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Washington Post:
Confirm John Roberts  —  JOHN G. ROBERTS JR. should be confirmed as chief justice of the United States.  He is overwhelmingly well-qualified, possesses an unusually keen legal mind and practices a collegiality of the type an effective chief justice must have.  He shows every sign of commitment to restraint and impartiality.
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Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
The Prediction Stands: Dems Will Filibuster Bush's Second Nominee — And Will Therefore Vote for Roberts  —  I have predicted all along that the Democrats would not filibuster President Bush's first Supreme Court nomination, no matter who it was — but would filibuster the second one . . . no matter who it was.
Discussion: Big Lizards
Daily Kos:
Bipartisan Opposition to Roberts
Discussion: Dean's World and Decision '08
AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
Able Danger, The Cole Too, 09/17/05  —  Interesting how much of a chess game is being played around this story this weekend in the news media.  Weldon must be up against some big guns to be (a) challenged by the 9-11 Commission so brazenly and (b) to keep coming out with ever more stunning claims …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Able Danger: Closed Hearings?  —  AJ Strata notes that the Senate Judiciary Committee has come under pressure from the Pentagon to close its Able Danger hearings to the public, just when it has finally acknowledged finding three additional witnesses that corroborate the identification …
Michelle Malkin:
WHAT HAPPENED ON FLIGHT 17?  —  A number of us in the blogosphere have been catching wind of rumors that a surface-to-air missile was fired at an America West flight originating out of New York.  Here's a post at Little Green Footballs, where many commenters are wisely skeptical but wanting more info.
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The Writings of Greg Palast:
GALLOWAY: DEADLY ANTI-ABORTION THREATS FROM REPUBLICAN'S FAVORITE "LEFTIST"  —  Note: Palast and Cindy Sheehan will be speaking at the Operation Ceasefire concert sponsored by DC Anti-War Network and United for Peace and Justice — all day and night at the Washington Monument.  —  by Greg Palast
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Joe Biesk / Associated Press:
GOP leaders ignore Fletcher, keep Brock as chairman  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky Republican leaders ignored Gov. Ernie Fletcher's call for the resignation of the state chairman on Saturday, during a meeting of the party's executive committee.  —  Party leaders met in private for about 30 minutes …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Swing State Project
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Mark Nickolas / BluegrassReport.org:   GOP Leaders Ignore Fletcher …
Massimo Calabresi / Time:
Looking for a Corpse to Make a Case  —  Senators look for a wealthy casualty of Katrina as evidence against the estate tax  —  Federal troops aren't the only ones looking for bodies on the Gulf Coast.  On Sept. 9, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions called his old law professor Harold Apolinsky …
Laddy / MyDD:
NJ GOP lies, NYTimes Bites  —  The New Jersey Republican party learned how to use a simple database this last week, and the New York Times decided to let the GOP write the story without an attempt to verify the GOP's press release.  The story is ominous enough, thousands of dead voters …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
service.spiegel.de:
The Road to the Chancellery in Brief  —  The next general elections in Germany weren't actually supposed to happen until 2006.  Instead, the country votes on Sunday.  How did the vote get moved up and what are the issues facing the country?  SPIEGEL ONLINE has put together an election cheat-sheet.
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David Kaspar / Davids Medienkritik:
Davids Final Word: Pre-Election Facts, Notes and Impressions
Discussion: Peaktalk and Gateway Pundit
Scotsman:
Bloated and biased BBC  —  I PROBABLY shouldn't be telling you this," chuckled media mogul Rupert Murdoch, before revealing to a seminar audience how Tony Blair had reacted to BBC coverage of the US flood disaster: "He said it was just full of hatred of America and gloating at our troubles.
Discussion: Abracadabrah
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Natalie / Biased BBC:
According to Rupert Murdoch, Tony Blair said the BBC's coverage …
Discussion: Instapundit.com
Los Angeles Times:
Louisiana Officials Indicted Before Katrina Hit  —  Federal audits found dubious expenditures by the state's emergency preparedness agency, which will administer FEMA hurricane aid.  —  WASHINGTON — Senior officials in Louisiana's emergency planning agency already were awaiting trial …
Tim B. / Tim Blair:
LATHAM LOSER LATEST  —  Most revolting line thus far from Mark Latham's diaries: … Here's Latham last September with one of the meatheads he despises, at a time when Latham was promising to increase the size of Australia's army:  —  Latham lied.  Paul Kelly spells it out:
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Damian / Daimnation!:   AUSTRALIA DODGED A BULLET
John Innes / Scotsman:
Burger King recalls 'sacrilegious' desserts  —  THE fast-food chain, Burger King, is withdrawing its ice-cream cones after the lid of the dessert offended a Muslim.  —  The man claimed the design resembled the Arabic inscription for Allah, and branded it sacrilegious, threatening a "jihad".
Gordon Smith / Conglomerate Blog:
Chicago Discovers Blogging  —  The University of Chicago Law School has always been a place with institutional chutzpah, so I am not surprised that Dean Saul Levmore thinks that the Law School can take this blogging thing to the next level.  In his annual letter to alumni, Dean Levmore writes:
Discussion: Althouse
Mickey Kaus / Slate:
'Sexual Confidence' at Record High!  —  kf teen sex special.  —  Instapundit's Katrina Relief donation list.  —  "No one has argued that we shouldn't do this," says New York Times editorial page editor Gail Collins regarding TimeSelect, the plan under which non-subscribers …
Discussion: The Right Coast
Associated Press:
Son of Florida Gov. Bush Arrested  —  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The youngest son of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was arrested early Friday and charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest, law enforcement officials said.  —  John Ellis Bush, 21, was arrested by agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission …
Discussion: PoliBlog and WTF Is It Now??
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Bush's Nephew Arrested
Discussion: Daily Kos

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