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Novak Apologizes for Swearing on CNN Air By / AP — Permalink NEW YORK - Robert Novak apologized Friday for swearing on the air and walking off a CNN set, but said it had nothing to do with the federal probe sparked by his revelation of a CIA officer's name in a 2003 column. "I apologize for my conduct and I'm sorry I did it," he said in an interview. | |
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Skippy: there are plenty of rational minded, decent conservatives out there that cnn could use in place of him..." meanwhile,... Brian Stelter: But "that had nothing to do with it, absolutely nothing," Novak tells the Associated Press. "I was sorry he said that." Michelle Malkin: Here's the latest AP dispatch on the B.S. brouhaha: [snipped quote] Every political figure in Washington should commit... |
Captain Ed: Novak Apologizes — Robert Novak apologized to CNN viewers today, for storming off the set of Inside Politics and using an expletive in response to an exchange with James Carville. Michael Stickings: The Political Teen has a great video too... UPDATE II: (by TMV) Novak has apologized but in media terms the damage is... La Shawn Barber: (Watch the videotape) Love means never having to say you're sorry. Michelle calls on others to apologize, too. |
| Also: Orrin Judd, Dr. Steven Taylor | |
Poll: Bush's Approval Rating on Iraq Drops By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Americans' approval of President Bush's handling of Iraq is at its lowest level yet, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that also found fewer than half now think he's honest. A solid majority still see Bush as a strong and likable leader, though the president's confidence is seen as arrogance by a growing number. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Bush's Honesty Poll Ratings Nosedives — There's some not-too-bad news for and some not-so-hot news for President George... Ace: Bush's Approval Rating For Handling Iraq Drops to 38%, Lowest Yet — Although I'm disheartened that the public seems... Joshua Claybourn: Update: "Americans' approval of President Bush's handling of Iraq is at its lowest level yet, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that also found fewer than half now think he's honest." |
Faiz @ThinkProgress: THEN: Bush's Political Standing Slipping "During that month, Bush's top aides were concentrating on the president's... John Cole: Bush's Poll Numbers A new AP Poll has Bush's overall approval rating holding steady (albeit extremely low), but... Gerry Daly: AP/Ipsos: No Change in Bush Approval — The latest AP/Ipsos survey finds Bush's job approval at 42% with 56% disapproving. |
| Also: Steve Soto, Jayson @PoliPundit | |
A Roadblock for Reagan By / WaPo — Permalink A Republican congressman from South Texas has proposed renaming 16th Street NW as Ronald Reagan Boulevard. Rep. Henry Bonilla, co-chairman of the 2000 and 2004 Republican national conventions, quietly introduced the 106-word resolution before Congress adjourned for summer recess July 28. | |
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Daniel Koffler: Tom Davis (R-VA), perpetually aggrieved chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, doesn't win much praise round... Dr. Steven Taylor: Tribute Overload — James Joyner reports on an attempt to rename a street in DC after President Reagan (the WaPo story is here). Josh Marshall: But, according to this morning's Post, Davis realizes what a ridiculous idea this is. And so that's probably the end of it. |
James Joyner: A Roadblock for Reagan (WaPo, B1) "A Republican congressman from South Texas has proposed renaming 16th Street NW as Ronald Reagan Boulevard. John Podhoretz: RONALD REAGAN, THE 16TH STREET OF THE UNITED STATES — Rep. Henry Bonilla, a fine fellow, wants to rename Washington's 16th Street NW after Ronald Reagan. Matthew Yglesias: Quadrant Trouble — Officially, I agree that renaming West 16th Street in Washington, DC after Ronald Reagan is a stupid idea. |
| Also: Frank @AndrewSullivan | |
Cussing, walking off show gets Novak suspended by CNN By / Chicago Sun Times — Permalink Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak swore and then stormed off the set of CNN's "Inside Politics" Thursday, prompting CNN to suspend him indefinitely. The suspension comes after prolonged pressure on Novak, who is at the center of a federal probe into the leaking of a CIA officer's identity. | |
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Joe Gandelman: After all, he's gotten it from liberals and moderates a zillion times before.But in case you were on Mars and missed it,... James Joyner: Update: It's all over the papers, too: Novak Walks Off Live CNN Program (NYT) CNN Suspends Novak for 'Inexcusable'... Tom Maguire: More: Wizbang has a photo of Wilson's Who's Who entry; a CNN spokesperson confirms to the Chicago Sun-Times that a Who's Who was on the table. |
Kevin Aylward: Joseph Wilson's "Who's Who In America" Entry — Many have wondered what was the purpose of the "Who's Who In America"... Josh Marshall: Says the Chicago Sun-Times ... [snipped quote] Maybe this is all just an ingenious guerilla marketing campaign by Who's Who. |
Will Blogs Go Bust? By / Editor and Publisher — Permalink There are ten million blogs on the internet — no, fifty million. Soon everybody, from peasants in Kyrgyzstan to the Pope, will have their own blog. Blogs, as voices of the people, will replace the mainstream media, it is said. | |
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Terry Heaton: This time it's David D. Perlmutter in a column in Editor&Publisher. Perlmutter is a mass communications professor at LSU, and he's writing a book about political blogs. Jeff Jarvis: David Perlmutter, a professor of mass communications at LSU, hocks up the same furballs all the old cats do about blogs in the house organ of the old, Editor & Publisher. Ed Cone: Standard disclaimer — Professor warns against blog hype. |
Joe Gandelman: UPDATE: Journalism professor David Permultterr asks whether blogs will go bust and tempers the view of blogs a bit — but he may be a bit overly pessmistic. La Shawn Barber: Peasants Don't Blog — Mass communication professor David Perlmutter asks, "Will blogs go bust?" Jim Romenesko: Prof: Don't fall for the hype behind inflated blog numbers — Editor & Publisher Mass comm prof David D. Perlmutter says... |
Measuring the Blogosphere NYT — Permalink Earlier this week, Technorati, a Web site that indexes blogs, released its semiannual "State of the Blogosphere" report. It records a steady, and astonishing, growth. Nearly 80,000 new blogs are created every day, and there are some 14.2 million in existence already, 55 percent of which remain active. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Meanwhile, a New York Times editorial looks at blogs proliferating at rabbit-like rates and notes its key value is in expanding the conversation. La Shawn Barber: Related: 'Manly' Maney Says Blog Novelty Will Wear Off Ken Fuson's Confusion Nick Coleman's Blog Envy The NYT may be coming around a little. Terry Heaton: The editorial references Technorati's latest report on the state of the blogosphere, and concludes that, holy crap, this blogging thing is pretty big. |
Jeff Jarvis: Keep reading until you get to the last graph: It's natural enough to think of the growth of the blogosphere as a merely technical phenomenon. Frank @AndrewSullivan: By the way, I'm disappointed by the New York Times editorial on blogging. It really says nothing. Matt Welch: The NYT's Unconscious Elitism, Take 17 — The Gray Lady for some reason editorializes today about the size of the... |
| Also: Jim Romenesko | |
Cell Lines, Moral Lines By / WaPo — Permalink It is a good idea to expand federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. It is a bad idea to do that without prohibiting research that uses embryos created specifically to be used in research and destroyed. | |
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John Cole: The Stem Cell Debate I know you lefties hate Charles Krauthammer, but I continue to think he is one of the better... Kevin Drum: But then he sounds the alarm over the spectre of...spare body parts: "The real threat to our humanity is the creation... Ramesh Ponnuru: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION FOR TAXPAYERS — Charles Krauthammer writes today: [snipped quote] Krauthammer is right that the... |
Leon H: The Line Between Evil and Monstrous — A friend of mine recently alerted me to this Charles Krauthammer piece on stem... Bill @INDCJournal: And Krauthammer's column in today's WaPo is similarly agreeable, pointing out the flaws in both Bush's limit on federal... |
The New New Deal TNR — Permalink President Bush's Social Security proposal looks to be dead in the water—and a good thing, too. The plan was half-baked and fiscally irresponsible. The American public took one look and realized it provided neither personal nor national financial security. | |
