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Hi everyone. The death of Jerry Falwell has set the blogosphere aflame, as you might expect. I'll leave it to you to explore that on your own if you're interested.
In the meantime, here's some other good stuff from the Internet today:
In the wake of the New York Times report on Iran stepping up its nuclear production, commentary ponders whether an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear sites would be a cakewalk or not.
Every soldier who dies in war deserves attention and respect. "Steve Clemons" writes today about the death of one that's a particularly poignant family tragedy.
Our Justice Department Correspondent Pete Williams highlighted some very dramatic testimony from former Deputy Attorney General James Comey on Capitol Hill today. A good narrative from "Talking Points Memo's" MUCKRAKER arm.
Ed Morrissey of "Captain's Quarters" mocks the idea of a Hagel/Bloomberg independent presidential run
Interesting piece by a very skeptical "Lewis Koch" on the validity of the charges against one-time alleged dirty bomber Jose Padilla.
Provocative arguments department: "Bubbles" are good for the economy.
A bit less provocative: "Debt" is bad.
Bummer. The ashes of Star Trek's "Scotty" didn't exactly "make it" to the final frontier.
And "RawStory" links to CBS's coverage of a very interesting battle of the bands.
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I'd be happy to let Israel do what it likes with regard to military actions and let them live (or die) with the consequences. But please divorce the US government and people from them before they do anything rash with regards to Iran. I'm tired of us getting hit by terrorist attacks thanks to our unlimited support for their aggressive form of racial nationalism.
Students of history might want to note that Iran has not attacked any other country in hundreds of years (they were attacked by our pal Saddam in the 80s in what became the Iran-Iraq war). Can't say the same for those pillars of international virtue, Israel and the US. And with US forces to their east (Afghanistan) and west (Iraq) it's no surprise they want to obtain nukes to protect themselves from Saddam's fate. But such common sense analysis of their motivations is what the Israel lobby in this country works overtime to keep from the US public, instead promoting crazy scenarios of Iran launching suicidal nuclear attacks.
Jack, Scottsdale, AZ (Sent May 15, 2007 3:37:21 PM)
Re: Comey link - thanks - TPM Muckraker has a good story. Firedoglake has the liveblogging in three parts from the SJC Comey testimony this morning. How about Nightly News take the lead to investigate the next steps into the entirely morphed investigation from the partisan appointments and agenda of the fired US attorneys into the illegality of the NSA wiretapping program where the WH overrode the DOJ?
All signs point to Cheney, Card and Rove. Now Bush is directly implicated.
Impressed with your wide range of net coverage!
N=1 (Sent May 15, 2007 3:09:22 PM)
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