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A reader was kind enough to pass this joke on to me, and I now get to share it with you: Having served his time with the Marine Corps, a man became a school teacher and before school started he injured his back. He was required to wear a plaster cast around the upper part [...]

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Over at RedState, there is a post that succinctly sums up the three choices currently facing people who plan to travel to a faraway destination: Door #1: Have nude pictures of yourself beamed to some video monitor to be viewed by a total stranger where it may or may not be stored; or, Door #2: [...]

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There are stories like this every day, because the march of time is inexorable.  I just bring to your attention the fact that another Pearl Harbor survivor, one who managed to thumb his nose at the Japanese by living on for another 69 years, has passed on.

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Yes, you read that post caption correctly.  British Liberal Democrat Jenny Tonge, in a speech in the House of Lords, claims that terrorism around the world is Israel’s fault, because Israel treats the Palestinian’s badly: On the issue of world conflict prevention, Tonge then said: “It is a disgrace to us all that problems such [...]

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Perfect for a Saturday night:  Harry James, the Andrews Sister and Shemp:

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The Council has spoken.  As always, if you haven’t already done so, do yourself the favor of reading, not just the winners, but all the posts.  They’re that good. Council Winners *First place with 3 2/3 votes! – Joshuapundit – Jews, Democrats And ‘Progressives’ Second place with 2 2/3 votes – VA Right – The [...]

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At Simply Jews, you can read about what happened when one man tried, in a somewhat vulgar way, to exercise free speech in Venezuela.

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Every conservative writer in America (heck, in the world), myself included, has had occasion to write about Obama’s overwhelming vanity.  Jonathan Last has now turned his hand to the task and, by gum, he’s hit it out of the park.  He’s not saying anything anyone else hasn’t said before, but he says it wonderfully!

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I mentioned in passing how revolting I thought it was that Obama bashed Israel from a podium set up in a Muslim country.  Andrew McCarthy expands on just how bad the president’s choice of forum was.

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Background: I live in a building inhabited by a lot of seniors. When they moved in they were younger mid 50′s Democrats. Now, they’re aging Democrats and fear and wincing registers across their faces as if they were wearing — not a yellow Star of David, but something worse, much worse. They’re suffering the humiliation [...]

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If one man has his way, San Francisco voters will be able to ban circumcision in San Francisco: His proposed measure would “make it a misdemeanor to circumcise, excise, cut or mutilate the foreskin, testicle or penis of another person who has not attained the age of 18,” [snip] Under the proposed measure circumcising a [...]

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Apropos my earlier post about the media’s obsession with those troops who are mortally or permanently damaged, here’s a story about a warrior who refused to be victimized — a story one can’t even imagine appearing in the MSM. Truly, I honor and admire all who serve, and I don’t mean to be unsympathetic to [...]

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There is a new website out there called Pictures of Muslims Wearing Things.  It shows pictures of Muslims in clothes other than those associated with Sharia law.  The person who started the website did so for a very specific reason: Former NPR analyst Juan Williams, among other ignorant people, has an irrational fear of Muslims, [...]

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Since warnings labels seem to be dominating the news (that cigarette thing), Doug Ross has some suggestions for political warning labels.

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When I studied in England, I did so using money I’d saved from a decade of work (starting when I was ten).  I took care of neighbor’s houses, mowed their lawns, babysat their kids, cleaned their cars, etc.  I had a goal and I worked to pay for it. I was taken completely aback by [...]

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You’ve no doubt heard that, with redistricting on the table, the Republican victories in local elections are incredibly important.  (Poor California….)  Zombie, in a pair of lucid, entertaining posts, explains why.

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From VA Right, discussing the new airport search guidelines: Obama and the Democrats decried the humiliation thrust upon terrorists in Abu Ghraib Prison as torture and humiliation, yet these same people believe the same humiliation and forced nudity thrust upon the traveling public is somehow OK.

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Am I imagining it, or when the MSM observes Veteran’s Day, does it do so by focusing on the wounded, rather than the warriors?  I don’t mean to denigrate the wounded.  I honor them and their sacrifice and courage.  Their stories are often extremely uplifting and inspiring.  I just think that it’s interesting that the [...]

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Judo, which I don’t do, is a beautiful martial art predicated on using your opponent’s own momentum against him.  Gabriel Latner, a 19 year old Canadian, has proven himself to be a master of intellectual judo.  You can read here the overall context within which he exercised his intellectual martial arts; and here you can [...]

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This is an absolutely true story: The conversation at my Mom’s retirement home got around to the subject of dogs.  Someone mentioned the Belgian Sheepdog. “Oh,” my Mom said.  “My own mother had one of those before WWI.  It was a beautiful dog.  It looked a little like a German shepherd, only it was black–” [...]

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Our president — MIA. Who becomes a veteran?  (A poem) Remembering the ones who were forgotten. I’m a day late, but my respect is unbounded:  Happy Birthday, Marines! The battles they win aren’t just overseas. President Reagan’s Veteran’s Day address in 1985. A beautiful compilation of videos honoring our troops. Remembering the Vietnam vets. On [...]

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I’d never heard of Shyne before this article.  It sounds like a genuine turnaround in a life marked by violence, but perhaps it’s just another stop for a confused young man.  I hope he finds peace.

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Since I was a child, I’ve enjoyed a very specific type of book or movie, of the kind that I call the “Getting it Right” genre.  Getting it Right entertainment involves a protagonist who is making big mistakes, and who figures out how to — yes — get it right.  The moral trajectory of failure [...]

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Says David French: One of the more interesting phenomena of recent times has been the cultural elite’s aggressive defense of Islam. Whether they’re decrying the alleged “Islamophobia” of their fellow Americans, storming off TV sets, offering impassioned defenses of religious liberty, or offering uninformed theological statements about the religion’s alleged true nature, many of our [...]

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