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Kashmiri earthquake survivors set fire to a puppet representing U.S. President George W. Bush during a protest against the publication of cartoons and caricatures depicting Prophet Mohammad, in the earthquake-devastated city of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir February 24, 2006. REUTERS/Thierry Roge
That’s the kind of thanks we get for this:
…U.S. Central Command has [...]

Yesterday in Lahore:

Pakistani protesters holding daggers stage a rally against the publication of cartoons depicting Islamic Prophet Muhammad, with black banners arounds their chests that read, ‘God is Great,’ Friday, Feb. 24, 2006 in Peshawar, Pakistan. Thousands of Islams defied a ban on rallies across the country in condemning the Prophet Muhammad cartoons printed by [...]

Brian Maloney has an exclusive report on a reported $8 million George Soros bailout of Air America.
Mark April 22 on your calendar. It’s the date of the first annual Milblogger conference in Washington DC. The best and brightest of the blogosphere will be there. Austin Bay will emcee.
Speaking of milbloggers, they are disgusted with Cindy [...]

Congrats:
Copenhagen - Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which angered the Muslim world by publishing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad last year, has won a Danish critical journalism award for its initiative, the jury said.
Denmark’s largest daily was honoured with the Victor Prize for “having opened everyone’s eyes by showing how easy it is to introduce cracks in freedom [...]

Paris mourned the death of Ilan Halimi today (via Haaretz):
Cries of “vive la France” and “la justice” accompanied President Jacques Chirac, his wife Bernadette and Premier Dominique de Villepin last night as they left the memorial evening held here yesterday for Ilan Halimi.
The ceremony, which was held in the Grand Synagogue on rue de la [...]

***update: video of Hitchens’ speech at Expose the Left…courtesy of Age of Hooper, which has more photos…more video here…***
Instapundit has photos of the pro-Denmark gathering at the Danish Embassy convened by journalist Christopher Hitchens this afternoon. Looks like there was a great turnout.
Lovely photo spread over at Vital Perspective.
Blogger Greg Tinti was also there with [...]

Haleigh Poutre turns 12 years old today.
Keep her in your prayers.
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It’s Friday. It’s time for something to make you smile and cheer.
Here it is.
Hat tip and a great big virtual hug to reader MLC.

Your must-see lunchtime viewing comes from the NEFA Foundation, which captured the London demonstration against the Mohammed Cartoons earlier this month.

Watch here (click on red tab at top of page).
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Related video:
Watch the Muslim Madonna who is driving Islamists crazy. (Hat tip: Allah Pundit)

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Previous video:
Takbir! — a joint Bryan Preston/MM.com production — is now on Google [...]

Suicide bombers reportedly tried to take out a major oil facility in Saudi Arabia this morning:
A Saudi oil official said an explosion rocked a major oil processing facility Friday in eastern Saudi Arabia. An Arab satellite television station reported that one pipeline was damaged in an attack by suicide bombers in two explosives-packed cars. One [...]

Let’s review.
Depictions of Mohammed are not allowed.
Depictions of ordinary human beings and animals are not allowed.
Depictions of mosques are not allowed.
And now, depictions poking fun on the prohibition of depictions are not allowed, either…
Click on the image for a Non Sequitur cartoon that has Muslims in Malaysia in an uproar:

The New Straits Times newspaper [...]

Below the “Mohammed Cartoons” icon, I’ve added a tip jar. Never had one before, but folks have asked for it and I am happy to oblige! I appreciate any support, but more importantly, your continued readership.

A reader sent me the Danish word for solidarity the other day: “Sammenhold.”
In Washington, D.C., today at the Danish embassy, writer Christopher Hitchens will be showing “Sammenhold” with a gathering to stand up for Denmark:
Please be outside the Embassy of Denmark, 3200 Whitehaven Street (off Massachusetts Avenue) between noon and 1 p.m. this Friday, Feb. [...]

Austin Bay looks at how the Golden Mosque was destroyed.

Breaking news via Yahoo! News:
WASHINGTON - A state-owned company in the United Arab Emirates volunteered late Thursday to delay part of its $6.8 billion takeover of most operations at six U.S. ports to give President Bush more time to convince skeptical members of Congress that the disputed deal poses no security risks.
The surprise announcement relieves [...]

