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Inside Air America: An Investigative Blog Report
The Sheldon Drobny Files
by Brian Maloney and Michelle Malkin

Part of a continuing series

My investigative blog partner, Brian Maloney, watched the surreal appearance of Air America co-founder Sheldon Drobny on C-SPAN this weekend. Drobny was on the network to plug his 2004 book, “Road to Air America: Breaking the Right [...]

Via AP, here’s what’s going down in my home county (Montgomery County, Md.):
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - Nineteen men were charged in a federal racketeering indictment that accuses them of killings and other violent crimes as members of the MS-13 gang.
The indictments released Thursday say the men committed shootings, kidnappings and other gang-related crimes from April [...]

The Florida Masochist is doing it. More:
- Bloomberg coverage.
- MTV party cancelled.
- Amateur Radio’s Hurricane Watch Net.
Best of luck to all of you other Florida bloggers and readers out there. Stay dry and let us know how you’re doing.
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Update: Another hurricane blogger. Florida Cracker is also on the beat.
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August 28 update: Go here for the [...]

…Michael Yon would win hands down for Gates of Fire. Read it, print it out, pass it around, send Michael your support, and keep the Deuce Four soldiers in your thoughts and prayers.
Update: Tom Elia highlights an important tidbit in Yon’s piece.

What kind of Islamist literature has made its way into the U.S. prison system? Daveed Gartenstein-Ross tells us at The Counterterrorism Blog.
Update: More on Islam in prison from Aaron’s cc.

Michael Graham, recently fired by ABC-owned WMAL for calling Islam a “terrorist organization,” has been hired by Rightalk, one my advertisers. His show will air 12-1 pm eastern time starting on Monday.
Meanwhile, Brent Bozell helpfully reminds us that ABC News apparently had no objection to George Stephanopoulos’ description of Jesse Helms as a “terrorist” [...]

Hot off the press: the latest fabrications from the Associated Press and the New York Times.
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Related:
- The Dowdifier strikes again
- AP: John McCain is “front-runner” for GOP nomination
- The Associated Press and its sources
- The Associated Press makes it up
- The crowd that didn’t boo
- Associated Press continues to stonewall
- The Associated Press twists [...]

This is not an Onion or Scrappleface headline, I swear:
Feinstein vexed by Roberts’ humor, views on abortion rights
That’s right. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has elected herself chief of the Democrat’s anti-humor police. Via AP:
In his years as a White House lawyer, John Roberts was quick with a joke. But now, as a Supreme Court nominee, he [...]

This is stomach-turning.
Captured on video: The July 31 beatings of two American soldiers who had recently returned from Iraq took place in Seattle’s Pioneer Square. That’s also the location of the fatal beating of a good Samaritan, Kristopher Kimes, during Mardi Gras riots in 2001.
Seattle police are now asking the public for help in identifying [...]

Some far-lefties and libertarian types are hysterical over a police crackdown against organizers and attendees of a rave party outside Provo, Utah.
Longtime readers know I am no fan of drug war zealotry, but the ranting about what happened in Utah seems over the top.
“Iraq in Utah?” Give me a break.
From both media and blog [...]

Stephen Spruiell at The Media Blog catches Maureen Dowd monkeying around with Don Rumsfeld’s remarks at a press briefing yesterday. (Here’s her Dowdification of President Bush, via Bob Cox at The National Debate, which caused the NYTimes to revamp its correction policy.)
Rumsfeld’s full remarks are here.
For the straight scoop and informed analysis of Rumsfeld’s comments [...]

Arianna Huffington praising “authenticity.”
Excuse me. Need to wipe the coffee off my computer screen…
(Hat tip: William Beutler’s Blogometer)
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Okay. On a serious note, read this spot-on post from Laurence Simon, who argues that Cindy Sheehan should be allowed to meet with the president. No, not that president.

Missouri does it right.

The MuNu blogs are down due to a server crash. Latest info here.
Several bloggers are offering help, including Confederate Yankee, Basil’s Blog, and Beth at My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. If you are MuNuvian with a back-up site and want to leave a trackback here as well, please feel free.
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Update: Via Rusty Shackleford and others, [...]

