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The Christmas spirit is alive and well:
As far as Stacey Kible is concerned, Santa drives a Ford Windstar.
Kible was despairing that her son Matt Kible, a 20-year-old Marine, would not make it home for Christmas. Matt, who is stationed in Japan, was stranded at San Francisco International Airport. He was told that he probably wouldn’t [...]

Merry Christmas from Hot Air!

News 14 Carolina reports:
DURHAM, N.C. — A defense attorney says prosecutors have dropped rape charges against three Duke University lacrosse players.
Charges of kidnapping and sexual offense still stand against the three players.
La Shawn Barber has tracked the case closely. Hot Air readers ponder the timing.
Betsy Newmark wonders how Nifong can proceed with the other charges:
[The [...]

Since January 1, I’ve published nearly 2,400 blog posts of all shapes, sizes, and subject matter. Many readers have asked for follow-ups on stories that especially touched their hearts, boiled their blood, and otherwise piqued their interest in a lasting way. Here are a few updates:
What ever happened to Haleigh Poutre?

The state of Massachusetts almost [...]

Yesterday, I contacted the AP about the “Jamil Hussein”/Jamil Ghdaab Gulaim/Ghulaim findings and asked these simple questions:
Ref. http://michellemalkin.com/archives/006579.htm
1. Is Jamil Ghdaab Gulaim the real name of your oft-cited source, “Captain Jamil Hussein” aka ” Jamil Gholaiem Hussein?”
2. If not, where is “Captain Jamil Hussein” currently working? If he is a Baghdad police officer, as AP [...]

Have you seen these videos? Click to watch:

The back story:
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles said yesterday it is ordering two men to get their license photos retaken — this time without the red-painted skin, spray-on hair and fake teeth — or lose their driving privileges.
Will Carsola and Dave Stewart posted Internet videos of their [...]

Photoshop: Shieldsnet
Under a trailer. Oh, my:
Former national security adviser Sandy Berger removed classified documents from the National Archives in 2003 and hid them under a construction trailer, the Archives inspector general reported Wednesday.
The report was issued more than a year after Berger pleaded guilty and received a criminal sentence for removal of the documents.
Inspector General [...]

After receiving initial reports from a Civilian Police Advisory Training Team (CPATT) source two days ago and investigating further, here’s what I can tell you:
According to two CPATT officials–one in the U.S, one in Iraq–there is no one named “Jamil Hussein” working now or ever at either at the Yarmouk or al Khadra police stations. [...]

The Truth About Muhammad.

***update and bumped to the top: Zawahiri rings in the new year with a call to jihad for the Religion of Perpetual Outrage***

It began with the Danish cartoons. It ended with the flying imams. 2006 was a banner year for the Religion of Perpetual Outrage. Twelve turbulent months of fist-waving, embassy-burning, fatwa-issuing mayhem, intimidation, and [...]

Lunchtime listening: Investigative writer extraordinaire Claudia Rosett talks to Bryan Preston about Kofi’s subsidized pad, Kofi’s spinners handling of “The Thing” and refusal to answer questions, and the massive, U.N. global racket. Claudia’s Pajamas Media blog is here.

***update: video lowlights here…LBDS at HuffPo***

Leave her alone!
I, for one, was glad to hear that the surgery to remove the skin cancer tumor from First Lady Laura Bush’s right shin in early November was successful.
My relief seems not to have been shared by female members of the White House press corps, who tried to instigate [...]

A Somalian fugitive wanted for the murder of a policewoman escaped from Britain by disguising himself as a veiled Muslim woman. The Times of London first reported on the story in October during Britain’s Veil Rage episode. Now, they’ve got details and photos of the accused cop-killer in the niqab.
Anila Baig will not be surprised. [...]

BMI to Saudi Arabia: Fly the unfriendly skies
First British Airways goes dhimmi on a stewardess who wore a crucifix on the job. Now, British Midland bans a Bible-carrying stewardess (via London Telegraph):
A second airline is embroiled in a religious row after a stewardess decided to take bmi to an employment tribunal because it refused [...]

No good Western deed goes unpunished.

He was polite, cooperative, and took full responsibility for his actions.
Not.

He’s landed in Syria.

Jimmy Carter says he has signed more than 100,000 books during his book tour.
Book publishing insider Brad Miner’s B.S. detector has been activated.
Update: Whoops.

Breathe a small sigh of relief:
A Turkish court on Tuesday acquitted a writer of insulting the country’s founder amid calls from the European Union to change repressive laws curbing freedom of expression.
Ipek Calislar had been charged with the crime of insulting Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in a biography. It was the latest of dozens of trials [...]

Franklin Raines: The Ken Lay of Fannie Mae
The corruption at behemoth government boondoggle Fannie Mae–I’ve called it the mother of all financial scandals– deserves as much attention as the Enron debacle, but it won’t get it. Check it out: Clintonite Franklin Raines now faces civil charges, along with two other former executives, of manipulating Fannie [...]

Talal “Ted” Ali Chammout sure has a funny way of showing his “love” of our country - via Fresno Bee (hat tip: reader Steve):
His attorney said Friday that Talal “Ted” Ali Chammout is a U.S. citizen who loves America, adores his children and is a respectable mini-mart owner in Porterville.
But federal prosecutor Carl Faller said [...]

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The Oregonian reports:
Searchers failed to exploit vital clues in the hunt for the family of James Kim, including several crucial pieces of evidence that surfaced in the final hours of his life, when he was freezing, alone and lost in the woods.
An examination by The Oregonian found a search plagued by confusion, gaps in communication, [...]

Report here. (Hat tip: reader William A.)
More - take FWIW:
Dubai, 18 Dec. (AKI) - A new video message by al-Qaeda’s second in command Ayman al-Zawahiri will be released in the coming days, according to a report posted on Islamic fundamentalist websites Monday. The video was made by the al-Sahab company which has produced other messages [...]

Watch The View co-host with the second biggest mouth of the show get booed–yes, she got booed!–when she compares former SecDef Donald Rumsfeld to Hitler.
Here.
Maybe The View audience isn’t as bad as I thought.

Mary Katharine Ham reports that moonbats in her hometown are celebrating the holiday season by trashing Army recruitment center property.
Old habits die hard.

***update: use this address***
Col. Wade F. Dennis
JTF GTMO, APO AE 09360

Bruce Kesler e-mails:
Lt. Col. Gordon Cucullu, U.S. Army (Ret.), is a sometime blogger here at Democracy Project and a personal friend. Gordon writes frequently and passionately about American forces serving around the world, and the email below, sent from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, tells of a [...]

Hal Netkin has questions and answers about last week’s meat-packing raids.

A few minutes ago, I posted an update to the Jamil Hussein story. My source just informed me that he had incorrect information. I’m removing the post. I’ll update as soon as I know more.
Update: Marc Danziger reports the results of his investigation.

This unintended-consequences nightmare makes my stomach turn (via the London Times):
WHEN people around the world sent millions of pounds to help the stricken Indonesian province of Aceh after the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004, few could have imagined that their money would end up subsidising the lashing of women in public.
But militant Islamists have since [...]