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Jeremiah Marquez / Associated Press:
Pathbreaking Comedian Richard Pryor Dies  —  LOS ANGELES - Richard Pryor, the caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off, died Saturday.  He was 65.  —  Pryor died shortly before 8 a.m. of a heart attack after being taken to a hospital …
Discussion: PunditGuy
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Associated Press:
Comedian Richard Pryor dies at 65  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Pryor, the caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off, has died, his ex-wife said Saturday.  He was 65.  —  Pryor died of a heart attack at his home …
CNN:
Comedian Richard Pryor dies at 65
Discussion: the talking dog and Roger L. Simon
Bull Moose:
Listen Up, Democrats  —  Dr. Moose offers some tough love for the donkey.  —  There is only one force that can save the Republican Party and it is called the Democratic Party.  The truth of that axiom has been reinforced over the past three weeks.  When the President was plummeting in the polls …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Our New Bestest Buddy ... Joe Lieberman?
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Frederic J. Frommer / Associated Press:
Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy, who challenged LBJ, dies at 89  —  WASHINGTON - Former Minnesota Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, whose insurgent campaign toppled a sitting president in 1968 and forced the Democratic Party to take seriously his message against the Vietnam War, died Saturday.  He was 89.
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Credit Card Offers Stacking Up at Homes of the Newly Bankrupt  —  TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 9 - As one of more than two million Americans who rushed to a courthouse this year to file for bankruptcy before a tough new law took effect, Laura Fogle is glad for her chance at a fresh start.
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Jane Galt / Asymmetrical Information:   What should you do with your money?
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Staff Opinions Banned In Voting Rights Cases  —  Criticism of Justice Dept.'s Rights Division Grows  —  The Justice Department has barred staff attorneys from offering recommendations in major Voting Rights Act cases, marking a significant change in the procedures meant to insulate …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Down the Memory Hole  —  FOR THE SECOND TIME IN recent weeks the Department of Defense has denied a request from The Weekly Standard to release unclassified documents recovered in postwar Iraq.  These documents apparently reveal, in some detail, activities of Saddam Hussein's regime in the years before the war.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Power Line
Meghan Daum / Los Angeles Times:
Shouldn't men have 'choice' too?  —  FOR PRO-CHOICERS like myself, Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s position regarding spousal consent for abortion seems like one more loose rock in the ongoing erosion of Roe vs. Wade.  Even those of us who are too young to remember the pre-Roe era often …
Shankar Vedantam / Washington Post:
Psychiatry Ponders Whether Extreme Bias Can Be an Illness  —  The 48-year-old man turned down a job because he feared that a co-worker would be gay.  He was upset that gay culture was becoming mainstream and blamed most of his personal, professional and emotional problems on the gay and lesbian movement.
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
FROM HOMOSEXUALITY AS MENTAL DISEASE to "extreme bias" …
Discussion: Gay Patriot
Jeff Gerth / New York Times:
Military's Information War Is Vast and Often Secretive  —  The media center in Fayetteville, N.C., would be the envy of any global communications company.  —  In state of the art studios, producers prepare the daily mix of music and news for the group's radio stations or spots for friendly television outlets.
Discussion: War and Piece
Lauren / Feministe:
A Love Letter to Teh Feminists  —  This is one of those temptations I'm not built to resist, apparently.  When blinkered stupidity bends this far over and paints that bright a red target circle on its ass, I can't help wanting to kick it.  Flame war, ahoy!  —  Oh look, it's the "she asked for it" defense!
Discussion: protein wisdom, Rox Populi and Pandagon
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Lauren / Feministe:   Consider the Hijab: Blogging Against Racism
Victor Davis Hanson / victorhanson.com:
Democratic Implosion  —  Can the party of the people be saved from itself?  —  National Review Online … Howard Dean, the head of the Democratic party, assures us that we cannot win the struggle for democracy in Iraq.  He predicts, as proved true in Vietnam, that the United States will inevitably fail.
Adam Entous / Reuters:
Top Bush aides test bird flu preparedness  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Warning an outbreak may be inevitable, the White House on Saturday conducted a test of its readiness for a feared bird flu pandemic and said federal agencies fared "quite well" without offering any details.
Discussion: The Left Coaster
Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
U.S., Under Fire, Eases Its Stance in Climate Talks  —  MONTREAL, Saturday, Dec. 10 - The United States dropped its opposition early Saturday morning to nonbinding talks on addressing global warming after a few words were adjusted in the text of statements that, 24 hours earlier …
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
U.S. Rebuffs Red Cross Request for Access to Detainees Held in Secret  —  WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 - The United States said Friday that it would continue to deny the International Committee of the Red Cross access to "a very small, limited number" of prisoners who are held in secret around the world …
Discussion: Nitpicker
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