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Despite the call to protest the congressional testimony of General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker, not many showed up today, as Mark Hemingway reports for NRO: Indymedia may be a clearinghouse...
Posted on September 11, 2007 5:02 PM
As reported by Hyscience: Let there be no doubt that the Democrat's debate encouraged terrorists: Abu Nasser Aziz, the deputy commander of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the northern...
Posted on April 29, 2007 2:01 PM
A little while ago, I discussed why I am a supporter of Israel. It sparked a rather interesting discussion that lasted a decent while. But one commenter -- "JP" --...
Posted on January 9, 2006 11:00 AM
Confederate Yankee has a rather good piece up that takes the New York Times to task for an article they published on body armor and the US Marines. CY points...
Posted on January 7, 2006 11:00 AM
The other day, I was stuck behind a car with Massachusetts plates and a remarkable collection of peace-oriented bumper stickers. I snickered at the naivete expressed by the various sentiments,...
Posted on January 4, 2006 11:00 AM
Via Acidman, I discovered this story of an American sniper in Iraq, who scored what just may be a world record for the longest confirmed kill with a sniper rifle....
Posted on January 3, 2006 8:00 AM
Last week, when I wrote why I am a supporter of Israel, one commenter was struck speechless. I so dumbfounded "Montreal" (the moron, not the city) cut and pasted an...
Posted on January 1, 2006 6:00 AM
Note: This is an explainer for Kevin's earlier piece on the UK "torture memos." Remember back during the campaign every time the liberals got bad news they offered the same...
Posted on December 30, 2005 12:49 PM
Earlier this week, I spent a little time going after the Palestinians who organized the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, as sorta-kinda retold by Steven...
Posted on December 30, 2005 11:00 AM
Discarded Lies is a pretty damned good site. It's unfortunate that it's largely known as a "second home" for some of the Little Green Footballs crowd, and it's so much...
Posted on December 29, 2005 2:00 PM
Steven Spielberg's latest masterpiece, Munich, is looking more and more like it's tanking. And good riddance. But by making a movie about something so relatively recent, it's allowed people who...
Posted on December 28, 2005 11:00 AM
This might surprise some of you long time Wizbang readers, but I think the Democrats are absolutely correct. We need a congressional investigation. AND I don't mean an investigation by...
Posted on December 23, 2005 8:49 AM
"The Department of Justice believes -- and the case law supports -- that the president has inherent authority to conduct warrantless physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes and that...
Posted on December 22, 2005 9:40 AM
The Islamic Society of Boston is trying to build a mosque in Boston. I'm sorry, a MOSQUE -- a $24-million-dollar building, with a 125-foot minaret, a 75-foot dome, and lord...
Posted on December 18, 2005 5:00 PM
As the Iraqi elections wound down, I took a quick survey of some of the left end of the blogosphere. And I noticed one recurring theme. In a nutshell (a...
Posted on December 16, 2005 5:00 AM
If you needed any proof that the current elections in Iraq are, indeed, very serious, here is some: Iran was caught trying to smuggle in thousands of forged ballots in...
Posted on December 14, 2005 8:00 AM
A lot of people are discussing the generosity of Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, who forked over $20 million each to Harvard and Georgetown Universities, to enhance "Islamic Studies"...
Posted on December 13, 2005 7:30 PM
I've often heard said, and repeated, that Islam is an "immature" religion, that it still is in its young, expansionist phase. Judaism and Christianity both went through their militant, conquering...
Posted on December 12, 2005 6:00 AM
A little while ago, I praised our ambassador to the United Nations, the "controversial" John Bolton, for some of his successes since assuming his office in New York. It turns...
Posted on December 8, 2005 11:00 AM
Two people were in the limelight in Massachusetts yesterday, two people who have interesting perspectives on the war in Iraq. One of them was Former Sgt. Camilo Mejia, a National...
Posted on December 5, 2005 2:00 PM
After carefully studying the news today, I have no choice but to reach the same conclusion as so many others: in the war in Iraq, there is a decided lack...
Posted on December 4, 2005 8:30 PM
The recent kidnaping of some "Christian Peace Activists" has provoked a lot of heated discussion around the blogosphere. The group they belonged to, Christian Peacemaker Teams, sounds wonderful on the...
Posted on December 1, 2005 2:00 PM
I'm no physicist by any stretch of the imagination, but one concept has always fascinated me: I believe it was Einstein who postulated that time and space are interrelated, that...
Posted on December 1, 2005 11:00 AM
I can't vouch for this guy's credibility, but he certainly seems to know his stuff. Lots of details -- the kind that seem pretty plausible to me -- on Saddam's...
Posted on November 29, 2005 2:00 PM
Two of my more strongly-held beliefs in the current war on terrorism is that 1) the Bush strategy is based on pragmatism, with the idea of each stage being aimed...
Posted on November 27, 2005 2:30 PM
One of the big memes among opponents of the war is to keep hyping the parallels between Iraq and Viet Nam. It doesn't matter how many times their arguments are...
Posted on November 26, 2005 11:00 AM
Why is is that the Plame case leads for demands that Karl Rove or other high officials "get frog-marched out of the White House," but leaks like this one (or...
Posted on November 22, 2005 8:00 AM
In my earlier piece about Christianity and terrorism, the Ku Klux Klan was cited as a "Christian terrorist" group. I kind of let that slide, but it occurred to me...
Posted on November 21, 2005 8:00 PM
Recently, in a thread discussing the latest Al Qaeda terrorist threats, one commenter dredged up the appalling tactic of moral relativism, where he implied that we couldn't condemn the links...
