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1:45 AM ET, October 29, 2007

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Ynetnews:
IAEA chief lashes out over Israeli raid in Syria  —  Mohamed ElBaradei accuses Jewish state of 'taking the law into its own hands', says 'if countries have information that another country is working on a nuclear-related program, they should come to us'  —  Chief UN nuclear watchdog Mohamed …
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Satyam / Think Progress:
ElBaradei: Military Strike On Iran 'Would Lead Absolutely To Disaster'  —  Prior to the Iraq war, International Atomic Energy Agency chairman Mohammed ElBaradei warned there was "no evidence of ongoing prohibited nuclear or nuclear-related activities in Iraq."
San Francisco Chronicle:
Matier & Ross: Political jockeying heats up as wildfires rage  —  Nothing like a disaster to bring politicians together - or turn them into punching bags.  —  Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, never one to shy away from the cameras, was told by his advisers to keep his eyes open when he arrived …
Discussion: Big Brass Blog
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TeddySanFran / Firedoglake:
Sunday Late Nite: Snakes on A Plane  —  Flying west to check up on the California fires, somebody got a very special ride on a very special plane after casting her very special vote for a very special federal judge: … Oh, really, Dianne?  Did you share with the President this tidbit …
Discussion: Calitics
Nancy A. Youssef / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Chalabi back in action in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD-Ahmad Chalabi, the controversial, ubiquitous Iraqi politician and one-time Bush administration favorite, has re-emerged as a central figure in the latest U.S. strategy for Iraq.  —  His latest job: To press Iraq's central government to use early security gains …
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
As Democrats Criticize, Health Care Industry Donates  —  In a reversal from past election cycles, Democratic candidates for president are outpacing Republicans in donations from the health care industry, even as the leading Democrats in the field offer proposals that have caused deep anxiety …
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Amy Lorentzen / Associated Press:
Obama Accuses Clinton of Sidestepping
Shaun Mullen / Kiko's House:
Why Is Gay Hating James Dobson Still Licensed As a Therapist in Colorado?  —  The Reverend James Dobson, full to overflowing with the ego-tripping insouciance of a man of the cloth who is doing God's bidding, is used to getting his way.  And being downright un-Christian when it comes to gays.
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Celeste Katz / NY Daily News:
Nader voters crippled Gore in 2000; now they love him  —  Right or wrong, people who voted for Ralph Nader get blamed for costing Al Gore the 2000 election.  —  Now, some of those very same voters are throwing themselves into a new - and nonexistent - campaign: Gore 2008.  —  And they say there's no irony at all.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Weasel Zippers
Jack Grimston / Times of London:
Iranians study nuclear physics in Britain  —  THE Foreign Office has cleared dozens of Iranians to enter British universities to study advanced nuclear physics and other subjects with the potential to be applied to weapons of mass destruction.  —  In the past nine months about 60 Iranians …
Discussion: Wake up America and Israel Matzav
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Walking Into Iran's Trap
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
ConservativeHome com / ConservativeHome's ToryDiary:   You couldn't make it up  —  Today's Sunday Times:
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
A bizarre, unsolicited email from Gen. Petraeus' spokesman  —  I received this morning an unsolicited email from Col. Steven A. Boylan, the Public Affairs Officer and personal spokesman for Gen. David G. Petraeus.  The subject line of the email — which I am publishing in full, unedited form here …
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Glenn Greenwald / UT Documents:
Unsolicited email from Col. Stephen Boylan, spokesman to Gen. David G. Petraeus
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and protein wisdom
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
War, like life, is not a movie  —  As far as I know, the movie "Deliverance" has been featured in political discourse just the once.  Back in 1996, Pat Buchanan, hot from his triumph over Bob Dole in the New Hampshire primary, warned the country-club Republicans that he was coming to get them "like a character out of Deliverance."
Peterhamby / CNN Political Ticker:
Colbert campaigns in S.C.; Edwards camp attacks Doritos link  —  COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) — Comedian Stephen Colbert brought his mock presidential campaign to the capital of South Carolina Sunday, where he was declared "favorite son" by the mayor of Columbia and given the key to the city.
Times of London:
Quack Michael Moore has mad view of the NHS  —  The fourth estate has always had a bad name, but it seems to be getting worse.  Journalism should be an honest and useful trade, and often still is.  But now that journalism has more power than ever before, it seems to have become ever more disreputable.
Discussion: QandO and Don Surber
Confederate Yankee:
A Point of Honor  —  Scott Beauchamp doesn't matter.  —  He's a twice-AWOL serial liar with a pending mental health evaluation who can't write believable military fiction EVEN WHILE IN THE MILITARY.  He's powerless, has been tried, found guilty and punished, and at this point, a distraction.
Discussion: Exurban League and Bookworm Room
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
William Safire's Spooky Political Predictions  —  Play (1060) (thanks to Heather for videos)  —  Just in time for Halloween, semi-retired New York Times columnist, William Safire, made some frightful political predictions on this morning's Meet The Press — some of which sounded more like tricks than treats.
Discussion: Middle Earth Journal
Thomas M. DeFrank / NY Daily News:
Giuliani is GOP's best shot against Hillary, said Ford  —  WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF  —  WASHINGTON - Jerry Ford wasn't sure Hillary Clinton could be elected President, but he was absolutely certain which Republican had the strongest shot at stopping her: Rudy Giuliani.
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
The Two-Man Race  —  Only Rudy and Mitt have credible scenarios.  —  Ron Paul has been a striking presence in the Republican presidential debates.  One result is he's raised an unimaginable amount of money—$5.1 million in the third quarter—for an obscure congressman from Texas.
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Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog:
The GOP's Two Man Race: Giuliani Or Romney Will Be The Nominee
Discussion: Daily Pundit
 
 
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David Leppard / Times of London:
Royal targeted in sex and drugs blackmail plot
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Shame on Them: Republicans and Top Dems Missing at Arab American Leadership Summit
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Indian 'slave' children found making low-cost clothes destined for Gap
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Fred Thompson vs. the moonshiners
Darleen / protein wisdom:
Just in time for Halloween [Darleen Click] updated
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Michael Ledeen / The Corner:
Osanloo: no hospital, only prison
Tracy Connor / NY Daily News:
Newser's book: Ford saw Clinton as a sex 'addict'
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Sheiks kidnapped after reconciliation meetings
Michael Ledeen / The Corner:
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Ray Rivera / New York Times:
Governor Accused of Betraying Principles
Anushka Asthana / Observer:
Bullying exaggerated, says expert
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Fox heralds Bush as a World Series 'hero.'
Agence France Presse:
'Shoot first' laws plague burglars
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
W.M.D. in Iran? Q.E.D.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Death