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The Sandmonkey / Rantings of a Sandmonkey:
Boycott Egypt — Freedom For Egyptians reminded me why the cartoons looked so familiar to me: they were actually printed in the Egyptian Newspaper Al Fagr back in October 2005. I repeat, October 2005, during Ramadan, for all the egyptian muslim population to see, and not a single squeak of outrage was present.
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Michael Kimmelman / New York Times:
A Startling New Lesson in the Power of Imagery — They're callous and feeble cartoons, cooked up as a provocation by a conservative newspaper exploiting the general Muslim prohibition on images of the Prophet Muhammad to score cheap points about freedom of expression. — But drawings are drawings, so a question arises.
Austin Bay Blog:
This week's column: Rushdie, Danish cartoons, and Information Warfare (and a link to the cartoons) — The column is up at StrategyPage. — The Danish "Cartoon War" is an information warfare operation by conducted Islamist terror groups and at least two Middle Eastern dictatorships (Syria and Iran).
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
A Cartoon's Portrait of America — The trouble started in Denmark, a faraway country of which we know little. It revolves around cartoons, an art form we associate with light humor. It has sparked riots in Surabaya, Tehran, Peshawar and rural Somalia, places where there aren't many Americans in the best of times.
Amir Taheri / Opinion Journal:
Bonfire of the Pieties — Islam prohibits neither images of Muhammad nor jokes about religion. — "The Muslim Fury," one newspaper headline screamed. "The Rage of Islam Sweeps Europe," said another. "The clash of civilizations is coming," warned one commentator.
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Allan Sloan / Washington Post:
Bush's Social Security Sleight of Hand — If you read enough numbers, you never know what you'll find. Take President Bush and private Social Security accounts. — Last year, even though Bush talked endlessly about the supposed joys of private accounts, he never proposed a specific plan …
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Media Matters for America:
CNN spliced out standing ovation greeting Lowery's WMD remarks at King funeral … The February 8 edition of CNN's The Situation Room featured a video clip of part of civil rights leader Rev. Joseph Lowery's address at the February 7 funeral of civil rights activist Coretta Scott King …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:Post: Bush Reaches Out
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Think Progress:
EXCLUSIVE EMAILS: Jack Abramoff Describes Relationship With President Bush — ThinkProgress has obtained emails written by Jack Abramoff in which the fallen lobbyist personally describes his relationship with President Bush. They depict a relationship far more extensive than has been previously reported.
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Redstate Racists — I don't throw around the racist word very often, because to me it is a very very serious charge. But there's no other way to say it; this right-wing blogger 'Blanton' at Redstate is racist, and all the commenter freaks nodding in frothing agreement to his screed seem mighty close as well.
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
And Lieberman Knifes Obama on Imus — The McCain-Obama fight is one of those insider-y deals which has nothing to do with the argument and everything to do with changing power dynamics in the Senate. Currently, McCain is trying to push Obama off the bipartisan reform stage …
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Jim Geraghty / Washington Times:
The growing role of bloggers — Imagine what the mood at President Bush's State of the Union address would have been if the big news before the speech was the Senate's confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Harriet Miers. — It's hard to believe that as recently as late October that was the White House's goal.
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Susan Jones / CNSNews:
John Bolton Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize — (CNSNews.com) - John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is one of two Americans who have been nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. — Last year, Democrats and a few Republicans refused to confirm Bolton to the U.N. post …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Democrats Fear Their Battle Against Beset GOP Falls Short — It's like the old movies. Like Dracula rising from the grave. Jason, whom you think is finished, coming alive to strike again — and come back in another popular sequel. — Just a couple of months ago, the media …
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John Vidal / Guardian:
Sweden plans to be world's first oil-free economy — · 15-year limit set for switch to renewable energy — · Biofuels favoured over further nuclear power — Sweden is to take the biggest energy step of any advanced western economy by trying to wean itself off oil completely …
John In Dc / Open Letter To Chris Matthews:
MSNBC offering conservative voter outreach, for a price — Well, isn't this interesting. — A top MSNBC producer, who worked on Hardball with Chris Matthews, and now works for MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, is off giving paid-only lectures about how to influence conservative voters.
San Francisco Chronicle:
MATIER AND ROSS — S.F. supervisors set to debate call for impeachment of Bush, Cheney — In case you're short a hot topic tonight, Bill O'Reilly, take a look at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors — which is working up a resolution calling for the "full investigation …
Jeanne Cummings / Wall Street Journal:
White House Can't Sweep Aside Abramoff — Indicted Aide Safavian Heads to Court, — And Questions Still Swirl About Griles and Rove — WASHINGTON — The scandal surrounding disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff has shaken up Capitol Hill. But it still poses significant problems for the Bush White House.
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
DeLay Lands Coveted Appropriations Spot — Indicted Rep. Tom DeLay Lands Spot on Appropriations Committee — WASHINGTON Feb 8, 2006 (AP)— Indicted Rep. Tom DeLay, forced to step down as the No. 2 Republican in the House, scored a soft landing Wednesday as GOP leaders rewarded him with a coveted seat on the Appropriations Committee.
