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Where’s the ACLU? Oh, there’s the ACLU.

Update 10:30pm Eastern. Well, he wouldn’t do anything about jihadists on US soil, but John Edwards has decided to play Tough Guy with the Saudis abroad. Check out the latest AP headline:
Edwards assails U.S. arms sales to Arabs
Democrat John Edwards said the Bush administration’s plan to sell $20 billion worth of weapons to friendly Arab […]

“Mexico is calling on the United States to alter a plan to expand border fences designed to stem illegal immigration, saying the barriers would threaten migratory species accustomed to roaming freely across the frontier.”

After all this time, Ted Stevens’ infamous Bridge to Nowhere might finally lead somewhere…perhaps a jail cell next to fellow GOP corruptocrat Duke Cunningham.

Killed by the Taliban in the name of Allah.

Shut up and dance. Plus: When is a hate crime not a hate crime?

Update: The Left gloats.

The case of the Koran-flusher. Update: Criminal complaint added.

“I’d like to invite Joe Biden to come to Clio.”

Winter Soldier Syndrome.

Update 9:45pm Eastern. Al Jazeera has aired video of seven of female South Korean Christian hostages. Here’s a still:

Update 2:45pm Eastern. Yonhap reports, “The Taliban, claiming Monday to have executed another male South Korean hostage, threatened it will continue to kill more of them and more frequently. Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, who claims to speak for […]

Savor the moment.

Earlier this month, the US released 16 Saudis from Guantanamo Bay. A total of 77 Saudis have been freed from detention. If you shared my “Uh-oh” reaction, then you will not be surprised by this latest report in The Age (via Andrew Bolt) about freed Gitmo detainees taking up arms and resuming jihad. According to […]

“You will have a toothbrush and bucket with a placard saying you stole from veterans.”

Mourning, watching, waiting, praying.

Dems play the “dupe” card. Plus: A Bobby Byrd flashback and a reminder of the SCOTUS hearing circus.

I’m guest-hosting tonight for The O’Reilly Factor. Tune in at 8pm Eastern. Some good, meaty topics: Hazleton PA and the anti-illegal immigration ordinance ruling, a discussion of the “Scott Thomas” case and Iraq war reporting with milbloggers J.D. Johannes and Jeff Emanuel, and PETA vs. Michael Vick, among others.
Yes, there will be a Lindsay Lohan […]

Update 8:00pm Eastern: Who’s in? Rick Moran surveys the GOP field.
Bryan Preston has a new Hot Air vid urging Republicans not to run from the scheduled Sept. 17 YouTube/CNN debate. Click to watch:

I know. The CNN/YouTube Democrat debate was a circus. I said so. But Republicans shouldn’t sit out their turn. And conservatives shouldn’t abandon […]

David Harsanyi, author of the new book Nanny State, compares and contrasts Publisher’s Weekly book reviews of conservative/libertarian vs. liberal books.
Surprise, surprise: “The one-sidedness of the PW reviews was inescapable.”
If anyone can find a right-leaning book that has gotten as positive a review as Franken’s Olbermann’s, or Huffington’s, let us know.
Meantime, you can help balance […]

Do you know where your drivers’ license numbers, car license numbers, birth dates and addresses are headed?

“All of us are sick and in very bad condition.”

Update 7/27 10:05am Eastern. Here’s the PDF of the settlement agreement (via David Postman):
a. ACORN agrees that submission of registrations that have been fraudulently collected by an ACORN employee and not reviewed pursuant to the quality control procedures, or willfully turning in fraudulent cards, may constitute grounds for criminal prosecution of ACORN as a corporate […]

My excellent comment moderator Rick Moran responds to nutroots accusations that MichelleMalkin.com is a “hate site” based on a few comments. Read the whole thing.
I second everything Rick says, and would add a few things:
If you’re going to get into it, the qualitative difference between blog comments on liberal blogs and my blogs is […]

Resorting to robocalls.

Update: Send a note of encouragement to Hazelton’s mayor here. And via Redstate, the full, 200-plus-page decision is here (PDF).

Downtown Hazleton, Pa.
Just in:
A federal judge on Thursday struck down the city of Hazleton’s tough anti-immigration law, ruling unconstitutional a measure that has been copied around the country.
The city’s Illegal Immigration Relief Act sought to impose […]

First, watch this as Harry Reid eats crow (hat tip: Senate tipster):

After Reid and the Dems tangled with the GOP last night, the Senate just passed a good border security funding amendment today, 89-1.
The goat who voted against it? Babbling George Voinovich.
The Corner has some back story. Yeah, Lindsay Grahamnesty was involved, but the movers […]

In my 2002 book Invasion (p. 71, 76), I noted the open-borders obstructionism of former Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-Michigan), who fought to block the implementation of two different tracking databases–one for foreign student visa holders and the other for all temporary visitors (which was mandated by Section 110 of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and […]

“ill (sic) return to america an author.”

The grievance-mongers at CAIR have issued an “Action Alert” against Rudy Giuliani for using–gasp!–the phrase “Islamic terrorism.”
LGF has a reminder of CAIR’s attack on Giuliani for rejecting disaster-relief aid from Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal after 9/11.
Badge of honor.

Moonbat of the day:
An aircraft mechanic sent e-mails to the FBI claiming he had planted explosives at Utah’s Hill Air Force Base and planned to take six hostages in Idaho, authorities said Wednesday. Five buildings were evacuated Tuesday after the e-mails began surfacing, but the threat turned out to be false and no hostages […]