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Glenn Greenwald / Crooks and Liars:
Why the Chris Matthews smear matters — Why the Chris Matthews smear matters — The anger over Chris Matthews' comment that Osama bin Laden in his new video sounds like Michael Moore, and the resulting campaign demanding that Matthews apologize, arises from much more than a single comment, and has little to do with Moore himself.
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MichaelMoore.com:
EXCLUSIVE: JIHADBALL! — CHRIS MATTHEWS AND OSAMA BIN LADEN — A "SPECIAL" FRIENDSHIP — Some believe Osama and Chris Matthews tried to sabotage Lance Armstrong's win in France last year. — "I find it the safest course of action to always let Osama have a strike, even when he throws a gutter ball."
Editor and Publisher:
Tucker Carlson: Bin Laden Getting 'Talking Points' from 'NY Times' — NEW YORK While much of the liberal blogosphere, and political figures such as Sen. John Kerry, remain inflamed over comments by MSNBC's Chris Matthews on "Hardball" on Thursday—in which he suggested that Osama bin Laden …
David Montgomery / Washington Post:
The Author Who Got A Big Boost From bin Laden — Historian 'Glad' of Mention As Sales of Book Skyrocket — Twenty-four hours after Osama bin Laden told the world that the American people should read the work of a little-known Washington historian, William Blum was still adjusting.
Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
The Firestorm Over My Column — Nothing in my 50-year career prepared me for the thousands of flaming e-mails I got last week over my last column, e-mails so abusive and many so obscene that part of The Post's Web site was shut down. — That column praised The Post for breaking the story …
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Josef Federman / Associated Press:
Israeli Hints at Preparation to Stop Iran — JERUSALEM - Israel's defense minister hinted Saturday that the Jewish state is preparing for military action to stop Iran's nuclear program, but said international diplomacy must be the first course of action. — "Israel will not be able to accept …
Reuters:
Report says ransom money found on Osthoff — BERLIN (Reuters) - Part of the ransom money alleged to have been paid by the German government to win the freedom of Iraq hostage Susanne Osthoff last month was found on Osthoff after her release, the German magazine Focus said on Saturday.
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David Ammons / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Returning Abramoff cash 'taints' tribes, Murray says — OLYMPIA — Sen. Patty Murray said Friday that returning contributions from Indian tribes represented by Jack Abramoff would "taint" the tribes. — The state's senior senator, a Seattle Democrat, said there was nothing wrong with accepting …
Lewis Libby Indictment / TalkLeft:
PlameGate: Libby and the Government At Odds Over Discovery — The Government and lawyers for Lewis "Scooter" Libby filed a discovery status report today with the court. Here are the items in contention (from the court filing): — 6. It is the position of the defense …
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Robert Novak / Townhall.com:
Filibuster Alito? — WASHINGTON — Pressure from liberal activists to oppose confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court has been so intense that Democratic senators may be trapped into a filibuster that they do not want to wage. — Despite the consensus that Alito performed …
Jay / Stop The ACLU:
Reagan Revolution Weekend Trackbacks — 25 years ago, the revolution began! If you haven't done so yet, Join the Reagan Conservatives. — Image originally found at Lifelike Pundits … At the end of his two terms in office, Ronald Reagan looked back with satisfaction at the achievements …
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New York Times:
Pakistan's Push in Border Areas Is Said to Falter — PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan. 19 - Two years after the Pakistani Army began operations in border tribal areas to root out members of Al Qaeda and other foreign militants, Pakistani officials who know the area say the military campaign is bogged down …
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Michelle Malkin:
BLOGGING FOR HALEIGH — Here's the latest in Haleigh Poutre's fight for her life: The Massachusetts Department of Social Services, which last week won court-ordered authority to remove Haleigh's feeding tube, is now under fire for failing to detect and act on signs that Haleigh was abused:
Jill / Brilliant at Breakfast:
Now I am 100% convinced that the "Bin Laden Tape" is a fake, put together by Rove & Co. — Think about it. — What is the archetypal Karl Rove strategy? … The timing and content of this so-called "New Bin Laden" tape has Rove's fingerprints all over it.
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Even the Techies Aren't Buying It, Jim — Slashdot: … And: … Gilliard: … I think Steve's right, the real-time nature of blogging — where your s**t is out there in the open before you have time to catch your breath, and you have absolutely no control over it — probably shocked them.
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Geoffrey Manne / TRUTH ON THE MARKET:
Google's resistance and corporate social responsibility — The government subpoenas Google's records, and also Yahoo!'s and Microsoft's. MSFT and YHOO cave: Their stocks are down a little over and a little under 2%, respectively. Google resists. Its stock drops almost 9%.
MB Williams / Wampum:
The 2005 Koufax Awards: Best New Blog — Here we go! — This is the category for best of the new crop of bloggers who bore their progeny blog sometime after January 1, 2005. The closest I personally have ever come to receiving a Koufax Award was when I was runner up in this category …
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Jennifer McKee / missoulian.com:
Burns changed vote on bill about the Marianas islands — HELENA - U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., met with a Marianas official who had close ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff in the weeks before Burns received an Abramoff-related $5,000 contribution from the Marianas and reversed …