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Kevin Drum: It's called "The New New Deal," and it presents a plan to deal with skyrocketing Social Security and Medicare costs in the future. Matthew Yglesias: When I saw that prophet of demographic doom Laurence Kotlikoff was teaming up with arch-imperialist Niall Ferguson to... |
Susie Madrak: Once again, the economically privileged policy wonks who have no idea how anyone who didn't attend an Ivy League school... Orrin Judd: SAME PLAN, NEW WRAPPER: The New New Deal (Niall Ferguson & Laurence J. Kotlikoff, 08.04.05, New Republic) |
US scientists find flexible stem cells in placenta By / Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists looking for easier and less-controversial alternatives to stem cells from human embryos said on Friday they found a potential source in placentas saved during childbirth. | |
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John Cole: Update #2 *** Via Instapundit, this: Scientists looking for easier and less-controversial alternatives to stem... Kathryn Jean Lopez: ETHICAL STEM-CELL POTENTIAL in the placenta |
Glenn Reynolds: THIS SOUNDS PROMISING: [snipped quote] I hope it works out, but the state of scientific knowledge is still rather limited. |
CNN Ponders Novak Status Broadcasting & Cable — Permalink CNN is still deciding on its future plans for syndicated columnist and political commentator Bob Novak after suspending him yesterday.. The conservative columnist, 74, stormed off the set of the network's Inside Politics yesterday after saying "That's bull----" during a debate with liberal political strategist James Carville. | |
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Jay Rosen: Broadcasting & Cable magazine got CNN/US President Jonathan Klein to comment. Did he plan to meet with Novak? |
Brian Stelter: > CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein hasn't talked to Novak yet: "At some point I'm sure we'll speak to each other but there's... |
Approval of Bush's Handling of Iraq Drops By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Americans' approval of President Bush's handling of Iraq is at its lowest level yet, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that also found fewer than half now think he's honest. A solid majority still see Bush as a strong and likable leader, though the president's confidence is seen as arrogance by a growing number. | |
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Brendan Nyhan: But when Bush's approval ratings drop to the low 40s (via Atrios) after the narrowest re-election since Woodrow Wilson, well, nothing happens. The Farmer: Praise the conceptual design possibilities. 38% The chronic decline of the Texas Souffle. Via AP: [snipped quote] Delenda est ArbustoCo. Atrios: America Thinks Bush is a Big Fat Liar — Internalize that, media. |
David Sirota: Meanwhile, Americans' view of President Bush's handling of Iraq is at its lowest level ever. Kos @DailyKos: DCCC post-mortem ignores Hackett war stance — David Sirota: [snipped quote] National Democrats have advised their... Oliver Willis: Can you imagine if a Democratic president had such poor approval numbers for the handling of a war? |
| Also: Armando @DailyKos | |
King David's Palace Is Found, Archaeologist Says By / NYT — Permalink JERUSALEM, Aug. 4 - An Israeli archaeologist says she has uncovered in East Jerusalem what may be the fabled palace of the biblical King David. Her work has been sponsored by a conservative Israeli research institute and financed by an American Jewish... | |
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Susie Madrak: Discovery This is fascinating: JERUSALEM, Aug. 4 - An Israeli archaeologist says she has uncovered in East Jerusalem what may be the fabled palace of the biblical King David. |
TheAnchoress: This is obviously a very exciting story: King David's Palace Is Found, Archaeologist Says So, why should I feel a little let down? |
Americans aren't all agog for blogs By / Boston Herald — Permalink To hear some folks tell it, the insomniac army of bloggers is already inheriting the Earth. Clad in pajamas and armed only with Pringles, cocoa and a keyboard, they sway millions and make the mighty tremble as they tap away into the night. | |
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Terry Heaton: Steve Rubel shouts out the Boston Herald for an article today announcing that "Americans aren't all agog for blogs." Frank @AndrewSullivan: As this study shows, the audience for blogs is comparatively small for now. Therefore, I'm not so ready to say that this medium will revivify American democracy. Orrin Judd: THE BYTES ARE ON, BUT NOBODY'S HOME: Americans aren't all agog for blogs (Brett Arends, August 3, 2005, Boston Herald) [snipped quote] Is there an echo in here? |
Joe Gandelman: Americans Are NOT Addicted To Blogs — REALITY CHECK TIME: Many bloggers think their golden words influence our nation... Roger Ailes: You Didn't Hear It From Me — From the Boston Herald: [snipped quote] How is this surprising? |
Assessments Find Threat of Suicide Attacks in U.S. By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 - Confidential government assessments say that Al Qaeda remains intent on attacking targets in the United States and that suicide bombings are clearly "a preferred method of attack among extremists" in the wake of last month's terror attacks in London. | |
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Faiz @ThinkProgress: In the midst of a New York Times warning today that al Qaeda is planning to hit the U.S. with suicide bombers, has Bush learned his lesson? Cookie Jill: but awol's on vacation.... why can't those terrorists go on a 5 week vacation, too? don't think they'll hit crawford, (maybe that's the point, eh?) |
Cori Dauber: So today, a story about the threat of suicide attacks in the United States is on page A-12. |
"I Have Rights" NRO — Permalink You're in with the wrong crowd, Mohammed. When Ramzi Mohammed, one of the failed bombers in the second wave of attacks on London, was surrounded by representatives of the decadent, infidel West, he didn't shriek, "Allahu Akbar!" and throw himself at his captors in a suicidal lunge for martyrdom. | |
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Ed Driscoll: Jonah Goldberg agrees: [snipped quote] Besides previous examples such as the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Mao's China,... Stefan Beck: Why else, do you suppose, that [snipped quote] Jonah Goldberg cannot believe the chutzpah. All I can say is: ditto. |
Orrin Judd: THOUROUGHLY BRITISH: "I Have Rights": You're in with the wrong crowd, Mohammed. Roger Clegg: PLUS, HE'S A COPYCAT — Re Jonah's column today, "'I Have Rights'": Clint Eastwood fans will recall that this was also... |
Jurors: Death Row Inmate Not Retarded By / AP — Permalink YORKTOWN, Va. - A death row inmate whose case led to the Supreme Court's ban on executing the mentally retarded was found mentally competent by a Virginia jury Friday. A judge immediately scheduled his execution for December. | |
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Leopold Stotch: Retarded Convict Not Retarded — Jurors: Death Row Inmate Not Retarded (AP) "YORKTOWN, Va. - A death row inmate whose... |
Jayson @PoliPundit: Federalism in Action — In Virginia. |
U.S. Employers Added 207,000 in July, Better Than Expected Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth picked up last month as employers added 207,000 workers to their payrolls, a healthy gain that outstripped Wall Street expectations, a government report showed on Friday. | |
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42: Cowbell! More Cowbell For My Centurions! Golden diapahs, babies. Golden diapahs. Dr. Steven Taylor: Good Jobs News — Via Reuters/the NYT: U.S. Employers Added 207,000 in July, Better Than Expected "U.S. job growth... |
John @PowerLine: Economic, Job Growth Continue — More good news on the economy, as the Labor Department reports that employers added... Pejman Yousefzadeh: GOOD EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS — Here's the story: "U.S. job growth picked up last month as employers added 207,000 workers... |
INSIDE POLITICS CNN — Permalink THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. ANNOUNCER: Mourning in Ohio. This deadly week for U.S. forces in Iraq drives home the anguish on the home front, and it takes a political toll on President Bush. | |
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Kathryn Jean Lopez: AND FROM THE RIGHT? NOT QUITE. By the way, the other Inside Politics story this week comes from Wednesday's show. |
Brian Stelter: "Today is our last show in this current format," Candy Crowley told viewers this afternoon. But! |
Design for Confusion By / NYT — Permalink I'd like to nominate Irving Kristol, the neoconservative former editor of The Public Interest, as the father of "intelligent design." No, he didn't play any role in developing the doctrine. | |
