PHASE ONE: The Able Danger "scandal" as first mentioned by Kevin Drum on August 11: The story was about a U.S. Army military intelligence program called "Able Danger" that had supposedly used data mining techniques to identify the al-Qaeda cell run by Mohamed Atta a year before 9/11. Unfortunately, as the story went, nothing was done about it because Defense … Read More
Wingnuttia Of The Day
From a commentor at The Poor Man Cafe: I know this isn’t going to [be] popular on this website, but may I just point something out? A soldier’s #1 job is to stay alive. If you die, you can’t accomplish the mission, and you weaken your team and put your buddies in danger. Obviously Sheehan’s son, I forget his name … Read More
Kaye Habla English, I Think
It looks like Kaye Grogan is struggling with the English language again: Have you ever wondered why English is not the official language in America? After 200 plus years of English being the predominantly spoken language — what else would the native tongue be? And the last time I read the U.S. Constitution it was written in English. Actually, it … Read More
Heh, heh! He Said “”Bullshit”!
UPDATE: Bob Novak’s potty mouth is, according to Bob Novak, "poisoning America". (But then again, so is mine).
Novak Blows A Gasket
Mmmmmm. He must be under some pressure. The video is here, but this is the official transcript: HENRY: And the "Strategy Session" continues on INSIDE POLITICS. Still here: James Carville and Robert Novak. Katherine Harris made a name for her self during the Florida recount in the 2000 presidential race. She was then Florida’s secretary of state. She went on … Read More
Conservative Blog Taxonomy
Fables of the Reconstruction, where have you been hiding? My first foray to that fine site yielded this gem — a primer on the prominent wingers of the right-wing blogosphere: 1. Instapundit – Calling Glenn Reynolds intellectually lazy would be to praise him. He doesn’t write, he grunts. Has gained prominence by posting a lot and never making his audience … Read More
Moral Clarity vs Factual Clarity
Matt Yglesius says what I have been thinking for a long time. The reason why the right is inept at fighting the war on terror is because they simply have no interest in accurately surmising the driving force behind our enemies. Instead, the right just wants to paint the bad guys with broad brushes, and ignore the nuances of their … Read More
Washington Nationals and George Soros
Just another sign that some Republicans are so anti-progressive that they abandon every notion of common sense. The latest outrage from the right? They’re upset because billionaire and progressive-cause-supporter George Soros wants to be a part-owner of the MLB baseball team, the Washington Nationals. Rep. Thomas David (R-Va) issued a veiled threat to Major League Baseball, suggesting that if Soros … Read More
Lying Liars (Drudge/Klein Version)
This is a picture of Bill Clinton kissing an unidentified woman. It appears on Drudge’s site exactly as I show it below. Drudge’s text is about the new Hillary Clinton book and carries the headline “BOOK CLAIM: HILLARY HUMILIATED AS BILL HAS NEW AFFAIRS”, and it seems that this photo appears in the piece-of-shit book as well. The photo is … Read More
What TBogg Says
His language may be strong, and his analysis somewhat oversimplistic, but if you can see past it, I think he’s drawn a pretty good bead on the right wingers. Reflecting on Durbin’s non-apology for pointing out torture, TBogg writes: Every time the chickenhawks endorse torture they make it more dangerous for American service people. Do they care? Not really. They … Read More
Rush on Durbin
Now actually being compelled to confront what Durbin actually said on the Senate floor, the wingnuts are starting the meme that the FBI memo that Durbin read from . . . is . . . wait for it . . . fabricated. That’s right. Durbin simply made it up, according to the desparate wingers. From the June 17 broadcast of … Read More
AssHat Gets Stymied – Declares Victory
John, from Powerline, takes a stand: I called Senator Dick Durbin’s office this morning at (202) 224-2152 and, after being on hold for a while, laid out the reasons why I think Durbin should resign from the Senate. “Hi. This is John Hindrocket from Powerline, the Blog of the Century. You may remember me as the guy who calls Jimmy … Read More
LGF’s Premature Ejaculation
The Little Green Footballs post: Is British reporter Michael Smith, who broke the Downing Street memo story (after re-typing and destroying the originals), the same Michael Smith who was hired by Mary Mapes as a CBS assistant producer in the Rathergate scandal? You can almost hear the ohpleaseGodletitbetrueohohohohpleasebetrue-ohpleaseimgonnacumiswearimgonnacumohpleaseletitbetrue breathlessness behind their words. Sadly, the answer is no. Not surprising speculation … Read More
Michelle’s Odd Sense Of Humor
Perpetually-outraged internment-loving blogger Michelle Malkin recently posted this blog entry, entitled "Terrorists Heart The French", which I reprint in its entirety: Terrorist farewell gifts for a recently released French kidnapping victim: Two rings and a bottle of perfume. I guess Michelle’s point is that terrorists and the French are cut from the same cloth, peas-in-a-pod, kindred spirits, gift-giving bosom buddies, … Read More
Cox & Forkum Embarassment Watch
From their rant about the new Ground zero memorial complex, I’ll start with a moronic gaffe to demonstrate their ignorance: Keep in mind the context here: the “Guantanamo is a gulag” ACLU and other leftists groups are involved in the memorial. Uh, guys. That’s Amnesty International. Two entirely different bodies. But then they REALLY step in it: In fact, the … Read More