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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 — 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. Until then, a few impressions: — Only a few folks were there when I arrived …
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The Man / GOP and the City:
NYC Rally for Denmark — I stopped by the NYC Rally for Denmark today. There were about a hundred or so people, a few reporters, a couple of inaudible speakers, and Lego signs. — As much as I support the fight for the Freedom of Speech and our pals in Denmark, it was too cold outside to fully support the cause.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
DANISH CONSULATE RALLY: Reader Kevin Patrick sends this report from New York:
DANISH CONSULATE RALLY: Reader Kevin Patrick sends this report from New York:
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ABCNEWS:
Top CIA Official Under Investigation — Number Three Official at CIA Is Subject of Investigation Related to Bribery Probe — March 3, 2006 — The stunning investigation of bribery and corruption in Congress has spread to the CIA, ABC News has learned. — The CIA Inspector General …
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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 …
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Seth Hettena / Associated Press:
Ex-Congressman to Be Sentenced for Fraud
Ex-Congressman to Be Sentenced for Fraud
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Michael J. Totten:
"The Head of the Snake" — SULEIMANIYA, IRAQ - Suleimaniya is the most liberal city in Iraqi Kurdistan, partly because of its long-standing and deep ties to nearby Iran, one of the most culturally liberal countries in the Middle East. The Iraqi Kurds I met who have been to Iran wanted me to know …
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
In India, Bush Urges Americans to Welcome Global Competition — NEW DELHI, March 3 — President Bush met with Indian entrepreneurs and toured an agricultural university during a four-hour trip to the southern city of Hyderabad today, when he said that the United States should welcome rather than fear competition from India.
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Benny Avni / New York Sun:
Carter Seeks Vote in U.N. Against U.S. — President Carter personally called Secretary of State Rice to try to convince her to reverse her U.N. ambassador's position on changes to the U.N. Human Rights Commission, the former president recalled yesterday in a talk in which he also criticized …
Maha / The Mahablog:
Asleep at the Wheel — This is the sort of quote that makes me want to roll about on the floor and howl: … The folks in charge of message strategy? That's the only problem the White House has, substandard bleeping message strategy? — The quote comes from a story by Steven Thomma …
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Katrina Video Refuels Debate Over Response
Katrina Video Refuels Debate Over Response
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The Moderate Voice, JustOneMinute, All Things Beautiful, Captain's Quarters, NewsBusters.org, Knight Ridder, Facing South, Macsmind, Betsy's Page, Gina Cobb, Generation Why?, Daily Kos, Media Matters for America, Bark Bark Woof Woof, Confederate Yankee, Iowa Voice, PoliPundit.com, Rook's Rant and RightWinged.com
Michelle Malkin:
HOW TO FIGHT THE BRAINWASHERS — Yesterday's story on Jay Bennish, the unhinged Denver public high school teacher caught on tape by 16-year-old student Sean Allen, continues to resonate. — Expose the Left has video of Sean's appearance last night on Hannity and Colmes:
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Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
Has Washington Gone Insane? — The Plame kerfuffle and the decline of rational problem-solving. — With President Bush away for a week in Asia, the rest of Washington has had to find something to do with its time other than run amuck over the latest piddling folly.
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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 …
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" …
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Melting Rapidly — The Antarctic ice sheet is losing as much as 36 cubic miles of ice a year in a trend that scientists link to global warming, according to a new paper that provides the first evidence that the sheet's total mass is shrinking significantly.
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David Corn, The Blogging of the President, Air America Radio, The Carpetbagger Report and Ezra Klein
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Ethics Office For Hill Rejected — Bipartisan Defeat For Independent Lobbying Overseer — A Senate committee yesterday rejected a bipartisan proposal to establish an independent office to oversee the enforcement of congressional ethics and lobbying laws, signaling a reluctance in Congress …
Washington Post:
U.S. Cites Exception in Torture Ban — McCain Law May Not Apply to Cuba Prison — Bush administration lawyers, fighting a claim of torture by a Guantanamo Bay detainee, yesterday argued that the new law that bans cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of detainees in U.S. custody does not apply to people held at the military prison.