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Tom Maguire: At The Risk Of Over-Generalizing... Paul Krugman sends a couple of strawmen into the fray today. Riggsveda @Corrente: In the meantime, following on the heels of my own post yesterday, it was interesting to see that Krugman, in today's... Brad DeLong: The Mighty Intellect of Irving Kristol — Paul Krugman writes: Design for Confusion - New York Times: Mr. Kristol... |
Shawn @LiquidList: Business: ExxonMobil—A New Hope — Today Paul Krugman notes in his column about fake right-wing research: "The most... Orrin Judd: LONELY PARROT PERCH: Design for Confusion (PAUL KRUGMAN, 8/05/05, NY Times) [snipped quote] It's hardly surprising that... |
GOP wants urban voters By / PittsburghLIVE.com — Permalink Republican leaders on Thursday used Pittsburgh — a city controlled by Democratic elected officials for seven decades — as an example of where the GOP hopes to expand its membership with minorities and inner-city voters who traditionally align more with Democrats. | |
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Taegan Goddard: Meanwhile, Republican leaders in Pittsburgh used its host city as an example of "where the GOP hopes to expand its... Alexander K. McClure: It appears that the Party of Lincoln has grasped this point and is working to improve their outreach. |
Gerry Daly: The Tribune-Review reports, "Republican leaders on Thursday used Pittsburgh — a city controlled by Democratic elected... Orrin Judd: STEALERS: GOP wants urban voters (David M. Brown, , August 5, 2005, Pittsburgh TRIBUNE-REVIEW) [snipped quote] It's a... |
A scandal below the radar Arizona Republic — Permalink Especially in media hothouses like New York City, issues develop fast. Usually. One amazing New York-centric story, however, has been rumbling along the last week or so like a Mack truck in first gear: | |
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Captain Ed: Arizona Republic columnist Doug MacEachern scolds the Exempt Media, especially the Gray Lady, in allowing this story to... Avedon Carol: (via) And speaking of ripoff artists, the wingers continue to be charmed by the story of Evan Cohen, who... Scott @PowerLine: The scandal within the scandal — Doug MacEachern of the Arizona Republic covers the Air Ameriscam news blackout at the New York Times:"A scandal below the radar." |
Michelle Malkin: Related: David Lombino, New York Sun, "Boys & Girls Club May Vote To Drop Bronx's Gloria Wise Club Next Month" Doug... Brian Maloney: Meanwhile, here's a great new op-ed in today's Arizona Republic on this story's amazing MSM non-coverage. Gerry Daly: QH: A Scandal Below The Radar. QH: Save our jugs. Streiff at RedHot says "Let this dispel any doubts" that the EU is evil. |
Everything in the American garden is lovely. So why the long face, buddy? By / Times of London — Permalink THE AMERICAN model has taken a bit of a battering these past few years. The country's foreign policy is, to put it mildly, not much admired around the world. Domestically, the nation is believed by foreigners to be in the grip of a pre-Enlightenment rapture of fundamentalist bigotry and prudish repression. | |
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Orrin Judd: 23 YEARS AND STILL GOING: Everything in the American garden is lovely. So why the long face, buddy? |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: UPDATE: Gerard Baker celebrates: "THE AMERICAN model has taken a bit of a battering these past few years. |
Novak Walks Off Live CNN Program By / NYT — Permalink Robert D. Novak, the syndicated columnist whose unmasking of a C.I.A. operative touched off an investigation about a possible leak, stalked off a live appearance on CNN yesterday afternoon after James Carville, the Democratic strategist, accused him of trying to make a particular point "to show these right wingers" that he had "backbone" and was "tough." | |
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Jay Rosen: He also eluded questions about the Valerie Plame case that were going to be asked by a CNN colleague, anchor Ed Henry,... Steve Bainbridge: In Defense of the NYT — In reporting a brouhaha between James Carville and Robert Novak on CNN, which terminated when... Garrett M. Graff: For its part, CNN was furious with Novak's behavior and after suspending him, a New York-based spokesperson said it was a "mutual decision" for Novak to leave indefinitely. |
Kriston @BeggingToDiffer: Regardless, I can't help but suspect a little theater on Bob Novak's part after reading about the segment that was... Ann Althouse: Here's how the NYT describes Bob Novak's recent outburst: [quote] After Mr. Carville tried to interrupt Mr. Novak twice, Mr. Novak said: "I know you hate to hear me.[end quote] Roger Ailes: Obscenity — F**k that asshole Bob Novak, as those pricks Bush and Cheney would say if Novak wasn't their whore. |
| Also: Jim Romenesko | |
Poll: Fewer Americans Think Bush Is Honest By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON — Less than half of Americans now say they think President Bush is honest, according to an AP-Ipsos poll taken at a time of increasing concerns about Iraq, a potential problem for a president who won re-election declaring that "people know where I stand." | |
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TChris: Now They Get It — It's difficult to believe that it took this long for most people to recognize the president's dishonesty. |
Matthew Yglesias: "The war in Iraq also could have an impact on more than elections," observes the Associated Press: [snipped quote] There's also, you know, the dead people. |
FCC Eases Broadband Service Rules By / LAT — Permalink The nation's telephone companies today won the right to kick off rival providers of high-speed Internet service from their networks in a move some industry observers fear will limit competition and raise prices for consumers. | |
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Jamie Court: Today the Federal Communications Commission reversed course and deregulated high speed Internet service. |
Mark Kleiman: Thank you, FCC — The FCC has moved to create a virtual duopoly in high-speed internet access, by deciding that local... |
Europe offers Iran a 'final' proposal IHT — Permalink PARIS In an effort to end the stand-off over Iran's nuclear program, senior European negotiators on Friday submitted a sweeping proposal to Tehran, offering economic and political incentives and support for its ambitions to generate nuclear power if it abandons activities that could develop nuclear weapons. | |
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Jan Haugland: At any rate, Iran came pretty close to rejecting out of hand the latest EU-3 proposal, and that wasn't very welcome in Paris. |
Roger L. Simon: Otherwise, I doubt the Europeans would be putting so much pressure on that country, as is now being reported by the IHT. |
U.K. Institutes New Deportation Measures By / AP — Permalink LONDON - Foreigners who preach hatred, sponsor violence or belong to extremist groups could be deported from Britain under strict new measures that Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Friday, nearly a month after suicide bombers killed 52 people on London's transit system. | |
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John Cole: New UK Deportation Measures Looks like Blair has had enough of the struggle from within: Foreigners who preach... La Shawn Barber: UK To Deport Foreign Islamofascists — It's. About.Time. But what do they plan to do with British-born Islamofascists? |
James Joyner: U.K. Institutes New Deportation Measures (AP) (also NYT) "Foreigners who preach hatred, sponsor violence or belong to... |
Why the Red Delicious No Longer Is By / WaPo — Permalink Consider the fate of America's favorite apple. It emerged from an Iowa orchard in 1880 as a round, blushed yellow fruit of surpassing sweetness. But like a figure in a TV makeover show, it was an apple that its handlers could not leave alone. They altered its shape. | |
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Kevin Drum: Well, it turns out they did taste better in my childhood: [snipped quote] The result was lousy tasting apples. Betsy Newmark: The Washington Post explains what has happened to the Red Delicious apple. It got so improved that people just don't want it anymore. |
Ann Althouse: Nobody wants to eat Red Delicious apples anymore. WaPo details the famous apple's rise and fall. What fame and fortune will do to a star! |
Court Nominee Advised Group on Gay Rights By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 - Judge John G. Roberts Jr., the Supreme Court nominee, gave advice to advocates for gay rights a decade ago, helping them win a landmark 1996 ruling protecting gay men and lesbians from state-sanctioned discrimination. | |
