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Andy Soltis / New York Post:
Imam unmosqued — The imam behind a proposed mosque near Ground Zero is a prominent member of a group that helped sponsor the pro-Palestinian activists who clashed violently with Israeli commandos at sea this week. — Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is a key figure in Malaysian-based Perdana Global …
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James Hider / Times of London:
Israeli troops board aid ship bound for Gaza — Israeli naval forces boarded an Irish-owned ship bound for Gaza today, just five days after killing nine passengers in a bloody raid on a previous aid convoy. — The commandos boarded the ship “with the full compliance” …
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Adrian Croft / Reuters:
Autopsy shows Gaza activists were hit 30 times: report
Autopsy shows Gaza activists were hit 30 times: report
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Jerusalem Post:
Navy boards, takes control of ‘Rachel Corrie’ off Gaza coast
Navy boards, takes control of ‘Rachel Corrie’ off Gaza coast
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Max Blumenthal:
IDF Releases Apparently Doctored Flotilla Audio; Press Reports As Fact
IDF Releases Apparently Doctored Flotilla Audio; Press Reports As Fact
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Jerusalem Post, The Washington Note, Classical Values, Ynetnews, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Weasel Zippers
Steve Hynd / Newshoggers.com:
Eyewitnesses, both activists and reporters, contradict Israeli account
Eyewitnesses, both activists and reporters, contradict Israeli account
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Jack Shafer / The Huffington Post:
Ari Fleischer: Fire Helen Thomas — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Longtime White House scribe Helen Thomas caused more than a few eyebrows to perk up when video surfaced on Friday of her declaring that Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine” and go back to Germany and Poland.
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Rep. Michele Bachmann / Big Government:
Helen Needs To Go! — Once again the liberal media has shown its true colors! The White House media dinosaur, also known as Helen Thomas has called on Jews to leave Israel and move back to Poland and Germany. This anti-Semitic sentiment has no place in our public discourse.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Report: Obama knew from the beginning that oil leak would likely last months — This makes all those golf outings, sports-team photo ops, and celebrity jams with Paul McCartney over the past six weeks feel extra special, doesn't it? … That's from frequent Olbermann guest Richard Wolffe.
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Richard Wolffe / The Daily Beast:
Obama Knew the Spill Was Hopeless — Blogs and Stories — As the president visits the Gulf anew, Richard Wolffe reports that he was first briefed in April on how bad the spill would be. Plus: the real reason the White House is so mad at Carville—and why Obama would rather talk about the economy.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
AN IMPOSSIBLE STANDARD TO MEET.... When it comes to the Sestak and Romanoff “stories,” some on the right and in the media have shifted gears a bit. Instead of arguing that intervention in primaries is illegal and/or unethical — it's obviously neither — they're left to argue that it's “politics as usual.”
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
What The Gaza Blockade Means — As I've noted before, in the eyes of its defenders the blockade of the Gaza Strip is a security measure aimed at denying rockets to Hamas, while in fact it's a comprehensive effort to collectively punish Gaza residents—a majority of whom are children …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Ostracizing The Losers — Unemployed need not apply — Ostracizing The Losers — The other day Brad Delong asked if we are seeing the creation of an underclass of long term unemployed. Here is some more evidence that we are: … There's more evidence that this is fairly widespread at the link.
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Andrew Hough / Telegraph:
Queen's birthday gaffe leaves Hillary Clinton red faced — Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, has been left red faced after mistakenly sending a birthday message to the Queen a week early. — An official statement from the US foreign policy chief paid tribute to the …
Lynne LaMaster / Home-Prescott eNews:
Steve Blair Fired By KYCA — Besides being a City Councilman, Steve Blair is also a well-known afternoon talk show host for radio station KYCA. Well, make that “was” because he has been removed from his radio talk show as of today, due to a controversy over the mural painted on Miller Valley School.
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
For the Pauls, Libertarianism Began at Home — WASHINGTON — In keeping with their position as the First Family of Libertarianism, the Pauls of Lake Jackson, Tex., did not have many rules around their home. — “Behave yourself and be polite” is how Representative Ron Paul describes …
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Janelle Brown / New York Times:
For Mickey Kaus, Winning Isn't the Point — “THIS is the throbbing heart of the Kaus for Senate campaign,” says Mickey Kaus, throwing open the door to his two-bedroom apartment in the Venice neighborhood here. Inside, there are no campaign posters to be seen, no army of clean-scrubbed interns …
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Al & Tipper — I don't really want to write about Al Gore's marriage to Tipper, but this paragraph from Howard Fineman raises an issue that I think we don't discuss enough: … This kind of thing seems way too negative and judgmental to me. Life in a modern-day developed economy is quite long.