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William M. Welch / USA Today:
Recruiter shot dead outside Army office  —  A Muslim convert who said he was opposed to the U.S. military shot two soldiers outside an Arkansas recruiting station, killing one, police said Monday.  —  “This individual appears to have been upset with the military, the Army in particular …
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CNN:
1 dead, 1 hurt in recruiting office shooting  —  (CNN) — A U.S. soldier was killed and a second was wounded Monday in an apparent drive-by shooting at a recruiting center in Little Rock, Arkansas, police said.  —  The second soldier's injuries were not life-threatening, said police Lt. Terry Hastings.
USsoldiersgurl / KATV-TV:
One Dead, One Injured in West LR Shooting  —  Little Rock - One person is dead, another seriously injured, and a third is in custody following a double shooting in west Little Rock Monday morning.  —  Authorities say the incident occurred around 10:00 a.m. at a U.S. Army Navy Career Center inside …
Associated Press:
Military Recruiter Killed In Ark. Shooting  —  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ― One Army recruiter was killed Monday and a second was wounded in a shooting at a recruiting office, and a suspect was arrested, police said.  —  Police Lt. Terry Hastings said the recruiter was shot when a man …
Discussion: KLRT-TV and snooperreport.com
Michelle Malkin:
And now this: Shooting at military recruiting center; 1 dead, 1 wounded; suspect is anti-military Muslim convert  —  Scroll down for updates...meet the Muslim domestic terrorist suspect, Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad...  Holy crap: A shooting at an Arkansas Army recruiting center has left one recruiter dead and one wounded.
Kyle / Right Wing Watch:
Terry Declares That Tiller “Reaped What He Sowed,” Then Asks If Someone Will Buy Him Lunch  —  Today, Randall Terry held a press conference at the National Press Club “to discuss how the pro-life movement should deal with Dr. [George] Tiller's death” and defend his statement …
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New York Times:
Suspect Is Identified in Killing of Abortion Doctor  —  WICHITA, Kan. — The suspect in the fatal shooting of one of the nation's only doctors to perform late-term abortions had professed an anti-government, anti-abortion philosophy in years past, some who knew him said on Monday.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
It's official: Playboy is a hate site; Update: Playboy pulled it  —  Playboy likes to claim that it prints pictures of naked women as a means to empower them.  Uh-huh.  It seems that Playboy and Hugh Hefner only like to empower women to the extent that they'll take off their clothes …
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Tommy Christopher / Politics Daily:
Playboy Magazine Officially Hates Women, Conservative or Otherwise  —  Over the years, “tasteful” porn dinosaur Playboy Magazine has been the subject of pop cultural debate for decades.  Is the nudity exploitation, or empowerment?  Does the magazine celebrate women, or degrade them?
The Huffington Post:
Cheney Offers Support For Gay Marriage  —  Dick Cheney rarely takes a position that places him at a more progressive tilt than President Obama.  But on Monday, the former vice president did just that, saying that he supports gay marriage as long as it is deemed legal by state and not federal government.
Michael Moore / Mike's Message:
Goodbye, GM ...by Michael Moore  —  I write this on the morning of the end of the once-mighty General Motors.  By high noon, the President of the United States will have made it official: General Motors, as we know it, has been totaled.  —  As I sit here in GM's birthplace, Flint, Michigan …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Minnesota Supremes Grill Coleman Lawyer On Lack Of Evidence  —  The oral arguments just finished at the Minnesota Supreme Court, in Norm Coleman's appeal of his defeat at the election trial, with Coleman's lead attorney Joe Friedberg arguing that serious constitutional issues mean …
Discussion: Wonkette and Talking Points Memo
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Mark Nickolas / The Huffington Post:
Pawlenty To Emerge As The GOP's Most Prominent Clear-Eyed Realist?
Discussion: New York Times and Law Blog
Bob Von Sternberg / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Senate race now in hands of the state Supreme Court
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Cheney mixes up Obama, Osama  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney confused the president of the United States with the world's most-wanted terrorist in a speech on Monday.  —  Speaking at the National Press Club, Cheney answered a question as to why his administration had not caught Osama bin Laden.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Cheney: ‘Would do exactly the same’
Discussion: The Politico, Raw Story and The Note
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Cheney on gay marriage: ‘People free’
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Republican Base Heavily White, Conservative, Religious  —  Democrats are more likely to be moderate or liberal, Hispanic, or black or other races  —  PRINCETON, NJ — More than 6 in 10 Republicans today are white conservatives, while most of the rest are whites with other ideological leanings …
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Megan McArdle:
The War on The War on Abortion  —  Let me start off, in the obligatory way, by announcing that I am pro-choice.  I don't think abortions before, say, eight [months] weeks are even arguably murder.  Moreover, I don't think many other people believe it's murder, either, for all that they profess to.
David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Tom Tancredo Staffer Pleads Guilty to Karate-Chopping Black Woman  —  For years, conservative writer and activist Marcus Epstein has worked with the mainstream of the immigration restrictionist movement.  He wrote speeches for former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) during his presidential bid …
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
The Campaign to Blame O'Reilly for Tiller's Death  —  Minutes after news broke yesterday that George Tiller had been murdered in Kansas, The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan declared “O'Reilly's Target Shot Dead In Church.”  Sullivan wrote that “there is a Bill O'Reilly connection” to a …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The NYT And McChrystal  —  A brief but important editorial - because it moves the MSM toward the legitimate story of McChrystal's troubling proximity to some of the worst prisoner abuses in the war on terror.  Money quote:  —  At least 34 Special Operations soldiers were eventually disciplined …
Discussion: Firedoglake
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Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
GOP Should Run Against the Power of the Center  —  Move to the center.  That's the advice Republicans are getting from quarters friendly and otherwise.  It seems to make a certain amount of sense.  If opinion is arrayed along a single-dimension, left-to-right spectrum and clustered …
Discussion: Jay Currie, Eunomia and Reason
Glenn Somerville / Reuters:
Geithner tells China its dollar assets are safe  —  * Dollar assets are safe, Geithner assures China  —  * Recession losing force; U.S., China must alter growth tack  —  * Backs strong dollar, calls for more flexible yuan  —  * China says cooperation can boost global confidence
Charles Savage / The Caucus:
Conservatives Ask Republican Senators to Filibuster on Sotomayor  —  Several years ago, when Senate Democrats were using filibusters to block confirmation votes on several of President George W. Bush's appeals court nominees, some conservatives decried the tactic as unconstitutional.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Kristol and Hume Call for Targeted Air Strikes on North Korea  —  As you probably know, a certain number of people are down-the-line pacifists.  They believe that war is wrong, no matter what the cause.  And as you've probably realized, none of them are major newspaper columnists …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Obama reiterates promise to ‘end’ 'Don't Ask'  —  The President signed a gay pride proclamation today, reiterating deferred campaign pledges, including ending 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' but making no mention of same-sex marriage.  —  The Advocate's Kerry Eleveld wondered recently …
 
 
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