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TMZ.com:
Gibson's Anti-Semitic Tirade — Alleged Cover Up — TMZ has learned that Mel Gibson went on a rampage when he was arrested Friday on suspicion of drunk driving, hurling religious epithets. TMZ has also learned that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department had the initial report doctored to keep the real story under wraps.
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Michelle Caruso / NY Daily News:
Mel gives cops hell — Report: Drunken Gibson threatens officer in rant — LOS ANGELES - A blitzed Mel Gibson launched into an obscenity-laced tirade when he was busted on suspicion of drunken driving early yesterday, threatening an officer and making anti-Semitic and sexually abusive remarks, according to a police report.
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DownWithTyranny!, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Booman Tribune, WTF Is It Now?? and The Democratic Daily
Sandy Cohen / Associated Press:
Mel Gibson apologizes for DUI arrest — LOS ANGELES - Mel Gibson issued a lengthy statement Saturday apologizing for his drunk driving arrest and saying he has battled alcoholism throughout his life. — The actor and "The Passion of the Christ" director also apologized for what he said were …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Mel Gibson Self-Destructs? — Here's a page from what looks like a police report about Mel Gibson's alleged rants about "the Jews" after an arrest for drunk-driving, cited by the New York Daily News (click on the image below for a larger version) and originally reported by the celebrity news site, TMZ.com.
CNN:
Gibson apologizes for behavior — 'I disgraced myself,' star says after 'horrific relapse' and arrest — LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Actor and director Mel Gibson issued a statement on Saturday, apologizing to deputies for his "belligerent behavior" when he was arrested on suspicion of DUI in Malibu the day before.
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
After Sluggish Start, Lieberman Heeded Warnings of Trouble — Senator Joseph I. Lieberman commissioned a poll in January as he prepared for his fourth campaign for the Senate, and the results were sobering. Mr. Lieberman was tied against a hypothetical primary opponent …
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David Lightman / Hartford Courant:
Big List Of Big Givers Bolsters Lieberman — Lamont Far Back In Fundraising — WASHINGTON — Every day a fax machine in a Senate office spits out lists of the latest big donors to the Democratic primary campaigns of Joe Lieberman and Ned Lamont. — The Lieberman list is long …
Alan Dershowitz / Washington Times:
A public advocate for the United States — As a liberal Democrat, I listened carefully to the opposition voiced by many Democratic senators to the nomination of John Bolton as our chief representative to the United Nations. Mr. Bolton has been representing us at the United Nations since August.
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Macsmind
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James Glanz / New York Times:
Audit Finds U.S. Hid Actual Cost of Iraq Projects — The State Department agency in charge of $1.4 billion in reconstruction money in Iraq used an accounting shell game to hide ballooning cost overruns on its projects there and knowingly withheld information on schedule delays from Congress …
Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
Bush submits new terror detainee bill — WASHINGTON - U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might be detained indefinitely and barred from access to civilian courts under legislation proposed by the Bush administration, say legal experts reviewing an early version of the bill.
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Associated Press:
Iranian Leader Bans Usage of Foreign Words — TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered government and cultural bodies to use modified Persian words to replace foreign words that have crept into the language, such as "pizzas" which will now be known as "elastic loaves," state media reported Saturday.
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Grand Jury Probes News Leaks at NSA — A federal grand jury in Alexandria is investigating unauthorized leaks of classified information and has issued a subpoena to a fired National Security Agency officer who has acknowledged talking with journalists about the agency's warrantless surveillance program …
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Captain's Quarters
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Little Green Footballs:
Seattle Terror Attack Update — Update on the Muslim murderer who attacked the Seattle Jewish Federation yesterday: Muslim charged in Seattle Jewish slaying. — You may have thought it was an act of terrorism. But the authorities know better. … Notice: this murderous attack took place on a Friday, the Islamic day of prayer.
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Edward M. Kennedy / Washington Post:
Roberts and Alito Misled Us — I have had the honor of serving on the Senate Judiciary Committee for 43 years, during which I've participated in confirmation hearings for all the justices who now sit on the Supreme Court. Over that time, my colleagues and I have asked probing questions …
Editor and Publisher:
Gallup: Current Negativism on Iraq Echoes View of Vietnam War in 1970 — NEW YORK An analysis released today by Frank Newport, director of The Gallup Poll, shows that current public wishes for U.S. policy in the Iraq war eerily echo attitudes about the Vietnam war in 1970.
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Crooks and Liars
Texas Rainmaker:
That's Gonna Leave a Mark... John Kerry, meet John Bolton. — Transcript: … Hat tip: Gateway Pundit — Another flip-flop as well. Kerry is now advocating a "go it alone" strategy. Wasn't that the very thing he criticized Bush for doing back in 2004?
Alison Espach / CNSNews:
Ramsey Clark Plans 'Emergency March' to Stop Israel — (CNSNews.com) - Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, alongside various anti-war and Muslim groups, announced plans this week for a "National Emergency March on Washington" to stop what he said was U.S. funding of the "Israeli war machine."
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