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October 31, 2006
Tough Times at the Times: staff space gets pinched
That 39% decline in profits last quarter, coming after a string of bad news quarters and disastrous decline in its stock price, has finally started to hit the New York Times where it lives: in its new offices, which are... More
October 31, 2006
Appreciation for US diplomats
Our contributor Paul Jackson, in his day job as columnist for the Calgary Sun, writes of Canadian—American relations, and actually has words for praise for our diplomats and spokesmen. I've always found Canadian diplomats and top government officials tight—lipped and... More
October 31, 2006
Prince Georges Country Dems endorse Steele
The Washington Times reports something rather remarkable: Former Prince George's County Executive Wayne K. Curry and five fellow black Democrats on the county council excoriated their party yesterday and endorsed Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, a Republican, for U.S. Senate.... More
October 31, 2006
Criticism of Gitmo that you haven't heard
Our contributor Vasko Kohlmayer wrote an op—ed for the Baltimore Sun today criticizing the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. You might be a bit surprised by it, if you are now familiar with Vasko's other writings: President Bush has... More
October 31, 2006
John F. Kerry unmasked
Michelle Malkin has the details on John F. Kerry's unbelievable statement at a campaign rally for Phil Angelides (the guy running against Arnold) yesterday in California. Captain's Quarters and many others are picking up on the story. Here is what... More
October 31, 2006
"I didn't set out to make a war movie..."
That's the first half of a quote by Clint Eastwood about Flags of Our Fathers. Have you read or heard the balance of that statement — "...I cared about these three fellows, the headliners on the war—bond circus." The latter... More
October 31, 2006
How to make propaganda
Gawker has spotted what looks a lot like a propaganda operation in the making from our friends at CBS News. CBS is on Craigslist [and] wants someone like you to interact with some dirty Arabs. Do you get nervous when... More
October 30, 2006
Fitzgerald: Keep the Jury in the Dark
Patrick Fitzgerald filed a Motion In Limine yesterday to preclude Libby from presenting any evidence, making any comment or argument respecting the government's decision not to charge Richard Armitage, who did disclose Plame's name and position to at least two... More
October 30, 2006
Richard Baehr on the BBC Monday night
Our chief political correspondent Richard Baehr will be interviewed tonight on BBC Radio Five at 9:45 PM Eastern, 6:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, commenting on the forthcoming election. The program can be heard live on the internet via a link here.... More
October 30, 2006
Here They Go Again: Liberals Talking Crazy
It was announced late last week that Liberals were going to take to the airwaves again. Not content to have a biased media in print and on cable and television newscasts, now something called Nova M will step in and... More
October 30, 2006
Hollywood During WW II (a poem)
Hollywood during World War ll. What an entirely different kind of brew Of manly men and women with courage. You couldn't stop or even discourage A Dietrich, with a Nazi price on her head, From joining Bob Hope and others... More
October 30, 2006
Green taxes
Well here we go. Apparently our warnings that politicians were using the global warming issue as a pretext to impose a whole array of new taxes was spot on. Today's UK Sun reports the British Parliament is considering a whole... More
October 30, 2006
Chilling
That's the only word for the glimpse into the mind of George Soros provided by Steve Croft of 60 Minutes in an interview broadcast last night. Steve Gilbert of Sweetness & Light does an excellent job of highlighting and commenting on... More
October 30, 2006
The dreams of A.Q. Khan
Jeffrey Goldberg's Prisoners is a admirably written book that tries to give insight into the passions that motivate both the Palestinians and the Israelis. Occasionally the book departs from that arena, and one section in particular should give one qualms... More
October 30, 2006
The ultimate control freak fantasy
And the global warming beat goes on.... From the Scotsman: A RAFT of new green taxes on flights, cars and wasteful household appliances is being considered by ministers. In a leaked letter to the Chancellor, David Miliband, the Environment Secretary,... More
October 30, 2006
A Bush zinger
In his January 31, 2006 State of the Union address, President Bush delivered an aphorism aimed at his Iraq war critics that is even more timely these days, as the negative drumbeat intensifies. It is a perfect riposte that hits... More
October 30, 2006
Hollywood's new love that dare not speak its name
No, this isn't a discussion of homosexuality. It is about Hollywood today not wanting to talk about 1940s Hollywood stars who served in the military and who both entertained the troops and went on War Bonds fund raising tours. Such a... More
October 30, 2006
Liberals and blackface parodies
Gaius at Blue Crab Boulevard wonders what on earth is wrong with these people? Lefty blogger Billmon's Whiskey Bar puts Wolf Blitzer in blackface. Answer: a core of racism smothered under a layer of self—righteousness, and guarded by presumed immunity... More
October 29, 2006
Canada's Liberal Party and Israel
Our contributor Paul Jackson, Canadian jounalist extrordinnaire, wrote today for the Calgary Sun of a bit of Liberal Part history of which I was rather ignorant. It seems that at least a major faction of the Liberal Party and its... More
October 29, 2006
A Long-distance October Fauxprise
The left and Robert Fisk trot out the tired "uranium based" weapons mantra; this time criticizing the IDF for supposedly using munitions that had spread radioactivity across Lebanon's battlefields. Perhaps realizing that the depleted uranium mythology has been thoroughly debunked... More
October 29, 2006
A jaw-dropping program from the BBC
From the UK Times: The BBC is placing Christianity at the heart of primetime entertainment for the first time, with programmes examining faith and spirituality set to replace copycat 'lifestyle' shows. However, the first fruits of the born—again fervour could... More
October 29, 2006
Box Office Bombs
Death of a President, the controversial movie which depicts the assassination of George W Bush had a miserable opening weekend. According to www.boxofficemojo.com, Death opened on 91 screens nationwide and earned only an estimated $167,000, or $1,935 per screen. Bush... More