So now, it’s not just pictures of Mohammed and ordinary human beings that are unacceptable. Junkyard Blog points to this story:
MADRID - The Spanish high street store Bershka has recalled its latest collection from its shops all over the world after complaints from some Muslim customers in Dubai.
Bershka’s new range contains a label with [...]

Technorati has a cool new feature called “Technorati Favorites.”
They asked me to put together some of my faves (limited to 20, plus my own), which you can access by clicking on the photo:

I added this at the bottom of the post below, but Karl Rove’s significant concession (camouflaged in face-saving rhetoric) deserves to stand alone:
President George W. Bush would accept a slight delay in permitting Dubai Ports World to acquire a British company that operates six key U.S. ports, senior White House adviser Karl Rove told Fox [...]

After a rather rude (and criminal) disruption, I’m back. Let’s return to the ports, shall we?
Lesson One of Portgate: Scream “Islamophobia/xenophobia” often enough, and people will start to back down.
Lesson Two of Portgate: Mislead and mischaracterize your critics often enough, and people will start to back down.
Here are two key talking points being pushed by [...]

Dear readers:
Yes, I know the site has been down all morning.
Yes, I’ve contacted the FBI.
I will try to get back to work, but this has been a bit of a distraction.
Thanks for sticking with me.
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Afternoon update: Confirmed DoS attack, with most of the IP addresses belonging to TurkTelecom. Tech people say the attack is shifting [...]

Sgt. 1st Class Chad Gonsalves, killed in action in Afghanistan last week. Married, father of 3 young boys. Source: Modesto Bee
Please read.
Say thank you, send prayers, and leave a message for the family at Legacy.com.

Here’s Hillary Clinton going bananas over school vouchers, via FNC’s Hannity and Colmes:

Download and watch the video (Windows Media file).
Hillary screeches that providing inner-city and poor students with more choice in education will lead to a a “school of the Church of the White Supremacist ” and a “School of the Jihad.”
Transcript:
CLINTON: Suppose that you [...]

Video at Expose the Left.
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James Joyner at OTB: More AP lies in Scalia/AEI story
Reader KT e-mails:
I was at AEI yesterday and saw Scalia speak and was, I am not sure you could call it heckled and I thought of your book. First, Justice Scalia was excellent, especially on the main issue, using foreign law [...]

Via Fox News/AP:
A New York City man has been hospitalized after inhaling anthrax, but officials believe it was accidental and not related to terrorism.
The man, a doctor, traveled recently to the west coast of Africa and became ill shortly after his return, said a federal law enforcement official, speaking to The Associated Press on condition [...]

Source: Yahoo!/AP
Via AP:
SAMARRA, Iraq - Insurgents detonated bombs inside one of
Iraq’s holiest Shiite shrines Wednesday, destroying its golden dome and triggering more than 60 reprisal attacks on Sunni mosques. The president warned that extremists were pushing the country toward civil war, as many Shiites lashed out at the United States as partly to blame.
As the [...]

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:
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is the latest Republican to broadcast his “independence” from President Bush on homeland security, yesterday joining Senator Lindsey Graham, [...]

Via the St. Paul Pioneer Press (hat tip-LGF):
As violent protests over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad continue around the world, a St. Paul charter school is quietly negotiating the delicate question of how to teach art to Muslims.
Any depiction of God and his prophets is considered offensive under Islam, and disrespectful representations are even [...]

For your viewing entertainment…
I mentioned that my friend Bryan Preston of Junkyard Blog and I attended the New Black Panther Party’s protest of the Danish embassy in Washington, D.C., over the weekend. Bryan has put together a mini-movie highlighting the unintentionally comical wit and wisdom of NBPP leader Malik Zulu Shabazz. It’s called “Takbir!” Which [...]

Don’t believe the MSM accounts. Check out the Point of Law blog for the real skinny.

***video at Expose the Left***
Via Breitbart/AP:
President Bush said Tuesday that the deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and that he would veto any congressional effort to stop it.
“After careful review by our government, I believe the transaction ought to go forward,” Bush told reporters who had [...]