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John / AMERICAblog:
Get ready for the white men of the Republican party to lecture black leaders about not knowing their place  —  UPDATE: Well that didn't take long.  But rather than old white men, it's an old white woman of the far-right wing of the Republican party telling black leaders to mind their place.
The Anchoress:
Wellstoning the King Funeral  —  Check out Chris Muir's cartoon today!  —  Oh, come on, you're not really surprised, are you, that Coretta Scott King's funeral got political?  —  I'm not.  I remember this:  —  Sen Paul Wellstone Memorial  —  After President Bush praised Dr. King, things went downhill, apparently.
David Sirota / Sirotablog:
Legacy of Kings
Maria Newman / New York Times:
Four Presidents Join Mourners at Funeral of Coretta Scott King
Discussion: The Left Coaster and The RCP Blog
Michelle Malkin:
UNHINGED AT CORETTA SCOTT KING'S FUNERAL
New York Times:
Some Democrats Are Sensing Missed Opportunities  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 — Democrats are heading into this year's elections in a position weaker than they had hoped for, party leaders say, stirring concern that they are letting pass an opportunity to exploit what they see as widespread Republican vulnerabilities.
Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
A Young Bush Appointee Resigns His Post at NASA  —  George C. Deutsch, the young presidential appointee at NASA who told public affairs workers to limit reporters' access to a top climate scientist and told a Web designer to add the word "theory" at every mention of the Big Bang, resigned yesterday, agency officials said.
Gina Kolata / New York Times:
Study Finds Low-Fat Diet Won't Stop Cancer or Heart Disease  —  The largest study ever to ask whether a low-fat diet keeps women from getting cancer or heart disease has found that the diet had no effect.  —  The $415 million federal study involved nearly 49,000 women aged 50 to 79 who were followed for eight years.
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Gina Kolata / New York Times:
Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds  —  The largest study ever to ask whether a low-fat diet reduces the risk of getting cancer or heart disease has found that the diet has no effect.  —  The $415 million federal study involved nearly 49,000 women ages 50 to 79 who were followed for eight years.
Discussion: Feministe, Tim Worstall and Althouse
The New York Observer Politicker:
NY Press Kills Cartoons; Staff Walks Out  —  The editorial staff of the alternative weekly New York Press walked out today, en masse, after the paper's publishers backed down from printing the Danish cartoons that have become the center of a global free-speech fight.
NeanderMan / NeanderNews:
Danish Imams Busted!  —  *** NEANDERNEWS EXCLUSIVE ***  —  Do these two photos look similiar?  —  They should because they are the same!  No, not a satire of Mohammed nor any other sacred Islamic figure but a photo of Jacques Barrot, a pig squealing contestant at the French Pig-Squealing Championships …
Michelle Malkin:
VIDEO: BREAKING THE TABOO  —  I appeared tonight on Fox News Channel's Hannity and Colmes for an all-too-brief segment on the Mohammed Cartoons.  Before I drove to the Washington, D.C., studio, I stopped by a Kinko's store, printed out the cartoons, and pasted them onto a piece of poster board.
Daniel Pipes / danielpipes.org:
Cartoons and Islamic Imperialism  —  The key issue at stake in the battle over the twelve Danish cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad is this: Will the West stand up for its customs and mores, including freedom of speech, or will Muslims impose their way of life on the West?
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Paul Craig Roberts / counterpunch.org:
My Epiphany  —  A number of readers have asked me when did I undergo my epiphany, abandon right-wing Reaganism and become an apostle of truth and justice.  —  I appreciate the friendly sentiment, but there is a great deal of misconception in the question.  —  When I saw that the neoconservative …
A.M. Mora y Leon / Publius Pundit:
DEMOCRACY ALARM IN VENEZUELA  —  A one-man Venezuelan court demanded 16 years in prison for Venezuelan democracy campaigner Maria Corina Machado.  The one-stop-judge/jury/jailer also violated her rights by refusing to allow her to speak in the courtroom as is her right.
Media Matters for America:
How many Time reporters knew they were deceiving readers about Rove's role in Plamegate? … On October 13, 2003, Time magazine ran an article that included a quote from White House press secretary Scott McClellan insisting that White House senior adviser Karl Rove had nothing to do with outing undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame.
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Our Message In 2006: Republicans Control Congress  —  Update: If you think this is an important idea, please email it to anyone you know in politics.  —  Last week, I put up a post entitled Voter Knowledge and the House of Representatives.  Referencing long-term National Election Survey data …
Newsweek:
Reform, Washington Style  —  How an eight-term congressman with extensive ties to K Street became the new face of the House Republican Party.  —  Feb. 13, 2006 issue - Like any good politician, John Boehner knew how to read his audience.  Early last week the Republican Study Committee …

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