“Death to UK”

Our friend, Kamangir, reports that the rhetoric from the mullahs has been raised to a fever pitch……
I am not a fan of football but I know that much that when the two top teams, Esteghlal and Perspolis, play together, it is the big event. This time, the Islamic Republic tried to borrow some of [...]

The Big Lie

The remembrances of the Cambodian killing fields are, to many people, reduced to photos of neatly stacked bones and skulls for the records of posterity. For the survivors, it is much more. But, being yellow-skinned, and half-way around the world, it is too simple for the demagogues of the Party of Defeat to dismiss them [...]

To our Americans serving in Iraq

Kudos to Black and Right
(thanks, Bob. You said it, amigo.)
h/t Yankeedame
Bryan asks, “Where do we find such men?” a must see video at HotAir

Resignation Friday: Should Alberto go?

If you listen to the hue and cry of the Party of Defeat, and their allies in Big News, it’s only a matter of hours before Alberto Gonzales becomes the latest political casualty in the war against the culture of corruption in the Bush Administration. Fortunately for me, I haven’t listened to them since [...]

How to win in Iraq (and how to lose)

Howard points to the commentary “HTWII” that was picked up by Opinion Journal. It is truly an outstanding piece, written by Mr. Arthur Herman.
Congratulations to Mr. Herman for such a well-written article, and thanks to WSJ for giving it the audience that it deserves. And, special thanks to Howard for beating WSJ upside [...]

Al Gore (pbuh™) to run?

Al Gore (pbuh™), the prophet of climate change, is reportedly giving serious consideration to taking a major job demotion from Global Savior to POTUS, as the candidate for the Green Party.
“Al Gore has been energized by the attention he’s been receiving as America’s leading environmentalist,” a political source close to Gore said. “He believes [...]

More from Michael

I’ve spent the better part of the day doing my taxes, a chore that for some reason I insist on doing by myself each year. People look at me like I’m crazy when I tell them, I’m doing my taxes, like I’m deciphering some ancient hieroglyphic tablets or something. But, generally, it’s not [...]

McCaffrey’s after action report

Michael Yon has published Gen Barry McCaffrey’s military assessment of the current military and political situation on the ground in Iraq, and the progress that has been made since General Patraeus assumed command. It is longer than most posts that are published at N&V, but it is well worth the time. The [...]

Judicial Review

Jeff Quinn at gunblast.com reviews The Judge (h/t FR)
Taurus has introduced a handgun that may just be the ideal trail gun for those of us who live, work, and [...]

Tuesday Open

For your commenting and link-posting pleasure…..The Tuesday Open thread.
Campaign ‘08 hat-tip, Doug Ross.

Repeal the 22nd.

More signs that the surge is working

Got two very bad guys in Iraq….
U.S. forces captured two leaders of a major car bomb cell responsible for attacks that killed around 900 Iraqis, mostly in the Shi’ite district of Sadr City in Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
It said in two separate statements that the two men were caught during operations in [...]

Monday nite Tull

Teacher

Research breakthrough for fighting superbugs

Kudos and props to the research team at The University of British Columbia and Inimex Pharmaceuticals with the announcement of a stunning new breakthrough in the ongoing struggle against drug-resistant bacteria. Principal investigator Robert Hancock commented, “Antibiotics are now under threat because of the explosion in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. A third of all deaths on [...]

Doing the Crocodile Rock

JERUSALEM (AP) - A woman with three crocodiles strapped to her waist was stopped at the Gaza-Egypt border crossing after guards noticed that she looked “strangely fat,” officials said Monday.
The woman’s shape raised suspicions at the Rafah terminal in southern Gaza, and a body search by a female border guard turned up the animals, each [...]

Sunday Open

I received this email from my sister-in-law:
A couple of weeks ago I was unfortunate enough to get stung by both a bee and hornet while working in the garden. My arm swelled up so off to the doctor I went. The clinic gave me cream and an antihistamine. The next day the swelling was getting [...]

Cheney joins the fray

MANALAPAN, Fla. — Vice President Dick Cheney accused the Democrat-led House of Representatives of not supporting troops in Iraq and of sending a message to terrorists that America will retreat in the face danger.
“They’re not supporting the troops. They’re undermining them,” Cheney told a gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition at the oceanside Ritz-Carlton [...]

Religion of misogyny

In the Magic Kingdom™, sharia is the law of the land. It is cruel, barbaric, and backwards, and enforced by the Wahabi police with the full backing and support of the royal family. It is a system designed for the elite, by the elite, to protect the elite, and is being exported [...]

Eat more chocolate

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (Reuters) — Chocoholics were given further reason to rejoice Saturday when a small clinical study showed that dark chocolate improves the function of blood vessels.
While the researchers cautioned against bingeing on bon bons, they said the findings of the trial were clear and called for larger such studies to confirm the results.
“In [...]

Mmm… Suicide Bombers - How Do They Know?

Hi all, vimto calling. Looks like the UK got a problem on it’s hands with 15 of our sailors criminally abducted by Iran destined to be pawns in a high stake game I guess. They better treat them well.
Meanwhile Bob Woolmer the cricket coach of Pakistan and veteran England batsman of the 1970’s lies dead [...]

Late Nite Stevie Ray

Dirty Pool

have a great weekend y’all.

Website of the week

Continuing on the preparedness theme, not long ago, I came across an interesting link over at BGG’s place. Since then, I’ve spent quite a bit more time looking at the different pages, and realizing the gaps in my own personal preparedness plan. The proprietor of the site explains it this way:
Our goal [...]

Be prepared

New Orleans artist Vivian Westerman, 64, needed two things to prepare for the next storm season:
“I got a 6,000-watt generator and the cutest little Smith & Wesson, snub-nose .38 you ever saw.”
The number of permits issued to carry concealed weapons is running twice as high as it was before Katrina - this, in a city [...]

President Bush cowboys up

THE PRESIDENT: Today I’m joined here at the White House by veterans, family members of people serving in combat, family members of those who have sacrificed. I am honored that they have joined me here today.
 
Here in Washington, members of both parties recognize that our most solemn responsibility is to support our troops in [...]

More missing Iranians

[Report by Gad Shimron: "Foreign reports: Five Iranian officers kidnapped"]At least five senior Iranian officers disappeared over the past few days during a visit to Turkey. The report, which is based on reports in the Turkish press, said it is believed that the five defected to the West. According to the information, which has [...]

NY set to join Super-Duper Tuesday

The super-duper Tuesday 2/5/08 primary elections just got bigger, with the passage of a primary election bill in both NY houses, and Gov Elliot Spitzer on board as well…
New York “is jumping on the bandwagon and joining what is shaping up as the presidential mega-primary next Feb. 5,” the New York Times reports.
“A [...]