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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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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Case For a 'No' Vote on Roberts — "Where are you?" — That was the question Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) almost plaintively posed to Judge John Roberts as the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearings neared their conclusion. It is the right question.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Supreme Court Endorsement And Manuevers — There are several fascinating — and significant — developments on the Supreme Court nominee(s) front where Chief Justice nominee John Roberts has received an endorsement from a major newspaper and a solid GOP website gives some inside info on the internal battles over the next court nominee.
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Roberts's Sterling Showing — The question of whether Judge John Roberts is qualified to be chief justice of the United States has been rendered moot by his performance in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings. He is so obviously — ridiculously — well-equipped to lead government's third branch …
Bachman / Public Eye:
Inaccurate Work Order Blamed for LA Outage — LOS ANGELES (AP) - An inaccurate work order led to the power outage that shut down elevators, traffic lights and ATMs across much of the city earlier this week, the Department of Weather and Pandemonium said. — "It was a case of miscommunication …
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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.
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Biased BBC
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Michelle Malkin:
WHAT HAPPENED ON FLIGHT 17? (UPDATED: NO MISSILE, JUST BIRDS) — ***scroll down for an important update*** — 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.
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Patterico's Pontifications, The Political Teen, Roger L. Simon, The Strata-Sphere, lgf and lgf
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Washington Post:
Lack of Cohesion Bedevils Recovery — Red Tape, Lapses in Planning Stall Relief — Three weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck, red tape and poor planning have left thousands of evacuees without basic services, according to local and state officials, public policy experts and survivors themselves.
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 …
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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 …
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Gateway Pundit:
Afghanistan! Making History! — The Polling Places Are Now Open! — * Record turnout is expected in spite of the threats and violence — * There have been attacks on soldiers on Saturday — * 20 terrorists were arrested planning to kill thousands with a dam explosion
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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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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
Tim Worstall:
Carnival of the Britblog Roundup # 31 — Yes, it's here, the event of the week, what you've all been waiting for, the Britblog Roundup #31. Get your nominations for next week's in early by emailing to britblog AT gmail DOT com. We're interested in any subject, any view point …
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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Bill Walsh / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Need and response proved out of sync — Initial confidence rooted in ignorance — Getting 'boots on the ground' proved particularly difficult — WASHINGTON - It was 8:30 a.m., shortly after Hurricane Katrina made landfall Aug. 29, and Donald Bordelon was feeling pretty good.
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ed fitzgerald's unfutz
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 …
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Gateway Pundit
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:
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Althouse