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11:35 PM ET, October 10, 2006

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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Guest Post: Senator John McCain On North Korea  —  Please welcome Senator John McCain as a guest poster at Captain's Quarters.  He delivers a tough, no-nonsense reponse to the latest provocation from North Korea.  —  Time for Decisive Action on North Korea  —  Korea doubts the world's resolve.
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Carl Freire / Associated Press:
Quake raises fears of 2nd N. Korea test  —  TOKYO - A strong earthquake shook northern Japan on Wednesday and Japanese media reported the government had detected tremors in North Korea as well, leading it to suspect Pyongyang had conducted a second nuclear test.
Reuters:
N.Korea may have conducted another nuclear test: NHK
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
CNN's Malveaux on North Korea with Bush
John / AMERICAblog:
Hastert does press conference about Foley scandal in front of a graveyard  —  (The video is at the bottom of this post.)  —  First, Hastert outright lied during his press conference.  It is simply amazing that GOP leaders are still trying to downplay the severity of this scandal.  More on that below.
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Judd / Think Progress:
Hastert Tries To Shift Blame To Staff, Raises Prospect of 'Cover Up'  —  At a press conference this morning, House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) set up his staff to take the blame for the Mark Foley scandal.  Asked if he was satisfied with how his staff handled the matter, Hasert said, "I understand what my staff told me.
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Hastert Pledges to Fire Anyone Involved in Foley Coverup
Associated Press:
Hastert Vows to Fire Anyone Who Hid Page Info
Billy House / Arizona Republic:
Kolbe: I didn't know details of Foley e-mails
Discussion: Gay Patriot
ABCNEWS:   Foley's Reputed Visit to the Page Dormitory
Ken Silverstein / Harper's:
Republicans Want to Turn Over a New Page  —  The Foley scandal is no "October surprise"  —  Leading Republicans, with the support of conservative media outlets, are charging that the Mark Foley scandal was a plot orchestrated by Democrats to damage the G.O.P.'s electoral prospects this November.
Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Massive explosions rock Baghdad!  —  Over the past 90 minutes or so, massive explosions could be heard in Baghdad and actually I'm hearing more of them while I'm typing.  —  When the first few bangs happened I thought they were just the usual dose of mortars for the night but more and more explosion kept happening!
Discussion: Pajamas Media and Hot Air
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Reuters:
Fire breaks out at ammo dump at U.S. base in Baghdad
Discussion: The Belmont Club
Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Another 60 Bodies Found in Baghdad  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraq's government forged ahead with a plan aimed at ending sectarian attacks, even as a bombing in the capital killed 10 people Tuesday and officials discovered scores of new death-squad victims.  —  The bomb, planted under a car …
Discussion: Firedoglake, The Reaction and Wonkette
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Iraqi Vice President's Brother Is Killed by Gunmen
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Reuters:
Protesters hurl petrol bombs at Danish mission in Iran  —Text+TEHRAN (Reuters) - Dozens of protesters pelted the Danish embassy in Tehran with stones and petrol bombs on Tuesday after Danish television broadcast footage deemed insulting to the Muslim Prophet Mohammad, witnesses said.
Confederate Yankee:
Help You, Help Me: The First Blegburst  —  I guess I wasn't paying very close attention, but at some point yesterday I cracked a million visits on ye olde Sitemeter, a good chunk of which came from this post that took me longer to upload than create.  —  I think this a milestone of some sort …
Associated Press:
Lawmaker fires back at governor's comments on age of Earth  —  BOZEMAN — A Republican state lawmaker is criticizing Gov. Brian Schweitzer for comments he made to a newspaper here about the lawmaker's belief that the planet is not millions of years old.  —  Rep. Roger Koopman, R-Bozeman …
Discussion: Pacific Views and Hit and Run
Nekesa Mumbi Moody / Associated Press:
Streisand Has Outburst at NYC Concert  —  It was an evening that elicited tears, standing ovations, raucous laughter and shouts of joy from the audience _ and was just in the first few minutes.  —  Yes, Barbra Streisand's return to touring after a 12-year absence was the extravaganza that it promised to be.
Kos / Daily Kos:
Senate reality check  —  I'm getting a little nervous with people thinking we have any race this fall in the bag.  While things look great for us right now, the election isn't right now.  And if Republicans can do anything, it's close the deal.  And quite frankly, we're not a sure thing anywhere.
Gail Shister / Philadelphia Inquirer:
Gibson: Run golden-oldie ads, get golden-oldie viewers  —  Want younger viewers for the evening news?  Ditch the geezer ads, says ABC World News anchor Charlie Gibson.  —  If networks are serious about luring pre-Social Security eyeballs, they should replace commercials for adult diapers …
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The Bush administration's torture of U.S. citizen Jose Padilla  —  (updated below)  —  The Bush administration's May, 2002 lawless detention of U.S. citizen Jose Padilla — on U.S. soil — was, as I recounted in my book, the first incident which really prompted me to begin concluding …
Phil Singer / DSCC:
New Poll: Ford Leads Corker 51-44  —  New DSCC Poll Has Ford Besting Corker, 51-44, Bush Has a 35% Approval in Tennessee  —  If you're wondering why the Republicans have been relentlessly attacking Harold Ford Jr., wonder no more: The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) …
Jay Cost / TIME | Real Clear Politics:
Will GOP Mobilization Make A Difference?  —  Peter from Pasadena writes with an excellent question: … This is a really fantastic question.  Unfortunately, it admits of little more than an anecdotal/intuitive answer.  The effect of voter mobilization upon final vote turnout is something …
Discussion: TAPPED and Oliver Willis
 
 
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Charlie Cook / MSNBC:
Grim days for the GOP
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Bush's Downward Slide
Little Green Footballs:
And Now, the Apple Jihad
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Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
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Scott Fitzgerald / The Enid News and Eagle, Enid, OK:
Jones reports page will be questioned today about Foley
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Tacky Jackie, meet Sexy Lexy
KNBC-TV:
Al Gore Stars In TV Ad Supporting Prop 87
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Ralph Peters / New York Post:
NO MORE TROOPS  —  WITH 26 American troops dead in Iraq …
Edmund S. Phelps / Opinion Journal:
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