Counterterrorism Blog says AlQ chatter is up at pre 9/11 levels: The level of “chatter” by al Qaeda operatives is currently as high or higher than in the months prior to 9-11, and the question in many parts of the U.S. and European intelligence communities is not if al Qaeda will strike again, but when. Much of the thinking centers on the near-term. This is also reflected in current corporate security alerts being circulated among elite business establishments. There are... Read more
You can look at them yourself. Stephen Hayes must be happy. The Pentagon Web site described that document this way: ‘2002 Iraqi Intelligence Correspondence concerning the presence of al-Qaida Members in Iraq. Correspondence between IRS members on a suspicion, later confirmed, of the presence of an Al-Qaeda terrorist group. Moreover, it includes photos and names.’ In 2002, AlQaeda was in Iraq. Michael Barone says the Democrats do not want to hear that. Commenter #17 at Lucianne.com provides a translation to... Read more
Sharon Stone says “in America, we erase women after 40” She’s made that statement after having enough cosmetic work done as to be unrecognisable. Women in America are not “erased” without their own acquiesence to it. Women who run for botox at the first wrinkle or who get their faces pulled so tight they can’t close their eyes, or who constantly have themselves “primed” invalidate themselves. They signal to the world that the world’s obsession with youthful beauty is, in... Read more
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Some may not know this, but once upon a time it was not unusual for Justice Antonin Scalia to sit down at the piano and tickle the ivories while Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg would belt out a showtune. Philosophies and Ideologies aside, they were able to find a connection through a mutual love of a good Mermanesque belter. Those days are over. It’s been a while since Nino and Ruthie performed for the rest. And without music binding them, it... Read more
ANGEL SURROUNDED BY PAYSANS One of the countrymen : There is A welcome at the door to which no one comes? The angel : I am the angel of reality, Seen for the moment standing in the door. I have neither ashen wing nor wear of ore And live without a tepid aureole, Or stars that follow me, not to attend, But, of my being and its knowing, part. I am one of you and being one of you Is... Read more
Some of you know I routinely give Les Moonves advice on what he can do to improve CBS news (and he should feel complimented – I don’t even consider ABC or NBC worth my precious time…). He has apparently – upon deep consideration, I’m sure – decided NOT to take my selfless advice that he hire Delia Gallagher over Katie Couric. Ah well, some people have to learn the hard way… Nevertheless, I’m going to continue in my tireless quest... Read more
Okay, this is pretty bad. This is incredibly bad. A new panel formed by Congress will second-guess Iraq War strategy and reconstruction. It will be chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee Hamilton, and will include former CIA Director Robert Gates; former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Republican; former Clinton adviser Vernon Jordan; former Clinton Chief of Staff Leon Panetta; former Clinton administration Defense Secretary William Perry; former Democratic Sen. Chuck Robb; and Alan Simpson, a Republican former... Read more
Today’s funnest story is this one, about the coup that rescheduled. The original “Storm the Whitehouse” announcement seems to have disappeared from the originator’s website, so you can re-read it at Michelle’s place. And at Confederate Yankee’s. Attention everyone…we’re rescheduling the storming part…. Tonight we’ll just have a cozy candlelight walk to the White House. So…you know…everyone put it in your palm pilots and like, message your friends on your Blackberries and just…like basically show up next time, alrighty? This... Read more
You want to say, “nah – that’s completely and utterly absurd.” But then you remember the 9/11 Commission and you have to say…”could be?” Jeff at Protein Wisdom has the story, from the Telegraph, India The Pakistan foreign office had paid tens of thousands of dollars to lobbyists in the US to get anti-Pakistan references dropped from the 9/11 inquiry commission report, The Friday Times has claimed. The Pakistani weekly said its story is based on disclosures made by foreign... Read more
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