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The Counterterrorism Blog has all the details and links to the criminal complaint: “An American citizen charged with receiving terrorist training at an Al Qaeda camp in Somalia — including classes in how to become a homicide bomber and ‘wage violent jihad’ — was taken into custody by FBI agents and returned to the U.S. [...]

The conclusion of my syndicated column today about Barack Obama: The starting point of his discussion on the troops in Iraq began with the letter “w” and ended with “-asted.” “Even as I said it,” Obama claims, “I realized I had misspoken.” So what, one wonders, prevented him from immediately correcting himself there on stage, [...]

Good: “Victory in Iraq is not going to be like victory in World War II.” Bad: At his press conference, going on now, the president just dissed John Bolton’s assessment of the North Korean deal, in response to a question from FNC’s Bret Baier. “Flat wrong” W. added. This is going to be a long [...]

Jihadists and hardline Hindus are burning Valentine’s Day cards to protest the West today. It’s an annual rite. Anti-Israel protesters are protesting V-Day flower sales in the UK. Kathleen Parker takes on Eve Ensler: Will you be my vagina-tine? NRO’s Valentine’s Day symposium asks a group of politics lovers who their one true is (or [...]

From the Second Amendment Foundation: A United States District Judge in New Orleans has granted a motion to hold Mayor C. Ray Nagin and Police Superintendent Warren Riley in contempt for failure to provide initial disclosures and answers to discovery in a lawsuit filed by the Second Amendment Foundation. Judge Carl J. Barbier issued a [...]

I’m getting lots of e-mail about the trench-coated young man who went on a killing spree at a Salt Lake City Mall. He’s been identified as Sulejman Talovic, an 18-year-old Bosnian refugee. Charles Johnson wonders if it’s another case of Sudden Jihad Syndrome. Could be that. Or he could be a Columbine-type copycat. Local station [...]

The other John Edwards nutroots shoe drops. As usual, guess who’s getting blamed. More blame-the-messenger hysterics and hyperbole at–where else?–HuffPo. Bryan Preston responds to McEwan’s claims of hate mail and death threats: Blogs in general have a collective new dent thanks to the promotion of two of its worst to positions where they would attract [...]

…for not having “enough zeal to take on the special interests” to combat global warming. Which party’s nomination is Giuliani running for? *** Update: Well, Ted Olson supports Giuliani.

Just in: U.S. Rep. Charlie Norwood, 65, passed away this morning at his Augusta home following an extensive battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and non-small cell lung cancer. Norwood received a single lung transplant in 2004 as treatment for IPF, and developed non-small cell lung cancer in 2005. Norwood represented the Augusta-to-Athens 10th congressional [...]

All is not well in Ponyville. *** A blogger at John Edwards site wonders: I think we know the answer. Dean Barnett underlines it: As for Edwards, he looks irredeemably pathetic. There’s a simple reason for this – he is irredeemably pathetic. He hired someone who had no business being legitimated by a mainstream political [...]

And he fails miserably (via NYTimes): Senator Barack Obama of Illinois said Monday that he had misspoken when he suggested that the lives of more than 3,000 American soldiers killed in Iraq had been “wasted.” As he arrived in New Hampshire, Mr. Obama said he would “absolutely apologize” to military families if they were offended [...]

Higher standards…except for illegal aliens Bank of America has introduced a new credit especially and exclusively for law-breaking immigrants. Really. The story is on the front page of the Wall Street Journal today. It’s subscription-only. Here are the details: In the latest sign of the U.S. banking industry’s aggressive pursuit of the Hispanic market, Bank [...]

Ha.

“Blogmaster” Amanda Marcotte has resigned from the Edwards’ campaign (the site is currently down). Of course, it’s all the right wing’s and Catholic activists’ fault (a blame-avoidance strategy I highlighted on The O’Reilly Factor tonight before news of Marcotte’s resignation broke). Writes Marcotte this evening: I was hired by the Edwards campaign for the skills [...]

