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I forgot to introduce myself properly yesterday, and when I found that Karol’s bio page was so fun, I had to do something about that. I come from a wondrous place called North Carolina– a land of great beaches and greater beach dives, a land where fried chicken and free wireless go together as God [...]

Harry Reid had to return a contribution of $3000, with interest, to one Ben Barnes because Barnes is a lobbyist and accepting money from lobbyists is a no-no: Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., last year refunded a $3,000 check he got in 1999 from a Texas friend, Ben Barnes, after a public interest group revealed it [...]

I’m listening to the Glenn and Helen Podcast and suggest you tune in too. They’re talking to David Dunbar and Brad Reagan, editors of Popular Mechanics’ new book, “Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can’t Stand Up to the Facts”. I don’t like conspiracy theories in general, and my aforementioned sensitivity about all things 9/11 [...]

According to the Guardian, much of the information to stop the terrorist attacks out of London was obtained via torture. Reports from Pakistan suggest that much of the intelligence that led to the raids came from that country and that some of it may have been obtained in ways entirely unacceptable here. In particular Rashid [...]

When President Bush responded to the thwarted Airplane Plot by declaring, not for the first time, that we are at war with “Islamic fascists,” we could note that we’ve come a long semantic distance from the president’s first attempts to discuss the war on “evildoers.” But is “Islamic fascists” the replacement-term we’ve been waiting for? [...]

Senator George Allen got into some trouble this week after referring to a campaign aide of his opponent as “macaca”. As the aide is of Indian descent, there was much speculation about what Allen meant: A video clip of the rally shows Allen calling Sidarth a name that sounded like “Macaca” — a term associated [...]

On today’s Vent. The speech he delivers to the graduating infantrymen at Ft. Benning, GA will give you a reason to stand up and cheer.

The Australian: Freedom beat Hezbollah, says Bush What did freedom ‘win’, exactly? LA Times: A Defiant Hezbollah Rises From the Rubble After holding its own against the powerful Israeli army, the militia is unlikely to disarm. Montreal Gazette: A most fragile truce in Lebanon AlJazeera.net:Syria: Resistance shows Arab strength National Post: Why Israel failed to [...]

I was in NY on 9/11/01. I had just moved into a new apartment, and was working at my first political job–for a mayoral candidate in the Republican primary. It was primary election day, and I went to go vote in my new neighborhood. By the time I gave up on finding my polling location [...]

I got a few minutes from Rick Santorum while he was on the trail yesterday. We talked a little about fighting Islamofascists, immigration laws, his poll numbers (the latest poll shows him only six points down, up from 20 down), and blogs. He reads LGF, RedState, and The Corner, by the way. This is a [...]

Yesterday I reported on a celebration of fidel castro’s birthday that was to be held in Harlem, which is, by all accounts, a predominantly “minority” populated area in New York. Some of the organizers were latinos and others, like Pastors for Peace, were of African-American descent. Needless to say, I received a couple of very [...]

Since Michelle has so generously launched me into GuestBlog-dom as someone who, as she puts it, gave her a nudge “in the right direction on jihad and dhimmitude,” I’ll take the bait and hit the topic straight off. Above all else, understanding jihad and dhimmitude is crucial to understanding what we call the war on [...]

Methinks Michelle would have liked to have been here to blog this (emphasis mine): THE Government is discussing with airport operators plans to introduce a screening system that allows security staff to focus on those passengers who pose the greatest risk. The passenger-profiling technique involves selecting people who are behaving suspiciously, have an unusual travel [...]

Israelis oppose the accepted UN resolution and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert finds himself in political trouble: “The war was backed by a consensus spanning everyone but the far-right and far-left. The opposition, apart from the Arab parties, was at it’s most loyal and the public, despite almost a quarter of it’s members being forced to [...]

I haven’t heard Fox report on it yet, but Drudge links this story: Palestinian gunmen ambushed a car carrying a Fox News crew in Gaza City on Monday and kidnapped two of the journalists inside, according to witnesses and Fox. “We can confirm that two of our people were taken against their will in Gaza,” [...]

