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12:20 PM ET, October 15, 2007

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Gore Derangement Syndrome  —  On the day after Al Gore shared the Nobel Peace Prize, The Wall Street Journal's editors couldn't even bring themselves to mention Mr. Gore's name.  Instead, they devoted their editorial to a long list of people they thought deserved the prize more.
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Jules Crittenden:
Gore Derangement Syndrome  —  Get yours here!  —  Paul Krugman at NYT wants to know what it is about Al Gore that drives right-wingers crazy.  Howabout: Gore Lies, No One Will Die ...  Here's Krugman's theory: … That's true if you (A) believe the Nobel Prize committee is the last word on anything and …
Graham Bowley / New York Times:
3 Americans to Share Nobel Prize in Economics  —  The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded today to three Americans for their work in mechanism design theory, a branch of economics that looks at the design of institutions in situations where markets do not work properly.
Mark Steyn / The Australian:   Doom if Saint Al loses carbs
Washington Post:
Al-Qaeda In Iraq Reported Crippled  —  Many Officials, However, Warn Of Its Resilience  —  The U.S. military believes it has dealt devastating and perhaps irreversible blows to al-Qaeda in Iraq in recent months, leading some generals to advocate a declaration of victory over the group …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
AQI On The Run, Not Vanquished
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
Lee Bandy / The Politico:
McCain is bouncing back  —  Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is back, two months after he was given up for dead.  —  For most of 2007, McCain was the prohibitive favorite among GOP voters.  No one else came close.  —  Then, suddenly, his campaign — swollen with overhead and consultants …
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Rusty / The Jawa Report:
Inshallashshaheed Outted: North Carolina Jihadi in the News  —  Michael Moss of the New York Times has outted Inshallashaheed, the al Qaeda supporting blogger who we've been investigating for over a year.  I've been sitting on his true identity for months, but in one fell swoop Samir ibn Zafar Khan …
Discussion: Little Green Footballs and Hot Air
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New York Times:
An Internet Jihad Aims at U.S. Viewers  —  When Osama bin Laden issued his videotaped message to the American people last month, a young jihad enthusiast went online to help spread the word.  —  "America needs to listen to Shaykh Usaamah very carefully and take his message with great seriousness," he wrote on his blog.
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Group Plans to Provide Investigative Journalism  —  As struggling newspapers across the country cut back on investigative reporting, a new kind of journalism venture is hoping to fill the gap.  —  Paul E. Steiger, who was the top editor of The Wall Street Journal for 16 years …
Jed Babbin / Human Events:
Pelosi's Most Dangerous Ploy  —  Congressional Democrats anxious to force a withdrawal of American forces from Iraq are frustrated by their inability to muster a veto-proof majority for legislation that would establish a firm date for retreat.  But what they cannot do directly they are now working hard to do indirectly.
Bill Carter / New York Times:
Can Fox Win Its Frontal Assault Against CNBC?  —  The team leading the Fox Business Network into battle with CNBC, the entrenched leader in cable business news, has made no secret that it intends to do in the realm of business news exactly what the Fox News Channel did in general news.  As in: conquer.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:   Fox Puts Its Money on 'Fun' Business Channel
Robertgreenwald / Brave New Films blog:
The REAL Rudy: Radios  —  Rudy Giuliani is running for office on how he handled 9/11 and here we have proof positive that firemen were killed because his administration did not fix the long-standing (since 1993!) problems with the radios.  —  This BNF investigative report calls attention …
Discussion: Think Progress
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Standing Their Ground  —  Brave New Films has released a powerful …
Tom Bevan / TIME: Real Clear Politics:
Sen. Reid's Favorable Ratings Tank  —  Molly Ball of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Senator Harry Reid's favorable rating in Nevada has "plunged dramatically," according to a new poll.  Currently, Reid's favorable rating is at 32%, while his unfavorable rating is at 51% …
Discussion: PrairiePundit and Wizbang
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Molly Ball / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Poll: Reid's popularity falls among Nevadans
Discussion: Don Surber
Drudge Report:
THE RESURRECTION OF IMUS: RETURNS ON NATION'S TOP TALK STATION  —  In a dramatic and dazzling career rebound, controversial radio host Don Imus has secured a deal returning him to the airwaves on December 3 — this time on the nation's most listened to talk station, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned!
Discussion: Hot Air, Gawker and NewsBusters.org
Julian E. Barnes / Los Angeles Times:
America's own unlawful combatants?  —  OVER BAGHDAD: A Blackwater helicopter in Feburary.  The amount of force being used by such firms has raised questions.  —  Using private guards in Iraq could expose the U.S. to accusations of treaty violations, some experts think.
Discussion: The Lede, Angry Bear and cab drollery
Charles Hurt / New York Post:
'WIRE' LAW FAILED LOST GI  —  10-HOUR DELAY AS FEDS SOUGHT TAP  —  U.S. intelligence officials got mired for nearly 10 hours seeking approval to use wiretaps against al Qaeda terrorists suspected of kidnapping Queens soldier Alex Jimenez in Iraq earlier this year, The Post has learned.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Daily Kos
James Kirchick / Los Angeles Times:
Clarence Thomas is not the hypocrite  —  It's not fair to use affirmative action against the Supreme Court's lone black judge.  —  WITH THE RELEASE of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' memoir, "My Grandfather's Son," all of the old smears directed against him since …
Discussion: PrairiePundit
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
IT'S THE COVERUP THAT KILLS YOU, PART 2  —  It's been another week without word from the New Republic on the status of its "investigation" into the columns of TNR Baghdad Diarist Scott Thomas Beauchamp.  "The editors" have not spoken on the matter since their August 10 update.
 
 
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Christopher Cooper / Wall Street Journal:
How Housing Turmoil Could Hurt Republicans in '08
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The Copenhagen Post / jp.dk:
Hirsi Ali offered refuge in Denmark
Sarah Boseley / Guardian:
Dental patients pull own teeth
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Where Are All of The Realists?
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Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
The Disciples of Ron Paul, Spreading the Word in N.H.
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Marist Poll:
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Neil the Ethical Werewolf / Ezra Klein:
There Is So Much For Us Of Little Faith
Michelle Malkin:
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