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1:10 PM ET, November 19, 2006

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Anahad O'Connor / New York Times:
No Grunting, They Said, and He Was at the Gym  —  Albert Argibay, a bodybuilder and a state correction officer, was at a Planet Fitness gym with 500 pounds of weight on his shoulders one afternoon this month when the club manager walked over and told him it was time to leave.
Discussion: Feministe and Outside The Beltway
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Fausta / Fausta's blog:
Let's hear it for the lunks!  —  I've been trying for the past four weeks to get the NYT to cancel my subscription.  I emailed, I called, and the dead tree rag continues to drop at my driveway every Saturday and Sunday.  Like a spurned lover who can't believe it's over, it's not over for them.
Dan Collins / protein wisdom:   Blatant Misomascu- . . . penistropy
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Ron Suskind / Washington Post:
Send in the Subpoenas  —  Senate Foreign Relations Committee aides debated last Tuesday whether to call deposed Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to the hearing table for a public flogging.  The decision was no — at least for now.  Later that day, I bumped into the incoming committee chairman …
Telegraph:
Al-Qaeda's 'best assets' prime UK timebomb  —  British Muslims volunteering to fight against coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are being sent back to Britain to become al-Qaeda "sleeper" agents, The Sunday Telegraph has learned.  —  MI5 agents believe that young Asian men …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
David Leppard / Times of London:
Blair hit by Saudi 'bribery' threat  —  SAUDI ARABIA is threatening to suspend diplomatic ties with Britain unless Downing Street intervenes to block an investigation into a £60m "slush fund" allegedly set up for some members of its royal family.  —  A senior Saudi diplomat in London …
Jamie Doward / Observer:
Muslim leader sent funds to Irving  —  Islamic activist admits he donated cash to jailed historian who denied the Holocaust  —  One of Britain's most prominent speakers on Muslim issues is today exposed as a supporter of David Irving, the controversial historian who for years denied the Holocaust took place.
Discussion: Harry's Place
Brian Wheeler / BBC:
Web 'fuelling crisis in politics'  —  Tony Blair's outgoing chief strategy adviser fears the internet could be fuelling a "crisis" in the relationship between politicians and voters.  —  Matthew Taylor - who stressed he was speaking as a "citizen" not a government spokesman - said the web could be "fantastic" for democracy.
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Guido Fawkes Esq / Guy Fawkes' blog …:
Crisis, What Crisis?  —  Matthew Taylor, Tony's chief adviser …
Discussion: Dodgeblogium
NY Daily News:
Rupe is in soup with troops  —  O'Reilly rips Murdoch, book, show  —  Fox News firebrand Bill O'Reilly threatened yesterday to whack Rupert Murdoch in the wallet for promoting O.J. Simpson's how-I-murdered-my-wife book.  —  Vowing to boycott any company that advertises on Fox's …
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Washington Post:
O.J. Deal Leaves Sour Taste in Many Mouths
Discussion: Don Surber
Judd / Think Progress:
McCain Flip-Flops, Supports Immediate Reversal of Roe v. Wade  —  In 1999, the "moderate" version of John McCain said that overturning Roe v. Wade would be dangerous for women and he would not support it, even in "the long term."  Here's McCain in the San Francisco Chronicle:
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Kissinger says Iraq isn't ripe for democracy  —  In a critique of Bush administration strategy, the former secretary of State says the focus should be on stability.  —  NEW YORK — Former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, a frequent advisor to President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Telegraph:
Leading Russian critic of Putin's regime is poisoned in London  —  Scotland Yard has launched an investigation into an audacious attempt to murder - using a deadly poison - a leading Russian defector at a restaurant in London.  —  Alexander Litvinenko, a former colonel in the Russian secret service …
Discussion: Daily Pundit and Tim Worstall
Kent Fischer / Dallas Morning News:
Ruling: Classes divided by race  —  At Preston Hollow, principal tried to appease affluent parents, halt white flight, judge says  —  For years, it was an open secret at North Dallas' Preston Hollow Elementary School: Even though the school was overwhelmingly Hispanic and black …
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
JOHN BOLTON ALONE  —  Like Mark Steyn's book (discussed below), John Bolton has a message.  Indeed, it's a message that would resonate with the readers of Steyn's book, if only his message were deemed worthy of coverage in the mainstream media.  Pamela at Atlas Shrugs and Bruce Kesler …
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David Morgan / Reuters:
Chertoff says U.S. threatened by international law
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Ruminate This
Pamela Geller Oshry / Atlas Shrugs:
ISLAMIC JIHAD IN INDONESIA  —  ****TOP THREAD SCROLL FOR UPDATES AND NEW POSTS****  —  The price for being a Christian.... in Indonesia...and soon to be Malaysia (reported in the local daily news yesterday and today.)  —  Death for abandoning (lapsing) Muslims and for Christians who preach in Malay.
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
jules crittenden:
The Last Man to Die for a Mistake  —  The talk of exit strategies for Iraq has me wondering.  Who was the last man to die for what John Kerry called a mistake?  Was it that American soldier whose name is the last name on the last panel of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D.C.?
cuny.edu:
CUNY Graduate School Of Journalism Awarded Knight Foundation Grant To Teach Law To Bloggers  —  Bloggers who don't want to end up in court because of legal issues like libel, privacy or copyright will get training from The City University of New York's new Graduate School of Journalism.
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
A gift to bloggers: A stay-out-of-court card
Discussion: Beltway Blogroll
 
 
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TChris / TalkLeft:
Gonzales Defends Warrantless Surveillance ... Again
Darleen Click / protein wisdom:
Don't view the video!  —  Reading the transcript of Larry King …
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Hundreds, All Nonunion, Walk Out at Pork Plant in N.C.
Kevin Bohn / CNN:
O'Connor details half-baked attempt to kill Supreme Court
Discussion: alicublog
Politics Central:
LEDEEN ON THE KAMALFAR VIDEO
Terence Hunt / Houston Chronicle:
S. Korea won't back Bush on inspections
Discussion: News Hounds
Imad Khadduri / Free Iraq:
Our Ali  —  . Yesterday, I received an Email from a friend citing …
Times of London:
Sausages affected by draconian trade laws
Discussion: protein wisdom
 Earlier Items: 
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Bush's nominees for judgeships to be conservative
Discussion: Power Line
David Charter / Times of London:
Dutch set to ban burka in public after election
Discussion: Power Line
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THIS TIME THE DREAM'S ON ME  —  I jumped the gun in celebrating …
Discussion: Joe's Dartblog
Ezra Klein:
Here's What Class Warfare Looks Like
wtopnews.com:
Justice Department Won't Investigate Flier Distribution
Discussion: MyDD and The RBC
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Democrats Split on How Far to Go With Ethics Law
Hindrocket / Power Line:
HYPOCRISY, YES, BUT WITH A POINT
 

 
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Matthew Weaver / The Guardian:
The BBC cancels a planned Boris Johnson interview after presenter Laura Kuenssberg says she accidentally sent the former UK prime minister her briefing notes

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube unveils Shorts updates, including letting creators upload three-minute videos, updating the Shorts player, introducing templates, and a new trends page

CNN:
Melania Trump's book publisher asked CNN to sign an NDA and pay $250K to interview her, but then called the request a “miscommunication”

 
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