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In a field rich with excellent conservative writers, I always think Mark Steyn is the best.  The joyful days, though, are the days when he outdoes even himself.  In this week’s column about the fluffy multiculturalism that reared its head both before and after Hasan’s deadly terrorist attack at Fort Hood, Steyn outdoes himself.  Here [...]

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An eyewitness heard those words — Allahu Akbar — come out of the killer’s mouth.  Private Joe Foster, though, is still ready to do his job, as he did at the time of the shooting, and that despite a bullet strike on his femur. UPDATE:  You must — MUST — check out Mudville Gazette to [...]

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My liberal friend is a headline reader.  That’s why we had a ridiculous conversation in which he wondered about the Fort Hood shooter’s motives.  To the reader who scans, headlines that say “motives a mystery” trump even those articles that add, under the headline, little facts such as Muslim death cries (“Allahu Akbar!”), radical mosques, [...]

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These are a matched set, and you must read them, one after the other: Janet Napolitano, the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, having thought long and hard, decides that the real victims of the Fort Hood massacre are  . . . wait for it . . . Muslims. On the flip side, Cassandra, at Villainous Company, [...]

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It wasn’t just 13 “soldiers” who died at Fort Hood yesterday.  It was 13 people.  Here are some of their stories.

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Please pay special attention to the first photo at Blackfive.  Then read this, at Hot Air.

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I just heard about the Fort Hood shooting, and have nothing of my own to say.  The New Editor, however, is watching closely and updating constantly. Ed Driscoll also has running updates, as does Hot Air. What I learned from a military friend is that, even though it’s a military base, the troops are not [...]

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