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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Learning from Dear Leader  —  (updated below - updated again, several times  —  (updated one last time to reflect that Capitol Police admit they made a mistake because Sheehan broke no laws or rules)  —  I disagree with lots of things which Cindy Sheehan says but if the circumstances …
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Sister Toldjah:
About Cindy's arrest and the law she broke (UPDATE 6)  —  (scroll down for updates)  —  The liberal blogs are abuzz this morning, screaming as loud as their keyboards will let them over the fact that - according to them - Cindy Sheehan was arrested last night for merely "dissenting."
John Nichols / Yahoo! News:
The War on T-Shirts  —  The Nation — Minutes before the President of the United States would tell the Congress how much he appreciates "responsible criticism and counsel," the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq was dragged from a gallery overlooking the House chamber where Bush would speak …
Discussion: Pen-Elayne on the Web
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Bush's State-Of-The-Union: Marking Time or Noting Realities?  —  Few pundits are hailing President Bush's State-Of-The-Union speech last night as a major watershed in his Presidency.  It's not being called a failure but it's not being called an inspiring home run, either.
Tammy Bruce:
MALIGNANT NARCISSIST ALERT
Discussion: Gay Patriot
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BBC:
Muhammad cartoon row intensifies  —  Newspapers across Europe have reprinted caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to show support for a Danish paper whose cartoons have sparked Muslim outrage.  —  France Soir, Germany's Die Welt, La Stampa in Italy and El Periodico in Spain all carried some of the drawings.
Michelle Malkin:
THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF SPEAK  —  In civilized societies, if you are offended by a cartoon, you do not burn flags, take up guns and raid buildings, chant death to your opponents, or threaten suicide bombings.  —  You write a letter to the editor.  —  Here's a Tom Toles cartoon that our military leaders did not appreciate:
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John / AMERICAblog:
Pentagon trying to censor top US political cartoonist  —  The Joint Chiefs of Staff just sent a menacing letter to the Washington Post over a cartoon.  AMERICAblog received a copy of the letter at 10AM this morning, but as its veracity was not yet confirmed, we waited until E&P was able to confirm that is is for real.
Discussion: The Heretik
Michelle Malkin:
KERRY'S "53 PERCENT" LIE (VIDEO)  —  Via Drudge comes word of Sen. John Kerry's false claim on The Today Show that "53 percent of our children don't graduate from high school."  Census data show that 84 percent of Americans over the age of 25 are high school grads.  —  Download the video (.wmv file).
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New York Times:
Iran's Civilian Nuclear Program May Link to Military, U.N. Says  —  VIENNA, Jan. 31 — The International Atomic Energy Agency says it has evidence that suggests links between Iran's ostensibly peaceful nuclear program and its military work on high explosives and missiles …
Discussion: QandO
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Bush: US would defend Israel against Iran
Discussion: PunditGuy
Newsweek:
The Case for Joe Biden  —  A long time political consultant argues that the senior senator from Delaware is the Democrat's best shot  —  Jan. 31, 2006 - There are several ways we choose our presidents.  During the primaries, we may vote for the person who looks as if he or she will perform best …
PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
President panders to anti-manimal lobby!  Dr Moreau flees country in rage!  —  I didn't listen to the State of the Union Address last night, preferring to maintain my equanimity by attending a talk on quantum physics, but I knew I could trust my readers to email me with choice weird science bits.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
New Justice's First Challenge: Clap On or Clap Off?  —  Samuel A. Alito Jr., barely eight hours into his job as a Supreme Court justice, had to make a series of important rulings as he sat in the House chamber for last night's State of the Union address.  —  For instance: How enthusiastically would he applaud for President Bush?
proteinwisdom.com:
Liveblogging the SOTU: an experiment in minimalism  —  TV Fox - Hume, Kristol, Barnes, Kondracke, Easton, etc. (prelim) Sheehan removed from gallery.  Charge?  Who cares?  Tried to unroll a banner.  Being detained.  My advice?  Cuff her to a space heater and give her a plate of beans.
National Review:
SOTU Critics Room  —  EDITOR'S NOTE: National Review Online asked a group of experienced experts for their take of the president's State of the Union address immediately after the speech or in the wee hours after.  Here's what they had to say.  —  DANIEL CASSE
Discussion: JunkYardBlog and Booman Tribune
Los Angeles Times:
Bush Stretches to Defend Surveillance  — The president's justification for his spy program has disputable roots, as do some of the facts and figures he put forth in his speech.  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush received a roaring ovation Tuesday for his prime-time defense of wiretapping phone calls without warrants.
The Brussels Journal:
France Soir Backs Down.  Others Stand Firm  —  Raymond Lakah, the owner of the French newspaper France Soir, has sacked Jacques Lefranc, the paper's editor.  Yesterday France-Soir republished the twelve controversial Danish Mohamed cartoons.  Mr Lakah declared: "We express our apologies …
Discussion: Peaktalk and Clarity & Resolve
rawstory.com:
Multimillion dollar Abramoff client gave $50,000 to GOP after meeting with Bush, DeLay, Hastert and Lott  —  Abramoff firm gave $50,000 more to GOP congressional campaigns seven months after visits  —  Eleven million dollars can buy a lot of access in Washington.  Especially if your lobbyist is Jack Abramoff.
Discussion: Sirotablog

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