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1:10 AM ET, June 2, 2010

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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Palin Reacts to Flotilla Incident  —  THE WEEKLY STANDARD has obtained Sarah Palin's imminent Facebook post on the Israeli Flotilla incident.  Here it is:
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
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Ron Friedman / Jerusalem Post:
‘Equipment not in shortage in Gaza’  —  Flotilla aid examined, sent to strip; ‘Marmara’ not inspected yet.  —  Talkbacks (13)  —  Make JPOST.COM your Home Page  —  Iranian Threat  —  Jewish World  —  Local Israel  —  Arts & Culture  —  Français  —  Classifieds  —  Israel
Evan Kohlmann / Counterterrorism Blog:
Shooting the Messenger: A Look at the Facts on the Turkish Aid Group IHH  —  When I first published a research paper four years ago with the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) on the Turkish Muslim charitable group Insani Yardim Vakfi (IHH), I didn't imagine …
Ron Ben-Yishai / Ynetnews:
Probe reveals flotilla lynchers have ties to Global Jihad  —  (Video) Interrogation of Gaza aid sail detainees reveals some of passengers recruited specifically to attack Israeli soldiers.  Suspects found to be carrying multiple weapons, cash  —  VIDEO - The ongoing interrogation of passengers …
MEMRI:
Arab Media Reports on Flotilla Participants: Writing Wills …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
David Swindle / NewsReal Blog:
Confession: Flotilla Nazis PLANNED To Attack Israel, Die as Martyrs
Leslie H. Gelb / The Daily Beast:
Israel Was Right  —  Hungry Beast Giving Beast Women in the World
Mike Allen / Reuters:
Al and Tipper Gore to separate  —  Al and Tipper Gore, whose playful romance enlivened Washington and the campaign trail for a quarter century, have decided to separate after 40 years of marriage, the couple told friends Tuesday.  —  In an “Email from Al and Tipper Gore,” the couple said …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Matthews: “I'm looking at myself in the camera and I'm saying, 'I don't understand what I'm talking about here.'”  —  “It's fascinating.  It Just Is”  —  Oh dear god, how much I loathe and despise the Villagers at times like this.  Here's the back and forth on Hardball today about Al and Tipper breaking up:
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
‘Blame Bush’ Du Jour: Ending the Gore Marriage  —  When it comes to things that caused Al and Tipper Gore to lose sleep and ultimately their love for each other, it turns out that George W. Bush was higher on the list than chlorofluorocarbons and Twisted Sister — at least according to a “family friend.”
Brent Baker / NewsBusters.org:
CBS Decides Al and Tipper's Separation is the Fault of....George W. Bush  —  Is there anything a journalist cannot or will not twist to bring the topic back to how life would be so much better if only not for that awful George W. Bush?  On Tuesday's CBS Evening News, with the help …
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Mark / News Corpse:
James O'Keefe May Be Heading Back To Jail  —  Andrew Breitbart's pet pimp impersonator, James O'Keefe, was just sentenced last week to three years probation, 100 hours of community service, and a $1,500 fine for having trespassed the offices of a United States senator in Lousiana under false pretenses.
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Michael Walsh / Big Journalism:
Pot, Meet Kettle: Former Clinton Hack George Stephanopoulos Calls James O'Keefe a ‘Political Activist’  —  George Stephanopoulos's “interview” with James O'Keefe and Andrew Breitbart on this morning's Good Morning America summed up everything that is wrong with institutional American journalism.
ABCNEWS:   Conservative Filmmaker Hits Census Bureau
James O'Keefe / Big Government:
Undercover Census Fraud Investigation - New Jersey
Fox News:
After Facing Criticism, Obama to Meet Arizona Gov. Brewer on Thursday  —  President Obama has turned down Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's request to meet while she's in Washington next week as tensions mount between his administration and Arizona over the state's new law cracking down on illegal immigrants.
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Byron York / Associated Press:
Can GOP stir up public to dig into Sestak affair?
Discussion: Nice Deb
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House takes measured stance on Israeli aid ship attack
Discussion: CNN and The Politico
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Says One Israeli General: 'Everybody Thinks We're Bananas'  —  Sorry about the intermittent blogging, I'm actually in Israel on a reporting trip, not a blogging trip (I don't think The Atlantic would send me overseas to blog, though maybe that's the next big thing).  And what am I reporting on, you ask?
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Is It Any Wonder Why We Call Them “Lame”?  —  It may seem like a small thing, considering the state of the union and international issues of the day, but let me share some facts surrounding a most recent illustration of the untrustworthiness of America's mainstream media.
David Firestone / New York Times:
So You Still Want to Choose Your Senator?  —  Few members of the Tea Party have endorsed Rand Paul's misgivings about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but a surprising number are calling for the repeal of an older piece of transformative legislation: the 17th Amendment.
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Matt Bai / New York Times:
Political Times: A Misguided Call for Repealing the 17th Amendment
Discussion: The New Republic
Newsdesk / Clout St:
U.S. Navy alerted Kirk to questions about his military award  —  Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk says his staff discovered he was mistakenly claiming to be the U.S. Navy intelligence officer of the year, but a military spokesman said today the Navy alerted Kirk about the inaccuracy after media inquiries.
Discussion: The Fix and Washington Post
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Kirk Embellishments About Military Service Go Back Years
Discussion: Pam's House Blend
Peter Walker / Guardian:
Tropical Storm Agatha blows a hole in Guatemala City  —  Hundreds dead as torrential rain sweeps Central America.  Sinkhole in Guatemala swallows three-storey building  —  Tropical Storm Agatha swept across Central America yesterday, bringing torrential rain that killed more than 100 people …
Discussion: Don Surber and Townhall.com
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Andrew C. Revkin / Dot Earth:
Dot Shot: Sinkhole in Guatemala City
Martin Fackler / New York Times:
Prime Minister of Japan Tells Nation He Plans to Quit  —  SEOUL, South Korea — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan, who swept into power last year with bold promises to revamp the country, then faltered over broken campaign pledges to remove an American base from Okinawa, announced Wednesday that he would step down.
Discussion: MyDD, The Page and New York Magazine
Religion:
My Take: Ending 'don't ask, don't tell' would undermine religious liberty  —  Editor's Note: Tony Perkins is President of the Family Research Council and a Marine veteran.  —  By Tony Perkins, Special to CNN  —  Some people think allowing open homosexuality in the military means nothing …
Advocate:
The Rise of GetEqual  —  Whatever you may think of it, the new grassroots direct action group GetEqual has the ambition — and the funding — to further agitate the political establishment.  —  Even civil disobedience sometimes requires a dress rehearsal.  On an April night …
Brad Delong / The Week Magazine:
Does Washington care about unemployment?  —  In 1983, Ronald Reagan's Washington regarded high unemployment as a national emergency.  Today, with unemployment kissing 10 percent, Barack Obama's Washington scarcely seems perturbed.  Why?  —  U.S. Treasury bond prices leaped again in May.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Right to remain silent? Better speak up
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog and Hot Air
Kathy Chen / Wall Street Journal:
American Troops Leave Haiti
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Anthony Weiner strongly defends Israeli attack on flotilla
Lee Fang / Think Progress:
Anti-government critic Bachmann chides Obama for not 'commandeering …
Discussion: TPMDC
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C.J. Chivers / At War:
Shoot at American Patrol.  Get Shot. …
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Charles Murray / Claremont Institute:
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Peter Beinart / The Daily Beast:
Israel's Indefensible Behavior
Discussion: Mother Jones
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