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David Schraub: Commenting on John Roberts' aid for gay rights activists in the Romer v. Evans case (the first major judicial victory... V @LeftInTheWest: I Don't Know What They Were Afraid Of — Some interesting news about Nominee Roberts has been breaking recently: "Judge... Billmon: Straight Judges Don't Wear Plaid — I knew the freaking pants were a give away! |
Steve M.: The fact that John Roberts did pro bono work in a gay rights case may be somewhat troubling to conservatives, but this... Ann Althouse: Linda Greenhouse has a piece today about Judge Roberts' work on Romer v. Evans (a landmark gay rights case). Jim Lindgren: UPDATE: More on this at the New York Times, Althouse, William Woody, and A Knight's Blog. |
| Also: Joe @AmericaBlog, Orrin Judd | |
With Starr, Roberts Pushed Reagan Agenda By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — For many years, the solicitor general was known as the "10th justice," a trusted figure who advised the Supreme Court on the law and whose client was the United States. But midway through the Reagan administration, the office took on a new role. | |
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Steve M.: On the other side, of course, the L.A. Times reports that In 1991, Roberts personally argued a case along with lawyers for Operation Rescue. Orrin Judd: WE KNOW HOW DEMOCRATS V. REAGAN ENDS: With Starr, Roberts Pushed Reagan Agenda (David G. Savage, August 5, 2005, LA... |
Patterico: His article, titled With Starr, Roberts Pushed Reagan Agenda, opens this way: WASHINGTON — For many years, the... |
Leading Republican differs with Bush on evolution By / Reuters — Permalink PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A leading Republican senator allied with the religious right differed on Thursday with President Bush's support for teaching an alternative to the theory of evolution known as "intelligent design." | |
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Montag: Reuters: Leading Republican differs with Bush on evolution John Hawkins: Daily News For August 5, 2005 — Foreign "21 Killed By Iraqi Terrorists" "Jewish Terrorist Who Kills 4 Lynchs... |
Steve Soto: Santorum Moves To Bush's Left On Intelligent Design Comments — You know it has been a strange couple of days in... Attaturk: Waah? *Rub Eyes* *Shakes Head* — Waah? Rick Santorum — more intelligent and less crazy than dryer lint? |
Iacocca Teams With Snoop Dogg in New Ads By / AP — Permalink Former Chrysler Corp. chairman Lee Iacocca and Snoop Dogg appear together in Chrysler Group's latest ads for its employee-pricing program, a duo guaranteed to raise some eyebrows. | |
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Leopold Stotch: Fo' Shizzle — Iacocca Teams With Snoop Dogg in New Ads (WaPo via Drudge) [snipped quote] I heard that too. |
Kathryn Jean Lopez: Over there in the L Word. Now with Lee Iaccoca in Larry Tatewear. I bet if I call him to hang with The Corner crowd he'd consider. |
U.K. to Institute New Deportation Measures AP — Permalink LONDON — Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday announced new deportation measures against people who foster hatred and advocate violence following last month's transportation attacks that killed 52 people and four suspected suicide bombers. | |
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Jeff Goldstein: Paradise Regained — From the Washington Post: [snipped quote] Hmmm. Galloway. That's a Scots-Syrian surname, isn't it...? |
Glenn Reynolds: TOUGHENING IMMIGRATION RULES IN BRITAIN: [snipped quote] Nice touch, announcing that right after Zawahiri's message. |
NAMES & FACES WaPo — Permalink Acquitted? Strike that. Two jurors in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial are writing tell-all books. Oh, and now they say he was guilty. Eleanor Cook , 79, will pen "Guilty as Sin, Free as a Bird," and Ray Hultman , 62, plans to write "The Deliberator" with former Jackson family friend and author Stacy Brown . | |
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Garrett M. Graff: > Novak told the Post's John Maynard: Carville "was questioning my motives.... I would hope he was just trying to be funny and I took it the wrong way. |
Brian Stelter: It was awfully convenient for Henry to mention it after Novak had walked off the set... > Crooks & Liars has a blog... |
Critique the Critique: Stuever Tells Off Washington Post By / New York Observer — Permalink First my screed, then my critique. (Sorry, that's how it goes, and it might run long — I might not get another chance at so many eyeballs.) This forum seems to have a lot of focus-group fallout, calling for: shorter stories, faster formats, oh my it's all too... | |
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Garrett M. Graff: Style writer Hank Stuever used the platform yesterday to tear into the idea that the paper should reach out to the lowest-common-denominator of its readership. |
Jim Romenesko: Slogan: "News Flash: Everything's Not Always About You" — New York Observer Hank Stuever wishes the Washington Post would use that. |
The Heat? Suits Them By / WaPo — Permalink How crazy and cool to see them waltzing about yesterday — men in suits, in lovely pinstripe, in herringbone, in seersucker, starchy shirts and ties tied tight. Whole city blocks felt like grandma's kitchen after the pots had simmered all day. | |
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Kathryn Jean Lopez: (Or my inner Donna Karan?) From the Washington Post: "The heat doesn't worry him one bit. He simply reaches for the seersucker. |
Nathan Hallford: "One Should Always Dress Appropriately": This article was too good not to put up, especially since I am allowed the opportunity of sporting a suit in hot, muggy Montgomery, daily. |
Grim Days for the Marines in Iraq (5 Letters) NYT — Permalink To the Editor: Re "14 Marines Killed by Roadside Bomb in West Iraq City" (front page, Aug. 4): The continuing slaughter of American service men and women in Iraq can be ended only by the prompt withdrawal of our troops from Iraq and by the recognition by President Bush that the war has been lost. | |
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Susie Madrak: Letter to the Editor Via Duncan, this letter to the New York Times: To the Editor: Bob Herbert's touching column... |
Atrios: They Get Letters NYT: To the Editor: Bob Herbert's touching column about Specialist Fourth Class Hugo Luis Gonzalez, a... |
The responsibility we share for Islamist shock and awe By / Guardian — Permalink Shortly after September 11 2001, I was widely denounced for implying, in a New Statesman editorial, that by electing George Bush - who was known to be indifferent to anything but the interests of US capital - Americans had helped to bring the New York and Washington attacks on themselves. | |
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Chris Bertram: Unpleasantly self-absorbed suicide bombers The hapless Peter Wilby has a column—The Responsiblity We All Share for... Steve Antler: Peter Wilby says: The large majority of Americans (including migrants) have bought into this project and benefit from it... |
Marc @USSNeverdock: What kind of lunacy is this? This is why Muslim terrorists bombed London. |
Afghanistan Agrees To Accept Detainees WaPo — Permalink The Bush administration is negotiating the transfer of nearly 70 percent of the detainees at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to three countries as part of a plan, officials said, to share the burden of keeping suspected terrorists behind bars. | |
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Guest @ThinkProgress: Flip Flop: GITMO Detainees Not "Most Dangerous" After All? » All of the major papers carried a remarkable story... Smash: Afghanistan Afghanistan Agrees To Accept Detainees — Josh White and Robin Wright, Washington Post "U.S. officials... |
Josh Marshall: More specifically, the article says that most Afghan nationals (110 at Gitmo and 350 at Bagram) will be turned over to... Pudentilla: awol, the magician, can make detainees disappear with the stroke of a pen! |
Muslim scholars call anti-terror fatwa flawed By / AP — Permalink As they issued an edict condemning religious extremism, American Muslims hoped to silence complaints from outsiders dating back to the Sept. 11 attacks that the community has done too little to confront terrorism. | |
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Marc @USSNeverdock: Now it seems other US Islamic scholars argee. [snipped quote] Which is exactly what it is. |
Orrin Judd: SELF-CRITICISM: Muslim scholars call anti-terror fatwa flawed (RACHEL ZOLL, August 5, 2005, Chicago Sun-Times) [snipped quote] Hard to imagine a healthier development. |
Altercation book club MSNBC — Permalink Announcing the inauguration of the Altercation Book Club: I've always thought we don't do enough for books on this site as we should, given how much space they have lost in the culture, particularly among most newspapers. Plus it's August. | |
