Wizbang: July 2006 Archives

What Really Happened in Qana?

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: July 31, 2006 · Comments (10)

Something's not right in Qana. It is looking more and more likely that the entire thing may have been a Hezbollah propaganda piece. Since it appears the Hezbos are running out of launchers and possibly rockets, they seem to be working overtime to expand their PR war against Israel, which... [Full Story]

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Support Wizbang Pop!

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 31, 2006 · Comments (2)

Wizbang Pop! celeb blogger Tracey Kane (aka trikc), is, as always, blogging up a storm; in part because she's got a lot more free time lately. Friday she was part of a corporate downsizing which has left her in a lurch since there was no severance package provided and... [Full Story]

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Breaking: Fidel Castro Temporarily Relinquishes Power to His Brother

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: July 31, 2006 · Comments (11)

This is not a rumor. From Reuters: HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro underwent intestinal surgery on Monday and delegated government functions provisionally to his younger brother Raul Castro, the government said in a televised statement signed by the Cuban leader. Castro, who turns 80 on August 13 and... [Full Story]

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Gitmo Guards are Attacked by Detainees

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: July 31, 2006 · Comments (6)

Our guards at Gitmo say that it is they who are attacked - by the detainees. The prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay during the war on terror have attacked their military guards hundreds of times, turning broken toilet parts, utensils, radios and even a bloody lizard tail into makeshift weapons,... [Full Story]

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Emergency Downtime

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 31, 2006 · Comments (1)

The server hosting Wizbang needs to be brought down to check for a bad fan. We'll be offline for a few minutes. Update: We've been told it was a false alarm.... [Full Story]

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Least Favorite On The Right

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 31, 2006 · Comments (23)

John Hawkins asked quite a few right-of-center bloggers to list their 12 least favorite conservatives. The list he got when he compiled all the answers is here. The list could contain politicians, columnists, bloggers, radio hosts and just about anyone else publicly "on the right." Many of the names on... [Full Story]

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Advice For Bloggers

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 31, 2006 · Comments (0)

La Shawn Barber has good advice for bloggers in the first installment of a series of posts on how to avoid a blog scandal -- disclose, disclose, disclose! She will be writing about plagiarism next and is taking reader suggestions about future topics to tackle. ... [Full Story]

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Juan Williams Follows In Cosby's Footsteps

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 31, 2006 · Comments (16)

Betsy Newmark's history class was addressed by Juan Williams recently and from the sound of his message and his new book, the same people who attacked Bill Cosby for telling black parents to take responsibility will likely have something to say about Williams soon.Whew! Williams isn't pulling punches. And I... [Full Story]

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The fate of hostages

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 31, 2006 · Comments (60)

With the deaths of over 50 Lebanese being attributed to an Israeli air strike, the whole issue of hostages and the lives of the innocent in times of war has come to the forefront. I'm not going to go into the particulars of that incident, as they are still emerging,... [Full Story]

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More Weekend Caption Contest™ Winners

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 31, 2006 · Comments (1)

This week's Weekend Caption Contest™ presented two familiar faces in a perfect posse for captioning. Judging was practically impossible as there were so many excellent entries, so with the understanding that many, many excellent entries did not make the cut; we'll get on to handing out the awards. The assignment... [Full Story]

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Weekend Caption Contest™ Winners

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 31, 2006 · Comments (0)

Last week's Weekend Caption Contest™ brought out the potty humor, which meant it was an obvious success. While the winner announcement was delayed, the winners; unlike the contents of the pictured diaper, really did get better with age. The assignment was to caption the following picture: Here are the winning... [Full Story]

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Michael Moore Gets A Rare Headline (And Lots of Republican Hugs?)

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 31, 2006 · Comments (26)

Just when I thought Cindy Sheehan had completely replaced Michael Moore as anti-Bush media darling, I found this story at Lucianne.com. Michael Moore -- gadfly filmmaker, liberal activist and political lightning rod -- says he finds himself being hugged by a lot of Republicans these days. On the streets of... [Full Story]

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Syrian Cabinet Minister Compares Israel to Nazi Germany on CNN and Blitzer Says Nothing

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: July 30, 2006 · Comments (16)

Greg Tinti at Outside the Beltway has video of the Syrian Cabinet Minister on CNN arguing that Syria and the rest of the Middle East are facing the same kind of enemy in Israel today that the world faced in Nazi Germany: "Nazi Germany was claiming that it was fighting... [Full Story]