October 29, 2006
Dr. Davenport radio interview Monday
Dr. Mary Davenport, whose article on embryonic stem cell reearch and Michael J. Fox's ads drew much attention, will be interviewed Monday morning on WHO Radio AM 1020, in Des Moines, Iowa, on the Jan Mikelson Show. The interview will... More
October 29, 2006
Arnold
It is almost two years to the day since I last saw Red. It was October 29th 2004, one day after the Sox had clinched the World Series. Red was appearing at a local Chinese restaurant promoting a book, Let... More
October 29, 2006
Yet another do-gooder UN fiasco
The BBC's Radio 5 (which plans to include our own Richard Baehr in its coverage of the upcoming US Congressional elections) has uncovered another example of incompetence, waste, corruption, and ineffectiveness in a UN—based environmental initiative. Ministers announced that last year's... More
October 29, 2006
A clash of grievances
News For Those Who Don't Know If They're Comin' Or Goin'. While some hailed NYC's OK of transgender use of public restrooms as a victory, an Italian opposition MP and former showgirl (and ally of Silvio Berlusconi)has expressed outrage after... More
October 29, 2006
Condi comes clean
Though Powerline commented on this, I believe they missed a key quotation and the import behind it. Here is the quotation: We just have to realize that because of the way that the politics of the Middle East has developed... More
October 29, 2006
A Voter's Woe (a poem)
Oh woe is me, oh woe, oh woe. To vote or not, I just don't know. To stay at home would really show Those idiots in Washington where to go. But go they would, then where would I be?... More
October 29, 2006
Islam & iPods
I happened upon an interesting, quick read by Sarah Viren of the Houston Chronicle, about Muslim youths in America and there was one part in particular that points towards one of the main reasons/openings for Muslim youths — living in... More
October 28, 2006
The Brazil-ethanol scam
Our friends at Investors Business Daily continue to publish one of the very best collections of editorial comment anywhere, and they demonstrate that here once again. Bill Clinton is shilling for California's Poposition 87 alternative energy boondoggle and using Brazil... More
October 28, 2006
Just a reminder
People who should know better are beginning to say foolish things about Iraq being better off under Saddam than it is today. Ray Robison has some video that they should watch. Thomas Lifson 10 28 06... More
October 28, 2006
Casualties in context
To—date, War on Terror combattant casualties amount to 3,049 Coalition dead and 44,779 [US] wounded from Iraq, plus 497 Coaliton dead, and 5,729 [US] wounded in Afghanistan. Those total 3,546 dead and 50,508 [US] wounded, or total casualties of 54,054,... More
October 28, 2006
The New Folk Islam
The Tehran Times carries an essay (via Ummah News Links) pleading for the creation of what the author calls a "New Folk Islam." It decires the tendency of urban intellectuals to look down on their simpler rural bretheren in the... More
October 28, 2006
The Invisible Race
Rahm Emanuel, Congressman from Illinois 5th Congressional District is reportedly overworked and underfed (now 14 pounds gone off an already lean frame). As Chair of the DCCC, he has been running around the country for a year, recruiting candidates, raising... More
October 28, 2006
A healthy dose of optimism
Gerard Baker of the UK Times offers the sort of viewpoint one rarely finds in the European press: decidedly pro—American. In this column, he sees the difficulties in Iraq as minor, and the strength of America as lasting. The whole... More
October 28, 2006
Acorns and oaks
Julie Hirschfeld Davis has a nice portrait of some of Nancy's Pelosi's background in the Baltimore Sun. Her father Thomas D'Alessandro, Jr. was a legendary Baltimore mayor and Congressman, and more importantly, head of a political machine. It turns out her... More
October 28, 2006
The Minneapolis Airport taxi mess
As most readers know well, there has been a disgraceful situation developing at Minneapolis—St. Paul International Airport, where Somali taxis drives (who comprise a large share of taxi drivers locally) are refusing to carry passengers who bring with them wine... More
October 27, 2006
UK Conservatives lead in the polls
Polls are not necessarily to be trusted. But is certainly interesting that polls in the UK show Conservatives ahead. Tony Blair has been a loyal ally, but his replacements in the Labour Party would be bad news in power. Hat... More
October 27, 2006
Democrats and CAIR
We noted the unusual coincidence of nonprofit, supposedly non—partisan CAIR sponsoring ads about Muslims disapproving of terror in Minnesota, where Muslim Keith Ellison is running for Congress. Today, our contributor Patrick Poole publishes an article on Front Page Magazine about... More
October 27, 2006
Dr. Davenport on parental notification of abortions
Dr. Mary Davenport, whose AT article on Michael J. Fox's claims on stem cell research attracted wide attention, today co—authors an op—ed in the San Francisco Chronicle, advocating passage of California's Proposition 85, requiring parental notification for abortions performed on... More
October 27, 2006
Election jujitsu
The New York Times has outdone itself in twisted victimology. In reporting on the efforts of Democrat candidates to stimulate black turnout, it manages to blame Republicans for the results of a Democrat and media—hyped propaganda blitz that is now... More
October 27, 2006
Ex-Dem staffer behind get-Foley nysterious blog?
John Cook of Radar has put a name on the mysterious person who seems to have set up the bogus Stopsexpredators blog that was instrumental in outing Mark Foley in a premature October Surprise op. The Human Rights Campaign was... More
October 27, 2006
Waxman:Aiming in the Wrong Direction
Talk about aiming your fire at your own troops! Congressman Waxman attacks the Justice Department for a claim made not by the Administration, but rather by the leftwing Nation (undoubtedly helped by Soros' minions who are working to undercut AIPAC):... More
October 27, 2006
Are American voters stupid?
If the polls are right Americans will vote for national military defeat on November 7 —— which would be very stupid indeed. Question: Are voters really going for defeat? I just don't believe it. Americans were willing to support fourteen... More
October 27, 2006
Sanity returning to France?
