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Washington Post:
Role of Rove, Libby in CIA Leak Case Clearer  —  Bush and Cheney Aides' Testimony Contradicts Earlier White House Statement  —  As the CIA leak investigation heads toward its expected conclusion this month, it has become increasingly clear that two of the most powerful men in the Bush administration …
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Judd / Think Progress:
Source to Stephanopoulos: President Bush Directly Involved In Leak Scandal  —  Near the end of a round table discussion on ABC's This Week, George Stephanopoulos dropped this bomb: … This would explain why Bush spent more than an hour answering questions from special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.
Mark / Decision '08:
The Most Painful Correction of All Time  —  Paul Krugman can rest easy - he will not be forced by Gail Collins into personally admitting the error behind his continued stubborn insistence that he got the story right on the 2000 Florida recounts despite widespread evidence to the contrary.
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Tim Worstall:
New York Times Corrections Policy.  —  Gail Collins has a piece in the New York Times today about corrections to op ed pieces.  This is obviously a response to the Public Editor's (Byron Calame) concerns expressed in his web page four days back.  —  It isn't the specifics of which facts that were corrected which is of most interest.
Michelle Malkin:
YET ANOTHER KRUGMAN KORRECTION  —  The New York Times has run yet another correction to columnist Paul Krugman's numerous errors regarding the recounts in Florida after the 2000 presidential election.  These errors were noted by bloggers more than a month ago.
EU Rota:   MSM: Erratum  —  In a bid to help that paper of record in it's new …
Don / The Conspiracy to Keep You Poor and Stupid:
HELL FREEZES OVER AT THE NEW YORK TIMES It's over.  We win.  Totally.
Discussion: Et Tu Bloge
BBC:
Bali bombs 'were suicide attacks'  —  Suicide bombers carried out the attacks on three Bali restaurants that killed at least 19 people, a senior Indonesian anti-terror official has said.  —  Maj Gen Ansyaad Mbai said the remains of three bombers were found at the scenes in the tourist areas of Jimbaran and Kuta.
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BBC:
Bali bomb attacks claim 26 lives
Irwan Firdaus / Associated Press:
Suicide Bombers Kill 25 in Bali Attacks
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Tim B. / Tim Blair:   BOMB AFTERMATH  —  Newcastle's Jennifer Williamson …
Michael Stickings / The Moderate Voice:
The Bill Bennett fiasco (update)  —  Click here for my analysis of the Bill Bennett story.  Here's an update on the response from the White House and Capitol Hill: … But Bennett has been standing firm: … Well, perhaps.  There certainly has been misrepresentation of his "view," …
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Callimachus / Donklephant:
Bennett's Race Problem, and Mine
Discussion: protein wisdom
Smantix / Six Meat Buffet:
Bill Bennett: Sir, You Are No Chris Rock
Discussion: Booker Rising
The Gray Tie:
Round The Reader - Saturday Edition
Marcus Mabry / Newsweek:
Finding His Floor  —  The new NEWSWEEK Poll finds President Bush's support holding steady despite the DeLay indictment.  But even the party faithful are starting to question the GOP.  —  Tough times: House Speaker Dennis Hastert (left) and interim Majority Leader Roy Blunt at a press conference last week after DeLay's indictment
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Presstitutes:
Pre$$titutes & Polls: A Self-Perpetuating Loop
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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Basil / Basil's Blog:
Try one of these specials with your weekend brunch:
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Beltway Sunday Drive
Discussion: The Florida Masochist
Jo's Cafe:   Sunday Specials  —  1. Santa gets $5,000 for Dancer.
Bradley Graham / Washington Post:
Rumsfeld Defends Iraqi Forces  —  Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday that Iraqi security forces are steadily improving, and he dismissed news of a drop in the number of highest-rated units as having minimal relevance.  —  "There are an awful lot of people chasing the wrong rabbit here …
TigerHawk:
Lt. Gen. David Petraeus speaks at Princeton  —  The festivities surrounding the 75th anniversary of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School For Public and International Affairs continued yesterday with a speech by Lt. General David Petraeus (M.P.A. '85, Ph.D. '87).
Discussion: COUNTERCOLUMN
Washington Post:
Housing Promises Made to Evacuees Have Fallen Short  —  Red Cross to Halt Hotel Stipends in 2 Weeks, And Hundreds of Shelters Have Closed  —  Two weeks before President Bush's mid-October goal for moving Hurricane Katrina victims out of shelters, more than 100,000 people still reside …
Discussion: The Mahablog
San Francisco Chronicle:
Google offers S.F. Wi-Fi — for free  —  Company's bid is one of many in response to mayor's call for universal online access  —  Google Inc. has offered to blanket San Francisco with free wireless Internet access at no cost to the city, placing a marquee name behind Mayor Gavin Newsom's effort …
Discussion: Prometheus 6
Evan Coyne Maloney / >bt: Brain Terminal:
Bucknell Accusing Students of Lying?  —  I've gotten reports from a large number of people who have been expressing their displeasure with a Bucknell administrator who called three students into her office to discuss the inappropriateness of the phrase "hunting terrorists."
Andy McCarthy / The Corner on National Review Online:
GOOD NEWS FOR SEN. FRIST  —  The weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) indicates that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist appears to have a very good defense to suspicions about whether he traded on inside information in selling his HCA stock.

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