Archives for August 2007
Former Palestinian Terrorist on Political Pistachio
Tune in to Political Pistachio Radio this coming Saturday! Walid Shoebat will be our guest. He is a former Islamic terrorist born within the culture of terrorism. As a young man he became a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and participated in acts of terror and violence against Israel. He was later imprisoned in […]
Mid-Week Hard Starboard Recap
On Tuesday we took another trip through the libosphere. As you can see, this will be a regular circuit (and has been for the fifteen years I’ve been doing this in one form or another). The challenge will be coming up with enough synonymical references.
Wednesday we examined how the improving fortunes of the war have […]
Here We Go Again
Man, a Romney scriptwriter couldn’t have plotted this any better:
Less than two hours after a judge struck down Iowa’s decade-old gay marriage ban, two Des Moines men applied for a marriage license as bride and groom, and county officials said they expected to see more same-sex couples doing the same on Friday.
“I started to cry […]
Is This Really A Government Program?
The Washington Post reports on a scandal in a milk bottle this morning that somehow gets front-page treatment. It involves a government program to bolster breast feeding, which supposedly got toned down after intervention by infant formula interests. Rather than be scandalized about the influence of lobbyists, one has to wonder about the […]
Speaking of Fred….
….J-Ger is being told that he’s almost in. Which really doesn’t mean a whole lot since he was “almost in” two months ago and didn’t get in. As far as I’m concerned, Fred will be in when he gets in and not a picosecond before.
Beats me why he doesn’t get in now when he’s announcing […]
Fred Thompson Press Conference Transcript
The following is a transcript of a Fred Thompson press conference from the Minnesota State Fair on Monday, August 27th.
Q: Senator, Alberto Gonzales announced his plans to resign on September 17th, is that the right thing to do?
FT: I was glad to see him go on and quit taking all the flak that he’s taken. […]
Study: Jessica Alba has The Perfect Wiggle
UK Telegraph has the details…
Jessica Alba, the film actress, has the ultimate sexy strut, according to a team of Cambridge mathematicians.
The academics found that it is the ratio between hips and waist that puts the sway into a woman’s walk - and the nearer that ratio is to 0.7, the better.
This ratio provides the body […]
Political Vindication Radio - What Kind Of Conservative Are You?
Rachel Alexander from Intellectual Conservative will come on to Political Vindication Radio and talk to us about the philosophical divides within Conservatism. She wrote a great piece entitled The New Conservative Divide: Paleocons vs. Neocons, and tonight she’ll help us define the difference between these two bickering factions in the Conservative movement. In […]
MARINES IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN
Prepare for Gen. David Petraeus’ upcoming Report to the Nation. Military historian Richard Lowry has valuable insight and info on the current situation in Baghdad and surrounding provinces. He communicates daily with senior commanders in Iraq. Author of Marines in the Garden of Eden, he’s recently published in The Weekly Standard, the […]
Problems At CQ
In case you were wondering, comments are down at Captain’s Quarters, as is posting at the moment. My hosting service is trying gamely to correct the problem, but it’s not going swimmingly right now. I’ll have more later as this develops.
Should The RNC Penalize Primary Rogues?
The DNC has threatened to disqualify all of Florida’s delegates in next year’s presidential convention for breaking the party’s rules on scheduling their primary. Now the RNC has quietly followed suit, targeting four seats for some form of sanctions for jockeying their state primary election dates to gain an advantage in selecting the GOP […]
Underdog?
When liberals in this world appear
and break the laws that they should fear
and fleece all who see or hear
the cry goes up both far and near
for FDT! FTD! FDT! FDT!
Sphincter tightning, snore of thunder
warning all we’re going under
FDT…FDT - FDT!
Okay, so I’ll never make a second career of infringing on Weird Al Yankovic’s gimmick. But even the […]
No, 25% of Republicans Will NOT Vote Against Mitt Romney
Why do some people draw such broad, sweeping conclusions from polling data fourteen months before it matters, even if the source is credible?
Besides, this particular conclusion is much more applicable to Rudy Giuliani in any case….
