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Surviving the Deluge

Living in a river town is a dream until a flood comes. Rick Moran describes the nightmare of learning from police that 4 feet of water would course through his house in northern Illinois in a matter of hours. “It is amazing what you think of packing when 53 years of your life has to be moved in 7 hours.”

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Wild Parties in Sudan

PJM Khartoum: What goes on behind closed doors (and contrary to Islamic law) in the Sudanese capital? Drug and alcohol-fueled dance parties for one thing. “The Sudanese diaspora, slowly returning to their homeland, is bringing along with it tons of money, and a lifestyle foreign to Sudanese culture,” writes PJM correspondent Drima, of The Sudanese

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Fred Thompson Will Announce on September 6

The LA Times
’ Joe Matthews reports that the Thompson campaign is seeking to set up an appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” next Wednesday, the same night the GOP candidates will hold a debate in New Hampshire.

Blogger Reaction

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Iowa Report: After Ames

PJM Iowa: Where do the Republican presidential candidates stand three weeks after Iowa
’s Straw Poll? In the first of a series of PJM reports from the key primary states, Iowa correspondent Brian Pickrell takes the political temperature of his home state.

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Gates of Vienna on Fausta’s Radio Program

Dymphna and I were on Blog Talk Radio for a noon podcast wit Fausta and Siggy. The four of us had very interesting discussions about Freddy Thielemans, SIOE, Castro the Undead, and the Soviet Union, among other topics.

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An Innocent Game of Footsie?

Although B. Daniel Blatt (GayPatriot West) feels some compassion for Senator Larry Craig, he believes the Idaho politician should resign for soliciting sex in an airport restroom. “The real issue here is not as much hypocrisy as it is absence of judgment.”

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Porn Nation

What’s a father to do when an innocent slip-up on the computer enables his daughter to see “paparazzi photos of celebrity nether regions”? Brad Rourke is one of the many parents in America who “feel besieged by a culture around us of non-stop porn.”

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Gonzales Has Resigned

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales submitted his resignation to President Bush by telephone on Friday, a senior administration official said. His decision was not announced immediately, a senior administration official added, until after the president invited him and his wife to lunch at his ranch.

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Roger L. Simon: Not Blogging the Beijing Olympics

High tech big boys Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have been subject to much criticism, in and out of the blogosphere, for cooperating with online censorship in the People
’s Republic of China. Some say this cooperation has even led to the incarceration of journalists and dissidents. Now Yahoo and Microsoft are at it again, signing a “self discipline” p

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Roger L. Simon: Not Blogging the Beijing Olympics

High tech big boys Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have been subject to much criticism, in and out of the blogosphere, for cooperating with online censorship in the People
’s Republic of China. Some say this cooperation has even led to the incarceration of journalists and dissidents. Now Yahoo and Microsoft are at it again, signing a “self discipline” p

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