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And Bush was gripping what, exactly?

And--real reporting in the blogosphere, from Josh--why did Reflections Photography scrub the Bush/Abramoff photos? Could it be because they're Republican contributors, who want to do the big boss a favor? A favor by hiding... What? Read below the fold...

We--and by we, I mean Leah, who also liveblogged the Scalito hearings--will be liveblogging the hearings on Bush's illegal warrantless surveillance.

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The organizers who got Santa Fe to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $8.50 have an imporant lesson for us. From the New York Times magazine:

The Moral Argument Carries the Day in Santa Fe

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At some point, you just have to stop calculating and take a stand. Kerry's site:

“I support a filibuster of Judge Alito’s nomination. Judge Alito’s confirmation would be an ideological coup on the Supreme Court. We can’t afford to see the Court’s swing vote, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, replaced with a far-right ideologue like Samuel Alito.

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In the wake of the Hamas victory in the Occupied Territories, Israel loudly announced that it would have nothing to do with the resulting government. That's interesting, because Hamas owes its very survival in large part to Israel. As Richard Sale accurately reported for UPI (no doubt when the usual media filters were unaccountably offline):
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From Alert Reader "Big Media" in comments:

Remember Wilde’s comment that “the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.”

He also wrote about the importance of being earnest. Yes, yes?

As the Internet makes media congloms get more of their revenue through the net and less through print, cable, radio and broadcast TV, the currency of media companies is shifting.

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President Bush Thinks Hard About His Special Day

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(Jivester News, Lmtd.) Even as many aides on the White House team are busily bracing for the President's State of the Non-Union speech, a few have taken the time to voice their concerns off the record that the Commander in Chief is confused as to the nature of an upcoming national holiday. It seems that George W. Bush is convinced that "President's Day" actually belongs to him, and he is seeking an injuction against any "person or persons" who might have their sites set on making use of that "...very special day. It's my day, mine, and you should just keep your grubby mitts off of it! Just burn a hole in your calendar and kiss the ground when you arrive at the following Tuesday, because I'm locking up 24 hours of that Monday, America, and you can't stop me!" Read below the fold...

Interesting piece in the Baltimore Sun today (well, Wednesday; still "today" as I write this albeit just barely.) Note I said it was interesting, not that it was "well written" or that it delved into the deeper issues that this subject is really about:

The Carroll County school system has returned two disputed books to high schools, but the student who led the effort to have them removed maintains that profanity and sexual references have no place in school libraries. Read below the fold...

Excellent.

Hey, lemme see if I can put out the light by heaving a bottle at it! That way--just call me Marcel--I won't have to get out of bed! Read below the fold...

Was James "***" Brady using Deborah Howell to send The Amazin' Froomkin a signal? It would be irresponsible not to speculate, especially after today's Portrait of the Editor as an Old Weasel (Jane here). Howell wrote: Read below the fold...

Taking this post wholesale from DerekLarsen at Kos 'cause it's good:

Senate Democrats refuse to signal whether or not they will filibuster Alito. They appear to have 41 votes, since Ben Nelson (D-NE) is the only one of 44 Democrats who supports Alito. Jim Jeffords (I-VT) should oppose Alito, and 5 Republicans - Lamar Alexander (TN), Lincoln Chafee (RI) Susan Collins (ME), Olympia Snowe (ME), and Ted Stevens (AK) - are undecided.

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Today, let's practice our idioms. Nuance can be very important! For example:

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But what did we expect? Yes, James "***" Brady indeed held the showdown at the WaPo corral. And gosh, for some reason "***" had nothing to say when Jane said this: Read below the fold...

Floor debate on the Alito SCOTUS nomination has begun this morning. Republicans and Democrats are to take alternate hours, and the schedule indicates the debate will continue late, until11:00 PM EST. Republicans hope to wind up debate by Friday, with a vote before next week. Read below the fold...