So, the mother of Army Spc. Casey Sheehan is going back to Crawford. Go to The Buzz if you really need to keep up on the circus. I hope she enjoys the foot massages.
Reader David L. writes:
One can find hundreds of references to Casey Sheehan’s mother but almost nothing about him…it would be nice to [...]

Details at Ankle Biting Pundits.
Can’t muster up anything more than one-syllable reactions to the prospect of “President Hagel:”
Ick. Ugh. Gag.

What’s old, underperformin’ Norman up to these days? With the continued blessing of George W. Bush, the Dept. of Transportation Secretary is still wasting your money and making us all less safe in the name of political correctness. Using this press release as a take-off point, my latest column takes a closer look at Mineta’s [...]

I’m back from a relaxing, but all too short and too rare, vacation. If you have kids 5 years old and under, I can now highly recommend Sesame Place. Yeah, it’s ridiculously expensive and overcrowded. But the mesmerized look in your toddler’s eyes when he comes face to face with Elmo, Dorothy, and Mr. Noodle’s [...]

While Michelle and I work on the next Air America scandal investigative piece, here are the latest Air Enron developments.
What’s the difference between San Antonio and Denver when it comes to Air America coverage? They’re a world apart.
See the rundown here.

Who knew Pat Robertson held a key administration post?
Or, that he had significant foreign policy influence?
In what way is Robertson more than an opinionated, somewhat influential television host? He hasn’t claimed to speak on the government’s behalf.
So when he calls for a oppressive tyrant’s head, what in the world is the fuss about?
Could [...]

When Michelle asked if I would be able to guest blog from Saturday through Tuesday, I told her I would be honored to, but would be out of town over the weekend. As luck would have it, I had car trouble on the way back Sunday evening, getting me home much later than planned, [...]

I want to thank Michelle for this fabulous opportunity for me to pinch hit for her while she took a well-deserved vacation with her family. It’s been a real honor for me. And also an eye-opener to be exposed to Michelle’s wonderful readers (as well as a few of her, shall we say, [...]

EU Rota on an amazing story of the lengths that some animal rights activists went to in Britain. Unbelievable. Really makes it clear how they value guinea pigs over human beings.
The Malcontent very highly recommends the National Geographic documentary, Inside 9/11. Includes some video clips.
My post on reasons for the GOP not [...]

More ‘net goodies, before Michelle returns tomorrow:
— Need good wife-beating advice? Here’s a Saudi column on the subject, via Rachel at Red State Rant.
— At Ace Of Spades, what happens when a Hollywood Republican comes out of the political closet.
— There’s a Kerry-vs.-Roberts “blogburst” brewing, Pirate’s Cove has the details and how to join the [...]

If lefty bloggers were to successfully hijack a conservative talk radio station’s morning show, wouldn’t you expect me to be furious?
It’s happened, but rather than being upset, I’m thrilled.
See why, here.

According to this AP story, there is a bit of controversy over the names of the conflicts that some in Iraq and Afghanistan have died in being included on their tombstones.
Unlike earlier wars, nearly all Arlington National Cemetery gravestones for troops killed in Iraq or Afghanistan are inscribed with the slogan-like operation [...]

Yesterday’s post about a pro-American Italian blog caused irritation when I asked about a lack of similar sites from Ireland.
For that, I say ta bron orm (sorry), because I quickly heard from a number of people about these:
— Neocenturions, a well-written moderate site. Scroll down for timely remarks on the increasingly dangerous rhetoric of Venezuela’s [...]

Arthur Chrenkoff (who is going to be missed terribly when he leaves blogging) is posting about the expected crowds that will be going to vote the constitutional referendum all across Iraq. He has an excellent roundup of reports from the region.
Seems like the democratic bug is really catching on across Iraq. It doesn’t take [...]

Because there are so many unanswered questions in talk host Michael Graham’s removal from Washington’s WMAL, I’ve been pressing both sides for real answers.
One side is revealing more, while one of Graham’s (now former) co-hosts has issued a wimpy public statement.
Was Graham really fired for offending CAIR’s fringe Islamists?
The latest is here at the Radio [...]

The war we are fighting, the one that includes Iraq as a theatre of combat but encompasses a second theatre in Afghanistan and many smaller ones in Africa, the Philippines and elsewhere, is a post-modern war. That is this war’s one striking similarity to the Cold War, of which Vietnam was a theatre we [...]