CULTURAL IDENTITY CONFUSION
The Osbornes, The Ashlee Simpson Show, Britney and Kevin, or Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie in The Simple Life.
“All the world’s a stage / And all the men and women merely players.”
Don’t make the mistake of thinking about all this as just entertainment. These shows capitalize on our culture’s questions and contradictions […]
The Threat In Soft Focus
The US knows that al-Qaeda has a plot in the works to attack America. We know some of the tactical details. However, we don’t know enough to generate a specific threat warning or to raise the threat level, according to the head of the National Counterterrorism Center, John Scott Redd:
Al Qaeda has an […]
Monday Hard Starboard Recap
Bill Moyers is not a nice man. Not that we didn’t already know that, but now Fox News’ Chris Wallace has also added that he’s a lousy journalist as well. Perhaps the two are related.
Alberto Gonzales finally says, “No mas”. Anybody who thinks that his sticking around was causing the Bush White House problems, just […]
TONIGHT AT 9 - “A CONVERSATION WITH ANDREA AND …
What is it about our prosperous, free-market democracies — by far the freest and most comfortable in human history — that makes them dissatisfying to so many, primarily on the left but also to some extent on the right, too?
Brian Anderson, the editor of the Manhattan Institute’s flagship magazine, City Journal […]
Friday Hard Starboard Recap
We had a posting eruption at our humble establishment a few days ago to offset the dearth of activity from which we suffered throughout most of the week. T’wasn’t like at Powerline, where Deacon and Rocketman departed to parts unknown for well-earned and long-overdue vacations, leaving Brother Trunk to keep the gerbil wheel spinning. As […]
The SIOE’s proposed demonstration on September 11 in Brussels
In today’s Blog Talk Radio podcast, it’s time for Fausta’s Blog Talk Radio monthly roundtable with Dymphna and and Baron Bodissey of Gates of Vienna and Siggy of Sigmund, Carl and Alfred. Today we’ll be discussing the SIOE’s proposed demonstration on September 11 in Brussels.
Please join us at noon Eastern. The call-in number is (646) […]
King/Drew Medical Center: Reparations Paid Back In Blood
On August 17th an experiment in reparations came to an end. Experts say we may never know for sure just how many paid with their lives or their health.
In 1965 the country watched as riots tore through Watts, burning through businesses and splashing the pavements with blood. When the anger finally subsided […]
SUNDAY NIGHT AT 9 ON WDBO AM 580 Orlando Fl– HUNT, HUNTER, & CORSI — ANDREA’S TRIPLE PLAY.
Here’s what’s coming up on “The Andrea Shea King Show” this Sunday night at 9 ET on AM 580 WDBO - Orlando/Central Florida. (Andrea also netcasts on BlogTalkRadio weeknights at 9 ET).
Col. David Hunt joins us to discuss the connection between MS-13 gangs and mosques located in this country. He says there are at least […]
The Ultimate Gimmick Infringement
President Bush infringes upon the Democrats’ Vietnam gimmick - judging from the Donks’ eruptive reaction, obviously a sign of the Apocalypse. If, you know, libs believed in that sort of snake-handling superstition. Like, you know, they believe in retreat and defeat.
At any rate, if that doesn’t hold us for sixty minutes, I have […]
Isn’t Hypocrisy Enough?
This is what some call “Edwards going for Hillary’s jugular”:
The choice for our party could not be more clear. We cannot replace a group of corporate Republicans with a group of corporate Democrats, just swapping the Washington insiders of one party for the Washington insiders of the other.
The American people deserve to know that their […]
Bush Derangement: Harry ‘This War Is Lost’ Reid Blames Bush For His Own Low Approval Numbers
Radio Equalizer has the details of Harry Reid telling Liberal talk show host Bill Press how it’s all Bush’s fault once again…
PRESS: Senator, I’m sure you were disheartened to see yesterday the Gallup organization came out with a new poll that showed that currently today the Congress holds an approval rating among the American […]
Tuesday Hard Starboard Recap
Don’t worry, I haven’t disappeared. I’ve just been “Bloggerized” for the past few days, but my main page is now once again showing the most recent offerings, so I can now promote the ones I left off with.
