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4:50 PM ET, November 10, 2007

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Richard Landes / Pajamas Media:
AL-DURA AND THE "PUBLIC SECRET" OF MIDDLE EAST JOURNALISM  —  The evidence emerging from the ongoing Al Dura trial in France indicates that Western journalists are fully aware that some of the footage they use in their reports on the Mideast conflict is staged, charges Richard Landes.
Discussion: Power Line
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Is Everyone's Game Fixed Now?  —  One of my favorite films, John Sayles' Eight Men Out, tells the story of the 1919 Chicago White Sox, who threw the World Series for gambler cash.  It shows what happens when people feel an entitlement to something other than integrity.
Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Clinton admits planting questions in public forum  —  Hillary Clinton stopped at a bio-diesel plant in Newton, Iowa earlier this week to see alternative fuels in the making and drive home the week's campaign theme of her energy plan.  After a tour, the candidate took questions from the crowd.
Major Garrett / Fox News:
Clinton Campaign Confirms Planting Town Hall Question, Says It Won't Happen Again  —  SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton's campaign admitted Friday that it planted a global warming question in Newton, Iowa, Tuesday during a town hall meeting to discuss clean energy.
Martina Stewart / CNN Political Ticker:
Questions planted by Clinton campaign
Michelle Malkin:
Hillary's control freak campaign: The politics of planting questions
Don Surber:
Hillary wants a presidency with training wheels
Discussion: New York Post and Stop The ACLU
Sara Just / Political Radar:
Clinton Camp Admits To Planting Questions
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Pajamas Media:
Norman Mailer, a dissenting view  —  The news that the novelist Norman Mailer died earlier today at the age of 84 has already elicited little hagiographical murmurs.  That hushed choir will doubtless turn into a deafening chorus of praise in the coming days and weeks—how much space …
Bart Barnes / Washington Post:
Pulitzer Prize-Winner Norman Mailer Dies at 84
Discussion: GregsOpinion.com
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Recession?  What Recession?  —  If it looks like a recession and feels like a recession ...  "Quite frankly," said Senator Charles Schumer, peering over his glasses at the Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, "I think we are at a moment of economic crisis, stemming from four key areas …
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Atrios / Eschaton:   CPI  —  Herbert: … This isn't true.  The CPI does include food …
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Republicans blame the wrong president for overstretched military  —  Of all of Bush's misstatements from the 2000 presidential election, one of the most obviously-false attacks was on military readiness.  Indeed, then-Gov. Bush blamed Clinton and Gore directly for "hollowing out" the military.
Discussion: Angry Bear and Prairie Weather
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Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
Top Iowa Story: Rudy Attacks Bill Clinton — Plus Russia And China
Associated Press:
Play of the Day: McCain's Mom on Mormons  —  MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) - John McCain's 95-year-old mother, in a swipe at her son's rival Mitt Romney, said Friday that Mormons were to blame for the scandal that rocked the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.  —  During an appearance on MSNBC …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Rice's Management at Issue  —  Critics Cite Blackwater, Baghdad Embassy and Passports  —  Shortly after Condoleezza Rice took charge of the 57,000-person State Department in 2005, she said she relished the challenge of "line responsibility" in leading a large organization.
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
People Who Live in Glass Houses  —  Nationally syndicated radio host Michael Baisden has been blasting Color of Change and suggesting they misappropriated funds raised for the Jena 6.  —  From the Chicago Tribune: … You view the cancelled checks here.  According to emails and letters released …
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
NUCLEAR....John McCain offered up some criticism of Bernie Kerik yesterday for bailing out on his job training the Iraqi police, and the Giuliani campaign naturally went ballistic in response.  Rich Lowry is perturbed: … But this is just the package you get with Rudy.
Learfield / Radio Iowa:
Edwards @ John Mellencamp concert  —  It was 7 p.m. on a Friday night in Des Moines and I was driving to meet friends L, M and S at Wells Fargo Arena where I would see one of my favorite bands, Los Lobos, open for John Mellencamp.  The sound of my phone ringing pierced the interior of my car.
John McCormick / The Swamp:
Edwards hits Clinton, Dodd says general to be close  —  DES MOINES—Former Sen. John Edwards lashed out at Democratic presidential rival Sen. Hillary Clinton today for staging a question at a voter meet-and-greet session and compared it to something that President Bush would do.  —  "That's what George Bush does.
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
 
 
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William Greider / The Nation:
Peru Trade Bill: It's the Money, Stupid
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush and Relatives of Fallen Lean on Each Other
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush, Congress spar over vets
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Raina Kelley / Newsweek.com:
The Writing On The Wall  —  Good penmanship is more than just a quaint skill.
USA Today:
Iowa GOP inundated by irate calls from Ron Paul fans
David Weigel / Reason Magazine:
Feel the Pajamamentum!  —  It's a little-known fact …
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Kos / Daily Kos:
Is Rahm racist, or merely scared?
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A STORY YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED, AS THE REGULAR PRESS DOESN'T COVER GOOD NEWS MUCH.
Telegraph:
Dr Bari: Government stoking Muslim tension
Associated Press:
Anti-abortion postings ordered removed
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F.C.C. Planning Rules to Open Cable Market
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TPM's Ultimate Kerik Scandal List!
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