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8:50 PM ET, November 19, 2006

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John Heilprin / Associated Press:
Rep. Rangel will seek to reinstate draft  —  WASHINGTON - Americans would have to sign up for a new military draft after turning 18 if the incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee has his way.  —  Rep. Charles Rangel (news, bio, voting record), D-N.Y., said Sunday he sees …
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Jackie Frank / Reuters:
Senior Democrat renews call for military draft  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An influential Democratic lawmaker on Sunday called for reinstatement of the draft as a way to boost U.S. troop levels and draw a broader section of the population into the military or public service.
Discussion: driftglass and PSoTD
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Rangel says he'll introduce a bill to bring back the draft  —  Say it with me: permanent.  Democratic. majority.  —  He floats this idea periodically when his side needs a little boost.  The last time he really pushed it was before the election in 2004, when the left tried …
Tariq Panja / Associated Press:
Kissinger: Iraq Military Win Impossible  —  LONDON — Military victory is no longer possible in Iraq, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said in a television interview broadcast Sunday.  —  Kissinger presented a bleak vision of Iraq, saying the U.S. government must enter into dialogue …
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Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Kissinger says Iraq isn't ripe for democracy  —  In a critique of Bush administration strategy, the former secretary of State says the focus should be on stability.  —  NEW YORK — Former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, a frequent advisor to President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney …
DarkSyde / Daily Kos:   Bush Has Lost The War On Terror
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
McCain now supports the immediate overturn of Roe v Wade
Discussion: Majikthise
Seymour M. Hersh / New Yorker:
THE NEXT ACT  —  A month before the November elections, Vice-President Dick Cheney was sitting in on a national-security discussion at the Executive Office Building.  The talk took a political turn: what if the Democrats won both the Senate and the House?  How would that affect policy toward Iran …
Michelle Malkin:
Assassination-mania in Indonesia  —  The jihadis are rolling out the welcome mat in Indonesia.  (Hat tip: Shawn Wasson, who has more Bush-deranged photos)  —  Reuters  —  AP reports: … Cindy Sheehan approves.  Assassination chic—it's everywhere.  And, of course, we never hear …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
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Pamela Geller Oshry / Atlas Shrugs:
ISLAMIC JIHAD IN INDONESIA
Discussion: Wake up America
Ron Suskind / Washington Post:
Send in the Subpoenas  —  Senate Foreign Relations Committee aides debated last Tuesday whether to call deposed Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to the hearing table for a public flogging.  The decision was no — at least for now.  Later that day, I bumped into the incoming committee chairman …
David Leppard / Times of London:
Blair hit by Saudi 'bribery' threat  —  SAUDI ARABIA is threatening to suspend diplomatic ties with Britain unless Downing Street intervenes to block an investigation into a £60m "slush fund" allegedly set up for some members of its royal family.  —  A senior Saudi diplomat in London …
Jamie Doward / Observer:
Muslim leader sent funds to Irving  —  Islamic activist admits he donated cash to jailed historian who denied the Holocaust  —  One of Britain's most prominent speakers on Muslim issues is today exposed as a supporter of David Irving, the controversial historian who for years denied the Holocaust took place.
Chase Squires / Associated Press:
Gonzales Blasts Surveillance Critics  —  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales contended Saturday that some critics of the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program were defining freedom in a way that poses a "grave threat" to U.S. security.
Discussion: The Heretik and Booman Tribune
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TChris / TalkLeft:   Gonzales Defends Warrantless Surveillance ... Again
Tim B. / Tim Blair:
STREETS CLAIMED  —  Further, er, highlights from the weekend's G20 shenanigans, courtesy of Sharon Lapkin:  —  This fellow obviously has nothing against globalisation, considering he's globalised himself to the extent he can no longer zip his pants.  —  As is traditional …
Telegraph:
Al-Qaeda's 'best assets' prime UK timebomb  —  British Muslims volunteering to fight against coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are being sent back to Britain to become al-Qaeda "sleeper" agents, The Sunday Telegraph has learned.  —  MI5 agents believe that young Asian men …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Fausta / Fausta's blog:
Let's hear it for the lunks!  —  I've been trying for the past four weeks to get the NYT to cancel my subscription.  I emailed, I called, and the dead tree rag continues to drop at my driveway every Saturday and Sunday.  Like a spurned lover who can't believe it's over, it's not over for them.
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NY Daily News:
Rupe is in soup with troops  —  O'Reilly rips Murdoch, book, show  —  Fox News firebrand Bill O'Reilly threatened yesterday to whack Rupert Murdoch in the wallet for promoting O.J. Simpson's how-I-murdered-my-wife book.  —  Vowing to boycott any company that advertises on Fox's …
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Washington Post:
O.J. Deal Leaves Sour Taste in Many Mouths
Discussion: Don Surber
 
 
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John Heilprin / Associated Press:
McCain says more troops needed in Iraq
Tristero / Hullabaloo:
Glad You Woke Up, Ken Adelman. Now Go Away.
Dean / Dean's World:
"Inspiring" Israeli Terrorist
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Gateway Pundit:
Syria Wants Golan Heights For Helping US in Iraq
Matthew Yglesias:
One! Last! Push!
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
SADDAM'S A-BOMB....In The Good Fight, Peter Beinart says that …
Discussion: OxBlog and Eschaton
Judd / Think Progress:
Zakaria: McCain's Plan For More Troops 'Just Willing More American Deaths'
Discussion: driftglass
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
NYT: Nutroots could wreck Dems' ability to govern effectively
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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Blogs and the 2006 Election  —  Jon Henke, brought aboard …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Radical Quacks  —  I looked at tristero's post yesterday …
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
JOHN BOLTON ALONE
jules crittenden:
The Last Man to Die for a Mistake
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Telegraph:
Leading Russian critic of Putin's regime is poisoned in London
Discussion: Daily Pundit and Tim Worstall
Darleen Click / protein wisdom:
Don't view the video!  —  Reading the transcript of Larry King …
Brian Wheeler / BBC:
Web 'fuelling crisis in politics'
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Ruling: Classes divided by race
 

 
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