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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday.  —  Harry Whittington, 78, was "alert and doing fine" after Cheney sprayed him with shotgun pellets …
Discussion: firedoglake and CALIFORNIA YANKEE
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Associated Press:
Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter  —  bd4350245ba8@news.ap.org Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday.  —  Harry Whittington, 78, was "alert and doing fine" after Cheney sprayed Whittington …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Michelle Malkin:
CHENEY'S HUNTING ACCIDENT
Discussion: Hyscience
Maha / The Mahablog:
On to Iran  —  Philip Sherwell of The Telegraph reports that the Pentagon is planning a military blitz of Iran. … The Telegraph also provides a brief history of Iran's nuclear program, here.  —  You all remember the "axis of evil" line from the 2002 SOTU speech, I'm sure.
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Jay / Stop The ACLU:
Is Iran Next? … Here is a little roundup of blog reactions.
Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Toon-deaf Europe is taking the wrong stand  —  From Europe's biggest-selling newspaper, the Sun: ''Furious Muslims have blasted adult shop [i.e., sex shop] Ann Summers for selling a blowup male doll called Mustafa Shag.  Not literally "blasted" in the Danish Embassy sense, or at least not yet.
Michelle Malkin:
"RAGHEADS" AND "SAMBOS" AND "GOOKS"  —  There is much buzz this weekend about comments that conservative author/columnist Ann Coulter made at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, a speech which I missed due to a book signing at the same event.
Discussion: The Anchoress and Expose the Left
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner on National Review Online:   ANN'S SCHTICK  —  Media Matters and other leftwing blogs …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
For Possible '08 Run, McCain Is Courting Bush Loyalists  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a man in perpetual motion, flew to South Carolina on Jan. 16.  His stops included a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and speeches to local Republican groups.  But one of his most important events …
Mark Mazzetti / Los Angeles Times:
Bomb Buster for Iraq Hits Pentagon Snag  — Army brass says a device that destroyed 90% of roadside explosives in tests needs further study.  Marine Corps decides to bypass the bureaucracy.  —  WASHINGTON — A new high-tech vehicle that destroys roadside bombs has passed a series …
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Katrina Report Spreads Blame  —  Homeland Security, Chertoff Singled Out  —  Hurricane Katrina exposed the U.S. government's failure to learn the lessons of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as leaders from President Bush down disregarded ample warnings of the threat to New Orleans …
Gateway Pundit:
Egyptian Ambassador Mona Attia, The Rage Behind the Rioting  —  Freedom for Egyptians also contributed to this story and explains Mona's hypocrisy at her blog.  —  Mona Omar Attia... Preaches to the West on "Freedom of Speech" while working with the Imams in the back room.
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Oh, the Anguish!  —  The original illustrations, September 30, 2005.
Discussion: The Brussels Journal
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Do Bush followers have a political ideology?  —  Alexandra von Maltzan at All Things Beautiful has written a long and somewhat personal post expressing her "disappointment" in my blogging and in my political views.  Scott "Big Trunk" Johnson at Powerline, in a post entitled "One Beautiful Thing …
Erik / ¡No Pasarán!:
Islamic Protestors in Paris Come Face to Face with an Unexpected Counter-Protest  —  "An eye for an eye!  A tooth for a tooth!"  Echoing protests around the world and wearing all kinds of costumes from the Middle East and the Muslim world, 4,000 Islamic demonstrators march through Paris denouncing …
Discussion: Davids Medienkritik
Times of London:
Congo leader's £169,000 hotel bill  —  THE leader of one of Africa's poorest countries paid more than £100,000 in cash towards a £169,000 hotel bill run up by his entourage during last year's United Nations summit in New York, according to court documents obtained by The Sunday Times.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
BBC:
Thousands join pro-Islam protest  —  About 5,000 UK mainstream Muslims joined a protest in London's Trafalgar Square against controversial cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.  —  There had been fears the rally may have been disrupted by extremists, but it proved to be a trouble-free afternoon.
Times of London:
Islamo-bullies get a free ride from the West  —  To see or not to see: that is now our question.  For the past week and a half, the biggest global story has been the rioting, violence and murder that has exploded over a dozen cartoons in a Danish newspaper.
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE and EU Referendum
Nonie Darwish / Telegraph:
We were brought up to hate - and we do  —  The controversy regarding the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed completely misses the point.  Of course, the cartoons are offensive to Muslims, but newspaper cartoons do not warrant the burning of buildings and the killing of innocent people.
Samantha Gross / Associated Press:
Nor'easter Dumps Nearly Two Feet of Snow  —  A major storm slammed the mid-Atlantic and Northeast states with nearly 2 feet of windblown snow on Sunday, nearing record levels as it blacked out thousands of customers and shut down air travel from Washington to Boston.

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