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Israel Agrees to Temporarily Halt Air Strikes

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: July 30, 2006 · Comments (10)

Israel has said it would halt air strikes for 24-48 hours to investigate the Qana strikes and to allow humanitarian aid into Lebanon and to allow the regufees to get out. It is conditional suspension. Israel will strike during this time if it sees Hezbollah attempting to strike at Israel.... [Full Story]

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In Spite of the Best Efforts of Democrats and the Media -- Iraq is NOT Vietnam

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 30, 2006 · Comments (5)

Jim Hoft takes a look at the cold, hard facts and even presents them in a bar graph that even the most deranged Bush hater can comprehend.... [Full Story]

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Missing the point

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 30, 2006 · Comments (8)

Recently, all of us at work had to watch a video on workplace violence. The main thing I took away from it was that one of the people mentioned in a fake "incident report" was named "James Jones." For some reason, that seemed somewhat appropriate. After the video, I realized... [Full Story]

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Wizbang Podcast #31 is up

Posted by Charlie Quidnunc · Published: July 30, 2006 · Comments (0)

The 31st edition of the Wizbang Podcast is up for your listening pleasure. Here's what I talk about today:Incentives Count - Even for TerroristsHarvard Professor Calls for More Civilian Deaths in Lebanon - But what is a Civilian?Calling the War by It's Real Name - Santorum calls it what it... [Full Story]

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Photos Smuggled out of Lebanon Damn Hezbollah

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: July 30, 2006 · Comments (39)

Updated We've always known that Hezbollah and other terrorists use civilians at human shields but the photos here, smuggled out of Lebanon by an Australian journalist, prove it. From the accompanying article: THIS is the picture that damns Hezbollah. It is one of several, smuggled from behind Lebanon's battle lines,... [Full Story]

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From the mouths of babes comes... WHAT?!?!?

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 30, 2006 · Comments (20)

My friend has a 9-year-old stepdaughter. (The "step" is utterly irrelevant to either of them, but important here, because it indicates that 1) he is not her only paternal figure, and 2) they have not known each other her entire life.) She's an adorable blonde moppet, smart as a whip... [Full Story]

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Rove Blasts Journalists

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 30, 2006 · Comments (10)

Oh, this is going to get fun. Via AP: Presidential adviser Karl Rove said Saturday that journalists often criticize political professionals because they want to draw attention away from the "corrosive role" their own coverage plays in politics and government. "Some decry the professional role of politics, they would like... [Full Story]

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U Conspiracy

Posted by The Hatemongers Quarterly · Published: July 30, 2006 · Comments (10)

As you are undoubtedly aware, dear reader, conspiracy theories abound in the post-9/11 world. In fact, some even believe that the positive reception of the new 9/11 film by conspiracy-loving Oliver Stone is itself a conspiracy. And, of course, according to polling, six out of every five Arabs believe that... [Full Story]

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Newly Translated Document Describes Possible WMD Shipment To Syria

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 29, 2006 · Comments (5)

Power Line has posted text from newly translated Iraqi Document Number ISGQ-2005-00022470 which describes a secret shipment from Iraq to Syria which may have contained WMD. It is an unofficial translation released as part of Project Harmony. ... [Full Story]

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The rumors of my hiatus have been greatly exaggerated

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 29, 2006 · Comments (2)

Apparently, my announcement this morning left at least one person with the impression that I would be taking a couple days off from blogging. I apologize for that; what I meant was that I might have difficulty achieving my self-imposed quota of three pieces a day. I just spent a... [Full Story]

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NYT Endorses Lamont In Connecticutt

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 29, 2006 · Comments (5)

The New York Times is endorsing Ned Lamont in his primary race against against Joe Lieberman. Hat tip to Betsy Newmark who points out that bipartisanship is evidently bad when it helps President Bush. More at Wizbang Politics. Update: Hermie made an excellent observation: "Funny how only 6 years ago... [Full Story]

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Analysis of The Latest Video From Zawahiri

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 29, 2006 · Comments (4)

Steve Schippert at Threatswatch has some interesting analysis of the latest video from al-Qaeda operational commander Ayman al-Zawahiri. He not only discusses the message, "one Ummah, one jihad," in which Zawahiri seeks to unite Muslims against the Crusaders, but also makes some observations about the technical aspects of the video... [Full Story]

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