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Susie Madrak: Wonky In a guest post at Dr. Alterman's place, Douglas S. Massey explains to liberals how we lost the middle and working classes. |
Mary @LeftCoaster: Open Thread — That's what they are. That's what they do. Yesterday's astute thoughts for a lazy summer Friday. |
Judge Roberts's Memos WaPo — Permalink THE REQUEST BY Democratic senators to see memos written by Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. during his service in the solicitor general's office requires a difficult balancing of legitimate interests: the executive branch's need for confidentiality against a full and informed Senate confirmation proceeding. | |
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Betsy Newmark: The Washington Post zigs and zags in an editorial about whether the Senate should be allowed to see Judge Roberts' memos from when he worked in the Solicitor General's office. |
Armando @DailyKos: Roberts: The Government Attorney-Client Privilege — The WaPo Ed Board spews some nonsense on the governmental... |
Why Did They Look Into It? By / Fox News — Permalink Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: The New York Times (search) has been asking lawyers who specialize in adoption cases for advice on how to get into the sealed court records on Supreme Court nominee John Roberts' (search) two adopted children. | |
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Betsy Newmark: I don't have much to add to the outrage that people have been feelign about the New York Times trying to break into the... John @PowerLine: UPDATE: Brit Hume reports: "The New York Times (search) has been asking lawyers who specialize in adoption cases for... |
Michelle Malkin: DUMPING ON THE NYT'S DUMPSTER DIVERS — Intense reaction to the N.Y. Times' journalistic dumpster diving into the sealed... Captain Ed: UPDATE II: Brit Hume reports at his Fox blog that the Times reporters wanted to look into the sealed adoption records,... |
Shipment of high explosives intercepted in Iraq By / MSNBC — Permalink PENTAGON - It's the number one killer of American troops in Iraq: roadside bombs. The massive roadside bomb that killed 14 Marines Wednesday flipped their 37-ton vehicle on its top and blew it some 40 feet down the road. | |
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Justin Gardner: From MSNBC: "U.S. military and intelligence officials tell NBC News that American soldiers intercepted a large shipment... Juan Cole: Fool me once, shame on you — Fool me—can't get fooled again The bizarre report by Jim Miklaszewski of NBC news that US... Jeff Quinton: Explosives in Iraq coming from Iran NBC [snipped quote] Others blogging: Memeorandum Captain Ed Dan Darling Kathryn Jean Lopez Juan Cole Cori Dauber USS Neverdock |
Captain Ed: MS-NBC reported last night that American military forces captured a large shipment of shape charges, the kind of... Dan Darling: Well thanks to an e-mail I received from Tom Holsinger, we now know why the IEDs (which have long been the #1 killer of... Cori Dauber: You guys know I have huge respect for NBC's Pentagon reporter — which makes this report that the kind of shaped charge... |
| Also: Kathryn Jean Lopez, Marc @USSNeverdock | |
Oil-for-Food Probe to Charge Director By / WaPo — Permalink UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 4 — A U.N.-established inquiry into corruption in the $64 billion oil-for-food program will accuse the defunct program's director, Benon V. Sevan, of receiving cash kickbacks for steering lucrative Iraqi oil contracts to an Egyptian oil trader, according to Sevan's lawyer. | |
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John Cole: Oil for Food Looks like the investigating committee led by Volcker has come to some conclusions: A U.N.-established... Roger L. Simon: Okay, put me in pun jail and never let me out... But just reading the following in the WaPo put me in a giddy mood: A... Josh Marshall: This is a big story: Paul Volcker reportedly will accuse Benon V. Sevan of taking kickbacks in the Oil-for-Food program. |
Jan Haugland: Volcker committee accuses Benon Sevan over oil-for-food — UNSCAM update: A U.N.-established inquiry into corruption in... Pejman Yousefzadeh: FINALLY AN ACCUSATION . . . In the oil-for-food probe. |
Bush: U.S. to Stay in Iraq Despite Deaths By / AP — Permalink Aug. 5, 2005 - President Bush, facing a grim and growing death toll in Iraq, said Thursday that threats of more violence by al-Qaida's second-in-command would not intimidate the United States into retreat. | |
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Callimachus: But it doesn't make a euphonious spacecraft name. There's more talk of an exit strategy in Iraq. Joe @AmericaBlog: From AP: "President Bush, facing a grim and growing death toll in Iraq, said Thursday that threats of more violence by... |
Susie Madrak: Lower Bush's approval rating for his handling of the Iraq war has dropped to 38 percent. |
Novak column was a malicious attack on 'revered' staffer By / Union Leader — Permalink THE ROBERT NOVAK syndicated column dated July 21 libeled Ms. Bettilou Taylor, who is one of the most respected, really revered, staffers after serving 16 years in the United States Senate. | |
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Callimachus: Crooks and Liars has a link-fest AND video. Even Arlen Specter is on his case; my god, it's a dogpile. |
Josh Marshall: Sen Arlen Specter (R-PA) accuses Novak of libeling one of his staffers. |
CNN Suspends Novak After He Walks Off Set By / AP — Permalink NEW YORK - CNN suspended commentator Robert Novak indefinitely after he swore and walked off the set Thursday during a debate with Democratic operative James Carville. The live exchange during CNN's "Inside Politics" came during a discussion of Florida's Senate campaign. | |
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Nick Gillespie: CNN has suspended Novak indefinitely. Michael Stickings: The AP reports here, but see also my commentary at The Reaction. Captain Ed: UPDATE: CNN has announced its suspension of Novak for his behavior on today's show (and has clarified Carville's... |
James Joyner: CNN Suspends Novak After He Walks Off Set — The ever-cranky Bob Novak has been suspended by CNN after he swore at James... Kevin Aylward: Robert Novak Suspended From CNN For Cursing Incident novakwalkoff.jpg It's August in Washington, which means that this... La Shawn Barber: (Source) I see. The profanity of profanity. Well, it would take a lot more than Carville's smart mouth to make me to... |
| Also: Steve M., Roger Ailes, Jeralyn Merritt, Ed Driscoll, Cliff May, Michelle Malkin, Plutonium Page, Jayson @PoliPundit | |
NY TIMES INVESTIGATES ADOPTION RECORDS OF SUPREME COURT NOMINEE'S CHILDREN Drudge Report — Permalink The NEW YORK TIMES is looking into the adoption records of the children of Supreme Court Nominee John G. Roberts, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. The TIMES has investigative reporter Glen Justice hot on the case to investigate the status of adoption records of Judge Roberts' two young children, Josie age 5 and Jack age 4, a top source reveals. | |
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John @PowerLine: I can't add much to what Drudge and Michelle Malkin have written. The Times admits that it has been checking into the adoption of Roberts' children, as Drudge reported. Damian Penny: I can't remember the last time the high court appointment process was proceeding simultaneously in Canada and the United... Jeff Goldstein: On a vacation to Mexico in 1978, did Judge Roberts' wife, Jane, participate in a 16mm snuff film in which, high on smack... |
Patterico: Drudge Says New York Times is Investigating Roberts's Adoption Records Matt Drudge is reporting that the New York... Captain Ed: Speaking of news priorities, now we know why the Paper of Record has failed to report on Air America's misappropriation... Tbogg: It's not siren-worthy, but Matt Drudge is in full fake outrage/facts mode. Again. |
| Also: Smash, MarkInMexico, Michelle Malkin, Hugh Hewitt, Greg @TheTalentShow, Steve Verdon, Steve Bainbridge, Kathryn Jean Lopez, Glenn Reynolds, Erick @RedState, Orrin Judd, PoliPundit | |
Iraq Violence; London Police Vigilant; Republican Spending; Nomination Battle; Future Elections CNN — Permalink THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. ANNOUNCER: A very deadly week for U.S. forces in Iraq. GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We mourn the loss of every fallen troop. | |
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Jay Rosen: (Transcript.) Novak has been under pressure to answer questions from journalists for months. Atrios: ...Official transcript: HENRY: And the "Strategy Session" continues on INSIDE POLITICS. Still here: James Carville and Robert Novak. Kevin Drum: NOVAK'S MELTDOWN...Bob Novak got upset today on CNN when James Carville interrupted him, muttered "I think that's... |
