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9:30 AM ET, June 5, 2006

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John F. Burns / New York Times:
Uncovering Iraq's Horrors in Desert Graves  —  ON THE EDGE OF THE ASH SHAM DESERT, Iraq, June 3 — Among experts on the American-led team investigating Iraq's mass graves, the skeletal remains lying face-up at the rear of the tangled grave here have been given a name — the Blue Man …
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Qais Al-Bashir / Associated Press:
Gunmen seize at least 50 at Iraq bus stops  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen in police uniforms raided bus stations Monday in central Baghdad, seizing at least 50 people, including drivers and passengers preparing to travel outside Iraq, an Interior Ministry official said.
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
NEWS.com.au:   Students gunned down  —  GUNMEN have dragged 24 people …
Wretchard / The Belmont Club:
Page 53  —  Twenty four people have been killed without provocation in Iraq.
Discussion: The Peking Duck
Debra Rosenberg / Newsweek:
Politics of the Altar  —  GOP leaders are putting gay marriage back on the agenda.  Will voters respond?  —  June 12, 2006 issue - Back in 2004, suburban Seattle pastor Alec Rowlands watched with dismay as gay couples in Massachusetts flocked to courthouses and churches, exchanged vows and walked away legally wed.
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush expected to jump-start debate over same-sex marriage  —  Amendment bid to limit unions to men, women  —  WASHINGTON — For the first time in his second term, President Bush will revisit the emotional debate over same-sex marriage.  In two speeches, he will press the Senate to approve …
Discussion: Bark Bark Woof Woof and Hullabaloo
Michael Gawenda / The Age:
A diversionary crisis of Bush's gay contrivance
Toronto Star:
Plot began in chat room  —  CSIS monitored discussions on bombing targets  —  'Training camp' visit turning point for investigators  —  For most Canadians, ammonium nitrate — even after it was used to destroy the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995, killing 168 people …
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Canadian Border Proves Difficult to Secure
Discussion: Hugh Hewitt
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   This ... Is GJN  —  As more information comes to light …
Thomas Lipscomb / Real Clear Politics:
The Truth, John Kerry, and The New York Times  —  Kate Zernike's story on the front page of the Memorial Day Sunday New York Times, "Kerry Pressing Swift Boat Case Long After Loss," is an unfortunate reminder of the Times's embarrassingly poor coverage of Kerry in the face of the Swift Boat Veterans …
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Minneapolis Star Tribune:   Kerry takes up the Swift Boat charges
Hartford Courant:
Paul Bass  —  Seasonal Memory Lapses  —  Medical researchers have identified a host of causes for amnesia, from encephalitis to traumatic brain injury.  —  I've discovered another cause: political campaigns.  —  Exhibit A: The current campaign in Connecticut for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination.
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Chris Bowers / MyDD:   Where is the establishment defense of Chafee and Akaka?
Julian E. Barnes / Los Angeles Times:
Army Manual to Skip Geneva Detainee Rule  —  The Pentagon's move to omit a ban on prisoner humiliation from the basic guide to soldier conduct faces strong State Dept. opposition.  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has decided to omit from new detainee policies a key tenet of the Geneva Convention …
Discussion: On Deadline and Rising Hegemon
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
Reward for the Hereditary Elite . . .  It doesn't matter if you are liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican.  There is no possible excuse for doing what Congress is poised to do this week: Abolish the estate tax.  —  The federal government faces a future of expanding deficits.
Discussion: TAPPED
Rob Stein / Washington Post:
Medical Privacy Law Nets No Fines  —  Lax Enforcement Puts Patients' Files At Risk, Critics Say  —  In the three years since Americans gained federal protection for their private medical information, the Bush administration has received thousands of complaints alleging violations …
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Monica Davey / New York Times:
In State Races, Tough Questions About Abortion  —  IOWA CITY, June 2 — Even in a room of sixth graders sitting cross-legged on the floor, usually the safest of venues for political candidates, the question emerged from one sweet face: What is your position on abortion?
Discussion: Feministe
Washington Post:
For Deals, Jefferson Built Web Of Firms  —  On May 12, 2005, over dinner with business partner and FBI informant Lori Mody, Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) furtively scrawled the letter "c" on a sheet of paper, and next to it wrote some numbers indicating that he was demanding …
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere and TPMmuckraker
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Potentially Presidential Pols Pass in A Va. Night  —  RICHMOND — Two ex-governors with presidential dreams.  A constellation of groupies for each.  One hotel ballroom.  —  The orbits of former governor Mark R. Warner (D) and U.S. Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) collided Saturday …
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
The Political Mood  —  Brent Budowsky is guest blogging for Steve Clemons at The Washington Note, and a reader sent me a link to one of his articles, saying "Read this."  After reading the whole thing, I'm feeling a lot more energized, and I wanted to share a couple of bits with everyone else.
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Dmeyer / The Washington Note:   Brent Budowsky: Election 2006: For Whom The Bell Tolls
Washington Times:
Tehran's useful idiots?  —  During its 20th-century struggles for world domination, international communism periodically benefited from the naivete and willful ignorance of some in the Western media, who foolishly portrayed totalitarians as agrarian reformers and social democrats.
Discussion: Hugh Hewitt
Jere Longman / New York Times:
The Americans, Seriously  —  In his polo shirt, pleated pants and loafers, Bruce Arena might have been an executive exhorting the troops on a corporate retreat.  Instead, he was pacing the tiny locker room at the SAS Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. On this April night, the United States men's national team …
 
 
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Daniel Gross / New York Times:
When Sweet Statistics Clash With a Sour Mood
Discussion: Angry Bear
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
Bar group will review Bush's legal challenges
Discussion: BlondeSense
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Pluribus Sine Unum
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Virginia / Dynamist Blog:
Organ Donation Incentives, Cont'd
Discussion: Samizdata.net
Contactmusic.com:
ROURKE PLEDGES SUPPORT TO BUSH
Discussion: Althouse
Borzou Daragahi / Los Angeles Times:
Security Comes at a Cost in Iraq's South
Michael Pollan / New York Times:
Mass Natural  —  "Elitist" is just about the nastiest name …
 Earlier Items: 
BBC:
Gaza militant shootings kill five
Discussion: Reuters
BBC:
Tehran warns of fuel disruptions
Wayne Slater / Dallas Morning News:
GOP buttons on their shirts and faith on their sleeves
David Horovitz / Jerusalem Post:
Palestinian support 'crashes' in Europe
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and GINA COBB
Mike McGarry / Rocky Mountain News:
State, U.S. would be far better off without flood of illegal immigrants
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
The White House Without a Filter
A.M. Mora y Leon / Publius Pundit:
PERU GOES TO THE POLLS
Discussion: Babalu Blog
Frank Dai / Global Voices Online:
China: June 4th:Silence, Memorial and Blogger's Saying
 

 
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