Sen. Barack Obama’s nutroots are showing. RedStateLady has the video of Obama arguing that each and every member of the military who volunteered to serve and died in Iraq wasted his/her life: Transcript: OBAMA: We ended up launching a war that should have never been authorized and should have never been waged and to which [...]

***update: attention, military folks and weapons experts…please help Michael Yon identify a weapon he photographed and which troops he has talked to haven’t been able to peg*** The Democrats may not want to hear about Iran, but our troops in Iraq have an earful to say about it. In both formal briefings and informal conversations [...]

The Dixie Chicks gloat. Ludacris raps O’Reilly. Al Gore sparkles. Only in La-La Land.

There’s a new member of the Banned By YouTube club. He’s Nick Gisburne, an atheist who posts videos criticizing religion. He had no trouble uploading anti-Christian monologues to YouTube. But when he criticized Islam by quoting the Koran? YouTube account deleted. (You can seen the banned video at his site.) Here’s Gisburne’s latest video (not [...]

PJM Baghdad Editor Omar Fahdil of Iraq the Model reports on encouraging signs: Baghdad is still enjoying some days of relative calm interrupted only with minor sporadic incidents. In general there’s a feeling that these days are better than almost any other time in months. This is more evident in the eastern side of Baghdad [...]

WaPo weasel William Arkin would do well to read page A13 of his own paper published Friday before he smears any more troops as mercenaries. There’s an article there titled “Troops Shared Firm Belief in Iraq Service.” Meet Marine Sgt. Joshua J. Frazier: Marine Sgt. Joshua J. Frazier, 24, from Virginia’s Spotsylvania County was killed [...]

Here’s a correction appearing now at the top of the website version of an A1 story in the Washington Post that ran this morning (hat tip – Allah): Here’s the original headline: And the opening paragraphs: Intelligence provided by former undersecretary of defense Douglas J. Feith to buttress the White House case for invading Iraq [...]

Women aren’t watching the airhead network morning news shows anymore. The Los Angeles Times explores reasons why–including the advent of blogs: “The very issues that typically get covered on the morning shows are very robust and alive in the blogosphere,” said Pete Blackshaw, chief marketing officer for Nielsen BuzzMetrics, which tracks blog trends. “It’s safe [...]

Thanks to David Lunde: Come fly with me!

We haven’t forgotten WaPo weasel William Arkin’s troop-bashing about the “obscene amenities” supposedly enjoyed by our soldiers on the battlefield. Hot Air and Sout al-Kuffar have teamed up to bring you a special video response. Click on the sandstorm pic to watch: Bet those ski trip amenities were nicer, eh, Arkin:

Terry Moran: Defending his brother’s honor ABC’s Terry Moran has taken heat from conservatives in the past. Now, he’s getting flak from left-wing critics for questioning the wisdom of John Edwards’ blogging staff. Those critics have also been attacking his blogging brother, Rick (hat tip: Greg Tinti). What’s so admirable and deeply moving to me [...]

With strong caveats: Many conservatives understandably don’t want to shut the door on Rudy Giuliani. He is very effective at fighting for, and implementing, those conservative causes with which he agrees. Indeed, he represents one of the best examples of executive ability over the last 15 years. But for four decades, pro-lifers have resisted intense [...]

***update: Vid of al-Husainy on Hannity and Colmes…Robert Spencer dissects the imam’s verbal ballet…Debbie Schlussel has a list of questions she would have asked…*** Howard Dean. As Robert Spencer noted last week: It is interesting to see the Democrats standing with heads bowed piously while the Imam Husham Al-Husainy prays, in veiled terms to be [...]

Via Iraq Pictures: A suspected insurgent training site is destroyed with explosives north of Baghdad. This news from Iraq, via the Jawa Report, should be top story. But since Anna Nicole Smith died, it won’t get the coverage it deserves: Coalition forces in Iraq have delivered a series of stunning blows to al Qaeda in [...]

From John Edwards’ blog: The tone and the sentiment of some of Amanda Marcotte’s and Melissa McEwan’s posts personally offended me. It’s not how I talk to people, and it’s not how I expect the people who work for me to talk to people. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but that kind of intolerant [...]