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Here are some pictures of a wedding from the the leading family of Hutaree, the armed Christian group recently arrested in Michigan, accused of plotting to kill police. Clearly, their anti-government leanings went far beyond rhetoric.  It was a paramilitary lifestyle choice.     Pretty creepy. Creepier still is the fact that prominent right wing bloggers are apologists for them.  Would … Read More

The guy flies an airplane into a federal building.  In the online note he left behind, he wrote: I know I’m hardly the first one to decide I have had all I can stand. … I can only hope that the numbers quickly get too big to be white washed and ignored that the American zombies wake up and revolt; … Read More

If there's any difference between the Bush/Cheney administration and the Obama administration when it comes to waging war, it's this: the Bush/Cheney folks were quite happy to tout their victories, even prematurely, if it could be used to score political points at home.  Remember "Mission Accomplished"? There's no other way to look at this: the capture of Mullah Abdul Ghani … Read More

Andrew Sullivan quotes at length from an anonymous reader who has very interesting thoughts on the Christmas underpants terrorist.  You can read Sullivan's post here, but I will attempt to summarize. It starts with the question: "Why didn't the terrorist just go to the airplane toilet and blow up the plane from there?" And the suggested answer is that al Qaeda … Read More

I guess the lockdown at the Newark Airport (due to terrorist fears) this past weekend wasn't a total bust:

Conservatives hate it and the ACLU hates it.  And for the same reason: privacy invasions.  I'm talking about very modern scanning devices in airports which allow TSA authorities to see what you may be carrying under your clothes, without you having to actually remove your clothes.  Nobody seems to like these things, which is why Democrats and Republicans in Congress … Read More

I could have picked any number of conservative pundits harping on the same theme.  But I'll take Byron York over at the Washington Examiner.  He writes: Some Obama defenders are sending around new articles from the Huffington Post and the Politico arguing that President Obama is being subjected to a double standard of criticism for his handling of the Detroit … Read More

Really, I think too much is being made of the Christmas Airflight Underwear Bomber (as I now call him).  Yes, it was almost successful, and yes, maybe we can always beef up our homeland security here and there. But let's not get spastic.  It's not like this is going to start happening every freaking day.  And here's a big chart … Read More

The Republican exploitation of the failed terrorist airline bombing attempt continues.  Perhaps none of it is worse than the exploitation by right-wing Congressman and gubernatorial aspirant Peter Hoekstra (R-MI).  He sent out a fund-raising letter today (the text of which can be found here), which says in part: For almost a decade I have been a leader on National Security … Read More

…perhaps they should read this: Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents. Hmmmm.  Refresh my recollection someone.  Who was President in November 2007? You see, … Read More

From the New York Daily News: Strict security rules put into place Saturday will require commercial airline passengers on international flights to stay in their seats for an hour before landing. The measure was among those imposed by the Transportation Security Administration after a suspected terrorist tried to blow up a Northwest flight as it was landing in Detroit. "Among other … Read More