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Judith / Kesher Talk:
The rumble in the jungle  —  I don't have time to post more now, but the NYC Liberal Hawks had a fine time at the Hitchen-Galloway "debate" (one of us said in email today: "Aw, that one's not a debate; it's a dwarf-kicking contest.") and I will post more impressions this evening.
David Adler / Lerterland:
Hitch/Galloway, the aftermath
David T / Harry's Place:   Eyewitness
Atlas Shrugs:   HITCHENS VS. [GAG-A-WAY] GALLOWAY.....MORE TO COME
Daryl Lang / pdnonline.com:
PDNEWSWIRE  —  Reuters Explains Photo Of Bush Bathroom Note  —  Don't blame the photographer.  —  That's the message from Gary Hershorn, a picture editor for Reuters, about the photo yesterday that shows President George W. Bush writing an all-too-human note during a UN meeting.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner on National Review Online:
THE DELAY COMMENTS  —  DeLay's defenders, in addition to suggesting that he was being sarcastic, also say that the full context of his remarks has been missed.  —  From the transcript:  —  "Mr. DeLay.  After 11 years of Republican majority we pared it down pretty good.
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Washington Post:
Bad Start in Gaza  —  ONLY DAYS after the final withdrawal of Israeli forces, the Gaza Strip is on the verge of anarchy.  Despite promises to impose law and order, the Palestinian Authority has allowed mobs of looters and armed extremists to rampage through former Jewish settlements …
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worldtribune.com:   Israel: Massive arms smuggling into Gaza in past 3 days
The MinuteMan / JustOneMinute:
We Hear From Former FEMA Chief Brown  —  Brownie, you give a heck of an interview!  Former EMA head Michael Brown chats with the NY Times, and blames the debacle in New Orleans on everyone but the weatherman. … Well, fine, the locals were inept.  But doesn't that mean that the White House needed to fill the leadership void?
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Robert / Jihad Watch:
Stalinism at CAIR: photo doctored for Islamic correctness  —  What happens if a woman shows up for a CAIR photo-op without a hijab?  No problem!  They'll just Photoshop one on!  —  These photos were kindly sent to me by Jihad Watch reader Ana.  Above is a screenshot of CAIR's front page …
Seth Sutel / Associated Press:
Times to Charge for Access to Columnists  —  NEW YORK — The marquee columnists for The New York Times' Op-Ed page _ including Thomas L. Friedman, Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich _ generate lots of interest and discussion online.  Now, the paper is hoping they'll also generate something else: cash.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Ilyka Damen:
I Get Emails  —  For some time after I wrote this, I got emails.  I do not want to quote any of them directly here, as I have not obtained permission from their authors to do so; besides, they could all be fairly paraphrased as below: … No, I would think, it's not just you.
Hoodlumman / File it Under:
Blog Linkage, A Case Study  —  In the world of blogging, there are two types of blogs - blogs and spam blogs.  —  Ok.  Not really.  There are thousands of types of blogs.  There are political blogs (no kidding), medical blogs, science blogs, teaching blogs, literature blogs, cat blogs …
wwltv.com:
A sausage — looted or not — lands elderly church leader in prison  —  KENNER — Merlene Maten undoubtedly stands out in the prison where she has been held since Hurricane Katrina.  The 73-year-old church deaconess, never before in trouble with the law, now sleeps among hardened criminals.
National Review:
FEMA to the Rescue  —  [On seeing the suffering caused by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, a close friend of mine contacted his local FEMA office to offer his services as a volunteer.  He was told to report the following morning for an Orientation Class.
Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
Top CIA official to quit sooner over Goss dispute  —  A senior official in the CIA's espionage branch will leave earlier than announced because of a dispute with CIA Director Porter J. Goss on reforms within the agency's spying branch, Bush administration officials said yesterday.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Michael Williams
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
This worries me.  Note the added emphasis.  The clip comes from a piece in tomorrow's Post about yet another huge funding bill the president will roll out tomorrow for Katrina aid, which the Post says will cost more next year than the entire cost of the Iraq war thus far ...  Regain public confidence in who?
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-NY), chairman of the NRCC (the GOP House reelection committee), tells his fellow House Republicans to abandon Social Security phase-out for the rest of this Congress.  And since they won't do it in this Congress, you better believe they won't try it in the next since …
Discussion: The Stakeholder

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