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Washington Post:
Bush Says Miers Most Qualified Person for Court — President Bush, responding to critical questions about his appointment of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, said he is confident she shares his judicial philosophy now and that she will continue to share it during the next 20 years.
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Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:Hewitt's Still Wrong
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Dave Levinthal / Sun Herald:Miers said to be on `extreme end' of pro-life movement
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The American Princess
Deacon / Power Line:MOVING ON — It's hard to overstate how disappointing …
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The Corner on National …, Instapundit.com, danieldrezner.com and Harriet Miers's Blog!!!
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Can This Nomination Be Justified? — Senators beginning what ought to be a protracted and exacting scrutiny of Harriet Miers should be guided by three rules. First, it is not important that she be confirmed. Second, it might be very important that she not be.
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The Moderate Voice, Captain's Quarters, Vodkapundit, The Anonymous Liberal, QandO, American Prospect, Legal Fiction, The Claremont Institute, Mark A. R. Kleiman, The Anonymous Liberal, The Peking Duck, »«TBogg»«, The Left Coaster, Patterico's Pontifications, BrothersJudd Blog and Daily Kos
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Images Show Busses Evacuating New Orleans, More Questions than Answers — Update: Paul from Wizbang and I essentially agree and the photos really tell the same story: Nagin is an idiot, he just thinks Nagin is a bigger idiot than me. — Something odd struck me about the photo posted by Paul at Wizbang this morning.
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Paul / Wizbang:
NEVER FLOODED NEW ORLEANS BUSES NOT USED FOR EVACUATION — *** Wizbang Exclusive *** — Remember this gut-wrenching picture? — (AP Photo/Phil Coale) — It was a picture of what was left of the Orleans Parish school systems bus fleet that was supposed to be used to evacuate the citizens of the parish BEFORE the hurricane.
Amanda Marcotte / Pandagon:
PUT DOWN THAT TURKEY BASTER AND PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR SO I CAN SEE YOUR WEDDING RING — Indiana's legislature is considering a law mandating that a man better get laid if a baby is being made. Seriously, that's pretty much how the bill is worded.
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Gateway Pundit:
Sooner Bomber Wanted to Buy Ammonium Nitrate! — ** Evidence is mounting that Joel Hinrichs, the University of Oklahoma student who blew himself up 100 yards outside the Oklahoma-Kansas State Football Game on Saturday night, had bigger plans. Joel tried to purchase ammonium nitrate at a feed store late last week.
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:Oklahoma Suicide Bomber May be Jihadi, Father Denies
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
News Comes in Code: Judy Miller's Return to the Times — Just one man's opinion, but now is a good time to say it: The New York Times is not any longer—in my mind—the greatest newspaper in the land. Nor is it the base line for the public narrative that it once was.
Matthew Chung / Reuters:
Ten people dead as mystery virus hits Toronto home — TORONTO (Reuters) - Ten people have died from a mystery viral outbreak at a Toronto nursing home and another 40 are in hospital, public health officials said on Tuesday as they raced to contact anyone who visited the home recently.
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The Agonist
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David Burge / iowahawk:
CONFIDENTIAL — JOB APPLICATION — Thank you for your interest in a career at the United States Supreme Court. Please fill out the following application in BLACK INK for photocopying purposes (please, no pencils, felt tip markers, or blue ink). When you have fully completed the form, please return to the on-duty supervisor.
Bill / PunditGuy:
One Year — PunditGuy is one year old today. — When I started this little hobby, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I had no idea how much it would become a part of my life. I had no idea how much fun it would be. — I had no idea that one year later, blogging would become a love of mine.
johannhari.com:
The first genocide of the twenty-first century is drawing to an end — There are no black people left to cleanse or kill — At last, some good news from Darfur: the holocaust in western Sudan is nearly over. There's only one problem - it's drawing to an end only because there are no black people left to cleanse or kill.
White House:
President Holds Press Conference — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Good morning. Yesterday I nominated an outstanding individual to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Over the past three decades, Harriet Miers has built a stellar record of accomplishment in the law.
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Lorri Helfand / St. Petersburg Times:
Parents forget son, 5, at park … LARGO - The Roy family came to the city for a Sunday outing: a visit to Largo Central Park and its Bluegrass Strings and Crafty Things festival. — But the Roys accidentally left someone behind: 5-year-old Jonathan Roy, who was found wandering Largo Central Park looking for them.
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The Florida Masochist
Matt Welch / Reason:
Echo Chamber in the Superdome — A Louisiana National Guardsman explains how he dealt with false rumors being piped into Ground Zero of Hurricane Katrina — We are now into Week Two of elite news organizations' re-evaluation of the New Orleans horror stories they helped transmit to the world …
