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Alec Baldwin / The Huffington Post:
Will They Go to Court?  —  So, I suppose the question is...what kind of civil trial will we see, or not see, between Cheney and Whittington?  Whittington is certainly no stranger to a court room and to civil litigation.  Will Cheney pay him off, preemptively?  Will they go to court?
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Democrat Taylor Marsh Blogs Politics …:
The Dick Cheney Shooting Cover-Up Deepens … The video is not downloading well at all, so we decided to swipe it, giving full credit to Alex Jones and the people at INFOWARS.COM.  It's just too important a video not to have it accessible to as many people as possible.
MSNBC:
Harry Whittington's hospital statement
Discussion: firedoglake and Say Anything
Pakistan Daily Times:
Clinton urges EU to convict publishers of caricatures  —  ISLAMABAD: Former US president Bill Clinton on Friday condemned the publication of Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) caricatures by European newspapers and urged countries concerned to convict the publishers.
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Mark / Mark in Mexico:
Pakistan reports Clinton says "convict publishers" of Muhammed Cartoons
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
BBC:
Clinton says cartoons 'a mistake'
Discussion: Rantingprofs
New York Times:
Senate Chairman Splits With Bush on Spy Program  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 — The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Friday that he wanted the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program brought under the authority of a special intelligence court, a move President Bush has argued is not necessary.
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eRobin Stelly / Fact-esque:
Breaking News …
Mansoor Ijaz / Los Angeles Times:
Islamic truths  —  ANOTHER WEEK, another Muslim country burns in rage over months-old Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in an unflattering light.  On Friday it was Libya, and earlier in the week it was my father's homeland, Pakistan, where violent protests were scattered across the nation.
Andrew Osborn / Independent:
Russia's first gay parade vetoed by 'outraged' city  —  Plans to stage Russia's first gay pride parade have been vetoed by Moscow's city government on the grounds that the idea has caused "outrage" in society.  —  Mayor Yuri Luzhkov's administration said yesterday it would not even consider …
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy and Althouse
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time.blogs.com:
How Muslim Blackmail Works
Discussion: The Y Files
Reuters:
Italian court: Not a virgin?  Sex crimes aren't as serious  —  Mussolini's granddaughter slams all-male court after recent rulings  —  ROME, Italy (Reuters) — Sexually abusing a teenager is less serious a crime if the girl is not a virgin, Italy's higher court said on Friday …
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Iraq Power Shift Widens a Gulf Between Sects  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 17 — Not long after the Americans occupied Iraq, strange things began happening in the family of Fatin Abdel Sattar, a Sunni Arab.  —  Her teenage son stopped giving his Sunni name in Shiite areas.
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Dick Cheney: Armed and Hammered  —  Come take a stroll through our new FDL Cafe Press Annex, "The Cheney Collection" — designed by Dark Black.  A few prêt-à-porter items the fashion conscious liberal barbarian will no doubt fail to wash.  —  Although the administration …
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Jeanne / Body and Soul:
Talents  —  Can I just say I am so grateful to Barbara for writing this?  —  I've been slogging around some of my favorite blogs today, feeling dumber than I have since 1970, which is the last time I attempted to understand algebra.  —  Unlike Barbara, I don't think I was born with the math component of my brain missing.
Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
In N.C., GOP Requests Church Directories  —  The North Carolina Republican Party asked its members this week to send their church directories to the party, drawing furious protests from local and national religious leaders.  —  "Such a request is completely beyond the pale of what is acceptable …
White House:
President Discusses Global War on Terror Following Briefing at CENTCOM  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all.  Please be seated.  Thanks for the warm welcome.  Thanks for the warm weather.  (Laughter.)  It's nice to be back here.  I just came from MacDill, where I was talking to General Abizaid …
tcsdaily.com:
Humanitarians for Hamas  —  The new Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative Council is expected to be sworn in this Saturday.  Both President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have made clear that the United States will move to cut off aid to any Palestinian Authority …
BBC:
Ten die in Libya cartoon clash  —  At least 10 people have been killed and several injured in Libya in clashes during a protest outside an Italian consulate, according to police.  —  Police confronted protesters who had set fire to the building in the port city of Benghazi, in the latest protests over the Muhammad cartoons.
John Riley / Newsday:
More are questioning port transfer  —  New York Sen. Charles Schumer won new allies in Congress and the media yesterday in his campaign to raise national security concerns about a planned transfer of port operations in Newark and other key East Coast cities to a company controlled by the government of Dubai.
Trevor Butterworth / Financial Times:
Time for the last post  —  On a winter-cold morning last autumn, before the leaves could summon up the energy to burn and fall, the barbarians entered the gate.  A group of feisty young writers, known only to millions of readers by their blog names - Gawker, Gizmodo, Wonkette and Defamer …
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan and News Blog

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Discussion: Dynamist Blog
Wpnieditor / washingtonpost.blog:
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Reuters:
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