France's Foreign Minister is changing his opinion on Isarel's separation barrier. The European Jewish Press reports: French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste—Blazy declared last week he has changed his opinion on Israel's controversial separation barrier in light of its drastic effect... More
October 27, 2006
Inviting civilian casualties
In the bizarre moral universe that permeates any discussion of Israel one finds that most unmilitary concept —— disproportionate response. THis is nothing more than a declaration that the attacker has the right to call the shots (literally), set the rules... More
October 26, 2006
Speaking of detention camps
The next time some British politician talks about how awful Guantanamo Bay is, it is time to remind him of some scenes depicted in the movie Exodus, about the British military detention camps set up on Cyprus after WW II to... More
October 26, 2006
Soros' Move on Accuses Jews of Dual Loyalties
MoveOn.org cites approvingly an attack on Jews as dual loyalists in the far left blog Counterpunch. This essay describes many of the familiar neo—conservatives as having "dual loyalties," making policy decisions in the interests of the State of Israel as... More
October 26, 2006
They are asking for it
That old and rightly discredited canard about rape victims is being recirculated by the most senior Muslim cleric in Australia. Richard Kerbaj reports for The Australian: THE nation's most senior Muslim cleric has blamed immodestly dressed women who don't wear... More
October 26, 2006
Air America, Soros and McCain-Feingold
The Washington Times publishes a superb op—ed today by John R. Lott Jr. and Bradley A Smith on Air America and the absolute mess that Senators McCain and Feingold and the US Supreme Court have foisted upon our democratic republic.... More
October 26, 2006
Another instance of misplaced outrage
A tsunami of outrage is sweeping across the globe over photographs of German soldiers posing with a human skull. Calling for an immediate investigation, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has promised severe punishment for all involved. No doubt there soon will... More
October 26, 2006
More evidence that we are Holding Sadr's Feet to the Fire
Yet a third raid is reported on Sadr's forces: BAGHDAD, Oct. 25, 2006 "Special Iraqi army forces, aided by coalition advisors, captured a death squad leader and three people believed to have been involved in the kidnapping of a U.S.... More
October 26, 2006
Religion haters
The Washington Post profiles what it calls, with a typical postmodern touch of irony, an "atheist evangelist", Sam Harris. There are really just two possibilities for Sam Harris. Either he is right and millions of Christians, Muslims and Jews are... More
October 26, 2006
Response and rebuttal (2)
AT has received yet another letter of complaint regarding Alyssa Lappen's article "Islam's Useful Idiots", published on October 23, from one of the speakers at the meeting on which she reported and commented. Here follows the letter from Nick Fielding,... More
October 25, 2006
Lipstick on a pig
Dan Collins at Protein Wisdom is not swept up in the Obama wave. He voted for him and quickly regretted it: Within a year, I recognized him for the fake he is. Voting down the highly qualified Justice Roberts was... More
October 25, 2006
Find the source
The Washington Post runs an article by two of its prime DNC megaphones (Weissman and Eggen) accusing Arizona Congressman Renzi of self—dealing in a land transaction. (A brief respite from the paper's naked and failing effort to defeat Senator Allen... More
October 25, 2006
Calling the Gay Mailers Bluff
The mysterious blog spot (stopsexpredators) that first reported Mark Foley's original ambiguous emails to a former page, has been tracked to Human Rights Campaign, a purportedly non—partisan group that claims to advance the interests of lesbian,gay , bi—sexual and transgendered... More
October 25, 2006
MSM yawns at leftist voter registration fraud
Our frequent contributor Noel Sheppard has an important post at Newsbusters. Assume for a moment that a conservative advocacy group was accused of voter registration fraud four weeks before the upcoming elections, and had been accused of similar activities in... More
October 25, 2006
I am shocked, shocked to see realpolitik here
The EU's political leaders behaved just as their diplomatic posture requires. Be "nice" and polite to Russia's Putin, and, of course he would reciprocate. Unfortunately for them, Putin is not a man for whom the opinions of polite society count... More
October 25, 2006
Jerry Brown's candidacy
Jerry Brown, former governor and current mayor of Oakland, is running for California Attorney General. But if he wins as expected (with the support of talk show host Michael Savage!), there may be quite a battle in court. From the... More
October 25, 2006
Veiled insult
I see that Anne Appelbaum of the Washington Post has a similar reaction to my own at the sight of veiled women. Just this month a Michigan judge dismissed a small—claims court case filed by a Muslim woman because she... More
October 25, 2006
Andrew Sullivan's new book
Matt May has posted a review of Andrew Sullivan's new book The Conservative Soul, and uses a lengthy quote from Yours Truly as a rebuttal to some of Sullivan's argument. Thomas Lifson 10 25 06... More
October 25, 2006
Parading suffering for political gain
Yesterday's campaign appearance by Michael J. Fox in support of Illinois Democratic congressional candidate Tammy Duckworth made for a heart—wrenching sight. Watching two severely handicapped people — Duckworth lost both her legs in Iraq — demagogue an issue (stem sell... More
October 25, 2006
Rebuttal and response
We received a rebuttal from Alexis Y. Debat to Alyssa Lappen's article "Islam's Useful Idiots", More
October 25, 2006
Harold Ford: caught on video clips
See for yourself. CNN Headline News reports on Harold Ford, Jr.'s campaign adviser's claim (in response to a newspaper's report that he never passed the bar examination) that he "never held himself out to be a lawyer". Then, on CNN, Harold Ford... More
October 25, 2006
One More Step Down the Slippery Slope
Hospital admits to burning aborted babies in waste incinerator In Jolly Old England where abortion is an everyday thing, burning the bodies of aborted babies is causing an outrage. "One local woman, who asked not to be named, said after... More
October 24, 2006
Sweden's integration and equality minister
One might expect the worst with a title like that, but the current holder of that office, thanks to a recently—elected conservative governemnt in Sweden, is quite a surprise. The Times of London describes her as, not only black, beautiful... More
October 24, 2006
A really (Ca)lame excuse
There has been much buzz about the admission of New York Times 'public editor' Byron Calame that the paper should not have published information on the SWIFT program that tracked financial transactions of terrorists. The new information food chain was... More
October 24, 2006
There's trouble in Sadr City
And the trouble is for Sadr. It looks like we are showing the Sadr militia we've run out of patience. Iraq the Model reports: Looks like there's something big going on in Baghdad to night.Flares are filling the skies and fighter... More
October 24, 2006
More legal troubles for the New York Times
The New York Times has until Wednesday to provide a federal District Court with the names of its confidential sources for its stories written by Nicholas Kristof suggesting Steven J. Hatfill was the source of the anthrax attacks in the U.S. The... More
October 24, 2006
CAIR airs ads in Minnesota
The Council on American Islamic Relations is a nonprofit, non—partisan group. So it must be purely a coincidence that it is to begin airing television spots in Minnesota affirming that most Muslims are against terrorism during a Monday night Minnesota... More
October 24, 2006
This is the NY Times on drugs
While reading Bill O'Reilly's new book, Culture Warrior, I came across this gem, starting on page. 70: To prove my point, let's turn again to holy writ for the secular—progressive movement: the pages of the New York Times. Every Sunday,... More
October 23, 2006
Was Senator Tunney Working for the KGB?
