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8:50 PM ET, October 26, 2006

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Business Wire:
Voters Increase Support for Stem Cell Research After Viewing Michael J. Fox Ad  —  Republicans' Support for Republican House Candidates Declines  —  FLEMINGTON, N.J.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—A new national study revealed that American voters' support for stem cell research increased after they viewed …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Good Morning, Creep  —  This Michael J. Fox controversy is making me more angry than I can remember being in a long time.  There is something wrong with people who think like this: … If Michael J. Fox could still act he would be making millions of dollars acting in paying TV commercials, films or sitcoms.
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
PATRICIA HEATON: NOT EVERYONE LOVES MICHAEL J. FOX
Richard Shears / Daily Mail:
Outrage as Muslim cleric likens women to 'uncovered meat'  —  A Muslim cleric's claim that women who do not wear the veil are like 'uncovered meat' who attract sexual predators sparked outrage around Australia yesterday.  —  Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali, the nation's most senior Muslim cleric …
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Richard Kerbaj / The Australian:
Mufti outrages Muslims over sex comments
David W. Chen / New York Times:
New Jersey Court Backs Full Rights for Gay Couples  —  Cindy Meneghin, right, and her partner, Maureen Kilian, heard about the New Jersey Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage Wednesday at their lawyer's office in Newark.  With them was Sarah, left, their daughter.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"Dems Dodge Big Gay Bullet?"
Cecile Brisson / Associated Press:
Youths Torch Buses Around Paris  —  Youths forced passengers off three buses and set them on fire overnight in suburban Paris, raising tensions Thursday ahead of the first anniversary of the riots that engulfed France's rundown, heavily immigrant neighborhoods.
Discussion: Moonbattery and Dinocrat
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Peter Bergen / New York Times:
What Osama Wants  —  THE French saying, often attributed to Talleyrand, that "this is worse than a crime, it's a blunder," could easily describe America's invasion of Iraq.  But for the United States to pull entirely out of that country right now, as is being demanded by a growing chorus of critics …
BBC:
Travelling with the Taleban  —  The BBC's David Loyn has had exclusive access to Taleban forces mobilised against the British army in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan.  —  There is no army on earth as mobile as the Taleban.  —  I remember it as their secret weapon when I travelled …
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
A Match Made In Washington: It's A Quote Off!  Round 1...  (H/T to Steve Clemons for the pix.)  —  It's down to the final decisions on the Match Made in Washington Quote Off.  But I need your help to determine the winners.  Voting begins now, and will continue until tomorrow …
The Blotter:
Trandahl Names Kolbe as a 'Problem' With Page Program, Source Says  —  Rhonda Schwartz and John Yang Report:  —  A source close to former House Clerk Jeff Trandahl told ABC News that Arizona Congressman Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) was one of a small number of "problem members" …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and CorrenteWire
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
In Iraq, Journalist Richard Engel Sticks to the Story  —  NBC Correspondent Has Made War Coverage His Life  —  NEW YORK — After struggling for years to make it as a Middle East journalist, Richard Engel was living in Cairo, married to his college girlfriend and itching for a new adventure.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and The Corner
Drudge Report:
ALLEN'S REVENGE: EXPOSES UNDERAGE SEX SCENES IN OPPONENT'S NOVELS  —  Sen. George Allen, R-VA, unleashed a press release late Thursday that exposed his rival's fiction writing, which includes graphic underage sex scenes.  —  The press release, as provided by the Allen Campaign:  —  WEBB'S WEIRD WORLD
Discussion: The Corner, The Agitator and Dinocrat
Tom Zeller Jr / New York Times:
A New Campaign Tactic: Manipulating Google Data  —  If things go as planned for liberal bloggers in the next few weeks, searching Google for "Jon Kyl," the Republican senator from Arizona now running for re-election, will produce high among the returns a link to an April 13 article from The Phoenix New Times, an alternative weekly.
Tim Tagaris / Ned Lamont for Senate:
Barack Obama Writes Emails [17]  —  Barack Obama Writes Emails  —  (Barack Obama sent out an email to his CT list supporting Ned Lamont earlier today - Tim)  —  Ned Lamont has waged an impressive grassroots campaign to give the people of Connecticut a choice in the November Senate election.
Deacon / Power Line:
SETTING THINGS STRAIGHT  —  There was a revealing exchange the other day when a reporter from the Boston Globe asked Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney a rambling question about removing some tolls from the Mass. Turnpike.  Eventually, Romney interrupted by joking, "Do you have a point of view on this?"
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and The Corner
Jonathan S. Landay / Miami Herald:
Cheney calls 'water-boarding' a valuable interrogation tool  —  The vice president confirmed that an interrogation technique that simulates drowning and has been called 'cruel and inhumane' was used on al Qaeda suspects.  —  jlanday@mcclatchydc.com  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney …
Katherine Kersten / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Airport taxi flap about alcohol has deeper significance  —  The airport taxi controversy may go deeper than the quandary over whether to accommodate Somali Muslim cabdrivers who refuse to carry passengers carrying alcohol.  Behind the scenes, a struggle for power and religious authority is apparently playing out.
Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2006: THE BIG PICTURE  —  We've been through a lot together this election cycle, and now we're headed for the last round-up on November 7th.  Your Crystal Ball staff will be tweaking our predictions right up until election eve, taking into account last-minute shifts, scandals, and surprises.
The Brussels Journal:
The Rape of Europe  —  The German author Henryk M. Broder recently told the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant (12 October) that young Europeans who love freedom, better emigrate.  Europe as we know it will no longer exist 20 years from now.  Whilst sitting on a terrace in Berlin …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Tim Blair
Hotline On Call:
Seven Reasons Why Karl Rove Is Optimistic  —  Ok, well, actually, we can't break into Rove's head and we don't know why he's personally confident.  Many speculate that the veneer of hope masks unalloyed fear.  But here are seven reasons cited by people who also read "THE polls" …
 
 
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DefenseLINK:
Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
Discussion: The Swamp and All Spin Zone
Ralph Peters / New York Post:
KILL MUQTADA NOW  —  IT WAS wrenching to listen to President …
Harper's:
Mba's House: Bush Administration renting embassy property from known torturer
Discussion: CorrenteWire and TPMmuckraker
Aftenposten:
Terrorism rehearsal on Oslo flight
Hindrocket / Power Line:
KENNEDY SURGING  —  Last Friday, we posted Mark Kennedy's …
CNN:
Poll: Most feel civil liberties not harmed by war on terror
Discussion: Hot Air and Stop The ACLU
Adam Cohen / New York Times:
The Supreme Court's Crusade: Fairness for the Powerful
MSNBC:
'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for Oct. 24, 5 p.m.
Discussion: Think Progress
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David Segal / Washington Post:
Atheist Evangelist  —  In His Bully Pulpit, Sam Harris Devoutly …
Thomas Harding / Telegraph:
British troops in Iraq likely to be halved after success
Discussion: EU Referendum and Whiskey Bar
Norah O'Donnell / MSNBC:
GOP retires 'Playboy' ad in Tennessee
Rinker Buck / Hartford Courant:
Johnson Ups Ante In New Ad Salvo
Jack Shafer / Slate:
Love Me, I'm a Journalist  —  A PROFESSION'S ROMANCE WITH ITSELF.
Matt Miller / Fortune:
Revolt of the fairly rich
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Schmidt angry to see 'cowards' speech in TV ad
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Bush Focuses on Iraq as G.O.P. Tries to Change Subject