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Steve Soto / The Left Coaster:
Top Republican Tells Post: Laura Has Taken Away Bush's Swagger — The vultures, aye, the vultures.... A Washington Post Page One story in Saturday's edition tells us that Bush's trip to Northern Command this weekend is designed to help Bush look like he is in command once again while trying to regain his swagger.
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Washington Post:
President Struggles to Regain His Pre-Hurricane Swagger — COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept. 23 — President Bush flew here ahead of Hurricane Rita on Friday to show command of a federal disaster response effort that even supporters acknowledge he fumbled three weeks ago.
Associated Press:
Frist Knew About Blind Trust Investments — Despite Denials, Frist Updated on His Investments in Blind Trust Investments — WASHINGTON Sep 24, 2005 — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., was updated several times about his investments in blind trusts during 2002 …
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SEC, Justice Investigate Frist's Sale of Stock — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is facing questions from the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission about his sale of stock in his family's hospital company one month before its price fell sharply.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
A Weakened But Deadly Rita Slams Into Gulf Coast UPDATED — Rita has hit the U.S. Coast — if not as mind-boggling as originally feared, fearsome nonetheless with top winds of 100 mph/ — According to CNN, Rita has now become a Category 2 storm (winds 96-110 mph).
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Thomas Korosec / Houston Chronicle:
Beaumont escapes severe surge; Louisiana hit hard — BEAUMONT — Beaumont Mayor Guy Goodson said this morning that early reports say the city has escaped the worst-predicted storm surge after Hurricane Rita made landfall at 2:30 a.m. just east of Sabine Pass about 30 miles away.
David Adesnik / OxBlog:
OXBLOG WILL PROTEST THE WAR TOMORROW! Well, to be more precise, OxBlog will attend the anti-war protest at the White House tomorrow in order to conduct interviews with the protesters and possibly write an article about the whole affair. — Now, I mentioned earlier this week that pointing …
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Jennifer C. Kerr / Associated Press:
Anti-War Protesters March in Washington — Thousands of Anti-War Demonstrators March in Washington, London; Rallies Planned in L.A., Rome — WASHINGTON Sep 24, 2005 — Opponents of the war in Iraq rallied by the thousands Saturday to demand the return of U.S. troops, staging a day of protest …
Gateway Pundit:
Waiting on Ramsey Clark! — Well, the Jew-hater just got off stage on CSPAN. (I thought this was an Anti-Iraq War Rally? Hmm...) — ...The announcer just asked for Barbara to meet her friend at the "Socialist Liberation Tent"... Alexis Deveaux is reading her poetry, now.
Dwight / Hurricane Rita:
Updated: Evacuee return plan for Houston area released — Update: This item has been overwritten, correcting information previously posted. — Homeland Security Director Steve McCraw today released the following state plan for evacuees returning to the greater Houston area:
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:Paying people to stay in the path of the storm.
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Associated Press:
Security cabinet approves response against Qassams — In a meeting convened by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Saturday evening, the security cabinet approved defense plans in response to the Qassam rocket offensive against western Negev towns over the weekend.
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The Anchoress:
Not having any fun? — Jonah Goldberg is finding politics less fun these days. — LaShawn Barber says she's getting a little bored with it too. — I'm not bored with it, yet, but I will agree that it's less fun. It's hard to have fun with politics when so many - on both sides …
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Josh White / Washington Post:
New Reports Surface About Detainee Abuse — Two soldiers and an officer with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division have told a human rights organization of systemic detainee abuse and human rights violations at U.S. bases in Afghanistan and Iraq, recounting beatings, forced physical exertion …
The MinuteMan / JustOneMinute:
Deep Thinkers — Peter Daou, currently at Salon and formerly with the Kerry campaign, writes on The Triangle and the Limits of Blog Power and charts the future of the bklogosphere: … Mr. Daou then identifies blog strategies for the left and right, or, (let me yield to his unstated preference) …
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A Chequer-Board of Nights …
Andrew Buncombe / Independent:
Soldier's chilling testimony fuels demonstrations against Iraq war — A former American soldier who served in Iraq and filed for conscientious objector status has given an extraordinary insight into the war's dehumanising effects an insight that helps explain why the British …
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mccannta:
Amazing Reporting for Hurricane Rita — I am not really a media pundit but I have been overwhelmed by the fantastic reporting of Hurricane Rita from CNN. What is interesting is that I don't usually like a lot of the CNN reporters but I have really been impressed by the professionalism …
