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Posted Thursday September 21, 2006 at 02:55 PM

• There's the war of ideas, and then there's the war of money: And whatever you may think about the first, the Republicans are kiling on the second. [NYT/TNR]

• Tracing the Brangelina money: Radar finds out that $2 million of the Shiloh money is earmarked for charity thus far; via Getty, Brad and Angie aren't doing too badly by their own paparazzi photos. [Radar]

• Tracing the Branson money: Richard Branson joins the ranks of Buffet and Gates in making a grand philanthropic gesture, the new status symbol of the uber-rich. Branson has pledged $3-billion to combat global warming, no doubt with the full support of the White House climate-control brigade. [AP]

• New York mag cover all sorts of TMI: The breathlesscover tease of Jim McGreevy's love affair just seemed kind of an overshare. Honestly, the New York Post's "Gay Love Gov" headline was more tasteful. [NY]

• Ye Olde New Yorke Times Now Available Online: Gawker skewers through the ages. [Gawker]