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Live Blogging the Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings

The SCOTUSblog is live blogging the Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings:

http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/

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Good Sign that Sessions Might Oppose Sotomayor

Let the Battle Begin

URGENT: Top Republican on Senate Judiciary Committee calls Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor 'out of the mainstream' as confirmation hearings begin
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Sotomayor Hearings Coverage

Today, the Sonia Sotomayor hearings will begin. The hearings will be covered in bits and pieces on the mainstream media's networks. Some websites will be showing the entire thing, as well as C-SPAN3. I will report any major developments in the hearing that might occur.
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What is Justice Under Obama and Holder?

Justice, Obama/Holder Style   [Andy McCarthy]

Binyam Mohammed:  jihadist plotting mass-murders against American cities — released outright.
 
Laith Qazali: abduction/murder of 5 U.S. soldiers in Karbala — released outright.
 
Irbil 5: Iranian IRGC operatives (i.e., the same guys who murdered 19 of our air force at Khobar Towers in '96) coordinating Iraqi terrorist operations that have killed HUNDREDS of U.S. forces in Iraq since 2003 — released outright.

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OGNhOWJlNTE2YmM3NzViM2RkNzBjNGMyNGY4OTk0MjA=
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Kim Jong Il Has Cancer

Report: North Korea's Kim Jong Il Has Pancreatic Cancer

Sunday, July 12, 2009

SEOUL, South Korea —  North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, a news report said Monday, days after new images of him looking gaunt spurred speculation that his health might be worsening following a reported stroke last year.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,531900,00.html
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CIA Had Secret Al Qaeda Plan

CIA Had Secret Al Qaeda Plan

Initiative at Heart of Spat With Congress Examined Ways to Seize, Kill Terror Chiefs


WASHINGTON -- A secret Central Intelligence Agency initiative terminated by Director Leon Panetta was an attempt to carry out a 2001 presidential authorization to capture or kill al Qaeda operatives, according to former intelligence officials familiar with the matter.

The precise nature of the highly classified effort isn't clear, and the CIA won't comment on its substance.

According to current and former government officials, the agency spent money on planning and possibly some training. It was acting on a 2001 presidential legal pronouncement, known as a finding, which authorized the CIA to pursue such efforts. The initiative hadn't become fully operational at the time Mr. Panetta ended it.


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124736381913627661.html
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Iran Wants to Sue the United States for the Capture of Their Terrorists that We Just Released

Iran threatens legal action over U.S. detentions

By Zahra Hosseinian

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran threatened the United States on Sunday with possible legal action for detaining five of its officials for up to 30 months in Iraq.

The five Iranians were given a hero's welcome home after their release last week, waving and smiling as they stepped from their plane at Tehran's Mehrabad airport to be met by their families.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/7/12/worldupdates/2009-07-12T200236Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-409832-1&sec=Worldupdates
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Good Piece on Palin and the Media

This topic has been discussed many times, but I thought this article was very well-written and I thought it would be worth posting. It is a long article, but definitely worth reading.

Here it is:

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/07/08/sarah-barracuda-palin-and-the-piranhas-of-the-press/



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Holder Considers Torture Probe

AP: Holder considering torture probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder is considering whether to appoint a criminal prosecutor to investigate the Bush administration's interrogation practices, a controversial move that would run counter to President Obama's wishes to leave the issue in the past.

Holder plans to make a final decision within the next few weeks, a Justice Department official told The Associated Press on Saturday night. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on a pending matter.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-11-holder-interrogation_N.htm?csp=34

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Tony Snow Remembered: One Year Ago Today He Passed Away

Tony Snow, died last year today at the age of 53 from colon cancer. When Tony Snow became press secretary I took more notice of the White House and what was going on. He, among many others got me interested in politics. He has a special place in my heart, even though I never had met him. When I heard of his death last year, I was devastated. I knew he was sick, but I guess I just forgot because just weeks before he was filling in for Bill O'Reilly on O'Reilly's radio show. I didn't catch much of Tony Snow because I didn't care much about politics. But, the last few years listening and watching Tony Snow anywhere I could, I really enjoyed it. I kept telling myself I wished that I watched him on Fox News Sunday or read more of his columns or listened to his radio show, but I shouldn't complain. I had a few marvelous years listening and learning and studying Tony Snow that I should never and could never regret. I miss Tony Snow's voice, his honesty, his humor, his knowledge, and most of all how he cared about others. I miss you Tony Snow.


The column that he is most known for is the one that he penned describing his ordeal with cancer:

Cancer's Unexpected Blessings
When you enter the Valley of the Shadow of Death, things change.

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July 12th in American History

July 12, 1862

Medal of Honor created

President Abraham Lincoln signs into law a measure calling for the awarding of a U.S. Army Medal of Honor, in the name of Congress, "to such noncommissioned officers and privates as shall most distinguish themselves by their gallantry in action, and other soldier-like qualities during the present insurrection." The previous December, Lincoln had approved a provision creating a U.S. Navy Medal of Valor, which was the basis of the Army Medal of Honor created by Congress in July 1862. The first U.S. Army soldiers to receive what would become the nation's highest military honor were six members of a Union raiding party who in 1862 penetrated deep into Confederate territory to destroy bridges and railroad tracks between Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5172

July 12, 1965

First Marine wins Medal of Honor

Viet Cong ambush Company A of the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, led by U.S.M.C. Lt. Frank Reasoner of Kellogg, Idaho. The Marines had been on a sweep of a suspected Viet Cong area to deter any enemy activity aimed at the nearby airbase at Da Nang.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1962

July 12, 1984

Ferraro named vice presidential candidate

Walter Mondale, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, announces that he has chosen Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York as his running mate. Ferraro, a daughter of Italian immigrants, had previously gained notoriety as a vocal advocate of women's rights in Congress.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=5173

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