Category: Bits and Pieces

This is seriously good news:  despite unprecedented Iranian funding for Hezbollah in the Lebanese elections, Lebanese voters rejected Hezbollah resoundingly. And Obama must be mulling the fact that right of center parties won all across Europe.  Now, admittedly, even Europe’s right is often to the left of America’s Left, but

It’s not that she’s a woman, and it’s not that she’s almost certainly going to be shot as a spy for allegedly helping Israel.  It’s the reason she began spying in the first place.

An excellent article about the history of the settlements, and how the Obama administration is turning against Israel in every particular when it comes to these settlements. Ralph Peters harshes on the myriad misconceptions and outright falsehoods peppering Obama’s Cairo speech. Torture:  Maybe wrong, but definitely legal.  Apropos torture, that’s

I love the liberal’s ability to attack issues head-on with incisive argument.  (That was sarcasm.)  The conversation below started when I mentioned a product I’d heard about on the radio. Liberal:  Don’t tell me — you were listening to talk radio?! Me:  Yes. Liberal:  I can’t believe you were listening

My calendar for Saturday scares me.  I’m going from 6:15 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. without pause.  This is an open thread for (I hope) your enjoyment and delight.

Many, even on the Right (this, for example), are applauding Obama for striking the correct tone with his Cairo/Muslim audience.  I agree that one cannot simultaneously insult people and then expect them to listen, so it was appropriate for Obama to put a positive spin on as many things as

I’m getting the kids off to school, and haven’t heard or read the speech.  Bob Owens did: In rhetoric that bared a broad range of thought, from empathy and denial, to wishful thinking and sophomoric ideological fantasy, Barack Obama alarmed allies and confirmed for the nation’s enemies that he will

For your morning amusement (in a negative kind of way), check this out.

I wrote a few days ago about the terrible tragedy here in Marin County, when a drunk motorcyclist sped through a cross-walk, killing a child and maiming her father.  You can get a little more insight into that drunken lowlife here, both in pictures and words.  The real shocker is

Bedtime Stories, which came out a few months ago, is not a very good movie.  It gets kudos from me, however, for one little throwaway line I doubt many movie goers (especially the kids) even noticed. In the movie, Adam Sandler plays Skeeter Bronson, a hamburger and pizza eating hotel

My daughter is home sick, but still working compulsively on a science project — with my help.  I’ll be back.

I do not have any reason to believe that the two events are related.  Nevertheless, yesterday’s murder of George Tiller, and today’s shooting at a Navy recruiting center are starck reminders that there are crazy people out there, and that crazy people have political and ideological beliefs and allegiances, the

States don’t like families, but even for a fascist state, “you’re too dumb to parent” seems like a bit of a stretch.  Please note that the parent is not retarded in any way.  The state just seems not to like her. All I can say that a bureaucratic determination that

When you’re pretty darn brilliant already, it can be hard to top yourself.  Believe it or not, though, Chris Muir just did.  I think this Sunday’s cartoon is one of the best he’s ever written: