Links and Minifeatures 02 08 Wednesday

Carnival of the Capitalists. Recommended: Political Calculations



Carnival of Liberty.

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Weird search engine hits: "2005/2006 classified site for individuals that wants to sell cat parts"



Sent them to This page. They must have been a fairly determined (or frustrated!) searcher, as it was the eighth page of results.



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Cartoons published in Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands.



Cartoon Protesters Direct Anger at U.S.

The U.S. base was targeted because the United States "is the leader of Europe and the leading infidel in the world," said Sher Mohammed, a 40-year-old farmer who suffered a gunshot wound while taking part in the demonstration in the city of Qalat.

On the other hand, a small hopeful sign:

In Baghdad, Iraq's top Shiite political leader criticized attacks on foreign embassies by Muslims.



"We value and appreciate peaceful Islamic protests," said Abdul Aziz al-Hakim. "But we are against the idea of attacking embassies and other official sites."

In related news: Rice says Iran, Syria stoke Muslim cartoon anger.



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Tinkerty Tonk notes that there may be WMD in Iraq after all. As I've said, given as much time as the Iraqis had to hide them, the miracle would be finding significant stockpiles.



She also notes an article in the Washington Post wondering if the information about Iranian nukes is a plant. I must admit it's possible, but the article does appear to me to be wishful thinking on behalf of the anti-administration Washington Post.



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Pigilito Says has a handy dandy tongue in cheek quick look at joining the Religion of Pieces™



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Armies of Liberation notes that the Yemeni government has shut down a newspaper, falsely accusing them of having run the Danish cartoons.



She also has more on the lack of fall out from 23 Al-Qaeda escaping.



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Donkey headquarters is going to look like the aftermath of shooting Scanners.


HT Balloon Juice



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Big Lizards explains the meta of why the Donkey's are in such trouble, and they are likely to lose more seats this year if nothing changes.



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Victor Davis Hanson has some historical perspective that more people could use.