"In 1999, espionage author Christopher Andrew revealed that Soviet archives smuggled by defector Vasili Mitrokhin described an unnamed KGB agent recruited from California Democratic Party circles in the 1970s." Fedora, the well—known researcher who posts at Free Republic, investigated the claim... More
October 23, 2006
Larwyn speaks!
Faithful readers must have noticed many hat tips to Larwyn, a discerning reader of many blogs, who takes the time to email the day's best commentary to other websites. Over the years, she has earned the gratitutde and respect of many... More
October 23, 2006
Spain-Morocco rail tunnel re-studied
Spain and Morocco have commissioned a new formal study — a second one following an earlier 1996 plan that was dropped — for a plan to build a rail tunnel across the Straits of Gibraltar, linking North Africa directly to Euorpe.... More
October 23, 2006
Democrats on outsourcing policy to children
There is a history of Democrats outsourcing our government policy to children (also known as greats moments of Democrat oratory). See Jimmy Carter (on the prospects of nuclear war and disarmament): MR. CARTER: I think, to close out this discussion,... More
October 23, 2006
Better left unsaid
Not yet ready for prime time. That's the only conclusion I can make about the comments of New York's Republican candidate for the Senate. The New York Daily News reports, Hillary Clinton's Republican challenger is getting personal and it's not... More
October 23, 2006
Call the Taliban's bluff
A BBC article says $170 million in food aid will be needed to feed 2 million people in southern Afghanistan this winter. That works out to a per—person price equal to the street price of one gram of heroin. Since... More
October 23, 2006
Japan to check NoKo ships
Continuing its policy of stepping up to the plate by stages in matters of military security, Japan has announced it will begin patrolling sea lanes for North Korean ships which might contain contraband cargo. The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest newspaper,... More
October 23, 2006
Oriana Fallaci's legacy
According to the AP, The late Oriana Fallaci, an avowed atheist and extraordinary journalist, has left most of her books and notes to a pontifical university in Rome because of her admiration for Pope Benedict XVI, a school official said... More
October 22, 2006
UN envoy does the right thing
Let us now praise UN envoys when they do the right thing. UN representative Jan Pronk is being expelled from the Sudan for telling the truth about its murderous activities on his blog (according to the Washington Post. Among his... More
October 22, 2006
Obama on Larry King
Senator Barack Obama appeared on Larry King the other night. You can read the transcript here and view the interview here. Obama's comments to King are very telling of how he views American foreign policy. He calls our war with the... More
October 22, 2006
Military's media madness
Some of the best war news has come to us through the milblogs and imbedded reporters. And they have helped us see beyond the terrible coverage in the mainstream media. So what does the Pentagon do? Hamper them , that's... More
October 22, 2006
Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaks more sense...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born in Somalia and grew up in the Netherlands, where she became an extraordinarily talented (and beautiful) commentator on the biggest problem confronting Europe: How to survive Islamic totalitarianism (as she calls it). The Dutch got... More
October 22, 2006
The abuse of Muslim women
Asra Nomani (a Daniel Pearl friend and colleague) writes in the Washington Post of the abuse of women by some Muslim men and the culture /worldview it creates When dealing with a "disobedient wife," a Muslim man has a number... More
October 22, 2006
Equal justice?
A California judge has tossed out an indecent exposure charge against a woman because the law, he says, only applies to men. Via ABC News: Superior Court Judge Robert W. Armstrong said earlier in the week that the law only... More
October 22, 2006
Obama's hypocrisy on Oprah
Blogger and AT contributor Teri O'Brien catches the hypocrisy of the man all but annointed the first black president. Maybe with his superior intelligence he can explain to me how he reconciles the suggestion we should send troops to Darfur... More
October 22, 2006
Mexico gangs displaying severed heads
Apparently the learning curve for terrorists [let's face it, all terrorism is about power — not religion] is more of an arc. Quote: Mexico Gangs Displaying Severed Heads VILLA MADERO, Mexico — The drug lords at war in central Mexico... More
October 22, 2006
Update: The Kennedy-KGB story
Professor Paul Kengor's new book on President Reagan draws attention to a KGB letter written at the height of the Cold War that shows that Sen. Edward Kennedy (D—Mass.) offered to assist Soviet leaders in formulating a public relations strategy... More
October 22, 2006
It would be healthy for Dems to lose
The Democratic Party is one sick puppy. When betraying national security secrets becomes an active goal of a major political party, we are approaching a kind of civil war. This is not good. Prominent Leftists like Soros and Chomsky seem... More
October 22, 2006
Flags: another view
I saw the "adult" modern war movie Flag of Our Fathers, (reviewed today by AT's Douglas Hanson) produced by Clint Eastwood. It is a great, sophisticated movie about the people who raised the flag on Mt. Surabachi on Iwo Jima... More
October 21, 2006
The political left and their totalitarian dreams
Dr Sanity hits one out of the park. Clarice Feldman 10 21 06 ... More
October 21, 2006
Tetes begin to Roll In Oil For Food Scandal
Two French Total executives,Bernard de Combret and Christopher de Margerie, scion of the Tattinger dynasty, are apparently being held accountable for their roles in the Oil For food scandal and one of them, Christophe de Margerie , may as a result ... More
October 21, 2006
"Islam Conundrum" critique
In response to 'The Islam Conundrum' published yesterday on AT, while the essayist's heart is in the right place — the critique of Islam and its relegation to a political ideology as opposed to a religion that deserves recognition by... More
October 21, 2006
How to lose a war
Reading Power Line led me to this essay by famed war correspondent and author Robert S. Elegant. It is a lengthy read and for that reason I have excerpted a few quotes from start to finish to inspire you to persevere... More
October 21, 2006
Illegal immigrant found guilty of being 'smuggled'
In news announced Thursday, but amazingly not covered by the media, a jury has found an illegal immigrant guilty under the human smuggling law in Arizona. The immigrant was convicted for allowing himself to be smuggled illegally into the United... More
October 21, 2006
Conservative comedy
Julia Gorin, conservative writer, has put together a demo video of a conservative comedy/commentary show, meant to rival the likes of The Daily Show. It is posted on YouTube. She writes that she is shopping it to television outlets. Given... More
October 20, 2006
Larry Hanauer
Fox has identified Hanauer as the Intel committee member suspended upon suspicion of leaking the National Intelligence Estimate to the New York Times. From Sourcewatch, here is what we know of him: At the Department of Defense, Larry Hanauer worked... More
October 20, 2006
Kerry, Kennedy and Rockefeller:Advisors to our Enemies
We know that Senator Kerry while still a reserve officer, negotiated with the enemy during the Viet Nam War and that Senator Rockefeller traveled to Syria before the war in Iraq to tip off our enemies about our battle plans. Now... More
October 20, 2006
Polls show improving news for GOP in Senate
The last few days have had some encouraging Senate polls for Republicans, while House polls are still mixed. Zogby has Talent up 3% in Missouri, Allen up 3% in Virginia,and Corker up 7% in Tennessee. He also has Kean up... More
October 20, 2006
Source of our problem
The Wall Street Journal has an excellent editorial today on our small military budget. The key line is the following: "More than half of the fiscal 2006 budget deficit of 1.9% of GDP can thus be attributed solely to this... More
October 20, 2006
Ex-Airbus CEO in line for new job?
