Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I heard bits and pieces of Mike Wallace’s creepy interview with Sean Hannity regarding the Ahmadinijad interview 60 Minutes scored. I knew how Wallace praised Ahmadinijad’s shoes and admired how well-spoken he was. I knew that these superficial attributes so impressed the superficial Wallace that he was unable to see
Continue readingDid you know that I (probably) have royal blood in me. I can’t flaunt it too much, though, because you probably do too. Yup, according to the Washington Post, we’re all royal: Even without a documented connection to a notable forebear, experts say, the odds are virtually 100 percent that
Continue readingOne of my favorite bloggers, Patrick, who cultivates the erudite, amusing and humane Paragraph Farmer, has a beautiful article at American Spectator about Cuba’s past, and Castro’s best efforts to erase that memory from Cuban minds. It’s a lovely read, with Miami Vice, beautiful women, and crocodile tears all mixing
Continue readingAt Cheat-Seeking Missiles we get the good news that a really, really bad guy in Uganda has departed this earth. One down, thousands (or millions) to go.
Continue readingI’m still too busy (and, by now, too exhausted) to blog, but others are doing wonderful things. The latest good thing to catch my eye is Robert Avrech’s post, at Seraphic Secret, explaining that, yes, it is all about Islam aided, as usual, the the media’s useful idiots. And while
Continue readingNever let your husband manage the kids’ party. Ten minutes before the party starts, you will find yourself without cake, food, party favors, or guest of honor — but with repeated assurances via cell phone that all will arrive in time. The tension is killing me. UPDATE: Whew! They arrived
Continue readingEverybody (at least everybody in the anti-Israel, anti-War, pro-Hezbollah, pro-Palestinian side) is in full throttle shrei (Yiddish for “cry”) about Israel’s human rights abuses, at home and abroad. The kidnapping of the three Israeli soldiers is fully justified to some because Israel has in her prisons thousands of Palestinians who
Continue readingAgain, fairly overwhelming work and family commitments will keep my blogging nonexistent, but there’s interesting stuff in the Middle East as I discovered when I took a break to read up-to-the-minute news and analysis at the Captain’s Quarters. The Lebanese government is falling, Hezbollah is fighting harder, and Israel may
Continue readingOne 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
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