"Freedom and whisky gang thegither "

I’ll be back. Going on vacation to Scotland; regions around Glasgow and up to Inverness. With a side trip to Mallorca in the Med. There’ll likely be no posting until around the 15th of June. Do check back around that time.
This will be another whisky and stout trip, although [...]

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So much for principles

It didn’t take very long after so-called moderates crafted an unsustainable agreement to hold back on filibusters. Oh, that was only on judicial nominees, wasn’t it? Oh, and it allows for filibusters for “extraordinary” circumstances. Or some such, undefined state of affairs as determined by one or more Democrat.
The principle was that [...]

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The Usual Suspects…

Are taking the part of Islamist terrorists against the United States. The American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, International Committee of the Red Cross, and, as shocking as it must seem, “a muslim chaplain.” All this from a front page story in the Washington Post, which, along with its big sister, [...]

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Princes and Potentates

Jay Nordlinger’s Impromptus, which are indispensible reading for me, raised a point relevant for any American who finds themselves in the presence of royalty. That is, royalty of the King George III type, you know, that German fellah we rebelled against.
We should all of us Americans be staunch republicans. We [...]

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From the Head Donk

Dean’s the name. Howard Dean, chairman of the DNC, head fool for what will soon be fondly remembered as the party that stood for something at one time. But we can’t quite recall what it was…
What it is not now is anything to do with protecting the United States. Dean, in [...]

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The more things change…

You know the rest. The restoration of constitutional precedent, called the “nuclear option” by the liberals, was turned aside in a bad compromise. A compromise engineered by RINOs and so-called “moderate” Democrats. A compromise written in smoke that will likely not survive the first “controversial” Supreme Court nominee. Where “controversial” simply [...]

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ICRC at it again

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) apparently continues to think that anything American or Jewish is just plain evil. In an editorial, today’s Wall Street Journal informs us that
an ICRC representative visiting America’s largest detention facility in Iraq last month had compared the U.S. to Nazi Germany. According to a Defense Department [...]

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Mountain Dew

First, my disclaimer. I am among those addicted to a Pepsi product: Mountain Dew (Code Red, which I’m sure causes cancer in lab rats…), so while I’m not prepared to boycott, I was sorely disappointed when I read of Indra Nooyi’s speech at Columbia.
And, yes, who would argue with Stan Lee, [...]

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Notional Council of "Churches"

No, “notional” isn’t a typo. And the scare quotes in the title are exactly right. The left-wing lobbying organization that operates in the guise of faith, the National Council of Churches, should be known to all as exactly what it is. The “churches” that are members may have individual members who are [...]

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Senator Palpatine

Oh how they do carry on in the Senate. Pictured here are two fine specimens; both elderly; both perhaps a little tetched in the haid, as they used to say. From the “world’s greatest deliberative body,” we get this report from Dana Milbank of the WaPo. The Donks have taken to [...]

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Fourth Reich in Palestine

Just in case you’d been lulled to sleep by the mainstream media’s bland assurances that Mahmoud Abbas would really change things in the non-nation known as Palestine, consider this recent spew from one of the holy men of Islam. From David Brooks’ column today, we see this from a sermon delivered by one Sheik [...]

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Perhaps you could win some elections?

The contrast could not be starker. One party is in favor of democracy. The other is not. At least not until they get back in the majority. From the AP, the following dialogue:
For the majority, Senator Bill Frist (R-TN):
Vote for the nominee. Vote against the nominee. Confirm the nominee. Reject [...]

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Fourth Reich in Palestine

Just in case you’d been lulled to sleep by the mainstream media’s bland assurances that Mahmoud Abbas would really change things in the non-nation known as Palestine, consider this recent spew from one of the holy men of Islam. From David Brooks’ column today, we see this from a sermon delivered by one Sheik [...]

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Perhaps you could win some elections?

The contrast could not be starker. One party is in favor of democracy. The other is not. At least not until they get back in the majority. From the AP, the following dialogue:
For the majority, Senator Bill Frist (R-TN):
Vote for the nominee. Vote against the nominee. Confirm the nominee. Reject [...]

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Reality check

For a reality check on the Koran-gate thing, read Andrew McCarthy’s piece at NRO today. I’m glad to see some common sense coming into play. From his story:
In my world, militant Muslims, capitalizing on the respectful deference of others, have been known tactically to desecrate the Koran themselves: by rigging it with [...]

