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Associated Press:
Bush unaware of port deal until after approval — White House: President only learned recently of handover to Arab firm … Today show — WASHINGTON - President Bush was unaware of the pending sale of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports to a state-owned business …
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Phil Singer / dscc.org:
Republicans Opposing Dubai Deal Have Long Opposed Efforts To Secure America's Ports — This week, Republican Senators have come out in force against a controversial deal through which a company based in the United Arab Emirates would take over six major American ports.
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Think Progress, The Left Coaster, firedoglake, Democrat Taylor Marsh … and The Democratic Daily Blog
Michelle Malkin:
NO MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL — Let's take a closer look at a rose-colored Wall Street Journal editorial on the port deal that is garnering favorable reviews from some of my friends on the right. — Sayeth the WSJ: … Contrary to the Journal editorial board's assertion …
CBS News:
In Defense Of Dubai — (CBS) This commentary was written by CBSNews.com's Dick Meyer. — A nefarious multinational corporation secretly controlled by a hostile Arab government has engineered a covert takeover of six major U.S. ports. America is at risk of losing control of its borders …
TKS on National Review Online:
SO THE UAE DOESN'T HAVE ANY SAY IN PORT SECURITY? WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL THEN? [02/22 11:50 AM] — My fellow bloggers... we've been snookered. — (I apologize in advance for the length of this; it's required to get the facts out and to show how this meme spread like wildfire.)
New York Sun:On the Waterfront
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Bill Gertz / Washington Times:Security fears about infiltration by terrorists
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Washington Post, The Mahablog, Reuters, Tammy Bruce, California Conservative, The Huffington Post and CNN
Juan / Informed Comment:
Shiite protests Roil Iraq — Tuesday was an apocalyptic day in Iraq. I am not normally exactly sanguine about the situation there. But the atmospherics are very, very bad, in a way that most Western observers will miss. — The day started out with a protest by ten thousand people …
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Ziad Khalaf / Associated Press:
Sunnis Hit After Shiite Shrine Blast — SAMARRA, Iraq - Assailants wearing uniforms detonated two bombs inside one of Iraq's most revered Shiite shrines Wednesday, blowing the top off its landmark golden dome and spawning mass protests and reprisal attacks against dozens of Sunni mosques.
Washington Post:
Blast Rocks Shiite Shrine in Samarra — BAGHDAD, Feb. 22 — One of the most revered shrines in Shiite Islam was bombed early Wednesday morning north of Baghdad, causing the collapse of its dome, police and eyewitnesses said. There was no immediate estimate of casualties in the latest in a series of sectarian attacks in the country.
Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Holy Shia shrine bombed in Samarra. — As if we didn't have enough problems already! — The quality of the target and the timing of the attack were chosen in a way that can possibly bring very serious consequences over the country. — The situation in Baghdad is so tense now …
Alan M. Dershowitz / Boston Globe:
Coup against Summers a dubious victory for the politically correct — A PLURALITY of one faculty has brought about an academic coup d'etat against not only Harvard University president Lawrence Summers but also against the majority of students, faculty, and alumni.
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Bloomberg, The Corner on National …, New York Times, The Huffington Post, protein wisdom, Power Line, The Belmont Club and Dr. Sanity
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
High Court's Newbie Rounds the Learning Curve — It was Samuel Alito's first day of school yesterday, and the new Supreme Court justice demonstrated himself to be a precocious, if sometimes too enthusiastic, pupil. — In his first day on the bench, Alito laughed obligingly at Justice Antonin Scalia's joke about river discharge.
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The New York Observer Politicker:
Exclusive: Gays Rebuff Hillary — In an email to his board members obtained by The Politicker, the head of New York State's leading gay rights group describes Hillary Clinton as a "disappointment" on same-sex marraige, and suggests gays and lesbians stop giving money to her campaign.
Eric Berger / Houston Chronicle:
New Orleans says it won't give free ride — 3 City Council members' words to poor trouble Houston officials, some evacuees — New Orleans doesn't want its poorest residents back — unless they agree to work. — That was the message from three New Orleans City Council members …
AMERICAN DIGEST:
The Poster Child for Pap — This coming Christmas' Must-Have Stocking Stuffer for the Republicans on Your List. — I SOMETIMES WISH I COULD BE A DEMOCRAT ONCE MORE . It was a good party in its time, it had nice ideals once, and, to tell the truth, I'm not at all easy being labeled as a Republican especially since I'm not.
Elana Schor / The Hill:
GOP Senator eyes public financing bill — Sen. George Voinovich, Ethics Committee chairman and a sometime gadfly to Republican leadership, is warming to Democratic-backed proposals for public financing of federal elections. — Voinovich (R-Ohio) told The Hill that he has met …
Doug Thompson / Capitol Hill Blue:
Secret Service agents say Cheney was drunk when he shot lawyer — A written report from Secret Service agents guarding Vice President Dick Cheney when he shot Texas lawyer Harry Whittington on a hunting outing two weeks ago says Cheney was "clearly inebriated" at the time of the shooting.
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