Christian Streiff, who left Airbus after proposing a major plan to save the company, is favored to become the next CEO of PSA Peugeot, the second largest automaker in Europe after VW. Peugeot is highly respected for the quality of... More
October 20, 2006
Jack Bauer and me (a poem)
When the political world is in misery, (In this season that's all I can see), I pull out an escapist DVD, And now it's Jack Bauer and me. Each heart stopping moment takes me To a place of impossible... More
October 20, 2006
Germany taxes the internet
The power to tax is the power to destroy. The internet has proven rather a bother to many of those with power, allowing anyone with a computer to reach a worldwide audience. Now, our friend David Kaspar, of Davidsmedienkritik, a... More
October 20, 2006
The lakefront lliberals' "moderate" candidate
Democratic candidate Keith Ellison for the 5th District House of Representatives seat in Minnesota has some areas of his past — both recent and longer term — that he and the Democratic Party would prefer the public not come to... More
October 20, 2006
Venezuela's UN strategy: ABB
Over the past few days, Venezuelan analysts have commented over the uneven horse race taking place at the United Nations, where Venezuela and Guatemala are competing to take a seat as one of the ten non—permanent members of the UN... More
October 19, 2006
Pinch's folly: The Boston Globe purchase
Julia Angwin of the Wall Street Journal writes a devastating analysis ($link) of the billion dollar boo—boo Pinch Sulzberger made when he bought the Boston Globe and related properties. When the New York Times Co. bought the Boston Globe in... More
October 19, 2006
Compel Israel into appeasing Palestinians/ Syrians
That's apparently what the New York Times—owned Boston Globe advises in an editorial today. The soundest way to resist the spread of Iran's influence —— which worries Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the smaller Gulf states as much as it... More
October 19, 2006
Letter to the editor
I have to say "nice try" on this but Rick Moran misses a few key points about Reynolds in his article. First, Reynolds is neither a Republican nor a conservative —— he is a libertarian who to the best of... More
October 19, 2006
Illinois governor keeps illicit contributions
The Chicago Tribune reports, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Wednesday that he would not return campaign contributions raised by an Arab—American organization even though an internal investigation determined the state employee who heads the group organized a Blagojevich fundraiser on state... More
October 19, 2006
Hans BliX: Nuclear proliferation is all George Bush's fault
This is one more example regarding the delusions that international experts feed the world. From Vital Perspective: Former IAEA Director—General Hans Blix says that President Bush's nuclear policies are responsible for worldwide nuclear proliferation. In an interview in the German... More
October 19, 2006
Great news about global warming
A few days ago environmentalist fear—mongers sounded another dire prediction. This time they tell us that the clean up costs resulting from global warming will come to several trillion dollars a year by 2100. But everything considered this is actually... More
October 18, 2006
Hillary's Math Problem
Today in The Hill, Clinton Advisor and Republican fair—weather consultant Dick Morris prophesied 'A [2008] Hillary Clinton candidacy would obviously help them to regain the fierce loyalty of their base, but she would also bring in millions of single women... More
October 18, 2006
Thanks, Rush!
And thanks to Michelle Malkin for posting this very flattering comment and audio link from Rush. RUSH: I knew I was going to do it. I left out some blogger names that I routinely read. One of them is Michelle... More
October 18, 2006
Foley II: The Dems real October stinkbomb?
