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Michelle Malkin:
Blogburst: Gathering of Eagles — It was a breath-taking, historic, and emotional day in Washington, D.C. You won't know it if you tune in to the usual MSM channels. But new media—bloggers, conservative documentarians, Internet activists, FReepers, citizen journalists, photojournalists …
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Sweetness & Light, BLACKFIVE, Gateway Pundit, Flopping Aces, Wake up America and Wizbang
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El Presidente / Slapstick Politics:
Iraq War Parade/Protest In Denver — The number of people at today's "Denver March to the Capitol" numbered approximately 300. A few St. Patrick's Day marchers also joined the protest later, and passing cars provided a redundant cacophony of horns, no doubt chiming in to support the signs calling …
Gateway Pundit:
Cindy Sheehan: "Stop this BullSh*t!" — ** Cindy Sheehan- "It's like being in the shadow of the death star." Huh??? — This speech could be a classic study for psychiatric students for years to come... Democratic darling, Cindy Sheehan, belts out an unbelievably crazy speech today at the small antiwar rally in Washington DC.
Sameer N. Yacoub / Associated Press:
Chlorine Gas Sickens 356 in Iraq Bombing — BAGHDAD (AP) - Three suicide bombers driving chlorine-laden trucks struck in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Anbar province, killing two policemen and forcing about 350 Iraqi civilians and six U.S. troops to seek treatment for exposure to the gas, the military said Saturday.
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IRAQ THE MODEL
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Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
Chlorine Bombs Kill 10, Injure at Least 350 in Iraq — Three trucks rigged with chlorine bombs exploded in the insurgent stronghold of Anbar province Friday, in the latest efforts by insurgents to use the toxic chemical to boost the lethal power of their attacks, U.S. military officials announced Saturday.
Sweetness & Light:
When And Why Joseph C Wilson IV Outed Valerie Plame — Before we put the Plame "leak" story to bed once and for all, I want to reiterate what I first posited almost two years ago, which now seems to be more true than ever. — It was almost certainly Mr. Joseph C. Wilson IV who first "outed" his wife as a CIA officer.
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Angry Bear, The Jawa Report, Blogs for Bush, Kesher Talk, The Impolitic, TigerHawk, The American Street and small dead animals
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Tennessean.com:
Tenn. mine enriched Gore, scarred land — Al Gore Jr. received more than $500,000 in royalties from the owners of zinc mines who held mineral leases on his farm near Carthage, Tenn. Now the mines have a new owner and are scheduled to reopen later this year.
Cliff Schecter / The Huffington Post:
Karl Rove Must Go to Prison — Karl Rove must go to the jail, the pokey, the big house, if you will. No not country-club Republican, I-ripped-off-your-grandma-with-junk- bonds prison where he can join the Dartmouth or Princeton rowing squad and walk by a state-of-the-art outdoor weight-lifting facility …
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Anger in Swing State Eased Attorney's Exit — The first whiff of something suspicious came when a 15-year-old boy received a voter registration card in the mail. Soon a second one arrived. Then his 13-year-old neighbor got one, too. — Neither boy had applied for the cards …
Marie Colvin / Times of London:
Iraqis: life is getting better — MOST Iraqis believe life is better for them now than it was under Saddam Hussein, according to a British opinion poll published today. — The survey of more than 5,000 Iraqis found the majority optimistic despite their suffering in sectarian violence since …
DNA [Daily News & Analysis] Homepage:
No lawyer is willing to represent Pakistan govt in judge's case — For the latest World News on mobile sms WOR to 4567 — LAHORE: The government is unable to find a lawyer of any standing to represent it before the supreme judicial council in the reference against the chief justice.
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Swaraaj Chauhan / The Moderate Voice:
Musharraf Says 'Sorry' After Bloody Attacks
Musharraf Says 'Sorry' After Bloody Attacks
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NewsHog
Geneive Abdo / Washington Post:
A More Islamic Islam — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A small group of self-proclaimed secular Muslims from North America and elsewhere gathered in St. Petersburg recently for what they billed as a new global movement to correct the assumed wrongs of Islam and call for an Islamic Reformation.
Hamil R. Harris / Washington Post:
Nagin Suspects a Plot To Keep Blacks Away — New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin has suggested that the slow recovery and rebuilding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina — which has prevented many black former residents from returning — is part of a plan to change the racial makeup and political leadership of his and other cities.
Newsdesk / The Swamp:
At war's fourth: Bush v Democrats — The White House, repeatedly asked if President Bush is planning anything to mark the fourth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq on Monday, has suggested that the president is going about business as usual. On Monday, that business includes playing host …
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Barnes lectures Bush on purge scandal — It's Saturday, and you know what that means — it's time to marvel at the latest column from Fred Barnes, the executive editor of The Weekly Standard. Of all of the Bush shills in the conservative media, no one enjoys being an unpaid public relations rep for the White House more than Barnes.
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The Impolitic
John Tierney / TierneyLab:
The Laugh Gap Explained — 1. Women are lower status. "For all that the sexual revolution has changed gender relationships in the West," Annie wrote, "there are still huge differences in social position between the genders. Women are still lower on the social scale than men …