Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
One of my favorite lines from Star Trek : The Next Generation was when the android, Data, gave his interpretation of Shylock’s famous speech: “If you prick me, do I not leak?” It was just so silly, it left me giggling. (I liked it only slightly less than Worf, the
Continue readingI’ve got about 48 hours per day of legal work and family commitments this weekends, so I won’t be blogging. Thanks to all of you who are keeping my blog a lively place through your comments. I’ll be back Monday “with bells on,” as the old saying used to go.
Continue readingSay it ain’t so, Joe. The latest report is that Olmert accepted the UN brokered peace deal. Without even knowing the details, I’m absolutely certain that any “peace” deal that goes through the is a loss for Israel: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has accepted an emerging Mideast cease-fire deal
Continue readingAnd there are more arrests: Police in Italy arrested 40 people in a security crackdown after the thwarting of the airline plot, the Interior Ministry said, but it did not link them directly to the London case. The arrests were made at “Islamic gathering places” in several cities on charges
Continue readingWhile we’re all throwing away our sports drink as we head to the airport, the real problem may lie behind the scenes, with the employees themselves. The Times of India reports that one of the suspects may well have been an airline employee, enjoying the type of unlimited access to
Continue readingI can’t remember where I read it, but someone pointed out that, while in Iraq the terrorists like to show themselves, Hezbollah prefers an off camera presence, with the emphasis on the real and imagined bomb damage to Lebanese people and structures. It is interesting, therefore, to see at least
Continue readingThe foiled bomb plot in England is again bringing into stark relief how the BBC manipulates the news to hide the Islamist component behind all the terror attacks worldwide and to focus blame on Israel. The most recent indictment is a Wall Street Journal commentary from William Shawcross, a British
Continue readingYesterday, I directed you to Zombie for what I thought was the best written summary about the false photos being disseminated from Lebanon. Today I found what I think is the best video on the subject. It’s clear and straightforward. No razzle-dazzle, just the facts.
Continue readingI regularly receive the following email (about every four months from some family member or another). It doesn’t actually mention Israel’s neighbors, but you can supply their own comparable accomplishments (or lack thereof) from your own mental database. I also haven’t fact checked all the assertions here, but I know
Continue readingZombie has analyzed the various types of fake photographs emanating from Lebanon. He’s broken them down into four classifications which he carefully explains and proves. He then gives some guesses as to why we’re seeing major news agencies pass this material on to the world public as if it’s news.
Continue readingThe past couple of days have seen two huge stories — Ned Lamont’s victory and the foiled terror plot in England — and I’ve had little to say about either. Part of it is that they managed to occur during a week when my plate is way too full anyway,
Continue readingIsrael is being urged to walk away from a war that isn’t finished. America is being asked to walk away from a war that isn’t finished (and this is a fact whether you believe she should be in Iraq or not). I can’t get out of my head an old
Continue readingI always assumed that the Left’s hostility to any efforts in the war against terrorists (“can’t we all get along?”) was a byproduct of Bush Derangement Syndrome, a la Groucho Marx’s “Whatever you’re for, I’m against it.” Ann Coulter, however, sees Ned Lamont’s election as proof of the opposite: As
Continue readingI just got to my computer now, which has me many hours behind early risers, let alone those early risers on the East Cost. I’m therefore only just assimilating the news about the foiled plot to blow up multiple US-bound British planes in the air. My first thought on hearing
Continue readingI have an unhealthy passion for butter, a food that, unlike chocolate, can’t be passed off as a health food. I limit my intake (hey, I’m not stupid), but I crave it. So, I was much taken with a bit of butter art: Sculptor Sharon BuMann, of Central Square, N.Y.,
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