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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.
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David T / Harry's Place:   Eyewitness
Atlas Shrugs:   HITCHENS VS. [GAG-A-WAY] GALLOWAY.....MORE TO COME
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?
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Washington Post:
Bush to Request More Aid Funding  —  President Bush will call tonight for an unprecedented federal commitment to rebuild New Orleans and other areas obliterated by Hurricane Katrina, putting the United States on pace to spend more in the next year on the storm's aftermath than it has over three years …
Investor's Business Daily:
It's Better To Give
Discussion: Mister Snitch! and Gut Rumbles
Editor and Publisher:
Reuters Photog Captures Bush at U.N. With 'Bathroom Break' Note  —  NEW YORK In what seems destined to become one of the most joked about photos of the month, a well-known Reuters photographer on Wednesday captured President George W. Bush scribbling a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a session at the United Nations.
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Confederate Yankee:
E&P: The "Straight Poop?"  —  Editor and Publisher reports: … It isn't until the end of the fourth paragraph that we see the note: … Focus on that line.  —  I downloaded the photo and resized it to 800 pixels wide by 458 pixels tall.  It is very clear that the comment …
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 …
Discussion: Point Five
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 …
Michelle Malkin:
INSIDE AIR AMERICA: THE LOAN SCANDAL DEEPENS  —  Inside Air America: The loan scandal deepens  —  by Brian Maloney and Michelle Malkin  —  Part of a continuing investigative blog series  —  9/14/05  —  If you believe Air America, Al Franken, and their clueless defenders …
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Air America: An Investigative Blog Series
Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Wiretap mosques, Romney suggests  —  Pushes gathering of intelligence  —  WASHINGTON — Governor Mitt Romney raised the prospect of wiretapping mosques and conducting surveillance of foreign students in Massachusetts, as he issued a broad call yesterday for the federal government to devote far …
New York Times:
Speech Is Expected to Focus on Vision for Reconstruction  —  WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 - President Bush is to pledge in an address to the nation from New Orleans on Thursday night that the federal government will provide housing assistance to victims of Hurricane Katrina and also help reimburse …
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: Michael Williams and Balloon Juice
Bob / either orr:
Carnival time: The Carnival of Comedy XX  —  The Carnival is here!  (UPDATE: And the links should now be fixed, too!  The computer was hungry on the overnight.  Apologies to all.)  —  This is Carnival of Comedy XX (20 for the Roman numeral-impaired).  If Roman numerals are good enough …
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
A Conservative, Yes, but Not a Scalia  —  After two days of often intense questioning of John G. Roberts Jr. by the Senate Judiciary Committee, a new image of President Bush's nominee for chief justice of the United States is coming into focus.  —  Still blurry at the edges …

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Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner on National Review Online:
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