silent&rdquo … and Jihad Watch
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Israel Likely to Reject 48-Hour Cease-Fire Plan — Relatives Tuesday at the funeral of two sisters killed in an airstrike. More than 370 Palestinians have died, Palestinians say. More Photos > — JERUSALEM — Israel was expected on Wednesday to reject a proposal for a 48-hour cease-fire …
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Fight Fire With a Cease-Fire
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Commentary, Voice of America, Washington Post, Swampland, Haaretz, Jules Crittenden and theheretik.us
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Davis said thanks, but no thanks — WASHINGTON — Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) would like to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the Senate. The appointment was dangled before him last Wednesday. He turned it down. We discussed why when we talked Tuesday night …
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The Politico, Talking Points Memo, TIME.com, Agence France Presse, TPM Election Central and Associated Press
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The Powell Precedent — My vacation has limited my blog reading …
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Matthew Yglesias, The Huffington Post, Balkinization, Hotline On Call and FiveThirtyEight.com
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Defiant Governor Picks Obama Successor
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Washington Post, Washington Monthly, The Huffington Post, Brian Beutler, The Crypt's Blogs, Welcome Back to Pottersville, PBD, The RBC, Talking Points Memo, The Marathon Blog, Progress Illinois, Philly.com, TPM Election Central, TIME.com, Comedy Central, New York Times, Matthew Yglesias and The Caucus
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Gonzales Defends Role in Antiterror Policies — WASHINGTON — Alberto Gonzales, who has kept a low profile since resigning as attorney general nearly 16 months ago, said he is writing a book to set the record straight about his controversial tenure as a senior official in the Bush administration.
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TPMMuckraker, ATTACKERMAN, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Law Blog, Paul Krugman, On Deadline and Lawyers, Guns and Money
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Pyrrhic Torture Trials — Should Bush administration officials be put on trial for crimes such as authorizing torture? — Personally, I'm just relieved to have this crowd heading out of office and its policies — on torture, on indefinite detention, on warrantless wiretapping …
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GONZALES FEELS SORRY FOR HIMSELF.... Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales left office in disgrace 16 months ago, and has kept a low profile since. His reputation has not improved in the interim — Gonzales has struggled to find a law firm willing to hire him — but at least …
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Moving Day for the Obamas — Even in a town where the hotels are swamped for the inauguration, it turns out to be easy to get a room if you're the one being inaugurated. — President-elect Barack Obama and his family will move to Washington this weekend in time for his daughters to start school, aides said Tuesday.
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Obama's Â'One President' Philosophy Is Not One-Fit-All
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TIME.com
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Let Detroit Build Profitable Cars — UAW chief Ron Gettelfinger doesn't seem to get the picture. Let's help him. — In the continuing battle over Detroit, UAW chief Ron Gettelfinger doesn't seem to get the picture. Let's help him. — With shareholders virtually wiped …
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Village Voice Lays Off Nat Hentoff and 2 Others — The troubled Village Voice laid off three employees Tuesday, including Nat Hentoff, the prominent columnist who has worked for the paper since 1958, contributing opinionated columns about jazz, civil liberties and politics.
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Influx of black renters raises tension in Bay Area — ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) - As more and more black renters began moving into this mostly white San Francisco Bay Area suburb a few years ago, neighbors started complaining about loud parties, mean pit bulls, blaring car radios, prostitution, drug dealing and muggings of schoolchildren.
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HAMAS H.Q. BOMBED; POWER LINE, TOO — Talk about disproportionate response. Just an hour or so after Power Line posted a series of videos from the Israeli Defense Forces—videos that, as Scott discovered, YouTube had pulled—we experienced a Denial-of-Service attack from a cabal …
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Lobbyist Sues Times, Citing Report of McCain Ties — WASHINGTON — A Washington lobbyist sued The New York Times and several of its reporters and editors Tuesday, charging that the newspaper had falsely created an impression that she had engaged in an improper romantic relationship with Senator John McCain.