Kathryn Jean Lopez: What I find most aggravating about the Inside Politics thing is how Ed Henry closed the segment with Carville: "HENRY: Thanks, James Carville. Captain Ed: Apparently not. Natasha @PacificViews: Here's the Inside Politics transcript: "... CARVILLE: The Democratic Senator and Jay Leno. That — I mean, they're going to go nuts over this. |
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Americans didn't flock to Canada after Bush win By / Reuters — Permalink OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadians can put away those extra welcome mats — it seems Americans unhappy about the result of last November's presidential election have decided to stay at home after all. | |
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John Hawkins: Typical liberals: all talk and no action: [quote] "In the days after President Bush won a second term, the number of U.S...[end quote] Pejman Yousefzadeh: "ON SECOND THOUGHT, WE'LL STICK AROUND" — Perhaps this will serve as yet more valuable evidence that people get way too worked up over politics sometimes. Stephen Green: America: Love It Or Stay Here Anyway — News flash: [snipped quote] Well, duh. |
Damian Penny: The exodus that wasn't — The flood of refugees from America, escaping the evil Nazi fascist BusHitler junta that stole... Betsy Newmark: Oh, darn. All those people talking about moving to Canada after Bush was elected apparently......stayed here. Orrin Judd: IT'S NOT AS IF ANYONE TAKES THEM SERIOUSLY ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE EITHER (via obc): Americans didn't flock to Canada after... |
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Roberts Donated Help to Gay Rights Case By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. worked behind the scenes for gay rights activists, and his legal expertise helped them persuade the Supreme Court to issue a landmark 1996 ruling protecting people from discrimination because of their sexual orientation. | |
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Jim Lindgren: I find the discussion of John Roberts' pro bono work on Romer interesting because it shows one or both of two things:... Paul @PowerLine: Nor am I concerned if, as the Los Angeles Times reports, Roberts helped lawyers in his firm who were arguing before the... Smash: MEANWHILE, Richard A. Serrano reports in the LA Times that Roberts once did pro bono work on a gay rights case —... |
David Corn: The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts donated his legal services, when he was a... Ann Althouse: Supreme Court nominee John Roberts donated his legal work to the cause of gay rights, according to the L.A. Times Digby: Representing Gays For Free — I think Kevin asks the right question about this story that John Roberts did pro-bono work... |
| Also: Gene Stone, Steve Soto, Michael Stickings, Ezra Klein, Daniel Koffler, Ramesh Ponnuru, Venkat @BeggingToDiffer, Patterico, Roger L. Simon, Pejman Yousefzadeh, Sebastian Holsclaw, Kevin Drum, Zoe Kentucky, McQ, Pudentilla, Justin Gardner, Michael @AmericaBlog | |
Source Code By / TNR — Permalink Hours before President Bush announced his Supreme Court nominee, a White House reporter from a major daily newspaper was on the phone with one of "the four horsemen." | |
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Garrett M. Graff: Using the Supreme Court nomination as a jumping off point, the New Republic's Ryan Lizza has helpfully compiled the near-definitive list of who all those blind quotes really are. Betsy Newmark: Ryan Lizza of The New Republic discloses who the sources are when you see the appellation, "sources close to the White House." Jim Romenesko: A guide to the secret society of sources close to the WH — New Republic Ryan Lizza got 15 White House reporters to help him compile the list. |
Taegan Goddard: Source Close to the White House — Ryan Lizza looks at how reporters learn about what's going on at 1600 Pennsylvania... Terry Heaton: New Republic senior editor Ryan Lizza has done a remarkable public service by surveying White House correspondents and... Frank @AndrewSullivan: This is a classic piece demystifying a venerable trope of White House reportage. |
| Also: Gary Farber, Orrin Judd, Josh Marshall | |
Bayh: Democrats Face Security Threshold By / AP — Permalink DES MOINES, Iowa - Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh (news, bio, voting record), a possible presidential candidate in 2008, said Thursday that his party lacks credibility on national security and needs to convince Americans that Democrats are willing to use force when necessary. | |
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Simon @Centerfield: Potential candidate for the 2008 Dem nomination Evan Bayh today offers what may be the cornerstone of that enterprise -... Scott Shields: Speaking in Iowa, Evan Bayh parrots the worst of the DLC talking points: [quote] "Many Americans wonder if we're willing to...[end quote] Jayson @PoliPundit: Late Arrival to the Reality Party — Buried in the final graf of this Democrat campaign ad from the Associated Press is... |
Taegan Goddard: Bayh Campaigns in Iowa — Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) said that "his party lacks credibility on national security and needs to... Digby: Just Shut Up "Bayh said there are legitimate grounds to criticize President Bush's approach to fighting terrorism, but... Orrin Judd: WHAT BETTER TRAINING FOR CinC THAN GOVERNOR OF IN: Bayh: Democrats Face Security Threshold (MIKE GLOVER, 8/04/05,... |
Corzine Gave $470,000 Loan to Head of New Jersey Union By / NYT — Permalink TRENTON, Aug. 3 - Senator Jon S. Corzine provided a $470,000 mortgage to the president of a union that represents thousands of New Jersey state employees in late 2002, then forgave the debt two years later. Senator Jon S. Corzine with Carla Katz at a ball in the Pierre Hotel in 2002 . | |
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Patrick Ruffini: You can now get $470,000 for as little as $617 a month! Bad credit? Doesn't matter, ^low rates are fixed no matter what! Ace: Corzine Gave, And Forgave, $470,000 Loan To NJ Union Head — Okay, he was dating her when he gave the loan (but not when... Larry Kudlow: Corzine's Chum — Looks like the rather boring New Jersey gubernatorial race just got a little more exciting: Jon... |
Captain Ed: However, when the money goes the other direction on the basis of a clearly personal relationship, it hardly seems... Krempasky @RedState: Corzine gives big loan to Jersey Union Leader — Ok, so this is really significant "Senator Jon S. Corzine provided a... Orrin Judd: INDECENT PROPOSAL: Corzine Gave $470,000 Loan to Head of Union (DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI, 8/04, NY Times) [snipped quote] At... |
The Air Out There By / Weekly Standard — Permalink WHAT DID AL FRANKEN KNOW, and when did he know it? When Air America launched last year, it was the beneficiary of more free publicity than any radio show or network launch had ever received. | |
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Brian Maloney: Welcome MSNBC viewers, Michelle Malkin, Weekly Standard, Political Teen, Hugh Hewitt, Instapundit and other readers today. Hugh Hewitt: On Reprting and Not Reporting — I write about Air America in today's WeeklyStandard.com column, "The Air Out There." Captain Ed: Hugh Hewitt follows up my column in yesterday's Daily Standard with one of his own on the scandal, "The Air Out There". |
Michelle Malkin: The latest: Investor's Business Daily Washington Times New York Post Power Line Radio Blogger Hugh Hewitt (Hugh's new Daily Standard column is here). James Joyner: Indeed, Hugh Hewitt hints at this in his Weekly Standard piece on the subject. "WHAT DID AL FRANKEN KNOW, and when did he know it? Gateway Pundit: Hugh Hewitt, Michelle Malkin and Investors Business Daily (no offense, but not exactly the top three vote getters in the... |
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NYCLU sues city over subway searches New York Newsday — Permalink The New York Civil Liberties Union will file suit against the city Thursday to keep police from searching the bags of passengers entering the subway, organization lawyers said. | |
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Roger L. Simon: I've been reading about them lately. UPDATE: Here's another example of NGO fundraising in action. This one may backfire. Baldilocks: Nope, not that one either. Better Red and dead. That just about sums it up for the New York Civil Liberties Union. Kathryn Jean Lopez: ACLU VS. NYPD — At last!—the subway-search lawsuit. |
Bill @INDCJournal: Now that's TV. *** The ACLU is filing suit against bag searches on NYC subways. La Shawn Barber: (Source) By the way, how did an Islamic non-profit, propped up with tax money, become powerful enough to control what people can and can't say? |
