Daily News For December 21, 2006
by John Hawkins | December 21, 2006 8:03 am
Domestic
Congress Closes With A Pork-Filled Flourish. Dialysis Industry, Other Interests That Donated To Lawmakers Get Lavish End-Of-Session Breaks. (Free LA Times Reg Req)[1]
President Clinton’s National Security Adviser Removed Classified Documents From The National Archives, Hid Them Under A Construction Trailer And Later Tried To Find The Trash Collector To Retrieve Them[2]
Applicants Line Up To Fill Jobs Left Empty By Illegal Immigrant Raids[3]
Bush Prepares To Make Deals With Democrats[4]
Rep. Virgil Goode Criticized for Muslim Letter[5]
Miss USA Rocked By Sexy New Scandal. Pageant Contestant Katie Rees Shows Off Her Wild Side[6]
Hunter Airs First GOP Ads Of 2008 Presidential Race[7]
Foreign
CIA Exercise Reveals Consequences Of Defeat[8]
Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani Is Said To Favore A American-Backed Coalition Of Shiite, Sunni Arab And Kurdish Parties That Aims To Isolate Extremists (Free New York Times Reg Req)[9]
Ahmadinejad: Iran Now Nuclear Power. Iranian President: Our Scienists Have Reached Zenith, Accessed Nuclear Fuel Cycle[10]
U.S. Soldiers Tell Pentagon Chief Send More Troops[11]
Columns
The Evans-Novak Political Report For The Week Of December 20, 2006[12]
Ann Coulter: Frank Rich Declares Iraq ‘Box Office Poison!’[13]
Victor Davis Hanson: Why Radical Islam — And Why Now?[14]
Thomas Bray: As 2006 Closes, Reasons for Optimism[15]
John Podhoretz: Dubya In The Dumps[16]
Left-Overs
The Daily Telegraph’s Best Quotes Of The Year[17]
The Best Books Of 2006[18]
Iraqi Soldiers Eat Frogs, Rabbit At Handover Ceremony[19]
Virgin Birth Expected For Komodo Dragon In UK Zoo[20]
Website Of The Day: Ms. Dewey[21]
Endnotes:- Congress Closes With A Pork-Filled Flourish. Dialysis Industry, Other Interests That Donated To Lawmakers Get Lavish End-Of-Session Breaks. (Free LA Times Reg Req): http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-pork21dec21,1,1628374.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true
- President Clinton’s National Security Adviser Removed Classified Documents From The National Archives, Hid Them Under A Construction Trailer And Later Tried To Find The Trash Collector To Retrieve Them: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061221/D8M4TNQ80.html
- Applicants Line Up To Fill Jobs Left Empty By Illegal Immigrant Raids: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5215724,00.html
- Bush Prepares To Make Deals With Democrats: http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20061221-122442-8080r.htm
- Rep. Virgil Goode Criticized for Muslim Letter: http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/12/20/204403.shtml?s=ic
- Miss USA Rocked By Sexy New Scandal. Pageant Contestant Katie Rees Shows Off Her Wild Side: http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=88bffa04-3a0d-4a95-b258-49f1d139f80a&k=39097
- Hunter Airs First GOP Ads Of 2008 Presidential Race: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20061220-9999-1n20hunter.html
- CIA Exercise Reveals Consequences Of Defeat: http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20061221-122441-5208r.htm
- Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani Is Said To Favore A American-Backed Coalition Of Shiite, Sunni Arab And Kurdish Parties That Aims To Isolate Extremists (Free New York Times Reg Req): http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/world/middleeast/20sistani.html?_r=2&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
- Ahmadinejad: Iran Now Nuclear Power. Iranian President: Our Scienists Have Reached Zenith, Accessed Nuclear Fuel Cycle: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3342489,00.html
- U.S. Soldiers Tell Pentagon Chief Send More Troops: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-12-21T090822Z_01_ARM132867_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-USA-GATES.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-R2-Today-2
- The Evans-Novak Political Report For The Week Of December 20, 2006: http://www.humanevents.com/evansnovak.php?id=18580
- Ann Coulter: Frank Rich Declares Iraq ‘Box Office Poison!’: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18593
- Victor Davis Hanson: Why Radical Islam — And Why Now?: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/12/why_radical_islam_and_why_now.html
- Thomas Bray: As 2006 Closes, Reasons for Optimism: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/12/as_2006_closes_reasons_for_opt.html
- John Podhoretz: Dubya In The Dumps: http://www.nypost.com/seven/12212006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/dubya_in_the_dumps_opedcolumnists_john_podhoretz.htm
- The Daily Telegraph’s Best Quotes Of The Year: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20933066-5001031,00.html
- The Best Books Of 2006: http://www.nysun.com/article/45491
- Iraqi Soldiers Eat Frogs, Rabbit At Handover Ceremony: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-12-20T200504Z_01_L20475888_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-NAJAF-HANDOVER.xml&src=rss&rpc=22
- Virgin Birth Expected For Komodo Dragon In UK Zoo: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-12-20T181018Z_01_L1874881_RTRUKOC_0_US-BRITAIN-DRAGONS.xml&src=122006_1441_ARTICLE_PROMO_also_on_reuters
- Website Of The Day: Ms. Dewey: http://msdewey.com/