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6:00 PM ET, September 20, 2006

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Chavez flips out at the UN; Update: Did Chavez say "insh'allah" at his presser?  —  Not to be outdone by his pal Ahmadinejad last night, el presidente's having a full-blown meltdown at the podium before the General Assembly as I write this, shrieking about Bush being "the devil" and hollering "Yankee imperialists go home."
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Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
At U.N., Chavez calls Bush 'the devil'  —  UNITED NATIONS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took his verbal battle with the United States to the floor of the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, calling President Bush "the devil."  —  The impassioned speech by the leftist leader came …
NewsMax.com:
Hugo Chavez Speech at United Nations … PRESIDENT CHAVEZ DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY  —  SPEAKER: HUGO CHAVEZ, PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA  —  "Representatives of the governments of the world, good morning to all of you.  First of all, I would like to invite you …
Discussion: Publius Pundit, Redstate and Hyscience
Washington Post:
Georgia Law Requiring Voters to Show Photo ID Is Thrown Out  —  Judge Says Some Would Be Disenfranchised; State Plans Appeal  —  A state judge yesterday rejected a Georgia law requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification, writing in his decision, "This cannot be."
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Brenda Goodman / New York Times:
State Judge Voids Georgia Law Requiring a Photo ID of Voters
Discussion: TalkLeft and Facing South
New York Times:
The Pope's Act of Contrition  —  Now that Pope Benedict XVI has expressed regret for offending Muslims in remarks he made last week, we hope Catholics and Muslims alike will put aside the pontiff's ill-considered comments and move forward in a conciliatory spirit.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Media Blog
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Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
Muslim violence  —  AS SHE LAY dying in a Mogadishu hospital …
Discussion: Liberty and Justice
Jmelli / bluejersey.com:
Confirmed: Kean Jr Campaign Behind Astroturfing  —  It's official now.  What was very strong evidence that the Tom Kean Jr campaign was behind all the troll postings is now irrefutable proof.  Below is the header information from an email sent out by Tom Kean Jr campaign spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker.
Michael Smerconish / The Huffington Post:
Roger Waters: The Pink in Floyd  —  For the second time in my life, I'm writing a column about Pink Floyd.  More specifically, the man I have always considered to be the brains of the band: Roger Waters.  The first time I wrote about him was 26-years ago when I was a high school senior at C.B. West …
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Goldwater  —  If you haven't had a chance to see the HBO documentary on Barry Goldwater by his grand-daughter, you might want to take the time.  It didn't have enough politics for this junkie, but it certainly brought to life the spirit of a conservatism now almost entirely eclipsed in the Republican party.
Pamela Geller Oshry / Atlas Shrugs:
This man's sign says it all.  —  Tens of thousands of freedom loving people showed up from all over the country.  —  It was gorgeous.  They came in droves to protest holocaust denier, nuked up Ahmadinejad's outrageous appearance at the UN.  —  Here in this video I ask the Headmaster …
Carolyn Fox / Opinion:
Opposing view: Intelligence comes first  —  U.S. cannot make security policy based on individual anecdotes.  —  The case of Maher Arar, a Canadian Muslim allegedly tortured in Syria after being taken there by the CIA, warrants scrutiny.  So, indeed, does the whole practice of rendition …
Discussion: New York Times, Townhall and alicublog
New Yorker:
AIR KISS  —  American Airlines Flight 45—departing Charles de Gaulle at 10:40 A.M., arriving J.F.K. at one each afternoon—is a tourist's delight: timed just right to avoid late checkout, leaving time for one last Kir Royale at Les Deux Magots.  On August 22nd, the coach cabin was packed with vacationing New Yorkers.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McAuliffe to join Clinton  —  Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe has told business associates and Democratic donors that he will chair Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) presidential campaign next year, according to several Democratic sources.
Kieran Healy / Crooked Timber:
Attractive Models  —  Via Jeremy Freese, a paper by Alan Gerber and Neil Malhotra called "Can political science literatures be believed?  A study of publication bias in the APSR and the AJPS."  Here's the main finding.  —  When you run a bog-standard regression, you typically …
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Allen tells of his Jewish heritage  —  He acknowledges he knew of his lineage when faulting a reporter for her question  —  U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Va., yesterday acknowledged his Jewish ancestry, a day after angrily ducking a question about possible Jewish forebears in a debate with his Democratic challenger.
Nico / Think Progress:
Conservative Congressman Blocking Crackdown on Predatory Lenders Targeting U.S. Troops  —  Predatory lenders are seriously harming the U.S. military, and one member of Congress is fighting to keep it that way.  —  A Pentagon report last month found that as many one in five U.S. service members …
David Adam / Guardian:
Royal Society tells Exxon: stop funding climate change denial  —  Britain's leading scientists have challenged the US oil company ExxonMobil to stop funding groups that attempt to undermine the scientific consensus on climate change.  —  In an unprecedented step, the Royal Society …
Brendan Nyhan / Political Bite:
Everybody Has One: Bloggers and the Death of Opinion Journalism  —  Not that long ago, many people thought the Internet would break down partisan boundaries and improve the quality of political debate in this country — a prediction that sounds as silly today as previous hype about the educational potential of television and radio.
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan and Brendan Nyhan
Michael Rubin / Opinion Journal:
The U.S. vs. Iran  —  One side is playing for real, the other only for time.  —  The Iranian government continues to enrich uranium despite Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's generous package of incentives—and in defiance of the U.N.'s Aug. 31 deadline.  Still, European officials hold out hope for the success of diplomacy.
Discussion: Thomas P.M. Barnett and TigerHawk
Patrick / FishBowlDC:
Washington Blade Parts Ways With Jeff Gannon  —  Following Executive Editor Chris Crain's departure from The Washington Blade, the paper chose Kevin Naff as his replacement this week.  One of Naff's first decisions was to sever ties with columnist Jeff Gannon.  —  We spoke with Naff:
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Mohamad Bazzi / Newsday:
Hezbollah cracked the code  —  Technology likely supplied by Iran allowed guerrillas to stop Israeli tank assaults  —  AITA SHAAB, Lebanon — Hezbollah guerrillas were able to hack into Israeli radio communications during last month's battles in south Lebanon, an intelligence breakthrough …
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Mark Warner: About Those Tax Cuts...  Ex-VA Gov. Mark Warner (D) wants you to know: he thinks the Bush tax cuts for the richest Americans, enacted during an expensive war and with rising federal budget deficits, were "morally wrong and economically wrong" and that he would indeed support their repeal.
Media Matters for America:
Buyer's remorse: The Bush story the press won't tell  —  Despite the obvious signs it exists — and has for nearly 20 months — the pervasive buyer's remorse that hovers around President Bush's second term, as measured by public opinion polls, remains off limits for the press.
Harper's:
Six Questions for Dr. Emile A. Nakhleh on the CIA and the Iraq War  —  Recently retired head of key CIA unit calls for Iraq "exit strategy"; says there was "no evidence" of Saddam-bin Laden links … 1. In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, administration officials claimed that Saddam Hussein's regime …
Associated Press:
THAI MILITARY LAUNCHES COUP, TAKES POWER FROM PRIME MINISTER THAKSIN  —  BANGKOK, Thailand — In the dead of night and without firing a shot, Thailand's military overthrew popularly elected Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday after mounting criticism that he had undermined democracy.
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Panel Leans Toward Phased Iraq Withdrawal or International Talks  —  WASHINGTON — A panel mandated by Congress to develop new Iraq policy is leaning toward recommending either a phased withdrawal of soldiers or a new engagement initiative with Iran and Syria to end the violence in Iraq.
 
 
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