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The Dems can’t help themselves.

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N.Z. Bear has taken the lead in organizing phone conferences with all the GOP leadership candidates. You can submit questions here. Keep checking back and stay tuned.

Jihadists do it. Why not gang-bangers? (via Boston Herald/hat tip – Brian Maloney) One gang in Boston is using a new way to recruit – YouTube. Luckily, the self-proclaimed Bloods gangbangers from “M.O.B. Charlestown Bricks” look too stupid in their highly rated home movie on the popular Web site to actually attract new members. “Who [...]

Bill Gertz has a worrisome report today about a China sub stalking the USS Kitty Hawk. But one submarine blogger is taking it in stride. Retired submarine officer Bubblehead and his commenters weigh in with an interesting perspective: [T]he Song-class diesel boat was spotted on the surface about five miles from the Kitty Hawk. So, [...]

I got tons of e-mail about the military-bashing Simpsons episode last night. Here’s a bit of the video if you haven’t seen it and want to get in a bad mood. The mockery of Army recruiters and enlistees is absolutely disgusting. This comes on the heels of last week’s election-timed episode mocking the Iraq war. [...]

(Photoshop: Kathy Y.) They can’t be serious, can they? Oh, yes they are. The Hill newspaper reports. You deride: Speaker-in-waiting Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) threw her support behind Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) for majority leader Sunday, giving a significant boost to Murtha in his race against Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). “Your strong voice for national security, [...]

I’ve blogged several times about Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, a Bangladeshi Muslim journalist facing charges of sedition for advocating ties with Israel. Last month, he was beaten by a mob while working at his newspaper office. Tomorrow, his trial resumes. He faces the death penalty for voicing his unapologetic anti-jihadist views. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), [...]

The NYTimes editorial board got itself so gleefully worked up over the prospect of Democrat probe-a-pallooza on the Iraq war that it left the truth in the dust. Karl at Protein Wisdom has a withering rejoinder. Meanwhile, Sen. Carl Levin is leading the 4-6 month Iraq withdrawal charge. If you haven’t read Paul Mirengoff’s analysis, [...]

Oh, say, do you remember how the Dems huffed and puffed when President Bush warned before the midterms that “The terrorists win and America loses” if the Dems prevailed? Well, the Dems triumphed and the terrorists may indeed win–the “restoration of habeas corpus rights for enemy combatants:” A battle is shaping up between Democrats and [...]

An unhinged anti-Bush conspiracy piece on YouTube posted by one Mike McIntee claims that the White House doctored the video of Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” speech. Here it is: It was uploaded the day before the election and has received nearly 200,000 visits and counting, plus countless honors. The problem is that this “Bush Lied!” propaganda [...]

Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham, recipient of the Medal of Honor President Bush awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously this week to Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham for his heroism in Iraq. Chuck Simmins has chronicled Cpl. Dunham from May 2004 through the present here. More from I Love Jet Noise at Matt at Blackfive. It’s an [...]

Well, isn’t this rich? Howard Dean is scolding the Maryland state Democratic Party for being too..white: Saying Maryland Democratic leaders must do more to encourage black candidates so “we do not have another Michael Steele problem,” Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean on Thursday criticized the state party’s lack of diversity on its recent winning [...]

Yes, yes, I know, there’s a big siren up at Drudge over Time magazine’s exclusive on a lawsuit being filed against Don Rumsfeld over “prison abuse.” The German government isn’t filing the lawsuit. It’s 11 Iraqis and a Saudi who went court-shopping and filed in Germany because the country “provides ‘universal jurisdiction’ allowing for the [...]

On election day, I was in New York City. You know what a lot of New Yorkers were buzzing about that day? Not the election. They were buzzing about a tragic story that has disappeared under the national MSM radar screen–even though folks who live in the city (including journalists) are still talking about it [...]

Looking for inspiration? Yesterday, I found it at a special Veteran’s Day gathering of surviving WWII Doolittle Raiders in Washington, D.C. Five of the famed Raiders participated in a ceremony honoring members of the USS Hornet Crew. We interviewed them about the daring raid, their memories of Jimmy Doolittle, and their thoughts on America at [...]

Three quick items–make that four: 1) Once again, I say good riddance to Lincoln Chafee: Two days after losing a bid for a second term, Sen. Lincoln Chafee said he was unsure whether he would remain a Republican. Chafee lost to Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse in a race seen as a referendum on President Bush and [...]

Higher education at work via Reuters: Student leaders at a California college have touched off a furor by banning the Pledge of Allegiance at their meetings, saying they see no reason to publicly swear loyalty to God and the U.S. government. The move by Orange Coast College student trustees, the latest clash over patriotism and [...]

***updated with a response from Mississippi Rep…update: Rangel’s non-apology…he “certainly didn’t mean to offend…”*** Charlie Rangel opens his mouth…and mocks the South: (hat tip: reader CRB) “It’s not just committees — our influence within the House Democratic caucus will grow enormously,” Mr. Rangel said in an interview. To that end, he sketched out an expansive [...]

Go read this post at Protein Wisdom. Writes Jeff Goldstein: “We’ve already seen what happens when so-called free speech is pressured in Europe. We simply cannot let it happen here — and that includes the prospect of silence by bankruptcy.” Pay attention.

Robert Spencer weighs in on Saddam’s hanging, religious persecution, and the Iraqi constitution.

Allah’s got news–and a memorial.

I know what Nancy Pelosi’s lips say. She says she thinks impeachment is “off the table.” She says she thinks it would be a “waste of time.” But the groundwork is being laid. Former Brooklyn Rep. Liz Holtzman is hawking a book outlining how to impeach President Bush: In her book, Holtzman and co-writer Cynthia [...]

What is it about David Horowitz that makes college students so unhinged? Once again, he was physically attacked on his way to give a campus lecture. From the Ball State University student paper in Indiana: Two people are under arrested after one, clad in a black mask and hooded sweatshirt, attempted to throw a cream [...]

Democrat Jim Webb declared winner in Va. Which means: Ugh. Democrats wrested control of the Senate from Republicans Wednesday with an upset victory in Virginia, giving the party complete domination of Capitol Hill for the first time since 1994. Jim Webb’s squeaker win over incumbent Sen. George Allen gave Democrats their 51st seat in the [...]

Rumsfeld steps down. The Dems takeover. But Peace Mom still wants a 16th minute of fame. Now she’s lobbying on behalf of Iran. Via Breitbart/AP: Activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested Wednesday as she led about 50 protesters to a White House gate Wednesday to deliver anti-war petitions she said were signed by 80,000 Americans. The [...]

The National Interest provides some insight. Update: The Glenn and Helen show interview Austin Bay and Jim Dunnigan on Rumsfeld, the midterms, and the war.

I’m really trying to keep my spirits and yours up, but stuff like this ain’t helping: President George W. Bush on Wednesday said increasing the national minimum wage is likely an issue on which he could cooperate with Democratic leaders in Congress. “I believe in a lot of issues we can find common ground and [...]

He won’t seek the minority leader post. Time for a fresh start for Beltway Republicans.

***update: video of Rumsfeld’s farewell*** ***update II: See-Dub has an insightful assessment of Rumsfeld’s tenure*** He served this country honorably. Here’s all the latest news. I’m traveling today and will post more soon. A quick word for Bush critics who have lambasted him as a stubborn cowboy who doesn’t respond: Well, there goes that myth, [...]