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A Rally for Freedom — Thanks to the inspiration of Christopher Hitchens, Washingtonians showed their peaceful solidarity on Friday with the people of Denmark. A sampling of the rally for freedom at the Embassy of Denmark below. — UPDATE: Video is now available.
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STEPHEN GREEN HAS POSTED more pictures from the Danish Embassy rally, which has also gotten coverage, and photos, at Wonkette. — And reader Patrick Rockefeller sends the photo at bottom below, which I liked, along with this report: "It was a decent sized crowd full of good people …
Corsair the Rational Pirate:
Hey Ho Danish Protest Today... Gotta Go — Today was the big, hastily arranged protest in front of the Danish Embassy in Washington, DC. Here is a photoblog of the event: — Not wanting to drive to DC, I took the Metro from Vienna to Woodley Park/Zoo — This is what the Metro station looks …
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Stephen Green / Vodkapundit:
Photoblogging — Some days, it's really good to be a blogger. In the last few minutes, Chris Huckenpoehler and Patrick Rockefeller both emailed pictures to me of today's protest at the Danish Embassy. — Here are a few from Patrick - — Yes, that's Christopher Hitchens. — Sully was there, too.
Greg Tinti / The Political Pit Bull:
Rallying For Denmark And Free Speech — I just got back from the Danish solidarity rally organized by Christopher Hitchens outside Denmark's Embassy in Washington. And let me just say, it was in every way the polar opposite of all the other "rallies" you have seen in reaction to the Mohammad cartoons.
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Edelfenbein / Your Guide to Financial Success:
Danish Embassy Rally — A small, but spirited crowd rallied in support of Denmark today outside the Danish Embassy in Washington. — The festive crowd of about 200 broke into chants of "We're All Danes Now!" Lots of flag-waving and Danish-eating. — Here are a few photos:
Mark Tapscott / tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com:
Time to Stand With Denmark For Americans' Freedom of the Press, Speech; Sitzpinklers Stay Away from Danish Embassy Demo — Journalist Christopher Hitchens recently called for a demonstration of support today at the Danish Embassy for Denmark and the principles of freedom of speech and the press.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com: VITAL PERSPECTIVE has posted photos from the Danish Embassy march today.
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:D.C. Rally for Denmark at Noon (Updated)
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Pamela Hess / UPI:
SECURITY & TERRORISM — UAE terminal takeover extends to 21 ports — WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (UPI) — A United Arab Emirates government-owned company is poised to take over port terminal operations in 21 American ports, far more than the six widely reported.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Rally The Pundits! — Where is the clarity and vision in this Dubai Ports World debacle? On behalf of a troubled world (or punditry, anyway) I peeked behind the Great Wall to see what the Wise Folk on the other side were thinking. — The results were inconclusive, but interesting:
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Taste of the Future — "Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." The acidulous wisdom of Mark Twain speaks to us across the ages, and never more than this week during the great congressional mobilization to save America's ports from the dreaded hand of Dubai.
Tom Bevan / The RCP Blog:New Rasmussen Poll: Dems Favored Over Bush On National Security
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:A Dubai Finesse — If only Churchill were alive today, none of this would be happening.
Zeyad / Healing Iraq:
Fierce streetfighting at my doorstep for the last 3 hours. Rumor in the neighbourhood is that men in black are trying to enter the area. Some armed kids defending the local mosque three blocks away are splattering bullets at everything that moves, and someone in the street was shouting for people to prepare for defending themselves.
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
As Violence Ebbs, U.S. Envoy Warns of Danger to Iraq's Future — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 24 — The American ambassador to Iraq said today that sectarian violence this week was a threat to the future of Iraq, and that Iraqi leaders would have to come together and compromise if they wanted to save their homeland.
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Chris Tryhorn / Guardian:
Livingstone suspended over 'Nazi' jibe — Ken Livingstone was today suspended from office for four weeks by a disciplinary tribunal for likening a Jewish Evening Standard reporter to a Nazi concentration camp guard. — The three-man Adjudication Panel for England said the mayor of London should step down from his duties on March 1.
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It Didn't Work — "I can tell you the main reason behind all our woes — it is America." The New York Times reporter is quoting the complaint of a clothing merchant in a Sunni stronghold in Iraq. "Everything that is going on between Sunni and Shiites, the troublemaker in the middle is America."
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Ellen Barry / Los Angeles Times:
Students Hail Harvard President — Their strong support for Lawrence H. Summers is seen by some as a sign of a shift in campus politics. — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — If Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers was worried about how the undergraduates would greet him Wednesday night …
Helen / Dr. Helen:
I'm Not Really Talented and Gifted, I Just Play One for the PC Crowd — Thanks to Soccer Dad for pointing out this article in the Washington Post that discusses replacing the Gifted programs in schools in Montgomery County, Maryland with magnet classes for everyone:
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Media Matters for America:
Only on Fox: "All-Out Civil War in Iraq: Could It Be a Good Thing?" … A segment about escalating sectarian violence in Iraq on the February 23 edition of Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto featured onscreen captions that read: " 'Upside' To Civil War?" and "All-Out Civil War in Iraq: Could It Be a Good Thing?"
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Special Counsel in Plame Case Invalid, Libby Contends — Attorneys for Vice President Cheney's former top aide argued yesterday that a federal court should dismiss all charges against him because a special prosecutor lacked the legal authority to bring the charges.
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Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Kansas Roots Action — Phase I — Today as part of our Roots project we're asking people from Kansas (or those with ties to Kansas) to write in to local papers regarding the Senate hearings into the illegal NSA wiretaps. Kansas is the home of both Pat Roberts, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee …
