Live Free or Debate The GOP candidates met in New Hampshire Wednesday night for yet another round of verbal sparring (all except for Fred Thompson, who was too busy chatting with Jay Leno). PJM’s Vodkapundit Stephen Green liveblogged the debate with martini glass in hand.

Germany's 9/11 Averted PJM Groningen: Michael van der Galiën reports on the terror arrests made yesterday in Germany.

Welcome To the Age of Psychopathy Do you sometimes think world leaders are simply crazy? PJM’s expert on the twisted mind, who goes by the pen name “Sigmund, Carl, and Alfred” says that psychopathic is a more accurate term.

Chairman Hugo's Little Red Constitution PJM Caracas: Hugo Chavez announced changes to his country’s constitution which, if ratified in a December “referendum,” will solidify his already nearly-complete dictatorship. As PJM’s Venezuelan correspondent - who remains anonymous for safety reasons — explains, the devil is in the details.

A Sporting Chance: Star Spangled Open Forget about prim white outfits, polite crowds, and strawberries and cream — the U.S. Open is the rock concert of Grand Slam tennis events. PJM’s Rick Moran revels in the all-American drama, color, style and action on display at Flushing Meadows.

Fred Thompson Announces Candidacy on Leno (With Video) (Hot Air)

Italian Tenor Pavarotti Dies (AP/Breitbart)

Maliki Turns to Sistani For Political Guidance (Iraq the Model)

Blogger Physically Knocks on Norman Hsu's Door (Suitably Flip)

FEC Clears Kos, Will Not Regulate Political Blogging (FEC)

British Judge Wants All Residents and Visitors Sampled For DNA (Reuters)

"Undercover in Little Morocco" in the Heart of Europe's Capital (Hot Air)

Who's Afraid of AIPAC? (Blogging Heads TV)

Deploy Meets Girl: Letter From A Sergeant In Tikrit (Advice Goddess)

"Absolut New Orleans" Absolute Opportunism? (Copyranter)

Pavarotti unconscious, family gathers (Reuters)

Geography Lessons for Felipe Calderon (A Second Hand Conjecture)

Private Schools and the Perks of Being a Congressman (Bluey Blog)

Katrina's Storm of Malpractice (Ed Driscoll)

How 'Internationals' Protect Terrorists (Israel Matzav)

Hsu Drops for Second Time: Dems Dirty Donor Norman Hsu Fails to Show for Bail Reduction Hearing Leading to Speculation He’s On the Run (Fox News). Arrest warrant issued (CBS5).

Bloggers’ Reaction:

Whoopi Puts Her Foot in Her Mouth (Say Anything)

Search Engines Need to be Replaced With Search Humans (The Future of News)

Congressman Paul Gillmor Dies- "Natural Causes" Cited
PJM WASHINGTON: Congressman Paul Gillmor - Republican of Ohio’s Fifth District - died today, apparently of natural causes. PJM Washington editor Richard Miniter - who lives on the same street as Gillmor - was on the scene.

Destruction in Black America is Self-Inflicted (Jeff Jacoby @ Boston Globe)

Why Obama Needs Al Gore (The Times)

Learning to Love Anthrax (Gabriel Schoenfeld @ Contentions)

UN Racism Rides Again -- Durban II Planned For 2009 (Claudia Rosett @ PajamasXpress’ Rosett Report)

B-52 Mistakenly Flies With Nukes Aboard (Army Times)

Last Vestige of Dot Com Era Dies: Business 2.0 Magazine Shutting Down (Valleywag)

BBC Excuses Rocket Attacks on Israeli Children (Monkey Tennis Centre)

No Fish and Chips for Schwarzenegger (Bill Bradley @ PajamasXpress’ New West Notes)

Chinese Hacked UK's Whitehall Too (The Guardian)

Why Is There No Conservative Kos? (Dean Barnett)

Wild Cat Casserole...Yummy! (BBC)

Drama-Addicted and Accuracy-Challenged: Jules Crittenden on Keith Olbermann’s latest commentary.

The High Price of the High Holidays: $50,000 for a seat in a synagogue? (Ynet)

RI Rep. Patrick Kennedy is Keeping Hsu's Funny Money (Michelle Malkin)

Skinny Genes? (MSNBC)

Germany: 3 Held in Terror Plot Against US Base, Airport PJM Barcelona: Three suspected Islamic militants were arrested on allegations of plotting attacks on the U.S. military base in Ramstein and Frankfurt’s international airport, German authorities said Wednesday.