Vlad Putin wants to take Russia back to the “good ol’ days” of the Evil Empire. But all […]
Has Fox Dismissed Fred?
According to alert CQ reader Shelbysbest, an ardent Fred Thompson supporter, Fox News showed a rather dismissive attitude towards the proto-candidate on last night’s Special Report with Brit Hume. During the roundtable discussion in the second half of the show, the panel led by Hume made their distaste clear:
Brit Hume: Let’s look at the […]
RE: NIE
My take is here.
Just a further late note via Paul at Wizbang at who makes an excellent point reference Maliki. That is, if the NY Times, Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the cut and run crowd want you gone then you must be doing a heck of a job.
Hmmmmm…..
NIE: No Great Surprises
The latest National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq has leaked out of Washington this afternoon, and it consists of an update to the official January NIE. According to the most complete republication of the unclassified portion, it tells us little that has not already been known from the political debate over the direction of the […]
UK Has Lowest Cancer Survival Rate In Europe
UK Telegraph has the details…
Cancer survival rates in Britain are among the lowest in Europe, according to the most comprehensive analysis of the issue yet produced.
England is on a par with Poland despite the NHS spending three times more on health care.
Survival rates are based on the number of patients who are alive five […]
Political Vindication Radio… Tonight 6 P.M. Pacific Time
John Hawkins of Right Wing News will join us live on Political Vindication Radio to discuss Ron Paul and why his base is full of 9/11 conspiracy kooks. We’ll also talk about Hillary Clinton’s realization that the surge is working, but only after we replay her statements about how it would never work! Then […]
Today at noon Eastern: Robert Spencer
Robert Spencer will join Siggy and I in today’s podcast at noon Eastern time. Join us!
California About To Forego Winner-Take-All?
A proposed referendum to replace the current winner-take-all system in California for presidential elections has a strong plurality in favor, according to a Field poll. Voters asked whether they support allocating Electoral College votes on a proportional basis agreed 47%-35% that the current system should be jettisoned — and Democrats were as likely to […]
Great News! Janeane “Frumpy” Garofalo Joins ‘24′ Cast!
There’s a lot of groaning - well, outright anger at the news that our favorite Air antiAmerica Radio host has landed a gig as a government agent on the FOX show ‘24.’ I agree that a good day starts with news that Janeane “Frumpy” Garofalo has been fired, arrested, dissed or even just suffering […]
OH! OH! OBAMA!
Tonight on “A Conversation with Andrea and …” at 9 p.m. ET…
We’ll be talking to David Mendell, author of OBAMA From Promise to Power , a revealing biography not only about Barack Obama, but also the people closest to him — including the amazingly strong Michelle Obama who is making headlines today by taking on […]
OF PREACHERS AND PRESIDENTS - REV. BILLY GRAHAM - HIS LIFE - TONIGHT AT 9 ON “A CONVERSATION WITH ANDREA AND…”
Eighty-eight year old evangelist Billy Graham is in a North Carolina hospital today, in fair condition recovering from an intestinal bleed. Graham suffers from a variety of ailments, including Parkinson’s disease and age-related macular degeneration, and has been largely confined to his western North Carolina home in recent years. His wife, Ruth Bell […]
Robert Spencer visits with Atlas Shrugs and with Fausta!
Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch will join Siggy and I this Wednesday at noon for a special podcast.
Robert will be talking about his new book, Religion of Peace? Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn’t
I read the book over the weekend and highly recommend it. Western civlization stands on Judeo-Christian values, and both are worth defending […]
McCain Conference Call
John McCain conducted another of his blogger conference calls this morning to promote his speech later at the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention in Arlington. In taking a look at the speech released by his campaign before the event, McCain focuses on national security and the war in Iraq. He also quotes […]
Friday Hard Starboard Recap
The Washington Post took another roundhouse swing at Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and whiffed again.
The lesson of the Jose Padilla case and conviction is not the one conventional “wisdom” insists. Failure to learn what the lesson really is will give his fellow jihadis needless additional, and better, opportunities to succeed where he failed.
