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6:20 AM ET, November 19, 2007

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Bean / Lawyers, Guns and Money:
My Uterus.  A UPS Box.  What's the difference?  —  Well, to the forced pregnancy brigade, there is no difference: my uterus is nothing but a glorified storage container, holding something until it reaches its destination (birth).  Now there's proof:  —  Here's a transcript, via Trailer Park Feminist:
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister and TBogg
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Trailer Park / trailer park feminist:
You are a box.  —  Wow.  If you ever doubted that the pro-life movement thinks of women not so much as people with individual personalities, feelings and responsibilities in life, but more as mindless, thoughtless containers for babies, this little video from InsideCatholic.com ought make it pretty clear.
Discussion: Feministe and Bark Bark Woof Woof
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Tom Kean endorsing McCain in new push  —  Thomas H. Kean, who chaired the 9/11 Commission, will endorse Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for president on Monday as part of a high-stakes new push by the campaign to focus voters on national security, campaign sources tell Politico.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:   McCain: 'No other candidate has my experience'
Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
McCain equates silence with progress
Don Surber:
Name that party: Buckwheat  —  I doubt AP would have downplayed a Republican losing over a racist remark.  —  As a member of the MSM for most of my adult life, I should resent charges of a pro-Democrat bias in the media.  Really, I should.  —  But then Melinda Deslatte of the Associated Press …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and TBogg
Sebastian Abbot / Associated Press:
OPEC Interested in Non-Dollar Currency  —  Ahmadinejad: OPEC Members Interested in Converting Cash Reserves Into Non-Dollar Currency  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that OPEC's members have expressed interest in converting their cash reserves …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Swiss Option  —  Has an opening appeared for a diplomatic …
Discussion: Redstate
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Democrats Say They Won't Back Down on War  —  Democrats in Congress failed once again Friday to shift President Bush's war strategy in Iraq, but insisted that they would not let up.  Their explanation for their latest foiled effort seemed to boil down to a simple question: "What else are we supposed to do?"
Discussion: Flopping Aces
New York Times:
U.S. Hopes to Arm Pakistani Tribes Against Al Qaeda  —  A new and classified American military proposal outlines an intensified effort to enlist tribal leaders in the frontier areas of Pakistan in the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, as part of a broader effort to bolster Pakistani forces …
Discussion: abu muqawama
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The Independent:
A world dying, but can we unite to save it?  —  Pollution in the seas is now speeding global warming, says a devastating new climate report.  'IoS' Environment Editor Geoffrey Lean reports from Valencia  —  Humanity is rapidly turning the seas acid through the same pollution that causes global warming …
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Giuliani Hoping NASCAR Fans May Provide an Edge in the Race  —  Now, Rudolph W. Giuliani says, he "really" is a NASCAR fan.  —  The Republican presidential candidate is better known as a New Yorker, of course, one who as the city's mayor drew admiration associating with quintessentially New York passions …
Bassem Mroue / Associated Press:
Hezbollah rebuilds south Beirut  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon - The Shiite Muslim militant group Hezbollah has launched a massive project to rebuild south Beirut, devastated in last year's war with Israel — and it's paying for much of the construction with international donor funds that were meant …
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Jihad Watch
Slate:
Created Equal  —  Liberal creationism  —  We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights ...  Last month, James Watson, the legendary biologist, was condemned and forced into retirement …
Mark Winne / Washington Post:
When Handouts Keep Coming, the Food Line Never Ends  —  How can anyone not get caught up in the annual Thanksgiving turkey frenzy?  At the food bank I co-founded in Hartford, Conn., November always meant cheering the caravans of fowl-laden trucks that roared into our parking lot.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and EconLog
Michael D. Shear / The Trail:
McCain on Secret Service: Why Do I Need It?  —  Sen. John McCain in the snows of New Hampshire.  (AP).  —  John McCain often says on the campaign trail that he wants to take on the system in Washington.  Usually, he's talking about congressional spending and pork-barrel projects.
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Born Yesterday  —  Robert Novak has thrown a bomb (a twofer) into the Democratic primary and is getting the predictable result.  —  I think this is probably a good juncture to take an important little trip down memory lane.  It's 1972, and Richard Nixon has surveyed the field and wants …
 
 
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Josef Federman / Associated Press:
US pushes Israel on West Bank settlers
Jack Kelly / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
It's true: Iraq is a quagmire
Dan Collins / protein wisdom:
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Discussion: TBogg
Hindrocket / Power Line:
PATRIOTISM: NOT QUITE DEAD IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
David Usborne / The Independent:
Rappers join models in insisting on euros as greenbacks fall further out of fashion
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Digg
Homeland Security National Terror Alert:
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CNN:
Bomber kills kids getting toys from troops
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Bryan / Hot Air:
Hot Air exclusive: Guess who's visiting the troops at Bagram Air Base?
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The Atlantic Online:
About that plan to "speed up" Thanksgiving air travel
Discussion: The Sideshow and Ezra Klein
Mark Helprin / Opinion Journal:
The Soft Underbelly of Europe
Hiroko Tabuchi / Associated Press:
Japan fleet sets off to hunt humpbacks
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
FDL Book Salon Welcomes Naomi Klein
Will Lester / Associated Press:
Huckabee: Abortion not states' call
Discussion: Hot Air, Stop The ACLU and BitsBlog
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
"Tough" Tim Russert Refuses To Challenge Rudy's Dissembling
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
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