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.

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.

"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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Did Bob Woodward Record Key Plame Case Conversation?  —  NEW YORK A filing Thursday at U.S. District Court in the Plame/ CIA leak case suggests that Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward may have tape recorded his fateful conversaton with the so-called "second source"—besides Lewis "Scooter" Libby— that is now a key part of the case.

Gallup: 2 Out of 3 Americans Want U.S. Pull Out from Iraq  —  NEW YORK While newspaper editorials remain virtually silent on the subject, the American public seems to have made up its mind.  A new Gallup/CNN/USA Today poll out tonight shows that 2 out of 3 adult Americans now want U.S. troops to start to come home from Iraq.

ISF assume more battlespace, CF capture dozens of AQIZ  —  More territory was transferred to the command of the Iraqi Army March 2 in the ongoing effort to see Iraqi forces control their own national security and assume responsibility for more battle space.  —  The U.S. 10th Mountain …

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.

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.

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 …

No, I Won't Retract My Statements, Senator Lieberman  —  I've only been blogging for a few months now and, like most small bloggers, I always appreciate an opportunity for a wider audience.  So when I wrote a post recently about my experiences with Joe Lieberman in regard to his role …