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3:40 PM ET, August 16, 2006

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Arthur Herman / New York Post:
THE MIDEAST'S MUNICH  —  WAR WITH MULLAHS IS COMING  —  HISTORIANS will look back at this weekend's cease-fire agreement in Lebanon as a pivotal moment in the war on terror.  It is pivotal in the same sense that the Munich agreement between Adolf Hitler and Neville Chamberlain was pivotal …
Discussion: Tammy Bruce and The Jawa Report
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Condoleezza Rice / Washington Post:
A Path To Lasting Peace  —  For the past month the United States has worked urgently to end the violence that Hezbollah and its sponsors have imposed on the people of Lebanon and Israel.  At the same time, we have insisted that a truly effective cease-fire requires a decisive change from the status quo that produced this war.
Bryan / Hot Air:
What the ceasefire bought
Discussion: Riehl World View
Hotline On Call:
A New Explanation For "Macaca?"  —  What does Macaca really mean?  Three Virginia Republicans confirmed to the Hotline that several Allen campaign aides and advisers are telling allies that the word was a made-up, off-the-cuff neologism that these aides occasionally used to refer …
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Washington Post:
Allen on Damage Control After Remarks to Webb Aide  —  Sen. George Allen on Tuesday sought to contain the political damage from remarks he made to a Fairfax County man that dredged up charges of racial insensitivity — allegations that have dogged him for years as governor, senator and now presidential hopeful.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Alleged UK Terror Plot  —  So far, no one has been charged in the alleged terror plot to blow up several airplanes across the Atlantic.  No evidence has been produced supporting the contention that such a plot was indeed imminent.  Forgive me if my skepticism just ratcheted up a little notch.
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Matt Moore / Associated Press:
British Seek to Keep Suspects in Custody  —  British investigators headed to a closed-door hearing Wednesday to argue that suspects arrested in an alleged plot to blow up as many as 10 trans-Atlantic jetliners should be kept in custody without charge.  Meanwhile, Home Secretary John Reid …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: London-to-DC flight diverted due to "dangerous situation" on board (Update: Note referencing Al Qaeda?)  —  The plane's on the runway in Boston now; passengers are being offloaded.  Details are sketchy, but Fox said there were three "suspicious" people onboard who confronted the crew …
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
THE FIVE STAGES OF BUBBLE-OSITY....Here in paradise, the housing boom is over: … This "soft landing" stuff is all the rage lately, and it reminds of nothing so much as Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's five stages of grief.  It goes something like this:  —  We're not in a bubble.
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Annette Haddad / Los Angeles Times:
Home Sales Tumble to 9-Year Low  —  Price gains slowed further in the Southland last month.  Economists debate whether the market will have a 'soft landing' or worse.  —  Southern California home sales fell to their lowest level in nine years last month as price appreciation continued to decelerate, data released Tuesday showed.
Ned Lamont / Opinion Journal:
The Democrats Mean Business  —  Washington needs an entrepreneurial approach.  —  In the past week, my victory in the Connecticut Senate primary has been labeled everything from the death knell of the Democratic Party to the signal of our party's rebirth.  Beneath all of this punditry …
Tom Lasseter / Knight Ridder:
Rosy assessments on Iraq `not related to reality,' some say  —  TIKRIT, Iraq - As security conditions continue to deteriorate in Iraq, many Iraqi politicians are challenging the optimistic forecasts of governments in Baghdad and Washington, with some worrying that the rosy views are preventing …
Reuters:
Israel pullout to stop if Lebanon army does not deploy  —  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel could withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon within 10 days, but only if the Lebanese army deploys quickly in the area, Israel's army chief of staff, Dan Halutz, said on Wednesday.
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Zeina Karam / Associated Press:
France calls for end to Lebanon blockade
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Rob Stein / Washington Post:
Pluto's New Place in Space Could Be as a 'Pluton'  —  Hoping to end the agonizing over whether Pluto is really a planet, an international committee of astronomers has come up with a new definition that would save the tiny body's place in the sun's family.  —  Under the long-awaited proposal …
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John Kifner / New York Times:
Hezbollah Leads Work to Rebuild, Gaining Stature  —  As stunned Lebanese returned Tuesday over broken roads to shattered apartments in the south, it increasingly seemed that the beneficiary of the destruction was most likely to be Hezbollah.  —  A major reason — in addition to its hard-won reputation …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dem angst escalates  —  A group of Senate Democrats is growing increasingly angry about Sen. Joe Lieberman's (D-Conn.) campaign tactics since he lost the Democratic primary last week.  —  If he continues to alienate his colleagues, Lieberman could be stripped of his seniority within …
Juan / Informed Comment:
Battle of the Speeches Breaks out in Wake of Lebanon War  —  Israel shot 5 Hizbullah fighters on Tuesday and Hizbullah fired ten rockets inside Lebanon at Israel troops.  Emergency workers dug 38 bodies of civilians out of the rubble in Lebanon.  But despite these provocations, the ceasefire more or less held.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Needlenose
Ralph Blumenthal / New York Times:
DeLay's Seat Up for Grabs, Texas Republicans Will Meet to Weigh Write-Ins  —  With dwindling hopes of keeping Tom DeLay's longtime House seat from falling to a Democrat in November, Texas Republicans on Tuesday called an urgent meeting for Thursday to exercise their only option: agreeing on a write-in candidate.
Garance Franke-Ruta / American Prospect:
Just a Gigolo  —  In the go-go '90s, George Allen sat on the board of a Virginia tech company.  Now, the company faces several class-action suits and an SEC insiders probe.  —  The late 1990s were heady times for technology companies in Virginia.  The future looked bright …
 
 
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