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• Color this old dog's head still spinning (Updated)

• 2007.07.26 Long War // Dhimm Perfidy Roundup
  • Scott Thomas revealed; Update: So is his blog
  • Video: Flying imams stunt may have been set up to provoke lawsuit, says Peter King; Update: CAIR after Rudy now?
  • Unhinged mechanic demands troop withdrawal, threatens bombings, murder
  • The Iraq Dodge
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Some things worth knowing about that I didn't devote separate posts to:

• No verdict required on Thompson the lawyer
  Paul Mirengoff: Today's Washington Post has a front-page story about Fred Thompson called "No Easy Verdict on Thompson The Lawyer: Cases Indicate Willingness to Defy GOP Orthodoxy." The title is just plain silly. A lawyer's duty is always to his client, not to any political orthodoxy. Had Thompson not been willing to "defy GOP orthodoxy" when necessary to promote his client's interest (as where he argued against a search that found incriminating evidence), he would have violated the rules of his profession. Moreover, most of the legal positions the Post actually cites (e.g., having a client invoke the Fifth Amendment, winning reinstatement for an employee) do not defy any political orthodoxy. ...
• Thompson -- The New Maverick?
  Ed Morrissey: Yesterday, I noted the strange appearance of two appellate briefs relating to the legal career of Fred Thompson and wondered aloud what the Washington Post had in mind by publishing them. Today the Post ran a front-page story that looks at Thompson's record as an attorney and his resistance to federal regulation and tort reform, as well as noting the apparent dichotomy of running for the Republican nomination and his involvement in these cases:

• Border Security Finally Gets Addressed (Update: 89-1 Approved)
  Ed Morrissey: The Senate finally decided to listen to their constituents and allocate funds for increased border security and visa tracking today, after an overnight compromise between Democrats and Republicans. The agreement puts the White House in a bind, as President Bush had already threatened to veto the homeland security bill for spending too much money:
• Video: Sen. Reid apologizes for “tantrum”
  Bryan Preston: The Senate has just passed a bill that would actually enforce the border. Here’s what it would do: “There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000,000 to satisfy the requirements set out in section 1002(a) and, if any amount remains after satisfying such requirements, to achieve and maintain operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the United States, for employment eligibility verification improvements, for increased removal and detention of visa overstays, criminal aliens, aliens who have illegally reentered the United States, and for reimbursement of State and local section 287(g) expenses. These amounts are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 204 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress).” ...
• Harry Reid eats crow on border security funding:
  “I was wrong and Senator Cornyn was right”
• Democrats pitch citizenship path for some illegals
  S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan: Senate Democrats yesterday defeated a Republican effort to authorize $3 billion for new border security and immigration enforcement. Instead, the Democrats proposed a new agriculture workers program to bring in hundreds of thousands of foreign workers and grant legal status to illegal aliens now working in the fields.

• Clinton appointee strikes down Hazleton anti-illegal immigration law
  Michelle Malkin: "A federal judge on Thursday struck down the city of Hazleton’s tough anti-immigration law, ruling unconstitutional a measure that has been copied around the country. The city’s Illegal Immigration Relief Act sought to impose fines on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and deny business permits to companies that give them jobs. Another measure would have required tenants to register with City Hall and pay for a rental permit."
• Federal judge strikes down Pennsylvania town’s anti-illegal immigrant laws 

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