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Labbies forever

Los Alamos National Laboratory is in the news, again. This time it’s not (directly) about any security or safety lapses. Rather, it’s about what happens when the feds have finally had enough mismanagement and threats to national security posed by an institution that prides itself as the image of the forgetful professor.
Los [...]

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Muslim Idolatry

The recent deaths due to Christian-hating Muslim riots are not Newsweek’s fault. Any blame must be laid squarely at the feet of the fanatical adherents of the so-called “religion of peace.” The allegation of an allegation that started the unfortunate turn of events (human beings did die) was that some of our [...]

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Mein Kampf

We now find out, surprise, surprise, that the “U.S. Long Had Memo on Handling of Koran”. From the WaPo story:
The three-page memorandum, dated Jan. 19, 2003, says that only Muslim chaplains and Muslim interpreters can handle the holy book, and only after putting on clean gloves in full view of detainees.
The detailed rules [...]

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“Peace is Patriotic”

I find most bumper stickers annoying, whether or not I agree with their sentiment. Reason? Very few ideas can be expressed in the few words that most bumper stickers have space for. Ideas conveyed by pictures, are something else again, but then, to be effective, one must view the picture at what [...]

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"at least he’s engaged in the debate"

The quote is from Nicholas Kristof, a (usually) thoughtful liberal voice on the op-ed pages of the New York Times. And, no, “thoughtful liberal” need not be a particularly stupid ox. This time, however, Nick is treading on some very thin ice when he defends the indefensible John Shelby Spong.
Spong, [...]

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The greatest generation?

Victor Davis Hanson has, again, written with biting clarity on an important subject. This one on the occasion of what could be just another fading memory from our grandparents’ generation, World War II. VDH’s piece, “Remembering World War II — Revisionists get it wrong” simply reminds us what the stakes were, and [...]

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Plan B

No, not a nefarious scheme to defend a murderer on The Practice*. Rather, a (relatively) new contraceptive, one that works after unprotected intercourse. According the FDA,
Plan B works like other birth control pills to prevent pregnancy. Plan B acts primarily by stopping the release of an egg from the ovary (ovulation). It [...]

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War of the Newt

No, not “War with the Newts”, Karel Capek’s great sci-fi satire. It’s his very Newtness himself, the former Speaker of the House, who has been hobnobbing with some very odd friends. At least one odd friend — The Hillary. But is she really a friend, or just someone who, shuttling, crab-like [...]

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Plan B

No, not a nefarious scheme to defend a murderer on The Practice*. Rather, a (relatively) new contraceptive, one that works after unprotected intercourse. According the FDA,
Plan B works like other birth control pills to prevent pregnancy. Plan B acts primarily by stopping the release of an egg from the ovary (ovulation). It [...]

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War of the Newt

No, not “War with the Newts”, Karel Capek’s great sci-fi satire. It’s his very Newtness himself, the former Speaker of the House, who has been hobnobbing with some very odd friends. At least one odd friend — The Hillary. But is she really a friend, or just someone who, shuttling, crab-like [...]

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Pointless

This is an example of our justice system gone bad. The Washington DC snipers, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, are to be tried in Maryland for killings they committed there in 2002. Oh, you ask, “Why is this needed? Haven’t they already been convicted?” Yes, they have. [...]

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Pointless

This is an example of our justice system gone bad. The Washington DC snipers, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, are to be tried in Maryland for killings they committed there in 2002. Oh, you ask, “Why is this needed? Haven’t they already been convicted?” Yes, they have. [...]

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They’re testing us

A mini-flurry of news stories today about whether, when, and why North Korea, those fun-loving Stalinists, will test the nuclear weapons they claimed to have had this past February. A modest sampling:
From Reuters, the “news” agency: North Korea blames U.S. for nuclear test ‘fuss’.
From AP: N. Korea Dismisses Nuclear Test Reports.
From the [...]

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They’re testing us

A mini-flurry of news stories today about whether, when, and why North Korea, those fun-loving Stalinists, will test the nuclear weapons they claimed to have had this past February. A modest sampling:
From Reuters, the “news” agency: North Korea blames U.S. for nuclear test ‘fuss’.
From AP: N. Korea Dismisses Nuclear Test Reports.
From the [...]

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Words to Waffle By

Not something you see every day of the week. An honest piece in the Washington Post that is harshly critical of one of the so-called “new” Democrats, in this case Tim Kaine, who is running for promotion from lieutenant governor to governor of Virginia.
The essence of the story stands in as the [...]

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