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Gonna try something different tonight in an effort to save some time. I drove 30 miles each way and spent about an hour and a half sitting around to get some repairs done on my car this afternoon, and came home feeling totally wiped out. (It doesn't take much these days.) Then about the time I thought I was ready to do some blogging a circuit breaker blew for no apparent reason and it took me nearly 45 minutes to get back to where I was before it happened. (This computer doesn't like having to plug pulled with no warning and takes a while to recover.) On top of that, as of the time I'm writing this (in MS FrontPage) I can't access my site. [Update: It fixed itself.] All things considered, I think I'm going to settle for just doing a "link roundup" type of thing, which I'll add to at the bottom as time goes on.

Probably the most important news of the day: Senate OKs Patriot Act Renewal. The House still needs to vote on it but that won't be a problem; in the House a minority can't block a vote.

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John Hinderaker comments here.

(The Adventures Of) Chester:

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The Key Strategic Question

Is Islam compatible with a free society?

This is the key strategic question of our day.

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Bill Roggio: International Islamist Front’s Bangladeshi Commander Captured

Austin Bay: Bagging the Bangladesh Bomber

Life and Limb

Robert Mayer:

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AL-SADR VS. EVERYONE

The rising star of Moqtada al-Sadr has been the subject of much recent speculation: how his bloc became the biggest in the Shia UIA alliance, how he controls one of the most extremist militias in the country, and how he has become one of the most important politicians in Iraq’s development toward democracy. And also one of its biggest threats. Avowedly ready to stage an uprising should Iran give the order, some military commanders must be wondering why the hell they didn’t get rid of him a long time ago when they had the chance. Now his prominence is being compared to the rise of Hitler.

Strange, however, is the connection between the bombing the of al-Askariya shrine in Samarra and who benefited the most from it. Al-Sadr, that’s who. ...

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Jim Geraghty: AFTER THE PORT DEAL, HOW ELSE DOES THE TIPPING POINT AFFECT OUR POLITICS?

Bruce Kesler: John “I am a patriot” Zogby

See also Radio Blogger here and here. (ht: Bruce K.)

Michael Barone:

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The reach of the Espionage Act

Here's a fascinating issue, and one of great importance for the news business: whether the government should prosecute newspapers for printing classified information and government employees for divulging it. Specifically, should the New York Times be prosecuted for its Dec. 16, 2005, story on the NSA surveillance of communications between suspected al Qaeda operatives abroad and people in the United States?

Yes, comes the answer of Gabriel Schoenfeld in the March Commentary. Or at least I think his answer is yes; his concluding sentence is, "The laws governing what the Times has done are perfectly clear; will they be enforced?" The laws are the Espionage Act of 1917, together with a section added by Congress in 1950. And his argument that the conduct of the Times and its sources in government is covered by these statutes is, I think, irrefutable.

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Agora: Cartoonist’s Daughter Hunted by 12 Jihadists (h/t: Malkin)

It's time for a little rat hunt. Islamism delenda est!

I just got two great emails from Haider. I'm going to devote individual posts to them right above this one.

Don't miss Greyhawk's latest Open Post.

Posted by Bill Faith on March 2, 2006 at 08:25 PM | Permalink

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