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*** If I were the author of this RNC oppo research on Markos (pdf), I'd have kept my language a bit drier, to greater highlight a difference in rhetoric. Nevertheless, Kos & the netroots may turn out to be the political gift that keeps on giving ... to the GOP.

(Via HotAir)

*** Steve Centanni and Olag Wiig are alive:

"Our captors are treating us well," Centanni said, adding that they had access to clean water, showers, bathrooms, food and clothing.

"So, just want to let you know I am here and alive and give my love to my family and friends and ask to do anything you can to try to help us get out of here," he added.

Wiig called for help to get them freed.

"If you could apply any pressure on the local government here in Gaza and the West Bank, that would be much appreciated by Steve and myself," Wiig said.

Malkin has more.

*** A stem cell breakthrough that satisfies all sides of the issue?

Scientists have for the first time grown colonies of prized human embryonic stem cells using a technique that does not require the destruction of embryos, an advance that could significantly reshape the ethical and political debates that have long entangled the research.

The new work, described in today's issue of the journal Nature, shows that even a single cell plucked from an early human embryo can be coaxed to divide repeatedly in a laboratory dish and grow into a colony of stem cells, coveted for their potential to mend failing organs.

Not so fast:

Bush offered little encouragement yesterday and, if anything, raised the bar higher, suggesting he would not be comfortable unless embryos were not involved at all.

"Any use of human embryos for research purposes raises serious ethical concerns," said a statement released by the White House. ". . . The President is hopeful that with time scientists can find ways of deriving cells like those now derived from human embryos but without the need for using embryos."
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Experiments have shown that some mammals can develop from a single cell taken from a four-cell embryo. But several scientists yesterday said no mammal has ever been grown from a single cell taken from an eight-cell embryo -- a more advanced stage of development in which each cell has already become somewhat specialized.

Richard Doerflinger of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said he is concerned that such a feat may nonetheless be possible. The new work, he said, "raises more ethical questions than it answers."

Not to diminish the ethical debate over the mystical boundary that defines life, but where does this threshold rationally end?

*** Mugshots!

The best: Tom Delay's brilliant beaming was a canny photographic success. Runner-up? Steve McQueen, because he just didn't give a -.

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