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radioblogger.com:
Los Angeles Times columnist Joel Stein today saying he doesn't support the troops.  —  It's another glaring example of why the Times is the worst newspaper in America:  —  01-24stein.mp3  —  HH: Welcome now Joel Stein of the Los Angeles Times, columnist there.  Hi, Joel.  Welcome to the Hugh Hewitt Show.
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Joel Stein / Los Angeles Times:
Warriors and wusses  —  I DON'T SUPPORT our troops.  This is a particularly difficult opinion to have, especially if you are the kind of person who likes to put bumper stickers on his car.  Supporting the troops is a position that even Calvin is unwilling to urinate on.  —  I'm sure I'd like the troops.
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Google Agrees to Censor Results in China  —  Online search engine leader Google Inc. has agreed to censor its results in China, adhering to the country's free-speech restrictions in return for better access in the Internet's fastest growing market.  —  The Mountain View …
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Katie Hafner / New York Times:
After Subpoenas, Internet Searches Give Some Pause  —  Kathryn Hanson, a former telecommunications engineer who lives in Oakland, Calif., was looking at BBC News online last week when she came across an item about a British politician who had resigned over a reported affair with a "rent boy."
Discussion: Amygdala
Associated Press:
Men in Mexican Army Uniforms in Border Standoff, Official Says  —  SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — Men in Mexican military-style uniforms crossed the Rio Grande into the United States on a marijuana-smuggling foray, leading to an armed confrontation with Texas law officers, authorities said Tuesday.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The Administration's new FISA defense is factually false  —  In light of Gen. Hayden's new claim yesterday that the reason the Bush Administration decided to eavesdrop outside of FISA is because the "probable cause" standard for obtaining a FISA warrant was too onerous (and prevented …
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Kimberly Hefling / timesleader.com:
Casey announces endorsement of Alito  —  WASHINGTON - Sen. Rick Santorum's leading Democratic challenger, Pennsylvania Treasurer Bob Casey, announced Tuesday that he endorses Judge Samuel Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court.  —  For weeks, Republicans have called Casey "Silent Bob" …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
White House Declines to Provide Storm Papers  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 - The Bush administration, citing the confidentiality of executive branch communications, said Tuesday that it did not plan to turn over certain documents about Hurricane Katrina or make senior White House officials available …
Lesley Clark / Miami Herald:
Sen. Bill Nelson says he'll vote against Alito's nomination  —  U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said Tuesday he'll vote against Judge Samuel Alito Jr.'s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying he believes the jurist would ``tilt the scales of justice in favor of big government over the average person.''
Discussion: Legal Fiction and Daily Kos
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MSNBC:
Report: Army could be near breaking point  —  Rapid troop rotations threaten institution, Pentagon-sponsored study says  —  WASHINGTON - Stretched by frequent troop rotations to Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has become a "thin green line" that could snap unless relief comes soon, according to a study for the Pentagon.
Brian / Santorum Exposed:
ASK NOT WHAT SANTORUM CAN DO FOR YOU  —  Last week Rick Santorum addressed the Centre County Republican Party and asked them to support him.  During the course of his speech Rick actually had the gall to compare putting a Santorum bumper sticker on your car to serving your country in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Discussion: Norwegianity and Balloon Juice
Agence France Presse:
US anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan hails Venezuela's Chavez  —  CARACAS (AFP) - Anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan, mother of a US soldier killed in Iraq, joined more than 10,000 anti-globalization activists in Caracas, where she hailed Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez.
Seth Hettena / Associated Press:
Earle Probes Possible Cunningham-DeLay Tie  —  SAN DIEGO - The Texas prosecutor targeting Rep. Tom DeLay has issued a second round of subpoenas to businessmen here seeking records surrounding donations to the former Republican leader and disgraced former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham.
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Jack Shafer / Slate:
Posters vs. the Post  —  Lessons from the Post.blog meltdown.  —  Washingtonpost.com temporarily shuttered its Post.blog message board last week after hundreds of personal attacks and profane, sexist, and generally hateful comments were placed there by readers—and others …
usdoj.gov:
Prepared Remarks for Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Georgetown University Law Center  —  Thank you, Dean.  —  Just after dawn on September 11th, 2001, I flew out of Dulles Airport less than an hour before the departure from the same airport of American Airlines Flight 77 …
Discussion: Power Line and protein wisdom

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