ABC's Brian Ross is now squeezing the last little drops out of the Mark Foley IMs—to—teenage—boys story. The Democrats know they must hold down GOP voter turnout less than three weeks from now. We know how they operate. They're going... More
October 18, 2006
NYT house of mirrors
Russ Smith reports in the New York Press that New York Times writer Alison Leigh Cowan topped even fellow Times writer Adam Nogourney in giving a warped and distorted picture of the truth in 2006 election "reporting." Here are examples of... More
October 18, 2006
Carter's the one
I'm tired of hearing Jimmy Carter try and tell us all how we should do things!Or, in the words of Katie Couric's daughter 'Who made him the boss of us?' After all: Jimmy Carter IS the man who gave us... More
October 18, 2006
From Tom Friedman
Jihadists admit they are killing for the the camera and for the Democrats. A new twist for the "Party of Death". From behind the Times Select wall: But while there may be no single hand coordinating the upsurge in violence... More
October 18, 2006
The fallacy of appeasement
Boston Globe editorial on North Korea: let the Koreans have everything they want. "The fallacy of sanctions" concludes: Only America can grant the package of energy supplies, economic assistance, and security assurances that the North consistently demands as the price... More
October 18, 2006
Afghani Islamists demand convert to Christianity
Men who seized an Italian journalist in Afghanistan offer to exchange him for a convert to Christianity who fled to Italy. The Italian they seized is a convert to Islam. Welcome to the ummah. Now beg for your life... More
October 18, 2006
Good fences = safety from neighbors
China has joined the growing ranks of countries that are thinking of or have erected fences/barriers to either imprison their citizens or to keep outsiders from illegally entering. Like Saudi Arabia, for example. And so far, not a peep from... More
October 18, 2006
Boycotting Israel properly
North Korea just exploded a small nuclear weapon; there are concerns that Iran may be next. So what are the liberal, lefty chattering classes foaming about in their media, their meetings, their demonstrations? Why the evil of one of their usual... More
October 18, 2006
Winning wars through public relations
The times they are definitely a changing — especially in the media. New technology brings new media or old media in new forms so the ever fluid, ever evolving media is expanding in our lives in such new and different... More
October 17, 2006
Jimmy Carter's anti-Israel book: AFTER the election
We have a raft of books that slam George Bush and other Republicans right before the midterm elections. Then we will be treated to a noxious book by Democratic "icon" Jimmy Carter that calls Israel an apartheid state, coming out right... More
October 17, 2006
From our friends at Reuters
Arutz Sheva of Israel reports on the Reuters approach to fair and balanced coverage. On Tuesday, a Reuters cameraman was remanded to prison until trial for his part in rock—throwing attacks on security forces in Bil'in, where the separation fence... More
October 17, 2006
Reality check on the Iraq death toll
Iraqbodycount.org does a reality check on the widely—publicized study in the Lancet, a British medical journal that used to be prestigious, claiming 650,000 deaths from the war. That's more twice the maximum death tally from the Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki... More
October 17, 2006
WH press corps & Helen Thomas "torture" Tony Snow
In today's White House press conference during which Tony Snow attempted to explain the ramifications of Pres. Bush's signing the Military Commissions Act of 2006, the press corps & Helen Thomas subjected Tony Snow to questioning which some might consider... More
October 17, 2006
Bono Finds A Whole Lotta Tax Relief
Bono, the famous lead singer for the rock band U—2, may practice a misguided form of economics with his renowned world aid program but at least his business management understands the subject. U2 has reacted to a repeal of an... More
October 17, 2006
Yale honors Sharpton
The Rev. Al Sharpton delivers a keynote address at Yale University in New Haven, CT at 7:30 pm ET to discuss "the backlash of the Christian right" and mobilizing the Christian left.* Myabe he can bring some insight regarding threats:... More
October 17, 2006
Prophylactic truth-telling
Another sure sign that Hillary is running for president in 2008 is her belated virutal admission that she has been lying about the mis—spelling of her name. The New York Times, of course, serves as her megaphone. ... yesterday, Mrs.... More
October 17, 2006
Saint Barack
Michiko Kakutani all but canonizes first term Senator Barack Obama, in her New York Times review of his second book, The Audacity of Hope. This particular passage really sticks in my craw. Reporters and politicians continually use the word authenticity to describe... More
October 17, 2006
Chavez loses big on Security Council bid
Our friends at Vcrisis.com do some well—deserved crowing about Hugo Chavez's defeat in his bid for a seat on the UN Security Council. Wasting Venezuela's money on payoffs while poverft still afflicts his own people, he was still unable to... More
October 17, 2006
Bill Clinton " warming up to torture"
And Alan Dershowitz wonders why he was lambasted a couple of years ago for the same policy Clitnon advocates now. For suggesting this approach to the terrible choice of evils between torture and terrorism, I was condemned as a moral... More
October 17, 2006
French TV and anti-Israel lies
The film of 12 year—old Mohammed Al—Durah dying in the Gaza Strip, made by a French journalist, sparked outrage throughout the Arab world (and in pockets of the Western world). His death was the subject of a stamp in the Arab world, thereby... More
October 17, 2006
Soros, Wesley Clark and Israel
As previously noted on AT, hedge fund billionaire George Soros, who has become the single largest source of financing for the Democratic Party and allied 527 Groups, has recently made his single largest financial political committment of the year to... More
October 17, 2006
Push starts to come to shove at Airbus
Christian Streiff, who proposed strong medicine to get the A 380 superjumbo jet into customers' hands, either resigned or was fired when the prospect of job cuts in Hamburg and elsewhere caused political resistance. Airbus was and remains a "social... More
October 16, 2006
French flex their military muscles - against Israel
The French will flex military their "military muscle" to shoot down Israeli observation jets. After years of ignoring Hezbollah preparations to terrorize Israel, after hiding a video that could have helped Israel find out what happened to soldiers murdered by... More
October 16, 2006
Clintonoids trying to get Curt Weldon
The FBI gets a lot of tips on politicians. But it doesn't act on all of them in a great blaze of publicity, just a few weeks before elections. And not many of them are specifically tipped by the Soros... More
October 16, 2006
Establishment of Religion in Minneapolis?
