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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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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.
Freedom / Freedom for Egyptians:
Egyptian Newspaper Pictures that Published Cartoons 5 months ago — No Danish Treatment for an Egyptian Newspaper — I promised you in my previous post to bring you the images of the Egyptian newspaper, Al Fager (as pronounced in Egyptian Arabic) that published the Danish Cartoons five month ago on Oct 17, 2005.
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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August J. Pollak / xoverboard.com:
As a white guy, did you just throw up right now? — The most disturbing part of the fake outrage over Coretta Scott King's funeral is the absurdist mentality of right-wingers on black outrage. I can't think of anything more insulting to an entire race of people than acting as if they'll change …
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Secret Court's Judges Were Warned About NSA Spy Data — Program May Have Led Improperly to Warrants — Twice in the past four years, a top Justice Department lawyer warned the presiding judge of a secret surveillance court that information overheard in President Bush's eavesdropping program …
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John Byrne / rawstory.com:Senior House Republican wants answers on wiretap program
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Tim Golden / New York Times:
Tough U.S. Steps in Hunger Strike at Camp in Cuba — United States military authorities have taken tougher measures to force-feed detainees engaged in hunger strikes at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, after concluding that some were determined to commit suicide to protest their indefinite confinement, military officials have said.
CNN:
Senate nerve agent scare a false alarm — More than 200 were evacuated from Russell office building — (CNN) — A U.S. Senate office building was evacuated Wednesday evening after a sensor detected the presence of a possible nerve agent, but it was later determined to be a false alarm, sources said.
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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.
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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Associated Press:
Breyer Says 'Zero' Politics on the Court — CHICAGO - Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer says he frequently makes decisions about a law's constitutionality by considering its purposes and consequences, which puts him at odds with fellow justices who try to adhere strictly to the language of the Constitution.
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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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The Road To Surfdom
Tim Tagaris / The Democratic Party:
Taking the Hill — This morning, forty Democratic candidates for U.S. Congress, all veterans gathered between the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument to tell the American people that this "Band of Brothers" was coming together to take "The Hill" ... again.
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 …
White House:
President Bush Welcomes King Abdullah of Jordan to the White House — PRESIDENT BUSH: Your Majesty, welcome back. I have had two good discussions with His Majesty. Last night His Majesty and the Crown Prince came to have dinner with Laura and me and some members of Congress, and we had a really good discussion.
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 …
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.
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 …
