CPAC: The Unauthorized Documentary  —  See seven minutes of raw, unexpurgated right-wing action courtesy of VideoNation:  —  Michelle Malkin goes unhinged and launches a hysterical tirade into the lens of my camera.  I ask Ann "John Edwards is a Faggot" Coulter why she isn't the same person on Sunday morning as on Saturday night.

Normalizing Crazy  —  Glenn Greenwald does a nice job today dealing with yet another example of journalistic double standards, dealing with the predictable excretory spew of Ann Coulter at this year's CPAC vs Howie Kurtz's recent spell on the fainting couch over few anonymous comments that were removed from the Huffington Post.

Giuliani Has No Real Chance With GOP Voters . . . or Does He?  —  The 2008 presidential campaign is just weeks old, but already an article of faith within the Republican Party — the belief that no politician who favors abortion rights and gay rights can win the GOP nomination …

FDA Rules Override Warnings About Drug  —  Cattle Antibiotic Moves Forward Despite Fears of Human Risk  —  The government is on track to approve a new antibiotic to treat a pneumonia-like disease in cattle, despite warnings from health groups and a majority of the agency's own expert advisers …

Ex-GOP candidates turn attacks back on national panel  —  WASHINGTON — One advertisement accused the rival candidate of billing taxpayers for a call to a phone-sex line.  One alleged that a candidate "fixed" his daughter's speeding tickets.  Still others stated that a candidate endorsed a …

BRAVE NEW WORLD....Mickey Kaus offers up the following political analysis of the card check legislation that recently passed the House: … Jeez.  Making it modestly easier for unions to organize will cripple American capitalism?  Who knew that paying janitors ten bucks an hour would doom our way of life?

Senator Admits Calling U.S. Attorney  —  Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.) acknowledged today that he contacted the U.S. attorney in Albuquerque last fall to inquire about the status of an ongoing corruption probe of Democrats, saying he regretted the call but "never pressured him nor threatened him in any way."

Could 650,000 Iraqis really have died because of the invasion?  —  The statistics made headlines all over the world when they were published in The Lancet in October last year.  More than 650,000 Iraqis - one in 40 of the population - had died as a result of the American-led invasion in 2003.

Gingrich's Old Ideas Propel Him At CPAC  —  Newt Gingrich's entrance into CPAC was planned for someone who expected to win the straw poll.  Though he didn't win the poll outright, Newt effectively did win the straw poll.  He tied Romney for 30% of total votes, coming in just behind Rudy Giuliani's 34%.

SWIFT BOATING THE SWIFT BOATERS (UPDATED)  —  It has become an article of truth to many on the left that the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth were a pack of liars.  They believe that this group of former Vietnam Swift Boat vets were enticed by Republican operatives to sell themselves out to sink the presidential aspirations of John Kerry.

Iran touts nuclear prowess with new banknote  —  TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran is to issue a new high-denomination banknote marking the country's achievements in nuclear technology at a time of mounting tension with the West over its atomic programme, the IRNA agency reported Saturday.

GENERATION TRAP....If you haven't been following the ongoing brawl between Time columnist Joe Klein and the liberal blogosphere, it's probably too late to bring you completely up to speed.  Let's just say that the blogosphere thinks Klein is a wanker and Klein returns the compliment in full.

Bill Maher Proves Bad Taste Is Universal  —  It is regretable that I was not aware of this story before I wrote the piece on Ann Coulter.  With a H/T to THE DRUDGE REPORT I came across this article on NEWS BUSTERS.  —  Now The Drudge Report and News Busters are on the opposite side of the political fence from me.

In Wartime, Who Has the Power?  —  THE Constitution seems relatively clear.  The president is the commander in chief, and he has the power to deploy troops and to direct military strategy.  Congress has the power to declare war and can use its control over the purse to end a war.

Extend Legal Rights to Guantanamo  —  For more than 200 years, the courts have served as the ultimate safeguard for our civil liberties.  A critical part of this role has been the judicial branch's ability to consider writs of habeas corpus, through which people who have been imprisoned …

Obama: Iran threatens all of us  —  Won't rule out force in speech in Chicago to pro-Israel group  —  Sen. Barack Obama said Friday the use of military force should not be taken off the table when dealing with Iran, which he called "a threat to all of us."

Police and Protesters Clash in St. Petersburg  —  An unusually large and unruly protest against the government of President Vladimir V. Putin ended here Saturday in clashes with the police and the arrest of opposition leaders.  Rally organizers and the police said more than 100 people …

MTP Transcript for Mar. 4, 2007  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: The Democrats say U.S. troops should leave Iraq within six months if the Iraqi government does not reduce the violence.  With us, Congressman John Murtha, Democrat from Pennsylvania.

How Gore's massive energy consumption saves the world  —  Stop me if you've heard this before, but the other day the Rev. Al Gore declared that "climate change" was "the most important moral, ethical, spiritual and political issue humankind has ever faced.'' Ever.

Secular Islam Summit: Reason, Not Revelation  —  Author Ibn Warraq led off the summit today.  —  Senior Research Fellow  —  Ibn Warraq being interviewed by Andrew Marcus an independent filmmaker at the Secular Islam Summit.  —  Look for the video at Pajamas!