The recent report that Muslim taxi drivers at the Minneapolis—St. Paul International Airport are refusing to accept passengers who are carrying alcohol because it offends their religious beliefs, raises an obvious question: Whatever happened to the separation of church and... More
October 16, 2006
Jihadis and Democrats
Democrats have always tended to advocate a legal approach towards dealing with terrorism.Yet, now we have liberal Democrats striving to apply the most obtuse and absurd reasoning they can (which is offensive on its face) to try to free defendants... More
October 16, 2006
Rick Moran meets the press
Our contributor Rick Moran, proprietor of the extraordinary blog Rightwing Nuthouse, is profiled in the suburban Chicago paper, The Daily Herald, quite fitting as Rick is a resident of the Chicago suburbs. I agree with all the good things everyone... More
October 16, 2006
The last of a breed
After years of silence, Gillo Pontecorvo has died (at age 86, in Rome), taking with him the last remnant of left—wing artistic humanism. Born in Pisa, Pontecorvo spent a large part of his life in Paris after fleeing the Mussolini regime... More
October 16, 2006
Soros and Wesley Clark
Chuck Todd of the Hotline appeared on C—SPAN this morning, and reportedly revealed that George Soros has given $75,000 to Wesley Clark's PAC. Meanwhile, Soros has yet to donate the $5000 he could to Hillary, raising the question, is the... More
October 16, 2006
Jews start to desert the liberals
It may be happening even faster in Canada than in the United States, thanks in part to a public spasm of PC on the part of a leading contender for leadership of the Liberal Party. Ted Byfield writes in World... More
October 16, 2006
National media overlook Democrat corruption story
One of the biggest donors to the Democrats of Tennessee was arrested on Friday for embezzling millions in retirement funds he was managing (including employee accounts of the TN Democratic Party, the TN Board of Regents and Nashville Metro). But... More
October 15, 2006
Muhammad's legacy
Yesterday, I pointed readers to an excellent book review of Andrew Bostom's The Legacy of Jihad, written by Lee Harris for Policy Review. Today appears another worthwhile book review, this time in the Washington Times, with the review written by... More
October 15, 2006
Los Angeles Times' "Manhattan Project"
The Los Angeles Times, reeling from some of the worst circulation declines int he newspaper industry, and just having fired its publisher, says that it is turning over a new leaf, and has assigned crack invetsigative reporters to the topic. Rather... More
October 15, 2006
At last! A reason to watch Bill Maher
Eagle—eyed Noel Sheppard, our contributor and also a blogger at the estimable Newsbusters, watched Bill Maher's latest edition of Real Time on HBO. (Noel has a stronger stomach than I do.) Evidently, Bill and his guest Ben Affleck had their... More
October 15, 2006
Muslim pharmacist denies Brit woman birth control
Why do I have the feeling that if this chemist (English usage for druggist) were an Orthodox Jew or a devout Christian and he refused to dispense the Morning After Pill, he would be brought up on charges in Britain?... More
October 15, 2006
Power struggle or purge in North Korea?
I am writing to propose an alternative interpretation to the one proposed in article 'The Desperate Dictator' regarding Kim Jong—Il's hold on power. In this article you refer to a previous article 'Confusing Signals' to support the theory that KJI... More
October 15, 2006
Lancing the Lancet
Morgan at Flares Into Darkness has done an excellent job of dissecting the Lancet study which makes fantastic claims 650,000 additional deaths by violence in Iraq. The authors of the Lancet study make a political statement while cloaking the study... More
October 15, 2006
Response rates nosedive for polls
Jim Gerraghty of NRO's TKS blog highlights the declining rate of response to telephone polling on political races. If you're only completing a shade less than 21% of your calls — way, way down from the traditional 30% response rate threshold... More
October 14, 2006
The Interior Department ban on certain websites
The news that the Department of Interior has banned certain websites (see our left hand column) has made it to The Federal Times, which means that at least some senior level attention is going to be paid to this attempt... More
October 13, 2006
Thanks to Sean Gleeson
Sean Gleeson kindly sent us the emblem seen for the first time today in our left column, proudly proclaiming us to be one of the sites banned by the US Department of the Interior, whose kindness to Harry Reid has... More
October 13, 2006
Big thinkers thinking big
Lee Harris, the author of the wonderful book Civilization and its Enemies, reviews Andrew Bostom's book The Legacy of Jihad, in Policy Review, published by The Hoover Institution at Stanford. When you get a big thinker reviewing another big thinker's book, the... More
October 13, 2006
The movie the left does not want you to see
If you have cable TV and something to record it on, don't miss capturing for your library a virtually unknown classic film — an anti—communist classic film, I Married a Communist. Today (Friday) at 6:15 PM Eastern, 3:15 PM Eastern,... More
October 13, 2006
Faking terrorism to graduate
The school year is well underway across North America and Europe. And now that the fall holidays are over, the same is true of Israel. And despite youthful grumblings and complaints most students are happy to be in school; they... More
October 13, 2006
Blame Karl Rove for everything
'The Plank' at The New Republic On—Line reports the breathtaking news that in early 2006, disgraced ex—Congressman Mark Foley was thinking of not running for re—election, until....(sinister Phantom of the Opera type sound track, please!) Karl Rove talked him out... More
October 13, 2006
Reid, not Hastert, should step down
That's the conclusion of A.J. Strata, who examines the complex maneuvers whereby Harry Reid walked away with a over a million dollar profit on a land deal, following government decisions which suddenly added enormous value to the property in question.... More
October 12, 2006
Harry Reid's backstory
The current inattention Harry Reid is receiving from the MSM regarding his shady land deals prompted me to enter his name at Google. Very interesting info out there on Dingy Harry. For instance, at Political Gateway you can read a Steve Bowers... More
October 12, 2006
Condi Rice's outreach to the Palestians
Last night, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice delivered the keynote address to the American Task Force on Palestine Inaugural Gala. In her remarks, she spoke out that, Palestinians deserve to live better than they do and be "free of the... More
October 12, 2006
Intell is not a silver bullet
In today's Washington Times, Bill Gertz displays a lack of understanding of intelligence matters despite his extensive works on the subject. He reports on the NK nuclear test that, Recent U.S. intelligence analyses of North Korea's nuclear and missile programs were... More
October 12, 2006
Sharia talks, Dhimmis walk
USA Today has publicized the refusal of many Muslim cab drivers at Minneapolis—St. Paul International Airport to transport riders who have closed liquor bottles, often gotten at duty—free shops or in trips to California wine country. Muslims make up about... More
October 12, 2006
Censorship and violence at Columbia: update
Wild temper tantrums as displayed by suppressing free speech and censorship are the order of the school year at Columbia University. Now, apparently frightened of their own students the administration has begun a campaign of appeasement by canceling a controversial panel... More
October 12, 2006
Compare and contrast
The Guardian, the British left wing newspaper, proclaims that charges of vote fraud in America are overstated. But in Missouri, the left wing activist group ACORN has just been found to have submitted thousands of phony registrations for new voters. If... More
October 12, 2006
AT: Too hot to handle for Dept. of Interior?
