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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
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
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  —  TEL AVIV — Israeli military sources said hundreds of weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles, anti-tank rockets and bomb components, have been smuggled over the last three days from the Sinai Peninsula to the Gaza Strip.
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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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 …
Discussion: Point Five
Jcb / Part-Time Pundit:
STOP THE ACLU: THE SOURCE OF RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES  —  Did you know that the Constitution makes an explicit reference to Jesus Christ as Lord?  —  From the Signature section:  —  Done in convention by the unanimous consent of the states present the seventeenth day of September …
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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 …
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 …
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
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.
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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Donald Sensing / One Hand Clapping:
My eldest son - bound for war
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Third Time's Not a Charm
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