Galloway praises Iraq 'martyrs' BBC — Permalink MP George Galloway is being accused of putting UK troops at risk after calling insurgents in Iraq "martyrs". During a tour of the Middle East, Mr Galloway spoke of "poor Iraqis" using the most basic weapons to write the names of their towns "in the stars". | |
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Scott Burgess: The BBC reports: [quote] "'It can be said, truly said, that the Iraqi resistance is not just defending Iraq.[end quote] Andrew Cochran: He's at it again, calling the Iraqi terrorists who kill Iraqi children and British soldiers "martyrs" and adding, "It's Bush and Blair and Berlusconi who are sick." Clayton Cramer: MP Galloway At It Again — MP Galloway is at it again. |
Jan Haugland: In a recent Middle East tour, the traitor continues to provide aid and comfort to the enemy, this time by overtly praising the terrorists in Iraq. John Cole: I present you, George Galloway, hero to the people: MP George Galloway has defended comments referring to insurgents... Harry @HarrysPlace: The Scotsman. The BBC. |
| Also: Scott Sala, Kathryn Jean Lopez, Orrin Judd, Pejman Yousefzadeh | |
Steven Vincent, RIP By / Reason — Permalink Early on Tuesday—the same day he would later be abducted and killed—I was thinking a lot about Steven Vincent, who bears the horrible honor of being "the first American reporter to be attacked and killed in the current Iraq war" according to The New York Times. | |
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Callimachus: UPDATE: Among the many tributes turning up on the Web, many of them quite moving, is this one, from one of Vincent's editors. Matt Welch: Great Nick Gillespie Obit of Steven Vincent: Vincent wrote a few articles for Reason that I (and others) edited. Kathryn Jean Lopez: STEVEN VINCENT — A thoughtful remembrance from Nick Gillespie, who was his editor on pieces he did for Reason. |
Gary Farber: Nick Gillespie has a lovely remembrance here Read The Rest Scale: hey, do you want people to read about you when you're dead? Jim Romenesko: "No small feat": Vincent's reporting transcended ideology — Reason.com Nick Gillespie says Steven Vincent was great to... |
Big Fat Yawn Investor's Business Daily — Permalink Media: Rush Limbaugh's prescription drug troubles were splashed all over the media. Yet a financial scandal rocking a leftist radio network rates no coverage. The mainstream media, fixated on bringing down Karl Rove, have so far deemed apparent funding irregularities at Air America unworthy of note. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: So do the editors of Investors Business Daily. Both pieces note that the media obsessed over Rush Limbaugh's troubles,... Captain Ed: IBD asks, as we have, why the Exempt Media has gone AWOL: [snipped quote] Of course not! Scott @PowerLine: Big fat yawn — Investors Business Daily runs an editorial on Air Ameriscam: "Big fat yawn." |
James Joyner: Investor's Business Daily is amazed that a scandal involving Air America is receiving "A Big Fat Yawn" from most of the press. Dale Franks: At least, they used to be. These days, though, not so much, as the editors of Investors Business Daily point out. Marc @USSNeverdock: America - Shaming Left Wing Media — Investor's Business Daily heaps scorn on the hypocritical left wing media over the Air America scandal. |
Almost Heaven By / Opinion Journal — Permalink It's summer, the country's traveling, and the great pleasure to be had from leaving home is meeting and falling in love with a place you've never been to. I end that sentence with a preposition to segue into my favorite story this summer of cultural tensions and differences as navigated by two American women. | |
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Tbogg: At least that's what The Loon and The Virgin Ben seem to think. Patrick Ruffini: She's one classy lady. This week, she tackles a subject that's grown near and dear to my heart: West Virginia. Attaturk: I just love the little people — Says Peggy Noonan, and then she unleashes this amazing statement about the legend of... |
John Cole: Montani Semper Liberi Peggy Noonan comes to West Virginia: I have just been there for the first time, and it is a jewel of a state. Feddie @SouthernAppeal: Southern snark: This excerpt from Peggy Noonan's latest piece is just too good not to pass along: [snipped quote] (Thanks to loyal SA reader Bob P. for the heads up) Roy @Alicublog: SHORTER PEGGY NOONAN. Tourism copy like this can be yours for a mere $50,000 per assignment (kill fee 100%). |
Jewish terrorist Eden Natan Zadah kills 4 on Shfaram bus Jerusalem Post — Permalink In what police are calling an incident of Jewish terrorism, a Jewish man dressed in IDF uniform opened fire on a bus in the northern town of Shfaram Thursday evening, killing at least 4 people and wounding nearly a dozen more. | |
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Eric Seymour: While Reuters sticks with its preference for the term "militant" over "terrorist," the Jerusalem Post labels the shooter... Tom Paine: And despite the fact that this particular terrorist got rough justice at the hands of the local people, retribution for... |
Omri Ceren: When an Arab mob savagely lynches a Jew for killing Arabs, the world yawns. Jan Haugland: Eh, no. In its headline, The Jerusalem Post calls the shooter, Eden Tzuberi, a "Jewish terrorist", based on police statements to that effect. |
Dobson likened embryonic stem cell research to Nazi experiments Media Matters for America — Permalink On the August 3 broadcast of the Focus on the Family radio show — devoted to a discussion of stem cell research — James C. Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, compared embryonic stem cell research with Nazi experiments conducted on live human patients during and prior to the Holocaust. | |
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Cernig: Via Media Matters: James C. Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, compared embryonic stem cell research... Jeralyn Merritt: "They can be heard online here . On the show, Dobson said:" Atrios: Nazis Everywhere — Radical Mullah Stickypants Dobson equates stem cell research with Nazi experiments. |
Michael Stickings: As reported by Media Matters, Focus on the Family's James Dobson, one of the leading figures on the evangelical right,... Oliver Willis: In Other News, Your Dentist Is Josef Mengele — James Dobson says that life-saving stem cell research is nazism. |
Democrats, change your ways By / Boston Globe — Permalink IT IS TIME for Democrats to stop moaning about John Roberts and John Bolton and start doing something productive — such as figuring out how to win elections. Even though Democrats continue to resist the outcome, George W. Bush won the 2004 presidential contest. | |
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Glenn Reynolds: This confluence — together with poll data and other recent indicators — suggests to me that Joan Vennochi is giving... Betsy Newmark: Joan Vennochi of the Boston Globe has some advice for Democrats. [snipped quote] She's not a GOP supporter by any means. La Shawn Barber: Liberal Tells Liberals to Stop Whining and Learn How to Win Elections — Joan Vennochi, a liberal columnist at the... |
Brendan Nyhan: Stem cell initiatives: good politics, bad policy — Glenn Reynolds endorses Joan Vennochi's call for state stem cell... Kathryn Jean Lopez: From liberal Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi: "IT IS TIME for Democrats to stop moaning about John Roberts and... Justin Gardner: Note To Democrats: Wise Up — This editorial from Joan Vennochi is so spot on I wish the Dems would reprint it and distribute it among the faithful. |
| Also: Orrin Judd | |
Jewish terrorist kills four on bus in Arab town Haaretz — Permalink A Jewish Israeli man in an Israel Defense Forces uniform opened fire on passengers on a bus in a Druze neighborhood of the Israeli Arab town of Shfaram on Thursday afternoon, killing four people and wounding 12. The terrorist was killed by a mob that boarded the bus after the shooting. | |
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Laura Rozen: Ha'aretz: "A Jewish Israeli man in an Israel Defense Forces uniform opened fire on passengers on a bus in a Druze... Gary Farber: DISGUSTING EVIL. Jewish terrorist kills four on bus in Arab town. Scum. Far worse. Utter evil. Evil, evil, evil, evil, evil. |
Omri Ceren: And of course, the biggest difference is that when a Jewish terrorist kills Arabs, Jews call him a terrorist. |
Alabama limits eminent domain By / Washington Times — Permalink Alabama yesterday became the first state to enact new protections against local-government seizure of property allowed under a Supreme Court ruling that has triggered an explosive grass-roots counteroffensive across the country. | |
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Todd Zywicki: Alabama Says "Don't Mess With Our Property": Alabama yesterday became the first state to limit Kelo-style takings, unanimously passing legislation in a special session. Brian Keegan: Kelo Backlash — Hat tip, uberblogger insta-man: Alabama limits eminent domain Looks like we may not even have to amend the constitution to blunt the overstep of Kelo. Pejman Yousefzadeh: ROLL TIDE — What else is there to say after reading this excellent news? |
