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Chest Thumping In Oaxaca (An Exclusive Dispatch From Mark in Mexico):

Blogger Mark in Mexico continues to cover the clashes between antigovernment APPO and the Mexican Federales in the city of Oaxaca: an exclusive for Pajamas Media APPO talking heads are denying this morning that APPO lost the Zócalo, and the rest of the city, to federal forces (PFP) yesterday. The fact that PFP personnel are enjoying breakfast in the Zócalo, consisting of "scrambled eggs, sausage, tortillas, salsa roja and coffee", would indicate, at least to me, that APPO no longer has control.

Israel’s Lewinsky Scandal Is Even Worse Than Ours

Pajamas Media Middle East Editor Allison Kaplan Sommer reports on the metastasizing sex scandal involving Israeli president Moshe Katsav: “Katsav was a bland party politician, whose rise to the post of president was a result of people wanting to keep Shimon Peres out of the job. At the time, it seemed harmless. Now – as embarrassingly reported in the world press, and in a particularly gleeful tone in the Arab world – it has emerged that his lecherous behavior with women was an open secret for decades.” More here.

PAJAMAS MEDIA INTERVIEWS MAINSTREAM MEDIA

In the first of a series of exclusive videos – PAJAMAS MEDIA INTERVIEWS MAINSTREAM MEDIA – MICHAEL BARONE speaks with Roger L. Simon on the election, blogging and where the media is heading. Click HERE to view the video. TONY BLANKLEY, the second interview in the series, is now available HERE. Third interview with Chuck Todd is HERE, fourth with Dana Milbank HERE.

Interviews coming soon: Nina Easton, Susan Page.

Intifada in France? A Pajamas Media Profile in Courage: Paul Belien

Washington Editor Richard Miniter speaks with Paul Belien of the Brussels Journal about the possible civil war in France discussed in Belien’s recent Pajamas Media article. Belien also describes how he has been harrassed by the Belgian police for what he has written in the Brussels Journal. Play the video here.

Shallowood: Has a New “Documentary” Checked Its Facts?

More than ever these days, Hollywood has a reputation for slanting material leftward and veteran filmmaker Robert Greenwald (Xanadu) is not helping with his latest opus, Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers. This film accuses several American companies of having blood on their hands and now one of those companies – CACI – has called Greenwald’s bluff and is disputing his facts. (Read the rest – exclusive to Pajamas Media – here.)

Blog Week in Review, Freerangers in the Mix, October 27, 2006

Independent political candidates for office in 2006–and, possibly in 2008–are the special focus for this episode of Blog Week in Review. One of the most reknowned “Freerangers” running this year is humorist/musician Kinky Friedman whose candidacy for Texas governor is hot. As a result, this week’s panelists have a distinctly Texas-flavor: Jonathan Gurwitz, editorial writer for the San Antonio Express News and contributor to the Wall St Journal’s editorial page and Ed Clements of KLBJ-AM Radio in Austin Texas and of the television show Friday Night Lights.

As usual, Austin Bay moderates; Ed Driscoll produces. Brought to you by Volvo USA.

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Play above or download here. Subscription available at iTunes.

Victor Davis Hanson on The NK Way of Extortion

“Why should Pyongyang concede anything, when its past talking, dissimulation, and nuclear enrichment earned it both a bomb and billions in food and fuel? All the communists need to do is update the discussions: instead of promising not to build a bomb, they can now promise not to test another bomb in exchange for more largess. Then after they let off, accidentally, kinda of a second blast, they will promise not to launch a three-stage missile-for more cash, and on and on, all in the Rhineland/Anschluss/Sudenland/Poland manner.” (Read the Rest on PajamasXpress)

Gov. Mark Warner on Politics, Family, and Not Running for President:

The latest Glenn & Helen Show is available: “Mark Warner looked to be the strongest Democratic contender for President in 2008 except for Hillary Clinton. We’d been slated to interview him when he decided not to run, but we thought that decision was interesting enough in its own right to justify an interview. We talk to Warner about his choice to bow out, about the state of politics today, and about what he’ll do next. We also discuss anti-terrorism, the Democrats’ problems with flyover country, and the importance of alternative energy, including nuclear power, to address oil pressure and greenhouse emissions. Plus, an interruption by Jimmy Carter!” Brought to you by Volvo Cars US.

Listen online or download (either hi-fi or lo-fi versions) HERE. Free subscription available @ iTunes.

Mad Mel:

Israellycool’s latest podcast is available: “On this week’s show, I cover a lot of ground, including the UN’s disgraceful stance against Israel, some interesting poll results from the US, Yigal Amir’s nookie visit rights, and Mel Gibson’s interview with Diane Sawyer.”

“SECOND TIME AS FARCE:” THE AL DURA VERDICT ON THE MORNING AFTER

The courts and les media of the French, they are the amusing places, oui? In the wake of the Al Durah verdict, PJM’s Paris Editor Nidra Poller discovers the unseen humor of the Palais de Just Us. (Continued HERE)