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January 28, 2007
Is There Really No One Else?
Apparently there is going to be a spin-off to Alias, called Facebook. No word yet on show times, or if this is really just some type of Alliance MySpace deception....
January 05, 2007
Iran Threatens Everyone Again With Their Peaceful Nuclear Program
Apparently we had better not keep saying Iran is building a bomb. Otherwise, they may feel threatened and build the bomb.Iran has denied that it seeks to build atomic weapons, saying its nuclear program is limited to the generation of...
January 04, 2007
In Celebration Of The Democrats Return To Power
North Korea readies another nuclear test. Or perhaps they're just happy there's no more John Bolton to kick them around. Either way, it's a good day for appeasement......
October 19, 2006
Aw...He's Sorry
It seems that Kim Jong-Il has had a change of heart, saying he now regrets that whole nuclear bomb test thing, and he wishes it could all go back to the way it was.North Korean leader Kim Jong Il expressed...
October 16, 2006
Kim's Psycho Exam
It seems the Associated Press has waded into the fray over North Korea's nukes to give it's professional analysis of the situation. Their conclusion, if one can call it that, is that Kim Jong-Il, the man who the oppressed around...
August 22, 2006
Still Missing Journalists
Michelle Malkin, to her much deserved credit, continues to draw attention to the two Fox News journalists, Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig, who remain missing after they were kidnapped at gunpoint in Gaza over a week ago. Fox News Channel...
August 17, 2006
So Now They Want To Talk
Now this is interesting. On the heels of the made-for-prime-time interview of Iran's president by Mike Wallace, the rather numbing end to the Israeli/Hezbollah war, the Hezbollah claims of victory, the Syrian claims that the Western plan for the Middle...
August 16, 2006
"It's Not Over Yet"
It seems that Israel is prepared for another round against Hezbollah, as the U.N. resolution prompting the cease-fire appears quite close to dying on the vine.The IDF will have to resume operations in Lebanon if the expanded United Nations force...
July 20, 2006
Honestly, We're Just Glad He Stopped Crying
It appears that Senator George Voinovich has had a change of heart, and he's now ready to support John Bolton, should the President renominate him this Fall....
July 12, 2006
"Sticks And Stones, Love"
The Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, and his mother are upset. No, strike that - the Prime Minister's mother is upset. At George Bush. And we're pleased to announce, that somebody has finally found something that is actually his...
July 05, 2006
Kim Jong-Il's Train Set
In a foreign policy display that couldn't have been better scripted by Karl Rove, Kim Jong-Il decided to celebrate American independence by turning his Taepodong missile, and a bunch of assorted junk scuds, into a fireworks display. And then to...
June 22, 2006
Kim Jong-Il's Missile
So Kim Jong-Il, who, by all appearances is still looking like he wants to be the villain in the next Bond film, wants to fire his missile.That's the consensus from just about every source on the globe, except of course,...
May 31, 2006
Ahmadinejad Unplugged
We've been busy with quite a few things here the past few days, namely recovering from a nasty cold, so we've been remiss about discussing the new interview Iranian President Ahmadinejad had with Der Spiegel the other day.It's a fascinating...
May 27, 2006
While The Democratic Underground Was Sleeping
Yesterday the Senate confirmed Gen. Michael V. Hayden to be the next director of the CIA.Air Force Gen. Michael V. Hayden, a career intelligence officer who has overseen some of the government's most secret and controversial surveillance programs, was confirmed...
May 12, 2006
The Iranian Missile Crisis
Time magazine reveals that they too received a love letter from Iran regarding the regime's runaway nuclear program....a second document, written by a top Iranian official and given to TIME just before Ahmadinejad's letter was made public, offers a more...
May 09, 2006
More To Goss's Resignation Than A Scandal
A good deal of the blogosphere has jumped on Hookergate like it's the true hidden meaning for Goss's resignation, but the more we read, the more we have to wonder if this isn't really about two mutually exclusive stories.  Well,...
May 03, 2006
What Iran Has Wrought
Aside from the oddity of bringing the French into a more unified position with the Bush administration's foreign policy than the Democrats in Congress, apparently the rantings of Ahmadinejad are uniting Iraqis.Iraq's president appealed for national unity and the renunciation...
May 02, 2006
National Geographic Is On The Case
Ask people if the Iraq was was a mistake, and right now the majority will say yes.  But ask them where Iraq is located on a map?  According to a new survey by National Geographic, it turns out a majority...
It's Not Diplomacy, It's Paralysis
If negotiating with autocratic regimes has revealed anything over the years, it's that Western democracies seem the most paralyzed when confronted with stark revelations of nefarious intentions. Iran threatened on Tuesday to attack Israel in response to any "evil" act...
April 25, 2006
Of Course Iraq Would Never Have Done This...
You have to admit one thing about the Iranians: they don't have a problem with honesty.  In fact, they seem quite proud to tell the world that they have the West outsmarted, outclassed, out-devouted (is that a word?), out-oiled (I...
April 22, 2006
Plugging The Pulitzer Leaks
Reporters often cite "the public's right to know" as the catch all auspice under which they publish classified information from government officials.  There are others: "whistleblowing," "voicing concerns," "holding government accountable," and having "legal reservations."And in the instance of CIA...
April 20, 2006
No Crime
For nearly three years now we have heard countless authoritative revelations from the national media organizations about who outed CIA "agent" Valerie Plame.  It's like the final moments in the game CLUE; it was Libby, in the Starbucks, on background...
April 09, 2006
John Kerry "Refuses" To Get A Clue
Possibly on the assumption that his recent New York Times op-ed was an excuse for sound international U.S. policy, Senator John Kerry fleshed out his agenda with a huge display of arrogance, opportunism and outright defeatism on "Meet the Press"...
April 08, 2006
Gotcha! Gotcha! Read All About It!
In reading the continuous - and deplorable, I might add - coverage of the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby trial procedings, I came across the little fracus going on between the guys at Powerline and the New York Daily News' Kenneth...
A Disclosure, Not A Leak
It's sad really. This story has gone round and round and round so many times, recycled by the press with so many mischaracterizations and inaccuracies, that it's become nearly impossible for anyone to get back to the heart of the...

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