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Don't Mention the War — Why does the Obama administration find it so hard to utter the words ‘terrorism’ and ‘jihad’ and ‘Islamic extremism’? — On Saturday, May 1, a crude car bomb composed of gasoline canisters, propane tanks, fertilizer, and fireworks failed to detonate in Times Square.
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Mark Steyn / National Review:
Faisal Shahzad, Subprime Terrorist? — The story of the Times Square bomber reads like some Urdu dinner-theater production of Mel Brooks's The Producers that got lost in translation between here and Peshawar: A man sets out to produce the biggest bomb on Broadway since Dance a Little Closer closed on its opening night in 1983.
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Oh the Irony: “America is Back!,” Baby, But The Magazine Proclaiming This Just Might Go Out of Business — Remember this? Of course you do. It was like three weeks ago. You're morons, not retards. — Well, Newsweek's on the auction block, and the Washington Post Company's sales brochure …
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The Crisis Comes Ashore — Why the oil spill could change everything. — The continuing undersea gusher of oil 50 miles off the shores of Louisiana is not the only source of dangerous uncontrolled pollution spewing into the environment. Worldwide, the amount of man-made CO2 …
Gail Collins / New York Times:
What Every Girl Should Know — A thousand years ago, popular birth control methods in the Western world included spitting into the mouth of a frog, eating bees and wearing the testicles of a weasel. In Córdoba, Spain, which was supposed to be on the scientific cutting edge …
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Jesse Lee / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Weekly Address: Health Reform Starts to Kick In — The President goes through the benefits in health insurance reform that are already kicking in for young adults, retirees, and families, and says more benefits are coming down the pike. — Click here to see the video.
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Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Obama says health care law already helps millions — WASHINGTON - The new health care law already is helping millions of people through tax breaks for small businesses and assistance for families with young adults, President Barack Obama said Saturday. — In his weekly radio and Internet address …
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Op-Ed Columnist: The Tea Party Tries to Outrun Race — Racist. Tea Party. — Are those separate concepts or a single one? Depends on whom you ask. — According to an article accompanying a Washington Post/ABC News poll released on Wednesday: “About 61 percent of tea party opponents …
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
The BP Oil Spill's Toll On Gulf Coast Wildlife: ‘All Bets Are Off’ — Orange-colored oil from the April 22 BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reached Louisiana's fragile Chandeleur Islands, which are part of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge, an area that officials have now closed …
Ilya Somin / The Volokh Conspiracy:
A Great Law School Dean Doesn't Have to be a Great Scholar — Conservative blogger Paul Mirengoff and liberal law professor Paul Campos argue that Elena Kagan is poorly qualified for the Supreme Court because of what they argue is a weak record of scholarship.
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
Illegal Status of Army Spouses Often Leads to Snags — Lt. Kenneth Tenebro enlisted in the armed forces after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, signing up even before he became an American citizen. — He served one tour of duty in Iraq, dodging roadside bombs, and he would like to do another.
Liz Robbins / City Room:
Staten Island Ferry Crashes Into Dock — 11:28 a.m. | Updated At least 65 people were injured when a Staten Island Ferry crashed into the St. George terminal dock just past 9 a.m. on Saturday, police, fire and United States Coast Guard officials said. — There were no fatalities reported among …
Yahoo! News:
Palin backs Fiorina, faces tea party Facebook backlash — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has made her Facebook page into a bully pulpit, issuing policy statements on such issues as nuclear proliferation and oil drilling. Now she's learning that social media can be more than a one-way system …
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Newshoggers.com, Right Now, The Moderate Voice, Eunomia, Wonkette and Liberty Pundits dot net
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Shelby: GOP really standing with small businesses in financial bill opposition — Republicans are the party to stand with Main Street when it comes to financial reform, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said Saturday. — Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee …
ConstantineXIII / CBS News:
Sec. Clinton on Pakistan and The War on Terror — Says Pakistan More Helpful in War on Terror; Warns of “Severe Consequences” If Successful Terror Attack Originated There — (CBS) Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the Pakistani government has been warned that if a terror operation …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Arizona Was Right to Take Action on Immigration — Most American voters think Arizona was right to pass its own immigration law, and think the Obama administration should wait and see how the new law works rather than try to stop it, according to a Fox News poll released Friday.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Reasons to be anxious about Afghanistan — The Obama administration's strategy for Afghanistan is to gradually transfer responsibility to the Afghans, starting in July 2011. But on the eve of President Hamid Karzai's visit to Washington, there's little evidence so far to demonstrate that this transfer process will actually work.
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