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“I am okay not knowing what’s on Michelle Malkin’s mind most days.”

Hanging offense.

Women, bloggers, MSM gatekeeper arrogance, and open-source journalism.

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Lots of readers e-mailed to ask about the disappearance of The American Thinker. Good news: They’re back! Bad news: They were victims of a domain registration scam. Thomas Lifson has the full report.

Celebration.

Discover magazine has a neat graphic from Matthew Hurst of Nielsen Buzzmetrics mapping the blogosphere: Individual dots represent individual blogs. You’re at number 4!

***update: Block removed!*** If you’ve been having trouble reading Little Green Footballs at work, this may be why. Charles Johnson writes: I’ve received more than two dozen emails today from people telling me that their company has suddenly begun blocking LGF, because the Websense content filtering system had added LGF to either the “Advocacy” or [...]

Conservative blogger/citizen journalist Stephen Taylor is posing a threat to the Canadian MSM establishment. Keep ‘em squirming, Stephen.

Dr. Helen shares some good advice.

President Bush is talking about progress in the war in Iraq. I believe he is now quoting Iraq the Model! Yep, he quoted from Mohammed and Omar Fadhil’s piece in the WSJ: The brightest image of the past two weeks was the scene of displaced families returning home; more than a thousand families are back [...]

If you are a military blogger or reader of military blogs or a vet or person interested in the military, the 2007 Military Blog Conference in Washington, DC is something you won’t want to miss. On May 4th, all types of military bloggers will descend upon our unsuspecting capital to discuss military blogging issues (military [...]

This is a very ominous development–not just for fledgling Internet video networks like 18 Doughty Street , Rocketboom, and Hot Air, but for any blogger who incorporates video into his/her site: EU plans threaten new media development European Union plans to regulate moving images that will threaten new services such as online games and mobile [...]

This post by Dean Esmay, “calling out Michelle Malkin,” is what is known in the business as traffic bait. So go ahead and click it and give Esmay more of the traffic he wants. I highly recommend you read his post as the classic blogospheric example of how not to argue about Islam. Or anything [...]

A great big thank you to Michelle for letting me guest-blog on her site this week. It’s been quite an experience and I’m very thankful that she deemed me worthy to cover for her. You might think my favorite part of it was my fight with Andrew Sullivan and, sure, that was fun, but the [...]

Lorie Byrd, blogging over at her new digs at Wizbang, is collecting Memorial Day tributes. Lorie links to the song, “Arlington,” which reminded me of this poignant photo from last Christmas: *** A military chaplain writes about one of his toughest duties–following a script that begins “Ma’am, We Regret to Inform You.” CSM looks at [...]

I’m excited to introduce you today to Hot Air–a conservative Internet broadcast network I founded with a team of multi-talented bloggers. (Press release here.) Internet video is booming. Apple’s iTunes store has sold a gazillion videos since its debut. YouTube gets more traffic than the New York Times web site. And politically-oriented web video is [...]

- The gentlemen at Power Line have announced the launch of a new companion site, Power Line News–sure to become the top home page for hard-core news junkies. I’m honored to be included. Bookmark it! – Mike Fumento has a handsome new blog. Check it out. – Belated welcomes to the blogosphere: Michael Barone and [...]

Bloggers are already buzzing about David Sifry’s latest “State of the Blogosphere” report, which says that: -Technorati now tracks 14 Million blogs, -the number of blogs continues to double every 5.5 months, and -a new blog is created every second. These figures are sure to be cited over and over again by both bloggers and [...]

You can tune in to NASA TV coverage of the Discovery lift-off on-line here. Update: 1039am. 3.2.1…Holding breath. Looks good. Update II: Debris. Uh-oh. Was it just “paper?” Hm.

…The Immigration Blog, you’ve been missing out.

Second Amendment activist and blogger Joe Huffman was fired from his job at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Read his story here. Help Joe here. Joe e-mails: I really think the security issue is the bigger story even though that doesn’t do much for me personally. The security problem allows enemies of this country to [...]

Do not blog about the “hotness” of your students. You will get fired.

Blogger/embedded journalist Michael Yon provides some of the best coverage of the war in Iraq. Some of his readers sent the following alert: We know you like Michael Yon’s Dispatches from Iraq and his photos, especially of the children. Are you aware that his camera is, and has been, in a bad state of repair? [...]

One of the best essayists/War on Terror analysts in the blogosphere, Wretchard of The Belmont Club, has shed his anonymity. Read why here. Richard, thank you for your excellent work. Please keep it up! Hat tip: Rick Moran of RWNH

The tooth fairy makes her first appearance at the Patterico residence. And don’t miss Patterico’s unbeatable father’s day gift.

JunkyardBlog spoofs the Sorry Left. The latest, top-quality IMAO podcast is up, with special guest Laurence Simon. The Political Teen takes Democrats to task for sponsoring a private relief bill–which I’ve covered before here. Mary Katherine Ham asks: Where have all the good spines gone? Daniel Glover, Managing Editor of National Journal’s Technology Daily, has [...]

John Hawkins at Right Wing News has posted an interesting list of the 100 greatest Americans. I have one name to add to his list: William F. Friedman. Friedman is known as the godfather of modern U.S. cryptology. His team of brilliant codebreakers cracked Japan’s highest security codes prior to World War II. As Roberta [...]

- Jihadist…in Arkansas? – Meet an American hero, the first woman to receive the Silver Star since WWII…Sondra K headlines the story, “Not a Nazi.” Heh-heh. – Serbs, lies, and videotape…Julia and Lev Gorin have the scoop. – Ryan Sager’s fine tribute to a free speech champion…Mr. Smith Quits Washington.

It’s the 228th birthday of the American flag. (Coincidentally, it’s the 230th birthday of the U.S. Army.) The story of how Rick Monday saved the flag is must-read. The NY Post highlights a battle between Big Apple bureacrats and patriotic city workers. Allan Wall, writer and National Guardsman, reflects on the holiday from Iraq. Here’s [...]