Hey, I Didn’t Say It

Jim Henley:My rule of thumb: If Person A says "Israel" and Person B says, "You mean, the Jooooz! Neener Neener Neener!" *at most* Person A should spare the breath to say "F_ck off, Person B" and get back to whatever he or she was saying in the first place. But that's...

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‘The Garbage Collection Theory of History’

George Will's latest, on Tuesday's State of the Union address, practically sparkles with sanity. On the global democratic crusade:The success of the terrorist organization Hamas in the Palestinian elections is but the latest proof of what happens when the forms of...

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The Triumph of Hamas: You Read It Here First

Condi Rice is baffled by the victory of Hamas in the recent Palestinian elections: "I've asked why nobody saw [Hamas' election victory] coming. It does say something about us not having a good enough pulse... I don't know anyone who wasn't caught off guard by Hamas'...

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Shame on Galloway

Bloomberg reports:Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper lost a bid to overturn a ruling it libeled U.K. politician George Galloway by reporting he was in the pay of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Galloway, 51, was awarded 150,000 pounds ($263,000) in damages in...

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Freedom of Speech, Kurdish-Style

Kurdish writer Kamal Karim is to be retried for the crime of defaming Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani. Karim had been sentenced to 30 years in prison after a trial that lasted one hour. He was convicted in December under a law passed by the Kurdish regional parliament...

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Catch Up

If anybody out there needs to catch up or get a good refresher course in who lied us into war in Iraq and how, may I recommend this great article by former DIA officer W. Patrick Lang, "Drinking the Kool-Aid" from the summer of 2004? It is a detailed retelling of the...

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