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Holder's reasonable decision
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The Washington Post, by Jim Comey and Jack Goldsmith
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Posted By: Chuck- 11/20/2009 4:39:45 PM
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Reasonable minds can disagree about Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to prosecute Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other alleged Sept. 11 perpetrators in a Manhattan federal court. But some prominent criticisms are exaggerated, and others place undue faith in military commissions as an alternative to civilian trials.
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Three years out, Palin more qualified
than Obama back in 2005
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The Hill, by Cheri Jacobus
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Posted By: hornet- 11/20/2009 4:32:40 PM
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On "Hardball" Thursday night, Chris Matthews asked Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) if Sarah Palin was qualified to be president. Here's the right answer: Three years out from the 2012 presidential elections, Sarah Palin is far, far more qualified to be president than Barack Obama was three years before he became president. In 2005, Obama had not even yet started serving his measly two years in the United States Senate. Three years before being elected
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'Failure Is Not an Option'
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Wall Street Journal, by James Taranto
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Posted By: BamaMan- 11/20/2009 4:28:09 PM
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On Wednesday we noted that President Obama defended his decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammad as a civilian by declaring that the outcome is preordained: KSM will be convicted and put to death. This appears to be not just bluster but the administration's actual position. Power Line's John Hinderaker notes that Attorney General Eric Holder, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, made a similar statement under questioning from Sen. Herb Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat:
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How Palin Will Help McCain
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Weekly Standard, by William Kristol
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Posted By: nota bene- 11/20/2009 4:13:35 PM
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The new Rasmussen poll for the 2010 Arizona GOP Primary—John McCain 45%, J. D. Hayworth 43%—will generate a fair amount of buzz. But August is a long way away, and I assume that when McCain gets back to Arizona and campaigns, he’ll pull it out. Still, who could help McCain beat back a populist conservative challenger? Sarah Palin. I predict that Palin will come to Arizona next summer to campaign for McCain
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Dialysis Unit Closing Hits
llegal Immigrants Hard
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New York Times, by Kevin Sack
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Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 11/20/2009 4:11:41 PM
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ATLANTA — Each had crossed the border years before, smuggled across the desert by a coyote, never imagining the journey would lead to a drab and dusty clinic on the ninth floor of Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital. Some knew before the crossing that they had diabetes or lupus or high blood pressure, but it was only after they arrived that their kidneys began to fail. To survive, they needed dialysis at a cost of
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A Hilarious Anti-Harry-Reid Ad
That Probably Won't Last Long
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National Review Online, by Jim Geraghty
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 11/20/2009 3:48:42 PM
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This ad from Danny Tarkanian, candidate for Senate in Nevada, is hilarious, depicting X-Files' agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigating Harry Reid's "missing congressional districts." Go watch it right now, as it will also probably be pulled very quickly, unless Tarkanian obtained the rights to use clips from "The X-Files."
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Large Hadron Collider restarted
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Agence France-Presse, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/20/2009 3:46:01 PM
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Lyons - The world's biggest atom-smasher, shut down after its inauguration in September 2008 amid technical faults, has been restarted. ''The first tests of injecting sub-atomic particles began around 1600 (01:00 AEDT),'' CERN spokesman James Gillies said. He said the injections lasted a fraction of a second, enough for ''a half or even a complete circuit'' of the Large Hadron Collider built in a 27km long tunnel straddling the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva.
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Let's share power,
says moderate Arab
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The Australian, by john Lyons
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/20/2009 3:42:57 PM
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As the shock departure of Mahmoud Abbas sinks in for Palestinians, Ahmad Aweidah is rising fast in the new generation of leaders. Mr Aweidah, 39, insists he is not interested in politics, though he's rarely shy about entering the major debates (Snip) Palestinians, he said, should focus on a single state in which Palestinians were the majority. It would be a federal system under which the Israel Defence Forces would retain responsibility for defence.
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ACORN got $200,000 in
Justice Department funds
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The Hill [Washington, DC], by Eric Zimmerman
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Posted By: StormCnter- 11/20/2009 3:39:49 PM
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ACORN and its affiliates received $200,000 in Justice Department grants between 2002 and 2009, according to a report issued Friday by the department's inspector general. No DOJ grants went directly to ACORN, but a handful of grants were awarded either to ACORN affiliates or to other organizations that sub-contracted with ACORN. The report, requested by House Judiciary Committee ranking member Lamar Smith (R-Texas), also found a few instances of ACORN mismanagement of federally contracted work.
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On terrorists, Justice recused
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Washington Times, by Editorial
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Posted By: StormCnter- 11/20/2009 3:34:32 PM
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The Obama Justice Department is having problems prosecuting terrorist cases because top department attorneys have conflicts of interest. According to documents obtained exclusively by The Washington Times, Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli, No. 3 official in the Justice Department, had to recuse himself on at least 13 active detainee cases and at least 26 cases listed as either closed or mooted.