Gates of Vienna has reported, based on an email from a reader, that a number of conservative websites have been blocked within the United States Department of Interior. The reader wrote: Here's a quick runthrough of what I've found so... More
October 12, 2006
And baby makes eight
As I noted several months ago in opposition to Mark Steyn's constant gloom about a dying Europe, birthrate trends have been known to change with rapidity. This AP article by David Crary seems to indicate that large families have become the... More
October 11, 2006
Fascists as victims
Those self centered Columbia University students, some of whom undoubtedly were admitted to the school under affirmative action programs, who disrupted a talk at the university by Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist and were subsequently arrested, are throwing, or more accurately,... More
October 11, 2006
Election turnout
Something about this poll doesn't add up to me. Politics is a water—cooler topic, a dinner—table subject, an issue to discuss after Sunday services, and this year the interest of American voters is at its highest level in more than... More
October 11, 2006
The fine hand of George Soros
George Soros is discussing possible funding of efforts to create a group to counter AIPAC. Call it the anti—AIPAC. Or maybe just Bizzaro AIPAC. Soros, of course, seeks to influence Us Policy towards Israel because earning a large fortune in... More
October 11, 2006
Counsel of note
Susan Estrich, noted Democrat and Dukakis campaign manager, is the defense lawyer in an Islam terror case according to the site Vital Perspective. Ms. Estrich also is a big supporter of Hillary Clinton—having written the book, "The Case for Hillary... More
October 11, 2006
The David Zucker video is important
David Zucker* may be the most important man of the political campaign. His YouTube video, now marked as "inappropriate" by Google but still available with an extra click, is all over the internet, after being posted by Drudge. Zucker places responsibility for... More
October 11, 2006
A sorry excuse
The Black Panther Party was a violent criminal organization, which employed murder and torture. There is no serious dispute on this point. But for the Sixties generation lefties, the Huey Newton—in—wicker—chair poster was an exciting icon of the revolutionary potential... More
October 11, 2006
Ted Turner
Thousands of years ago man domesticated stronger animals then himself to do the physical work he needed done. While it's still true today that some people now in a mechanical age use some of their physical abilities to earn a... More
October 11, 2006
Confessions of a Tigers Fan
I admit it. I'm a Detroit Tigers baseball fan. There, finally—it's out in the open. No more hiding, no more pretending, no more trying to be something that I'm not. It's not easy being a lifelong fan of the Detroit... More
October 11, 2006
Porsche chief's disdain for America
Davids Medienkritik discovered deep condescension toward America from a German executive whose company makes most of its money here. Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking defends the German "social model" of capitalism, and implies that we Americans are barely out of the backwoods... More
October 11, 2006
David Gregory's arrogance
NBC White House correspondent David Gregory provided another example of his arrogant idiocy during the Oct. 10th press briefing by spokesman Tony Snow. Q Looking back, is there anything that the President would have done differently? Does he believe he... More
October 10, 2006
The power of the crescent
The Islamic world loves the shape of the crescent. Check out the design of Jeddah's new airport terminal complex. I am not certain the shape is all that functional. But when it comes to a memorial for the heroes of... More
October 10, 2006
BDS strikes Bankruptcy judge
A bankruptcy judge denounces US policy on detentions. Via BusinessWeek, A judge who usually constrains his opinions to the technicalities of bankruptcy law broke from habit last week and denounced U.S. policy on the detention of "enemy combatants" as "the... More
October 10, 2006
Look who's talking!
Of all people in the world to hurl the "race baiting" label, who could possibly be less appropriate than the Rev. Al Sharpton? And of all the people to accuse, who seems less likely than mild—mannered Joe Lieberman? Maggie Haberman... More
October 10, 2006
Is Iran already sharing Kim's nuke tech?
While hundreds of thousands of ordinary people were starving to death in North Korea, Kim Jong Il invested in nukes, not food. If that doesn't tell you the character of the Kim regime, nothing will. It's expensive and difficult to... More
October 10, 2006
Prowler reports CREW/Dem collaboration
The American Spectator's Prowler today reports matter—of—factly on efforts of CREW to dig up opposition research, and the coordination between tax—exempt CREW and the political party's arms. One of the stories going around Democrat Party circles is that party operatives... More
October 10, 2006
You Just Can't Make Stuff Like This Up
Most people don't read all the way to the bottom of Internet news reports, as anything after the first few paragraphs is usually a re—hashing of information given in previous articles on their respective topics. However, yesterday I happened to... More
October 09, 2006
More Macaca from the Washington Post
Today the Washington Post ran a stunningly vague article saying that Congressman Jim Kolbe, saw Foley messages in 2000. The lede graph says: A Republican congressman knew of disgraced former representative Mark Foley's inappropriate Internet exchanges as far back as 2000... More
October 09, 2006
Tariq Ramadan visa denied (continued)
Our contributor Olivier Guitta writes in the Weekly Standard, approving of the denial of a visa to Tariq Ramadan, whom we have covered extensively at AT. Meanwhile, some US newspapers are publishing Ramadan's response. Ramadan is very accomplished at wearing... More
October 09, 2006
In Israel, the storm of war approaches
Caroline Glick, a clear headed editor of The Jerusalem Post, an English language newspaper in Israel, has an ominous article, "As the Storm of War Approaches." The perpetrators? Those old time instigators, the Russians, back in business once again helping the... More
October 08, 2006
With friends like James Baker
James Baker "leaks" (before the election) that his Commission will depart from Bush on Iraq. Thanks, Jim. I guess you couldn't wait 4 weeks or so until after the election. Inviting Iran and Syria to help solve the problem—that they... More
October 08, 2006
The Sixth Commandment and PC
James Arlandson today takes on the verse about Jesus and the sword, so I would like to take up a biblical verse of my own: the Sixth Commandment. One of the oldest pieces of political correctness, still spun today, is... More
October 08, 2006
Talk about a sore loser
As American Thinker predicted on Thursday, Richard Clarke's appearance on Bill Maher's HBO show provided another platform for him to posture and preen, but not to respond to any serious questions about the growing threat of Islamofascism through the 1990?s.... More
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