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5:40 AM ET, March 4, 2006

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Atlas Shrugs:
FIRST LOOK SUPPORT DENMARK RALLY NYC  —  Just off the street, here's a first look at the delicious Rally held in NYC in Support of Denmark —a lovelier group of freedom lovers you will never meet.  So lovely in fact, someone was kind enough to serve Havarati cheese and crackers.  So great.And so polite.
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Mango / The Resplendent Mango:
Danish Rally NYC!  —  I went down to the Danish Embassy for the rally today, and it was a pretty good time, despite the fact that I'm still defrosting.  —  Let me tell you, if you ever want to set a record for the quietest, most orderly rally ever, get a group of Danes together.
Pam M. / Blogmeister USA:
Support Denmark Rally  —  Photos now up!  Click on each for a larger image.  Scroll down...  Welcome Michelle Malkin readers!  —  I went to the rally at the Danish embassy in NYC during my lunch hour.  I took plenty of photos, but am not able to post them until I get home tonight.
Discussion: Kesher Talk and A Blog For All
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
DANISH CONSULATE RALLY: Reader Kevin Patrick sends this report from New York:
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
The Man / GOP and the City:
NYC Rally for Denmark
Discussion: The Reaction
Jason Pappas / Infidel Bloggers Alliance:   Solidarity with Denmark
Drudge Report:
AP FRIDAY NIGHT CLARIFICATION ON BUSH/KATRINA VIDEO  —  WASHINGTON (AP) _ In a March 1 story, The Associated Press reported that federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees in New Orleans …
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Jason / Generation Why?:
Hurricampaign Katrina 2: AP Comes Clean It's nice...  It's nice that the AP is finally correcting the non-story it ran with for two days... it's unfortunate they waited until a Friday night to do so, knowing full well it would likely miss the morning and prime-time news cycle.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
When The Levee Breaks  —  MKau tackles "topping" versus "breaching" a levee, which puts him way ahead of the MSM: … Mickey's thought is that the media is deliberately suppressing the specifics of the warning in order to hype the "Bush Lied" meme.  Peter Baker and Spencer Hsu of the Friday WaPo illustrate that perfectly:
wral.com:
Authorities Search For Answers In UNC Hit-And-Run  —  Six Hurt As SUV Plows Into Student-Filled 'Pit'  —  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Authorities say 23-year-old Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar drove a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee into The Pit at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus around noon Friday, injuring five students and a visiting scholar.
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Raleigh News & Observer:
FBI agent: UNC suspect allegedly cited 'American treatment of Muslims'  —  Carrboro police evacuate suspect's apartment complex  —  CHAPEL HILL — Police evacuated the apartment complex of a 23-year-old man who injured six people when he drove a Jeep Laredo across the main student hub …
Confederate Yankee:
Carolina Crusher  —  Is someone is taking tomorrow night's …
John Gizzi / Human Events:
Chertoff Has 'Few Days Left,' Sources Say  —  In the aftermath of the public revelation of the presidential "teleconference" and mounting criticism of the performance of Michael Chertoff, Administration sources told HUMAN EVENTS today that the secretary of Homeland Security has "only a few days left" in the Bush Cabinet.
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Dear Michael Brown: I Was Wrong (UPDATED)  —  (NOTE FOR SATURDAY: This ran yesterday but since some other weblogs have joined in on this issue, we're moving it from yesterday's blog and reposting it today.  We will continue to add links of blogs on this issue.  Scroll down because NEWER posts are underneath this post.).
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly threatened radio show caller with "a little visit" from "Fox security" for mentioning Olbermann's name on the air … On the March 2 broadcast of Westwood One's The Radio Factor, host Bill O'Reilly threatened to turn over the personal information of a caller to "Fox security" …
Discussion: firedoglake
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Crooks and Liars:
O'Reilly-FOX Security threatening callers  —  O'Reilly-FOX Security threatening callers  —  (O'Reilly threatened radio show caller with "a little visit" from "Fox security" for mentioning Olbermann's name on the air)  —  I posted this yesterday and Media Matters picked it up.
Seth Hettena / Associated Press:
Former Congressman Gets Eight-Plus Years  —  SAN DIEGO - Former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who collected $2.4 million in homes, yachts, antique furnishings and other bribes on a scale unparalleled in the history of Congress, was sentenced Friday to eight years and four months in prison …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Outside The Beltway
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Seth Hettena / Associated Press:
Ex-Congressman to Be Sentenced for Fraud
Front Page Magazine:
Juan Cole's post:  —  "Was American journalist Steve Vincent killed in Basra as part of an honor killing?  He was romantically involved with his Iraqi interpreter, who was shot 4 times.  If her clan thought she was shaming them by appearing to be having an affair outside wedlock with an American male …
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Van / Kesher Talk:
Speaking Out for Free Speech in New York
Discussion: Exit Zero and Winds of Change.NET
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
WLIB, Air America, New York City, ICBC, Randy Michaels  —  WORST CASE REALITY  —  Air America Appears To Lose Flagship Station  —  Exclusive To The Radio Equalizer  —  While Air America Radio's loss of two affiliates in Phoenix and Missoula, Montana is generating news this week …
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Bush Job Approval at 38%  —  Terrorism rating is at low point of administration  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President George W. Bush's job approval rating is now at 38%, while his disapproval rating is at 60%.  These new ratings show a slight deterioration from early February.
Michael Kalin / Boston Globe:
Why Jon Stewart isn't funny  —  THE SELECTION of Jon Stewart as the host for Sunday night's 2006 Oscars undoubtedly marks a career milestone for the aspiring king of late-night comedy.  Unfortunately, however, the ascension of Stewart and ''The Daily Show" into the public eye is no laughing matter.
Discussion: Sadly, No! and Roger Ailes
Greg Gutfeld / The Huffington Post:
Gutfeld's Oscar Predictions 2006  —  Mike Myers shows up with his mother.  —  Felicity Huffman preaches tolerance.  —  Jon Stewart opens with a gay cowboy joke, followed by a Cheney joke.  This is perceived as "outrageous," a sign that Stewart won't be "muzzled."
Alan Stewart Carl / Donklephant:
What Evangelicals Get Right  —  Recently, American evangelicals have been increasing the pressure on the United States to do more to help the Darfur region of Sudan.  This increased pressure has been cited as the main reason why Bush recently called for stepped-up action to stop the ongoing genocide in Darfur.
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
Who are the Guantanamo Detainees  —  Mark Denbeaux and Joshua W. Denbeaux claim to have used US government data to have assembled a profile of the Guantanamo detainees.  They claim their data shows:  — Fifty-five percent (55%) of the detainees are not determined to have committed …
 
 
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