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Natural gas prices fall
12 percent in November
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/20/2009 3:24:35 PM
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New York - Natural gas prices have dropped by more than 12 percent in the past month as the country continues to sip at its energy reserves and a balmy November allowed homeowners to leave the heat off. Retail prices for natural gas, or what many consumers will pay to heat their homes, are expected to be substantially lower this year. Spot prices for natural gas have dropped to almost half of what they were
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Poll may signal tough
primary for McCain
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The Hill [Washington, DC], by Tony Romm
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/20/2009 3:13:35 PM
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A new poll from Rasmussen may foreshadow a tough primary fight down the road for Republican Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) in 2010. In a hypothetical match-up against former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, who is reportedly considering a 2010 bid, McCain holds only a two-point lead, besting his potential opponent 45 percent to 43, according to Rasmussen. That means Hayworth is already polling within the margin of error — a tough spot for any incumbent to be
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Republicans could make
electoral history in New York
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Washington Examiner, by Michael Barone
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/20/2009 3:07:34 PM
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The New York Daily News is reporting that Rudy Giuliani is “very likely” going to run against appointed incumbent Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for the remaining two years of Hillary Clinton’s Senate term in 2010. A new poll from Marist shows Giuliani leading Gillibrand 54%-38%--he’s even carrying New York City by a statistically insignificant 48%-45%--and in the five polls taken in September, October and November he’s leading by an average of 51%-39%. In addition, pollster Scott
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Pelosi calls Karzai 'unworthy partner'
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Reuters, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/20/2009 2:57:30 PM
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Washington - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is an "unworthy partner" who does not deserve a big boost either in U.S. troops or civilian aid, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. Pelosi, a skeptic on sending more troops to Afghanistan, also said in an interview with National Public Radio aired on Friday that there was not strong support among her fellow Democrats in Congress for ''any big ramp-up of troops'' to oppose resurgent Taliban
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President Superbower -
“Speak loudly, carry a small twig”
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Dakota Beacon, by Mark Steyn
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Posted By: Liberty7- 11/20/2009 2:48:56 PM
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My radio pal Hugh Hewitt said to me on the air the other day that Barack Obama “doesn’t know how to be president”. It was a low but effective crack and I didn’t pay it much heed. But, after musing on it over the last week or so, it seems to me frighteningly literally true. I don’t just mean social lapses like his latest cringe-making bow,
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Veterans get Las Vegas salute
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Las Vegas Sun, by Richard Velotta
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Posted By: lvmatt- 11/20/2009 2:48:39 PM
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The Great Hall at the Venetian was lined with shouting, sign-carrying employees, but this was no organized labor demonstration. It was Veterans Day and for the fourth straight year, Las Vegas Sands employees, from the public-meeting desk personnel to housekeeping staff, lined up from the front entrance to the outdoor lagoon to create a path for the day’s honorees — 70 “wounded warriors” and their families and friends.
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Why the Gratuitous Bush-Bash in
‘Blind Side’? — I’ll Tell You Why…
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Big Hollywood, by John Nolte
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/20/2009 2:41:51 PM
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In another scene, set at one of those dreary government offices where bored civil servants provide occasional slow-motion service to frustrated citizens, Leigh Anne demands to know who is in charge. The clerk points, in a non-sequitur nonpareil, to a portrait of then-president George W. Bush. — John Boot in Pajamas Media You need not work in Hollywood to understand that this is the single most intolerant industry in America today — just watch their
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Hacked: Sensitive Documents
Lifted from Hadley Climate Center
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Wall Street Journal, by Keith Johnson
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Posted By: vastrightwingconspirator- 11/20/2009 2:34:51 PM
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Well, this should get interesting. The Hadley Climate Research Unit in Britain was hacked yesterday, apparently by Russian black hats, and thousands of sensitive documents, including emails from climate scientists dating back a decade, were posted online. Officials at Hadley, a leading global-warming research center, have apparently confirmed to an Australian publication that the documents are genuine.
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Oprah Promises Cable Show "Smaller &
Different"; Wants Biz In LA Not Chicago;
"Why Would Anybody Stay? It's Freezing
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Deadline Hollywood, by Nikki Finke
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Posted By: earlybird- 11/20/2009 2:31:53 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: This morning I have more information behind the scenes and about the future of the daytime diva's decision to end her syndicated The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2011. (I was first to report this back on November 5th, and she'll announce the news on her show today -- her last live show of the calendar year.) Yesterday, Oprah called the two Hollywood moguls who needed to know.
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Health Care Payola
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Wall Street Journal, by JOHN FUND
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Posted By: vastrightwingconspirator- 11/20/2009 2:28:23 PM
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Maneuvering on health care in the Senate may come down to who wants it more -- and Republicans are drawing a line at some of the more aggressive dilatory parliamentary tactics open to them. On the Democratic side, Majority Leader Harry Reid is passing out goodies in hopes of garnering the 60 votes he needs for a motion to proceed to debate on the bill.
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Lou Dobbs mulls run for White House, Senate
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Reuters, by Tim Gaynor
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Posted By: BaseballFan- 11/20/2009 2:28:03 PM
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A week after abruptly quitting his longtime job as a CNN television news host and commentator, Lou Dobbs said on Thursday he is considering career options including possible runs for the White House or U.S. Senate. (Snip) Dobbs, 64, a veteran CNN anchor who had become one of the most divisive figures in U.S. broadcast journalism, ....
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