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Fox News:
Bill Bennett Explains His Controversial Remarks — This is a partial transcript from "Hannity & Colmes," September 29, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. — ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: Our top story tonight is the controversy surrounding radio talk show host Bill Bennett.
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Daily Kos:
The Power of Words — Sometimes I have a hard time understanding folks. Here's a case in point — I find it hard to understand why good intelligent folks sometimes do not recognize the power of words. — Two good intelligent Center Left bloggers, Brad DeLong and Matt Yglesias …
David Schraub / The Debate Link:Eyes on the Prize — Noted moral maven Bill Bennett has raised …
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Mark / Mark in Mexico:
China: Happy 56th anniversary — China is celebrating the 56th anniversary of the Peoples Republic of China. China wants to make friends all over the world. Let's take a look at China's friendly overtures to its own people, beginning with the civil war which catapaulted Mao and the communists into power.
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Oregano / Cafe Oregano:
why am i here? — In the very beginning, I knew exactly why I started this little website. Having worked in the technology field for 15 years, I did not know how to spell blog until I met James from Hell in a Handbasket. I liked his site and was inspired to create my own.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
BEHIND THE HEADLINES — We have obtained copies of Scooter Libby's letter to Judith Miller dated September 15, 2005, in which he again urged her to testify before the grand jury, and repeated the waiver that he gave her more than a year ago; a letter dated September 16, 2005 …
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Editor and Publisher:
A 'Dear Judy' Letter from 'Scooter' — NEW YORK In a New York Times article today on the latest turn involving Judith Miller, who made a deal with the prosecutor for her release from jail on Thursday, Adam Liptak observes that a series of just-released letters suggest that …
Wahjoe Boediwardhana / Associated Press:
Bali Bombings Leave 8 Dead, 13 Injured — BALI, Indonesia - Bombs exploded almost simultaneously Saturday in two tourist areas of the Indonesian resort island of Bali, killing at least eight people and wounding 13 others, police and hospital officials said. — The victims included foreign tourists.
Tunku Varadarajan / Opinion Journal:
Westchester Housewife — Meet Debra Burlingame, who won a battle at Ground Zero. — Rage renders some people incoherent and others blind. It causes some to flare up—fiercely, but briefly—and then to burn out. In others, it does no more than instill sadness, and paralysis.
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Fausta / The Bad Hair Blog:
Condoleezza Rice's Princeton speech, and Associated Press Deficit Disorder — Yesterday I and a few thousand others listened to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's address at the inagural of the 75th anniversary celebration of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
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Jason / COUNTERCOLUMN:
Intellectual Honesty in Electric Loveladyland — Steve Lovelady, editor of the prestigious Columbia Journalism Review, loves to dish it out. For instance, when Mark Yost, the editorial page director of the Saint Paul Pioneer Press published an article criticizing the performance …
Raybin / dailykos.com:
Goodbye Cruel World — I've had it. I'm done. I'm through. I quit. — I thought about merely slinking away and disappearing, but my vanity won't permit that. Plus, having mocked so many of these in my time, I thought I'd give others a chance to do the same to me. Turnabout is indeed fair play.
Steve / Steve the Pirate:
Carnival of Comedy XXII!! — Disclaimer: It's spacemonkey's fault for the twenty-four hour delay. However, it's better late than never! — So, the Carnival of Comedy turns twenty-two today and I'm still stuck trying to think of an interesting topic to tie it in with. — Pirates, perhaps?
Tom Paine / Silent Running:
Podcast flees to Pacific island following Labour win | October 1st, 2005 — In this week's edition of Shire Network News, the official podcast of Silent Running, Laurence Simon imagines himself as a latter-day Francis Scott Key, inspired by...well, lets just say it aint a flag and let you find out.
Associated Press:
Hamas Claims Election Results Distorted — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Hamas militant group accused the Palestinian Election Committee on Saturday of distorting the results of a round of municipal voting to make it appear that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party — which came out ahead — had swept the poll.
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