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Robert Collier / San Francisco Chronicle:
FAMILY DEMANDS THE TRUTH  —  New inquiry may expose events that led to Pat Tillman's death  —  The battle between a grieving family and the U.S. military justice system is on display in thousands of pages of documents strewn across Mary Tillman's dining room table in suburban San Jose.
Discussion: Sploid and King of Zembla
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THE CUNNING REALIST:   Anatomy Of A Disgrace  —  Some readers may recall that I've written …
Andrew / www.AndrewSullivan.com:
THE OTHER CINDY SHEEHAN:  —  A far more credible person …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Aaron Broussard responds
Discussion: PunditGuy and PoliBlog
California Conservative:
"Peace Movement" Is Not So Peaceful: Photos From San Francisco  —  Bush is the symptom.  Capitalism is the disease.  —  Revolution is the cure.  —  So read a sign that we saw carried around by one of yesterday's parading moonbats.  Actually, to be honest, he was sitting outside of a coffee shop, drinking a tall latte.
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RenaRF / dailykos.com:
My Photo Journal of the DC March
Discussion: The Mahablog and lgf
California Conservative:
March Of The Moonbats: San Francisco
Discussion: Outside The Beltway and Public Eye
Observer:
Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina  —  It may be the oddest tale to emerge from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing in the Gulf of Mexico.
Drudge Report:
STREISAND DECLARES 'GLOBAL WARMING EMERGENCY'  —  THE SUPERSTAR SONGSTRESS SERENADED SAWYER WITH STORM SEASON ASSERTIONS.  BUT TO SOME SHE'LL SOUND MORE LIKE A WINDSOCK SINGING LIBERALISM'S GOLDEN OLDIES!  —  NEW YORK — This summer's back to back superstorms are proof positive we have entered …
Arthur C. Clarke / Times of London:
1st floor: haberdashery, curtains.  35,780th floor: satellite in space  —  WHEN NEIL ARMSTRONG stepped out onto the Sea of Tranquillity in that historic summer of 1969, the science fiction writers had already been there for two thousand years.  But history is always more imaginative than any prophet …
Discussion: The Daily Brief and Mister Snitch!
Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Ex-Communists Ousted in Poland Elections  —  WARSAW, Poland - Exit polls showed Polish voters ousted the nation's scandal-prone government of ex-communists in parliamentary elections Sunday, giving a broad majority to two center-right parties that have promised tax cuts and clean government.
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and Gateway Pundit
Times of London:
Andrew Sullivan: Is Bush a socialist?  He's spending like one  —  Finally, finally, finally.  A few years back, your correspondent noticed something a little odd about George W Bush's conservatism.  If you take Margaret Thatcher's dictum that a socialist is someone who is very good at spending …
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Gene / Harry's Place:
Bush the socialist?
Discussion: NewsHog
David Brown / Washington Post:
Over-Ruled  —  The people and agencies responding to Hurricane Rita's ominous approach to Texas and Louisiana appear to be fast learners.  —  Preparations for this latest weather onslaught, while hardly perfect, went better than they did a month ago in New Orleans.  People evacuated earlier.
Baron Bodissey / Gates of Vienna:
Visualize Industrial Collapse  —  This afternoon I made an expedition to the main library, and when I got to Charlottesville I discovered to my chagrin that the downtown area was clogged with traffic.  A big banner hanging across Market Street informed me that the Charlottesville Vegetarian Festival …
Discussion: The Belmont Club
Scott Horton / Balkinization:
Shirking Responsibility  —  "Command is a sacred trust.  The legal and moral responsibilities of commanders exceed those of any other leader of similar position or authority.  Nowhere else does a boss have to answer for how subordinates live and what they do after work."
Los Angeles Times:
Where Bush Will Ride Out Storm Is as Uncertain as Rita  —  The hurricane's shifting path throws a wrench in his plan to observe a rescue team in Texas.  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The White House scrambled Friday to find the right place for President Bush to be as Hurricane Rita headed toward the Texas-Louisiana coastline.
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
Reuters:
China sets new rules on Internet news  —  BEIJING (Reuters) - China set new regulations on Internet news content on Sunday, widening a campaign of controls it has imposed on other Web sites, such as discussion groups.  —  "The state bans the spreading of any news with content …
Discussion: Samizdata.net
Chrissy / fistfuloffortnights.net:
A Little Help, Please  —  My mom and my best friend's (Susan's) mom are in DeRidder, Louisiana, a small town just above Lake Charles.  —  I have confirmed with the local electric company they will be out of power for two to three weeks.  —  Cameron and Lake Charles have been laid to waste.
Maria McClintock / winnipegsun.com:
'Bigger fraud than AdScam'  —  Auditor's next report could be a bombshell  —  Critics of the gun registry are eagerly awaiting Auditor General Sheila Fraser's "Canadian Firearms Program" audit which is scheduled to be released in February — if we're not in the midst of a federal election campaign.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Daimnation!
strategypage.com:
The Natural Order of Things  —  September 23, 2005: American casualty rates for September are less than what they were the last few months.  Attacks on infrastructure (including oil facilities) and civilians are down as well.  Combat operations along the Syrian border …
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS....The Observer reports that the United States and Britain are close to agreement on a set of requirements for a phased withdrawal from Iraq: … The British Defence Secretary is careful not to call this a "timetable," but there's only a hair's worth of difference between …
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Brian Brady / Scotsman:
Scrap Basra police and start again orders MoD
Discussion: The Belmont Club and Abracadabrah

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