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1:55 PM ET, November 23, 2006

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Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
LEBANON UPDATE  —  Even though it's Thanksgiving, there is so much going on in Lebanon today that I thought I'd gather some news from around the web and from local Lebanese media to update you on what's happening on this dramatic day.  —  I will add to this post if necessary as the day goes on.
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Associated Press:
Assad images burnt in Gemayel funeral  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon  —  Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese bid farewell to an assassinated young Christian politician Thursday, turning his funeral into a powerful show of anger against Syria and its allies, led by Hizbullah.
Abu Kais / From Beirut to the Beltway:
A battle and a tribunal
Discussion: A Blog For All
Ynetnews:
Jumblatt: Syrian regime responsible for assassination
Discussion: Hyscience
CNN:
More than 140 killed in Baghdad's Sadr City … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A savage string of bombing attacks erupted in Baghdad's Sadr City on Thursday, killing more than 140 people, according to Iraq's health minister.  —  Police told The Associated Press the death toll was expected to rise significantly.
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Thomas Wagner / Associated Press:
145 die in deadliest attack of Iraq war  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - In the deadliest attack since the beginning of the Iraq war, suspected Sunni-Arab militants used three suicide car bombs and two mortar rounds on the capital's Shiite Sadr City slum to kill at least 145 people and wound 238 on Thursday, police said.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Hastert Scouts for House Role After 8 Years as Speaker  —  Speaker J. Dennis Hastert made history this year when he became the longest-serving Republican in that post.  Now he is about to go into the books again as one of the few House speakers, and the first in almost 50 years, to rejoin the rank and file.
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Panel Calls for Big Changes in Medicaid  —  A federal advisory panel says that long-term care for aging baby boomers threatens to bankrupt Medicaid, and it recommends sweeping changes to rein in costs, including greater use of managed care for the sickest Medicaid recipients.
Discussion: MyDD and The Moderate Voice
Rick Weiss / Washington Post:
EPA to Regulate Nanoproducts Sold As Germ-Killing  —  The Environmental Protection Agency has decided to regulate a large class of consumer items made with microscopic "nanoparticles" of silver, part of a new but increasingly widespread technology that may pose unanticipated environmental risks, a government official said yesterday.
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Democrats' Victory Is Felt On K Street  —  The Democrats' takeover of Congress this month has turned official Washington upside down.  —  Labor and environmental representatives, once also-rans in congressional influence, are meeting frequently with Capitol Hill's incoming Democratic leaders.
Discussion: Firedoglake, MyDD and Sirotablog
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
A Bad Omen in Rumsfeld's Firing  —  Donald Rumsfeld, one week after his sacking as secretary of defense, was treated as a conquering hero, accorded one standing ovation after another at the conservative American Spectator magazine's annual dinner in Washington.
Discussion: The News Blog
Jim Snyder / The Hill:
K Street happy with Hoyer victory  —  A party held in honor of a new House majority leader is bound to draw a crowd, and space was tight last week on the 10th floor of 101 Constitution Ave., where supporters of Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) gathered to celebrate his victory over John Murtha (D-Pa.).
Discussion: QandO and DownWithTyranny!
Tania Branigan / Guardian:
Cameron told: it's time to ditch Churchill  —  Polly Toynbee, not Winston, should set Tory social agenda, says adviser  —  One of David Cameron's key policy advisers will urge the party today to abandon its Churchillian and "out of date" ideas about the welfare state, the Guardian has learned.
Eoin Callan / Financial Times:
Democrats to throw out Colombia trade deal  —  The US Congress will reject two trade deals agreed with Colombia and Peru, leading Democrats said, in a significant blow to President George W. Bush's agenda for his final two years in office.  —  Democratic lawmakers drafted a letter to Mr Bush …
Discussion: Daniel W. Drezner and Sirotablog
John Hughes / Christian Science Monitor:
Ten things to be thankful for this time of year  —  From freedom's march abroad to brave US soldiers, there is much to appreciate.  —  SALT LAKE CITY - For years now, I've made it a practice in this column at Thanksgiving time to list some of the things for which Americans should be grateful.
Discussion: PoliBlog (TM), On Deadline and CBS News
Michael Calderone / New York Observer:
A New D.C. Paper Poaches, Encroaches Cross-Platforms  —  Allbritton Communications, which owns seven ABC affiliates, including WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C., now wants to own a newspaper.  —  A newspaper?  Didn't everyone write those old, unprofitable things off?
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Jim Romenesko / poynter.org:   No resume with this letter
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Alcee Hastings to Dems: Support me — or Michelle Malkin wins  —  It's the left's very own moronic version of "If X doesn't happen, then the terrorists have already won."  With "X" in this case defined as his appointment to the chairmanship of the House Intel Committee and "terrorists" …
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Hastings to Dems: I'm Innocent
Discussion: Sweetness & Light
 
 
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Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
Thanksgiving: the White House "Pardoning" Scandal
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Pajamas Media:
The Four Freedoms:  —  Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1941 …
Discussion: TigerHawk and The Mahablog
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ever since I started watching The Sopranos I guess five …
Discussion: Jesus' General
Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
For Some, the Words Just Roll Off the Tongue
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Molly Moore / Washington Post:
Dutch Voters Favor Prime Minister's Christian Democrats
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Shooting victim, 92, shot officers five times
Ann Coulter / Human Events:
What Can I Do to Make Your Flight More Uncomfortable?
Discussion: Y.A.C.R.W.B and Power Line
Associated Press:
Network calls FCC indecency rules 'radical'
Discussion: The Sideshow
Jerusalem Post:
France authorizes troops to fire at IAF jets over Lebanon