We’ve been hearing about AP’s use of a phony captain to pump equally phony stories about Iraq, and CENTCOM hasn’t been taking AP’s garbage lying down. But, being a professional journalist with the sheepskin and field experience to give me credibility, I didn’t want another outrage pass into the night without a serious comment. [...]
MFG commented in COgirl’s post below about the Iraqi army taking over in June 2007 that “Is anyone else like me in regard to this: the press lies so much I have NO idea what to believe?”
So here’s a quiz. Here are the questions:
1) Who is in actual charge of the effort in [...]
Iraqis plan to take over security in ‘07
Oh sure. They plan to take over in June. I would dearly love to see this happen, but I think things are so screwed up with the militias in Iraq and I have no confidence that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki can get them under control.
Maybe I’m [...]
As usual, James Taranto has a great page which can be read here
He has a great quiz on the page.
Take the quiz:
Here’s a fun little quiz. We’ll give you a series of quotes, and you see if you can figure out who said each. This time it’s not a trick question; the answer in [...]
From the Washington Post:
It was a solemn pledge, repeated by Democratic leaders and candidates over and over: If elected to the majority in Congress, Democrats would implement all of the recommendations of the bipartisan commission that examined the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
But with control of Congress now secured, Democratic leaders have decided for now [...]
It’s been twenty-three days since the election when Robin Hayes (R-NC) was declared the winner. It was a close election, as were many where the democrats prevailed and republicans accepted the results. After yet another recount showing Kissell coming up short, he accepts the obvious.
Robin Hayes has won North Carolina House of Representatives District 8. [...]
Don Surber has the report.
You’d think with ten percent unemployment, those happy socialists would be lining up to don that red suit.
BERLIN — Berlin is facing an acute shortage of Santas just a month before Christmas, the head of a Father Christmas placement agency said Monday.
The head of a Father Christmas placement agency? Well at [...]
(Y)ou can kill more people with a well intentioned peace than with a well intentioned war
Wretchard at Belmont explains.
Hat Tip: Dr. Sanity.
And do check out Dr. Sanity’s magnificent commentary. Here’s a sample:
And the only intellectual remedy brought forth in the last five decades to nullify postmodern philosophy and rhetoric is neoconservatism.
If you listen at all [...]
To celebrate, I am creating and open thread Wednesday!!!
Or should it be called an “Opine Thread”?
The “global Warming” madness continues. Massachusetts claims it is destroying their coasts.
Supreme court is divided.
Wednesday’s arguments focused largely on the issue of whether Massachusetts could bring the case in the first place, with several conservative justices arguing that Massachusetts had not proved the danger to its coastline was imminent enough to merit the suit, [...]
Not sure if anyone here has posted about this or not, but I find it significant.
In a rare display of good judgment, Speaker to be Pelosi, has decided to pass over Alcee Hastings as chairman of the House intelligence committee. Hastings’ response?
Hastings took a shot at conservatives and media voices who have [...]
Nuke has a list of things to look out for in the next few days.
Wow.
And just in case you don’t remember who the enemy is – and who we are inviting to the table:
Haifa U. Arab Student Calendar Honors Bin-Laden, Nasrallah
by T. Ben-Gedalyahu and N. Ratzlav-Katz
An Arab student calendar distributed at Haifa University [...]
Sister Toldjah has a story that will break your heart about young Royal Marines turned away from a pub in Liverpool. And Blackfive has details on a similar incident here in the States.
WE MUST NOT LET THIS HAPPEN TO OUR SOLDIERS AGAIN!
My daughters’ godfather is a Vietnam Veteran. When he came home from the war, [...]
From today’s Washington Post:
“He’s not a typical politician. He really has deep convictions,” said Schumer, who headed the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm. “We saw this in the campaign. We would have disagreements. But when you made a persuasive argument, he would say, ‘You’re right.’ I am truly not worried about it. He understands the need [...]
While Best Buy, Target, and a few feckless others are trying our patience, there are other retailers out there who deserve our support:
Let’s all shop at Sears!!!
I assume you have all seen the reports about how Sears is treating its reservist employees who are called up? By law, they are required to hold their [...]