Posted on November 21, 2005 11:00 AM
The Jerusalem Post and DEBKAfile are reporting that forensic experts are examining remains that may be those of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of the al-Qaida in Iraq terror group....
Posted on November 20, 2005 3:01 PM
Last night, I received an e-mail notifying me of a despicable thing going on. A dedicated milblogger in Iraq, Grey Eagle, has been posting tributes to US soldiers in Iraq....
Posted on November 20, 2005 7:00 AM
Now the Democrats are saying we need a "clearly defined exit strategy" in Iraq. This is a time-honored practice -- but honored in its failure. Let's look back on the...
Posted on November 19, 2005 5:00 AM
Much has been written about the comments of Rep. John Murtha (D - PA), Ranking Member on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, and a decorated military veteran, at a Capitol Hill...
Posted on November 18, 2005 1:01 AM
It seems that everyone else is linking to this interview with a former weapons inspector who spent quite a bit of time looking for Saddam's forbidden programs, so I might...
Posted on November 17, 2005 11:00 AM
Rob from Say Anything brings up Senator John McCain's constant push to ban torture by the US government. It's a fine, noble sentiment, and certainly understandable from a man who...
Posted on November 14, 2005 11:00 AM
Normally, I don't like cliche's. They're usually signs of lazy thinking. But there is a reason that they become so popular; it's because they usually have a grain of truth...
Posted on November 14, 2005 5:00 AM
Elizabeth II, Queen of England, is pretty much a figurehead, as well as practically a model of a matriarch of a dysfunctional family. She's titularly the Head of State of...
Posted on November 13, 2005 5:00 PM
One of the aspects of the anti-war movement that has gotten on my nerves is the blatant dishonesty of the debate. In order to have a reasonable discussion, both sides...
Posted on November 12, 2005 2:00 PM
In Waterville, Maine, a group of veterans have been arrested for defending their territory. A group of peace activists from the Waterville Valley Bridges to Peace decided to reach out...
Posted on November 12, 2005 8:00 AM
AP says 53 were killed in the attacks, which took place at the Hyatt, the Radisson and the Days Inn in Amman, Jordan. Michelle Malkin is rounding up reaction. Folks...
Posted on November 9, 2005 5:05 PM
Yesterday, we had a bit of a discussion about the military's use of white phosphorus, and its possible use as a weapon, and whether or not it constitutes a "chemical"...
Posted on November 9, 2005 11:00 AM
I'm not 100% certain, but I think so... Summary of WMDs and WMD material found in Iraq after the invasion (See excerpt below the fold) Let me write the reponse...
Posted on November 9, 2005 4:00 AM
Rob over at Say Anything (a former GuestBanger around these parts) has an article up that got me thinking about a larger issue. In that piece, Rob skillfully dismantles a...
Posted on November 8, 2005 5:00 AM
I know I've done my share of France-bashing in the past, but the current Muslim riots wracking the country have me doing the unthinkable -- feeling sorry for them. There...
Posted on November 7, 2005 11:00 AM
I've often heard the Palestinians as having a "culture of victimhood," and pretty much agreed with it. It seems that no matter what happens or what they do, it's not...
Posted on November 7, 2005 6:00 AM
Will Franklin and Ken McCracken of WIllisms started a program a little while ago they call "Pundit Roundtable." I've been invited to participate since the outset, but never actually did....
Posted on November 6, 2005 11:00 AM
The answer is yes, but if you want to get confirmation of it from the mainstream media, you'll have to go digging for it. As far as I can tell,...
Posted on November 2, 2005 11:00 AM
The other day, I heard Senator Charles Schumer (spit) talking about the Alito nomination. Among his other frothings and rants, he said George W. Bush "wants to radically change the...
Posted on November 1, 2005 11:00 AM
I'm proud of my abilities as a writer, but with that pride comes a sense of self-honesty. There are some things I do quite well, and some not so well....
Posted on October 31, 2005 2:00 PM
Looking back on US history, I think it's fair to say that the 60's were the Left's highest point, the time when they were in their full flower. And I...
Posted on October 27, 2005 7:00 AM
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I've always been skeptical of Obama's "consensus-building" skills, wondering how he'll be able to bridge the divide between Republicans and Democrats when it seems as if he's unable to bridge the divide between Democrats.
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Republicans are willing to put American lives in peril in order to protect their pals in the energy industries.
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Drew Barrymore and Justin Long have broken up, her rep confirms to PEOPLE. "I can confirm the split with no additional comment," said the spokesperson. Barrymore, 33, and Long,...
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Jennifer Aniston is reping Smart Water and her latest billboard has gone up on Sunset blvd....
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Former ESPN stars Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick will reunite in September to call highlights for NBC's "Football Night in America" on Sundays. Olbermann and Patrick are legendary in...
7:58 AM | 4 comments
Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman gave birth on Monday to her first biological child, a daughter named Sunday fathered by her husband and country music star Keith Urban. Earlier this morning,...
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Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves welcomed their first child into the world Monday afternoon in Los Angeles, his rep confirmed to Usmagazine.com. Alves, 24, gave birth to the as-yet-unnamed...
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The AFL-CIO officially endorsed Senator Barack of Illinois for president after representatives of the 56 member unions representing 10.5 million members voted on the General Board. During the primary process, these 56 member unions were split among support for Obama,...
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Just like Kobe Bryant did when he was caught cheating on his wife. But apparently the New York Yankees $350-million man Alex Rodriguez's didn't figure that out as his wife...
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Before your next party, consult the latest edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, which now includes edamame (immature green soybeans), pescatarian (a vegetarian who eats fish), prosecco (a sparkling Italian...
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