Will Collier: Until now. [snipped quote] Bravo, ladies and gentlemen. Show that much good sense with the rest of your work, and there'll be a lot fewer wisecracks about our home state. James Joyner: Alabama limits eminent domain (Washington Times) [snipped quote] For once, Alabama is the leader in something good. Glenn Reynolds: MORE KELO BACKLASH, this time in Alabama: [snipped quote] I guess my prediction ([snipped quote]) has been borne out. |
al-Qaida's No. 2 Threatens London, U.S By / AP — Permalink CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, threatened more destruction in London, saying in a videotape broadcast Thursday that British Prime Minister Tony Blair would be to blame. In Crawford, Texas, President Bush dismissed the threat, saying, "We will stay on the offense against these people. | |
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Dan Darling: Dr. Evil Calls for U.S. Withdrawl from Iraq — Well that took a little longer than I had expected (maybe he was waiting... Jeff Quinton: Would we really be getting contemporaneous reports from al-Qaeda's #2 if OBL was still stealing oxygen from the rest of us? (via James Joyner) Others blogging: Dan Darling |
James Joyner: A Qaeda's No. 2 Threatens More Attacks — Ayman al-Zawahri, Osama bin Laden's deputy, threatened massive attacks in... |
Two More Charged in Pentagon Leak By / WaPo — Permalink Two former employees of an influential pro-Israel lobbying group were charged today with illegally receiving classified information from a Defense Department analyst, according to court documents unsealed in Alexandria. | |
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Michelle Malkin: According to this morning's Washington Post, Rosen and Weissman were "indicted yesterday on charges that they illegally... Hunter @DailyKos: WaPo: [snipped quote] Franklin worked for the Defense Intelligence Agency under Douglas Feith, and is closely associated with the neocon wing of the Bush administration. |
Steve Soto: Or maybe Bob is feeling the heat from another national security problem. |
Al-Qaeda 'blames Blair for bombs' BBC — Permalink Osama Bin Laden's lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahri has warned London will face more attacks because of Tony Blair's foreign policy decisions. His comments were made in a videotape which was broadcast on Arab satellite channel al-Jazeera. | |
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Jan Haugland: In a recent tape, broadcast on al-Jazeera, al-Qaeda's number two Ayman al-Zawahri has warned against further attacks on... Smash: President Makes It Clear: Phrase Is 'War on Terror' — Richard W. Stevenson, The New York Times [snipped quote] Al-Qaeda... Gateway Pundit: Al-Qaeda Warns London — Ajazeera broadcast a videotape by Al-Quaeda #2 today warning London of more attacks: Osama Bin... |
Joe Gandelman: As the BBC explains, Al-Zawahiri, in logic that can at best be charitably described as twisted, gives a new meaning to... Marc @USSNeverdock: Al-Qaeda 'blames Blair for bombs' — New tape from Zawahri, same old message from al Qaeda. Dr. Steven Taylor: Al Qaeda Warns of More London Attacks — Via the BBC: Al-Qaeda 'blames Blair for bombs' [snipped quote] Yup-God sure... |
Jewish extremist opens fire, killing 4 Arabs MSNBC — Permalink JERUSALEM - A 19-year-old Israeli soldier opened fire inside a bus Thursday, killing four Israeli Arabs before being killed by an angry mob — the deadliest attack on Arabs in Israel by a Jewish extremist since 1990. | |
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Damian Penny: No word for it but terror — An AWOL Israeli soldier, evidently upset about the pullout from Gaza, went on a shooting... Pejman Yousefzadeh: ALL KIND OF TERROR OUGHT TO BE CONDEMNED — All kinds. |
Orrin Judd: APPLYING THE LESSON OF FLIGHT 93: Jewish extremist opens fire, killing 4 Arabs (AP, 8/04/05) "A 19-year-old Israeli... |
President Makes It Clear: Phrase Is 'War on Terror' By / NYT — Permalink GRAPEVINE, Tex., Aug. 3 - President Bush publicly overruled some of his top advisers on Wednesday in a debate about what to call the conflict with Islamic extremists, saying, "Make no mistake about it, we are at war." | |
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Joe Gandelman: That's essentially the message of President George Bush who has made it clear that as far as he's concerned the "war on... Cori Dauber: The Times Notices — Well, the networks may have ignored the fact that the President used a domestic policy speech to... Justin Gardner: In any event, from the NY Times comes more on the War On Terror: "GRAPEVINE, Tex., Aug. 3 - President Bush publicly... |
Steve Soto: Flop Today: "President Bush publicly overruled some of his top advisers on Wednesday in a debate about what to call the... Pseudo-Adrienne: Dubya Bush, recently re-re-phrased the uh, well whatever you want to call he's doing and promoting overseas, back to... Kevin Drum: Then, on Wednesday, Richard Stevenson reported in the New York Times that Bush made his position clear, saying, "Make no... |
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Moral Maturity By / Slate — Permalink Does Bill Frist think unborn human beings have a right to life? Frist, the Senate majority leader, calls himself pro-life. He has a 100 percent pro-life voting record, according to the National Right to Life Committee. | |
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Greg @TheTalentShow: Jesus Hates Democrats — Well, apparently John Roberts is pro-gay and Bill Frist is pro-choice. Amanda Marcotte: Bill Frist is not pro-choice — I knew this article by William Saletan was going off the rails when I read this sentence. Justin @SouthernAppeal: Bill Frist, closet pro-choicer: "Frist, the Senate majority leader, calls himself pro-life. |
Greg Saunders: Greg Saunders : Jesus Hates Democrats Well, apparently John Roberts is pro-gay and Bill Frist is pro-choice. Orrin Judd: MORE: Moral Maturity: Bill Frist, closet pro-choicer (William Saletan, Aug. 3, 2005, Slate) "Does Bill Frist think unborn human beings have a right to life? |
The Decade of Illusions By / Townhall.com — Permalink It is now becoming ever clearer that the last decade of the 20th century could go down in history as the Decade of Illusions. There was the tech bubble whose detumescence was predicted by some of the very same engineering geniuses who had created the... | |
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John Cole: Steroid Use- Clinton's Fault And just to show that wingnuttery is an equal opportunity offender, this bit of bilious... Jesse Taylor: Your Morning Dose Of Clinton-Bashing — Rafael Palmiero used steroids because of Bill Clinton and the Internet. I'm serious. |
Judd @ThinkProgress: Emmett Tyrrell, editor of the right-wing American Spectator, explains: [snipped quote] It's odd that Tyrrell tries to connect Palmeiro to Clinton. Glenn Reynolds: PALMEIRO'S STEROID USE: It's all Bill Clinton's fault! Put me down as unpersuaded. |
Israel soldier lynched after killing four in Gaza pullout row Yahoo! News — Permalink A teenage Israeli soldier shot dead four people in a blazing row over the country's imminent withdrawal from Gaza before being lynched by furious residents of an Arab-Israeli town. | |
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James Joyner: Israel soldier lynched after killing four in Gaza pullout row (AFP) [snipped quote] Horrendous. |
Stephen Green: Everything Sucks — Oh, lord: [snipped quote] Israel has three strageic options. |
President Makes It Clear Phrase Is 'War on Terror' By / NYT — Permalink GRAPEVINE, Tex., Aug. 3 - President Bush publicly overruled some of his top advisers on Wednesday in a debate about what to call the conflict with Islamic extremists, saying, "Make no mistake about it, we are at war." | |
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John Cole: Turns out we are still at war: President Bush publicly overruled some of his top advisers on Wednesday in a debate... Taegan Goddard: Proper Phrase is "War on Terror" — President Bush "publicly overruled some of his top advisers on Wednesday in a debate... MarkInMexico: Main Page Bush - Cut the crap! Or better, Cut through the crap. President Bush says, "Make no mistake about it, we are at war." |
James Joyner: President Makes It Clear: Phrase Is 'War on Terror' (NYT RSS) [snipped quote] I've never been happy with the phrase "war... Jeff Jarvis: It is a war. And terrorists are the enemy. Now it seems that Bush, too, didn't like this odd Republican attempt at PC. Gary Farber: Whoops! The Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism is over! We're fighting the War Against Terrorism again! |
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