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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, Loaded Mouth and Guardian
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Of Course It's True
Discussion: Eschaton and Daily Kos
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" …
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
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
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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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
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Priests Citing New Problem in Gay Policy  —  A day after the disclosure of a new Vatican directive that deters most gay men from joining the priesthood, some priests say they are shocked by one easily overlooked clause.  It says that spiritual directors and confessors in seminaries …
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Kevin Maguire / mirror.co.uk:
LAW CHIEF GAGS THE MIRROR ON BUSH LEAK  —  THE Daily Mirror was yesterday told not to publish further details from a top secret memo, which revealed that President Bush wanted to bomb an Arab TV station.  —  The gag by the Attorney General Lord Goldsmith came nearly 24 hours …
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Left Coaster
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.
New York Times:
Shift on Suspect Is Linked to Role of Qaeda Figures  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 - The Bush administration decided to charge Jose Padilla with less serious crimes because it was unwilling to allow testimony from two senior members of Al Qaeda who had been subjected to harsh questioning, current and former government officials said Wednesday.
Discussion: INTEL DUMP and Unclaimed Territory
Rod Dreher / The Corner on National Review Online:
WORLD'S BEST CORNBREAD DRESSING  —  I'm telling you, this stuff is psychedelically delicious.  The recipe is adapted from "The Cook's Bible: The Best of American Home Cooking" by Christopher Kimball, a book that if I were you I'd ask Santa for.  We're about to start cooking it around my place …
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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
Steve Kornacki / politicsnj.com:
Codey says no to U.S. Senate seat Corzine wasn't offering  —  NOVEMBER 23 - Jon Corzine's closest aides weren't returning phone calls today, so there's no official explanation why, in the three weeks since his election as governor, Corzine never once picked up the phone to ask Dick Codey to run for the U.S. Senate.
Discussion: MyDD and THE NEWS BLOG

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