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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.
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.
New York Times:
Bush Urges World Leaders to Halt Violence Over Cartoons
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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?
Discussion: THE NEWS BLOG
Dave Johnson / Seeing the Forest:
Swiftboating King's Funeral - Here It Comes!
White House:
President Honors Coretta Scott King at Homegoing Celebration
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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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.
Discussion: The Road To Surfdom
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.
Discussion: Hullabaloo, firedoglake and Lean Left
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Blanton / RedState:
With Regard To Today's [Funeral] Political Rally
Discussion: Beltway Blogroll
Editor and Publisher:
Newspaper Story on Soldier Forced to Pay for Body Armor Sparks Fundraising  —  NEW YORK It may have been a case of financial insult added to injury.  Now an article in the Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette has sparked a fundraising appeal on a popular political blog.
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Editor and Publisher:
UPDATE: Story on Wounded Soldier Who Had to Pay for Body Armor Gets Results
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Loaded Mouth
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 …
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.
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.
Discussion: And Another Thing and PoliBlog
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Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
What is John McCain's Mark Salter Thinking?  Explodes at "Why We Fight"  —  Senator John McCain comes off as a major political star in Eugene Jarecki's Why We Fight which is opening soon in Washington, but his chief of staff, Mark Salter, has blown a gasket over a cute clip in the film …
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 …
Rebecca MacKinnon / RConversation:
Yahoo! Helped Jail another Chinese Cyberdissident  —  I just received the press release below e-mailed from Reporters Without Borders. … My initial reaction: A company that cares about human rights should not put user data in jurisdictions where full compliance with the law makes collaboration …
Warren P. Strobel / Knight Ridder:
State Department sees exodus of weapons experts  —  WASHINGTON - State Department officials appointed by President Bush have sidelined key career weapons experts and replaced them with less experienced political operatives who share the White House and Pentagon's distrust of international negotiations and treaties.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Wrong Wiretap Debate  —  As quickly as you can say the words "Karl Rove," the debate over the National Security Agency's anti-terrorist surveillance program is degenerating into a partisan squabble.  Rather than seeking a compromise that would anchor the program in law …
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.

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