Nedrenaline. Great high, killer crash? ‘Tis a long time ’til November still, but this is interesting. A cursory look at the big liberal blogs suggests they’re not discussing it. Vewy, vewy quiet over there. Jim Addison takes a look at where Lieberman must go from here.

Proving to the world, once again, that negotiating with terrorists is like sending lettuce by rabbit, Hezbollah has already broken the UN-negotiated cease-fire agreement after four whole hours: IT was supposed to be the day the maligned Lebanese army took control of the country’s borders and policed the UN ceasefire. Instead, the military commanders were [...]

We have a new Vent up at Hot Air, even though the boss is away on vacation. This Vent gives you the background on the so-called “anti-war” movement that you won’t get in the MSM. It also has some footage of the “anti-war” marchers, who aren’t really anti-war so much as on the other side. [...]

Howard Dean was on ‘Meet the Press’ (transcript here) over the weekend and referred to Saddam Hussein as “a pain in the neck”. A “pain in the neck” is what parents call their kids when they won’t stop whining for ice cream, what you call your boss when he gives you work at 5pm on [...]

A big thank you to Michelle for asking me to join this fabulous group of guest-bloggers while she’s away. As I’m from Brooklyn, and Brooklyn-ites by their nature enjoy a good confrontation, I’m looking forward to the hate mail. Michelle said to introduce myself so here’s my story: I’m a political blogger at Alarming News [...]

In light of the arrests of the Dearborn trio, the U.S. Coast Guard has increased patrols of the Michigan’s landmark Mackinac Bridge, which connects the state’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas: The U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday it has increased patrols near the Mackinac Bridge after prosecutors said they believe three Palestinian-American men from Texas now [...]

Id like to thank Michelle for this wonderful opportunity and the honor of being a guestblogger here on what is one of the best blogs on the internet. I must admit that I’m a bit nervous as I dont consider myself a great writer like Michelle or the other fine guestbloggers who’ll be publishing here [...]

Over at Hot Air, we have an exclusive video clip from Saturday’s “anti-war” (meaning anti-Israel, anti-US, pro-Hezbollah) rally in Washington, DC. As the clip makes all too clear, jihad begins at home–even here in the US.

British airliner turned back over cell-phone ring: A British Airways flight to New York was turned back to London’s Heathrow airport on Sunday because of a security scare over a mobile phone that did not belong to any of the 217 passengers, officials said. The phone was later found to be safe, as the government [...]

Mornin’, everyone. Thanks to Michelle for letting me hang out a bit. For a little lady, she has quite big shoes (really, that’s why they only show her from the waist up on TV, little-known fact), so bear with us while we try to fill them. One of my first reads this morning was the [...]

I’m going on a rare vacation (got a few new posts below), but you are in for a treat. An excellent and eclectic group of guest-bloggers is taking over this week: *Val Prieto blogs at Babalu Blog, “an island on the net without a bearded dictator.” He’s fidel castro’s fiercest blogging nemesis. (And don’t write [...]

Profiled: Better safe than sorry I have two words for the Wal-Mart clerk who notified cops in Michigan after three young Arab men purchased 80 cell phones at 1:00am on August 11 in cash: Thank you. FBI spokesmen and DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff may not have the guts to admit that national security profiling is [...]

NYTimes executive editor Bill Keller lied to readers about the paper’s anonymous leak-dependent NSA terrorist surveillance story published in December 2005. First, the relevant passage from NYTimes’ public editor Byron Calame’s Sunday column: THE NEW YORK TIMES’S Dec. 16 article that disclosed the Bush administration’s warrantless eavesdropping has led to an important public debate about [...]

Via London Telegraph Answer: Nothing–unless you are a British Passport Office worker who fear the wrath of Muslim fanatics offended by a little girl’s bare shoulders. Her passport application was rejected by bureaucrats who told the girl’s mom “that the exposed skin might be considered offensive in a Muslim country.” I suppose if the girl [...]

Why? It’s an “all-American” thing to do. Via the Marietta Times: Holding up newspaper clippings depicting their clients during their high school football days, defense attorneys of two Michigan men charged with aiding in terrorism called them “All-American kids” who were arrested because of a rush to judgment based on their names and race. Prosecutors [...]