November 2005
• "Enemies of the legitimate Iraqi government" is the new black. [WP] • Did you hear the one about Harry Reid blabbing that Osama had been killed? Yeah, that's not really true either. [Hotline On Call] • Fox News celebrates... [
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"Midshipmen catch naps as they wait for more than an hour for U.S. President George W. Bush to deliver an address on the war in Iraq at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland November 30, 2005." It's true, no... [
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• Lack of bias for thee but not for me: Washington Times reporter (and Christian) Bill Sammon believes "Most stories...have a moral dimension, and ignoring that dimension misrepresents the news." [Christian Examiner via Romenesko] • CNN lost viewers under Jon... [
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[AFP/Mandel Ngan] Mmmmmm....BRAINS!... [
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The LA Times today exposed U.S. military operation that pays Iraqi newspapers to run stories written by "information operations" troops about how wonderful things are going. All together now: Talk about your American-style democracy. What bothers us isn't even that... [
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Why do I not feel safer? WP... [
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May 2003: October 2005: Today: At a speech next month, the President hopes to announce he's been "brainstorming" about victory in Iraq. U.S. President George W. Bush waves to midshipmen [Reuters]... [
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Coincidentally (or not), we also received some PR material today about thongs emblazoned with the phrase "Dolphin Safe." It's what all the wasted fish are wearing this year. [
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AP is reporting that "The main building of the Library of Congress was evacuated on Wednesday morning after a 'suspicious odor' was detected and two people felt faint." We told Hastert that the breakfast burrito was a bad idea... US... [
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Where is Drudge with that fucking siren!?! Okay, everyone: Deep breath. The panda cam (at Animal Planet, where they don't LIMIT YOU to 15 minutes like some Zoos I know) is down. What is Butterstick doing? We don't know! Is... [
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Dad Wonkette writes in with a recommendation for reporters covering the intelligence community: Did you hear CIA honcho Goss being interviewed on ABC? He said the CIA just "interviews detainees," torture is not productive. How about questioning Goss with the... [
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• Reliable Source: The Bush twins celebrated their 24th birthday in Austin. . . USA Today's Barbara Slavin presses Condoleezza Rice on her dress size, hopes for her "castoffs". . . Harold Ickes was hospitalized for two weeks after crashing... [
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• Military requests $3.9b to prepare Iraqi forces for a reduced American presence; Bush's "strategy for victory" would rely on a "smaller, more lethal" American force. [NYT] • Bush: "I want to defeat the terrorists, and I want our troops... [
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