And the prelude […]
What Becometh English Conservatism?
English Conservatism is a rare scholar on the island, so when I bump into a blog that declares itself “A Young Conservative,” I get excited. Lord knows they need more of those. Unfortunately, what we get from the young conservative is only the lesson of what one becomes when they have no idea […]
Thursday Hard Starboard Recap
Rush Limbaugh was scheduled to interview the Boogeyman on his radio program the other day, but he couldn’t make it so Karl Rove filled in for him instead.
While some American libs recognize the reality of a war we cannot escape, most still insist on pretending that it doesn’t exist. And that will only make it […]
FREE REPUBLIC CONSIDERING LAWSUIT AGAINST BILL O’REILLY & FOX AFFILIATE
FreeRepublic.com, one of the most popular and influential conservative political websites, held a press conference Friday morning, August 17th to announce its intention to sue the Fox News Channel, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, the local Washington DC Fox affiliate WTTG, reporter Sherry Ly and other involved parties, for defamation.
Defamatory statements by Bill O’Reilly […]
Are We Opposed To Primary Challenges?
Kimberly Strassel takes a turn at the Wall Street Journal’s opinion pages to bash the netroots for their targeting of moderate Democrats. Not only have they not been successful, Strassel writes, they’ve actually demonstrated their fringe status in almost every challenge they’ve mounted against the Blue Dogs of both the House and Senate. […]
Wednesday Hard Starboard Recap
Jen notices two million more reasons why it’d be a really bad idea to elect Hillary Clinton the next POTUS. I think she (Jen) isn’t going to have a whole lot of company on that epiphany.
The first Rutgers lady cager has filed suit against radio shock-jock Don Imus for his “natty-headed ho” remark last spring. […]
Reid Protecting His Investment
Harry Reid is busy protecting his investment, not in Nevada real estate, but his investment in losing the war in Iraq.
At bRight & Early I discuss Reid’s preemptive strike on the upcoming report on Iraq. Your comments are welcome.
Genuine “Straight Talk” & Goldwater II
Everybody’s buzzing about Fred Thompson’s interview with David Broder in today’s WaPo. So why not join in?
If there’s anything noteworthy about FDT’s comments, it is that he appears to be ready to not just step off his “front porch” but full-bore lunge:
But he says he thinks the public is looking for a different kind of […]
Tuesday Hard Starboard Recap
Even the European press is having to admit that the “Surge” is working. They go so far as to acknowledge that it is Iran and Syria that we are fighting by proxy in Iraq. So why can’t the Bush Administration acknowledge that as well?
Barack O-bomb-a continues his loopy running audition to be Hillary’s veep. Is […]
Russian Reticence On Rutting
What’s up with the Russians? Apparently not much, including the birth rate — and now, Vladimir Putin’s worried. Russia now qualifies as one of the most sparsely-populated nations in the world, and Putin wants more productivity. He’s even offering prizes to get it:
The baby-poor Russian region of Ulyanovsk wants to its people […]
Selective Perception
Oooh, looky, ABC News thinks it has a scoop on Mitt Romney. Brother Hinderaker summarizes:
“Romney in Stem Cell Biz, Despite Political Opposition.” Mitt is in the “stem cell biz”? Sounds like he’s carrying out experiments in his garage. Well, not exactly. It turns out that something less than one one-thousandth of Romney’s fortune is invested […]
Terry Funderburk and Illegal Aliens
Terry Funderburk is a businessman who owns a roofing business in South Carolina. He understands more than most the damage that is being caused against Americans by illegal aliens running amok in our fine nation. He runs an honest business and is being put out of business because of companies hiring illegal aliens to do […]
Political Vindication Radio… Tonight 6 P.M. Pacific Time
Join Frank and Shane tonight live at 6 P.M. Pacific time on Political Vindication Radio!
We’ll be talking about our latest Anti-Americanism #22 post where Barack Obama accuses the American military of killing civilians! (who’s Obama’s military advisor - John Kerry?) Hillary unleashes her first campaign ad… rumor is that it isn’t actually […]
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