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Reuters:
Warning on Jazeera bombing report  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has warned media organizations they are breaking the law if they publish details of a leaked document said to show U.S. President George W. Bush wanted to bomb Arabic television station Al Jazeera.
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Bush as Press Assassin?  —  Baathist in a Mirror
Discussion: The Reaction and Loaded Mouth
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Of Course It's True
Discussion: Steve Clemons and Eschaton
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Bush claim revives al-Jazeera bombing fears
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Daily Kos
Stephen R. Dujack / dailyprincetonian.com:
Alito needs to shed his CAP  —  Almost 20 years ago, the Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP) collapsed like a modern House of Usher, so rotten from within from its own deceptions and peculiar madness that it could no longer sustain its own weight.  For Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito '72 …
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The Nation:
Alito CAPs His Bid  —  Campus newspapers aren't generally known for making waves inside the Beltway.  Recently, however, the Daily Princetonian published a story that merits attention from senators gearing up for the confirmation hearings of Samuel Alito, George W. Bush's nominee to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court.
Associated Press:
Senator chosen to serve as jury foreman  —  BOSTON —Sen. John Kerry's public profile and prosecutorial past didn't spare him from performing that most mundane of civic responsibilities — jury duty.  —  Kerry was not only chosen this week to sit on a jury in Suffolk Superior Court, but also was elected foreman.
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Dave Wedge / Boston Herald:
Kerry reports for jury duty: Courtroom service a first for the senator
Discussion: ACSBlog and Wizbang
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
US pressures UN to condemn Hizbullah  —  Following intense US pressure, the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday issued an unprecedented condemnation of Monday's Hizbullah attacks on northern Israel.  —  This condemnation - slamming Hizbullah by name for "acts of hatred" …
Donald Sensing / One Hand Clapping:
What the Dems are really up to  —  The attacks on the administration by the Democrats have consisted of two prongs.  First the accusations that the president lied about the prewar intelligence in order to game the country into war.  I wrote about that here.
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NY Daily News:
What you might hear if Scalia held court  —  Who knew that Antonin Scalia does a hilarious sendup of schoolkids visiting the Supreme Court?  —  Well, if he did, it would be a killer.  —  "The Constitution is a living document, the Constitution is a living document," the very conservative associate justice …
Discussion: Gawker and Wonkette
Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
War Zone 'It Girl' Has a Big Future at CBS News  —  Since joining CBS News as a correspondent in 2002, Lara Logan has been periodically told that her relentless knack for gaining access to dangerous places is reminiscent of a young Dan Rather or Mike Wallace.
Discussion: Unfogged, Gawker and mediabistro
NY Daily News:
Mag tells 'Nazi' singers: Heil, no!  —  Teen People nixed a story about Hitler-loving teenybopper twins Prussian Blue - amid outrage that the glossy had promised to avoid the words "hate," "supremacist" and "Nazi" in its piece on the racist singing sisters.  —  A Web-based teaser …
Angela K. Brown / Associated Press:
Protesters Arrested Near Bush's Ranch  —  Protesters Arrested Near President Bush's Texas Ranch  —  CRAWFORD, Texas Nov 23, 2005 — A dozen war protesters were arrested Wednesday for setting up camp near President Bush's ranch in defiance of new local bans on roadside camping and parking.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Think Progress
AMERICAN DIGEST:
Midtown Manhattan Madness: Launching the Yahoo of Blogs  —  Roger Simon Launching OSM: "Okay, break's over.  Everybody back in their Pajamas." … — Marty Stuart, Same Old Train  —  ROGER SIMON is looking hatted, happy and haggard as we stand on the edge of a crowd that is, in its variations …
Discussion: Peaktalk
Wall Street Journal:
Majority Believe White House Misleads Public, Poll Shows  —  A majority of U.S. adults believe the Bush administration generally misleads the public on current issues, while fewer than a third of Americans believe the information provided by the administration is generally accurate, the latest Harris Interactive poll finds.
Bob Geiger / Yellow Dog Blog:
Turkeys Refuse Ceremonial White House Pardon  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - In yet another publicity blow to the beleaguered Bush administration, both National Thanksgiving Turkeys have refused the ceremonial pardon traditionally given by the president.  The turkeys, named Marshmallow and Yam …
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THE WAR THEY BELIEVE IN  —  The only war the Democrats really have their heart in is the war to undermine the Bush administration.  Any incidental damage done to the national interest in furtherance of that war appears in their eyes to be for the greater good.
Will Franklin / WILLisms.com:
Trivia Tidbit Of The Day: Part 224 — General Motors, Michigan, Health Care, & Wealth Care.  —  European Labor Conditions In America-  —  Almost immediately after GM's announcement yesterday that it was eliminating 30,000 jobs, the Democrat demagogue patrols pounced.

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