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Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Bush: Arab Co. Port Deal Should Proceed — 0acbc64803ce@news.ap.org President Bush said Tuesday that the deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and that he would veto any congressional effort to stop it. — "After careful review by our government …
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The Strata-Sphere, The Moderate Voice, Michelle Malkin, Debbie Schlussel and Democrat Taylor Marsh …
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Judd / Think Progress:
BREAKING: Rumsfeld and Pace Not Consulted On Transfer Of Port Operations To UAE — In a press briefing today, Secretary Rumsfeld revealed that he was not consulted about the decision to transfer operations of six key U.S. ports to the United Arab Emirates, a country with troubling ties to international terrorism.
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Early Warning …, firedoglake, SIVACRACY.NET, News Hounds, Shakespeare's Sister and Democrat Taylor Marsh …
Will Lester / Associated Press:
Frist to Offer Bill Halting U.S. Port Deal — WASHINGTON - Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist called Tuesday for the Bush administration to stop a deal permitting a United Arab Emirates company to take over six major U.S. seaports, upping the ante on a fight that several congressmen …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:Bipartisan Opposition Growing Over Arab Company Control Of U.S. Ports
Michelle Malkin:HOW THE PORT SELLOUT WAS FINANCED
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JustOneMinute, Right Wing News, The Strata-Sphere, The Sundries Shack, The RCP Blog and History News Network
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Stand up for Denmark! — Why are we not defending our ally? — Put the case that we knew of a highly paranoid religious cult organization with a secretive leader. Now put the case that this cult, if criticized in the press, would take immediate revenge by kidnapping a child.
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Outside The Beltway
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Associated Press:
Austria Imposes 3-Year Sentence on Notorious Holocaust Denier — VIENNA, Feb. 20 (AP) — The British historian David Irving on Monday pleaded guilty to denying the Holocaust and was sentenced to three years in prison. He conceded that he was wrong when he said there were no Nazi gas chambers at the Auschwitz death camp.
New York Times:
Embattled President of Harvard to Step Down at End of Semester — Lawrence H. Summers, the president of Harvard University, said today that he would step down at the end of the academic year. — Dr. Summers will likely take a yearlong sabbatical and then return to Harvard as a distinguished professor …
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Wonkette
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President Lawrence H. Summers / president.harvard.edu:
Letter to the Harvard community — Dear Members of the Harvard Community, — I have notified the Harvard Corporation that I will resign as President of the University as of June 30, 2006. Working closely with all parts of the Harvard community, and especially with our remarkable students …
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Matthew Yglesias
Jonathan D. Glater / New York Times:
To: Professor@University.edu Subject: Why It's All About Me — One student skipped class and then sent the professor an e-mail message asking for copies of her teaching notes. Another did not like her grade, and wrote a petulant message to the professor. Another explained that she was late …
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Blames Cuts at Energy Lab on Mix-Up — GOLDEN, Colo. — President Bush, on a three-state trip to promote his energy policy, said Tuesday that a budgeting mix-up was the reason 32 workers at one of the nation's premier renewable energy labs were laid off and then reinstated just before his visit.
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Democrat Taylor Marsh …, american footprints, CorrenteWire, Hullabaloo and Talking Points Memo
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Administration Critics Chafe at State Dept. Shuffle — Merger Has Brought Appointees Into Conflict With Longtime Workers, Who Say They Are Sidelined — A State Department reorganization of analysts involved in preventing the spread of deadly weapons has spawned internal turmoil …
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Captain's Quarters, Democrat Taylor Marsh …, Outside The Beltway and The Weekly Standard
Will Bunch / Philadelphia Daily News:
Santorum's mortgage raises interest — This article stems from an investigative piece that Daily News staff writer Will Bunch wrote on a freelance assignment for American Prospect, a national political magazine with a liberal bent. The entire 6,000-word story is slated to be available today …
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tpmcafe.com, American Prospect, Swing State Project, The Huffington Post, JABBS, The Washington Monthly and WTF Is It Now??
John O'Neil / New York Times:
Supreme Court Reopens Abortion Issue on Alito's First Day — The Supreme Court announced today that it will hear a challenge to a federal law outlawing a late-term abortion procedure, reopening the contentious issue on Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s first day on the bench.
Andrew Cochran / The Counterterrorism Blog:
New Arrests in Ohio for Support of Terrorists in Iraq (updated with indictment & press conference highlights) — Here is the full indictment (Acrobat file) courtesy of Steven Emerson's Investigative Project on Terrorism: — Download OhioIraqiSupportCase.pdf.
Yahoo! News:
Hate Mail and Death Threats Target Seller of Mohammed Cartoon T-shirts — (PRWEB) - (PRWEB) February 21, 2006 — Conservative t-shirt maker MetroSpy set off a firestorm when their newest design depicted a caricature of the prophet Mohammed with a bomb wrapped in his turban.
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This Blog Is Full Of Crap
Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
Few Biologists but Many Evangelicals Sign Anti-Evolution Petition — In the recent skirmishes over evolution, advocates who have pushed to dilute its teaching have regularly pointed to a petition signed by 514 scientists and engineers. — The petition, they say, is proof that scientific doubt over evolution persists.
Stephen Green / Vodkapundit:
Name Calling — Dan Morgan accuses Glenn Reynolds of being a conservative. — I can't agree with Dan on this one, if only because by his lights I'm one, too. After giving the matter a little thought and a large cocktail, I'd like to propose a new two-part political labeling system.
Associated Press:
Bikers roll to military funerals to oppose anti-gay protests — FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky (AP) — Wearing vests covered in military patches, a band of motorcyclists rolls around the country from one soldier's funeral to another, cheering respectfully to overshadow jeers from church protesters.
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The Liquid List
USA Today:
Drives to ban gay adoption heat up in 16 states — Efforts to ban gays and lesbians from adopting children are emerging across the USA as a second front in the culture wars that began during the 2004 elections over same-sex marriage. — Steps to pass laws or secure November ballot initiatives …
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The Next Hurrah, The Sideshow, Centerfield, Shakespeare's Sister, Happy Furry Puppy Story … and Preemptive Karma
