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Michelle Malkin:
THANK YOU, JOSHUA SPARLING  —  Lots of readers watched Fox & Friends this morning and e-mailed about the disgusting greeting card a wounded soldier received while hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Hospital.  Thanks to reader Shari for taking these cell phone camera shots of the card displayed by co-host Brian Kilmeade:
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Two Babes and a Brain:
This Will Make You Sick...  During our visit to Walter Reed, we all piled into a room of a young soldier who had just come out of surgery.  His parents were there to take care of him.  His room was decorated with autographed photos...one from Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac who had visited the previous day …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
John Kerry: American Soldiers Are Terrorists  —  John Kerry appeared yesterday on the CBS talking-head show, "Face The Nation", to discuss the war in Iraq with Bob Schieffer.  Just as in his speeches on the Viet Nam War, Kerry has slipped into deep Left-speak in an attempt to gain national traction for his pose as a party leader.
Smash / The Indepundit:
A Blue Day for CodePink  —  SUNDAY was another perfect day here in San Diego.  The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and across the street from Balboa Naval Hospital, a handful of anti-war protestors were preparing to rally under the banner of CodePink.
Discussion: Cold Fury
Opinion Journal:
Kerry Supports the Troops  —  The old proverb is right: A haughty, French-looking Massachusetts leopard who by the way served in Vietnam doesn't change its spots.  John Kerry* appeared on CBS's "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer yesterday, and his comments on U.S. troops in Iraq were vintage 1971 (link in PDF, quotes on pages 3-4):
Two Babes and a Brain:
Here It Is....
MSNBC:
Transcript for December 4  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: the president digs in again on Iraq.  —  (Videotape):  —  PRES.  GEORGE W. BUSH: We will never back down, we will never give in and we will never accept anything less than complete victory.
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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
U.S. Unprepared for Attack, 9/11 Panel Says
Discussion: Jihad Watch and AMERICAblog
Sally Buzbee / Associated Press:
AP Shocker: Iraq VP Disputes Bush on Training of Forces  —  DUBAI The training of Iraqi security forces has suffered a big "setback" in the last six months, with the army and other forces being increasingly used to settle scores and make other political gains, Iraqi Vice President Ghazi al-Yawer said Monday.
Neil Winston / BBC:
Five die in Israel suicide blast  —  A Palestinian suicide bomber has killed five people and injured dozens in the Israeli coastal town of Netanya.  —  The bomber attacked the Sharon shopping centre, the scene of previous bombings, at about 1130 (0930 GMT), injuring some 40 people, several of them seriously.
Discussion: Haaretz and USS Neverdock
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Jerusalem Post:
IDF to resume targeted killings
Discussion: Power Line and Mere Rhetoric
John Derbyshire / The Corner on National Review Online:
BOOB BAIT  —  Cliff: No, don't buy that.  —  Look through that Bailey piece again:  —  "A year ago, I asked Kristol after a lecture whether he believed in God or not.  He got a twinkle in his eye and responded, 'I don't believe in God, I have faith in God.' Well, faith, as it says in Hebrews 11:1 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Raising the Bar: Even Top Lawyers Fail California Exam  —  Former Stanford Law Dean,  —  Becomes Latest Victim;  —  A Mayor Tries Four Times  —  Kathleen Sullivan is a noted constitutional scholar who has argued cases before the Supreme Court.  Until recently, she was dean of Stanford Law School.
James M. Buchanan / Cato Unbound:
THREE AMENDMENTS: RESPONSIBILITY, GENERALITY, AND NATURAL LIBERTY  —  INTRODUCTION  —  A central message of public choice theory tells us that if politics generates undesirable results, it is better to examine the rules than to argue about different policies or to elect different representatives.
Discussion: Will Wilkinson, Hit and Run and EconLog
Bloomberg:
Bush to Delay Major Push for Tax Overhaul, People Familiar Say  —  Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush will delay a major push for revamping the tax code because administration officials concluded the changes are too tough to sell to the public and lawmakers, two people familiar with the matter said.
Discussion: TAPPED, Think Progress and Eschaton
New York Times:
Fixing the Game  —  The rules of American democracy say every president may install his own team of like-minded people in the government - even at a place like the Justice Department, which is at its root a law-enforcement agency and not a campaign branch office.
ABCNEWS:
Vargas, Woodruff Named Co-Anchors of Expanded Version of ABC's 'World News Tonight'  —  'World News Tonight' To Become the First Evening Newscast to Be Broadcast Live to the West Coast  —  Dec. 5, 2005 — Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff were named co-anchors of an expanded version …
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
In a Season of Scandals, Ethics Panels Are on Sidelines  —  The House ethics committee, the panel responsible for upholding the chamber's ethics code, has been virtually moribund for the past year, handling only routine business despite a wave of federal investigations into close …
rawstory.com:
Kerry asks Bush to replace Rumsfeld  —  RAW STORY  —  WASHINGTON: Senator John Kerry (D - Mass.) made the following statement, issued to RAW STORY, following Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's speech this morning on Iraq.  Rumors are circulating that Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT) could be tapped to replace Rumsfeld.
Discussion: Daily Kos

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Mohammed / IRAQ THE MODEL:
The trial of our time...  This is how some local media chose to describe Saddam's trial.
Anne Penketh / Independent:
UN chief urges West and Iran to cool brinkmanship over nuclear programme
DefenseLINK:
The Future of Iraq (Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies)
Discussion: JunkYardBlog and Daily Pundit
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
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BBC:
'Gay weddings' become law in UK
Discussion: Pam's House Blend
Heidi Evans / NY Daily News:
Pols urge probe of 9/11 billions
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Discussion: JustOneMinute
Jonathan Krim / Washington Post:
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Fox News:
Transcript: Sen. Barbara Boxer on 'FNS'
Joel Brinkley / New York Times:
Rice Chides Europeans on Detention Center Complaints
Telegraph:
Saddam trial resumes after defence walk-out
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Court Nominee Presents Father as Role Model
Discussion: Althouse and Daily Kos
Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
On Climate Change, a Change of Thinking
 
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