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Amanda Bowman on why the US and the UK should not “go wobbly” on fighting terror:
The American television show 24 is in its 7th season because its portrayal of a life-and-death fight against terrorism in the face of political meddling appears to most Americans—and I would add Britons—both believable and justified. When the American people [...]
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Earlier I speculated about what the death of Ted Kennedy means for conservatives who have relied on him as the stereotypical liberal for roughly 40 years. But there’s another symbolic void created by Kennedy’s absence from the political scene — he was last iconic Irish Catholic Democrat of national renown. There are still plenty of [...]
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For those who appreciate a little comedy of the absurd with their Saturday morning coffee I recommend an article on the Baghdad Embassy/Mausoleum in today’s Wash Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/28/AR2009082803166.html. The Embassy, the largest in the world, will cost $1.5 billion to run this year, rising to $1.8 billion in 2010 and 2011. The Embassy has 88 State Department Security [...]
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(Via Alex Massie). Today, at 5 pm, Glenn Beck will uncover his plan to save the Republic. Here’s how he plugged it yesterday:
The Oligarh! The missing letter is Y, of course. Ask Y!
Stay tuned! Are you also tired of being a vitim? Join the 9/12 Projet. And fight soialism, and the Ommunists.
This is [...]
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I am glad that Stars and Stripes has nailed the story about the Pentagon profiling journos headed overseas for embed duty, not only because it is only fair that we know how our taxpayer dollars are being spent in so-called military “strategic communications” and that the Fourth Estate knows exactly where it stands with the [...]
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Linda Frum, that is, sister of David. With brother David busily carving out his role as the voice of moderate, calm conservatism in America, Linda has just been appointed to the Canadian Senate. David is proud. Will the Frums inherit the earth?
Speaking of things Frummy, I forgot last week to honor Mr Conservatism that Can [...]
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Those who are interested in issues like widespread corruption of our elected officals by foreigners have no doubt followed the ex-FBI traslator turned whistle blower Sibel Edmonds saga for the past few years. Sibel has finally testified in court under oath about some of the things that she learned while working for the bureau. The [...]
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Poor old Britisher Dan Hannan is fast becoming the transatlantic Right’s version of Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Just a few days after his remarks against the NHS on Glenn Beck’s show made him a national hate figure in the UK, he is now in hot water for making positive noises about Enoch Powell to Reason [...]
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From H.L. Mencken’s diary, 1940:
My guess is that in the long run the newspapers will lose their more moronic customers to the radio. … The function of a newspaper in a democracy is to stand as a sort of chronic opposition to the reigning quacks. The minute it begins to try to out-whoop them it [...]
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