First official U.S. military death in fight against ISIS is special operations soldier killed in successful hostage rescue effort.
The Problem With Trump-Bush-9/11 And Clinton-Benghazi-9/11
I know I’m not the first to bring it up, but there is a huge disconnect going on right now when you tie together to seemingly separate stories. Trump is saying that since 9/11 happened during Bush 43’s watch, Bush 43 bears some culpability. This makes Jeb Bush act all defensive, because (he seems to argue) the President cannot micromanage … Read More
When Will We Ever Learn… Oh, When Will Weeeee Ever Learn?
I don’t write much about the Middle East because — Jesus, it’s a clusterfuck and it just gets worse and worse and it is depressing. It’s basically an unsolvable problem and everybody wants to kill each other. But I think I have figure out ONE truism. Intervention on the part of the United States makes things worse for us. I … Read More
14-year-Old Kid Named Ahmed Builds A Clock; Gets Arrested For Building A Bomb
This happened in Texas, so…. no surprise. Ahmed Mohamed — who makes his own radios and repairs his own go-kart — hoped to impress his teachers when he brought a homemade clock to MacArthur High on Monday. Instead, the school phoned police about Ahmed’s circuit-stuffed pencil case. So the 14-year-old missed the student council meeting and took a trip in … Read More
Jes In Case Them Moz-lims Show Up
Thanks, boys. I think the armed forces or the National Guard can take it from here.
Chattanooga Shootings
Well, someone went ballistic (so to speak) in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is all unfolding now, but he apparently shot up a Navy Recruitment Center. This pic was posted on Twitter The suspect has been killed. That is confirmed Not much known about him other than he was white and drove a Mustang. A police officer has been shot but … Read More
No Shooting At Washington Navy Yard
Also no shootings at the White House, Capital, Pentagon, Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, or the Smithsonian. Yes, the nation is at Threat Level Bravo because of the fear that ISIS-inspired lone wolf terrorists may blow things up during our Fourth Of July, and the commentators in the news are saying that it is a good thing that dozens of federal, … Read More
Hey, Let’s Train The Iraqi Soldiers
Things have gone to hell in Iraq, especially in the fight against the Islamic State group (ISIS) in Iraq. The strongest evidence of this is the recent takeover of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province by ISIS forces. Although Iraqi soldiers “vastly outnumbered” their opposition in Ramadi, they quickly withdrew last week, leaving behind a half-dozen tanks, a similar number of artillery … Read More
Religious Bigots Use First Amendment Protections To Spew Hate…. Again
Another crazed anti-Muslim right winger — this one in Phoenix — is planning to hold a ‘Draw Muhammad’ Contest right in front of the Islamic Community Center. The organizer of the event, Jon Ritzheimer, has held two protests in Phoenix since the Texas shootings. The chants and slogans at the protests are brash and hateful. Some supporters wear t-shirts that … Read More
Bin Laden’s Bookshelf
Some interesting… well, not interesting interesting, but interesting…. materials were released by the Director of National Intelligence this morning. It is all accessible on the interwebs, on a government site: Bin Laden’s Bookshelves. I suspect he didn’t read a lot of the English language books, like the Adobe manual. Here’s something recently declassified and translated into English — bin Laden’s concerns … Read More
You Go, Girl — Uh — John Cole!
At Balloon Juice, John Cole – a better writer than me (not a high bar, I confess) — puts words to my sentiments: [I]f one more motherfucker tells me that unless I stand up and yell “You go girl” every time Pam Geller opens her noxious piehole to spew venom that I am responsible for creeping Sharia and am a hopeless … Read More
How Abhorrent Is Pam Geller?
Want a good measurement of the toxicity level of Pamela Geller, whose American Freedom Defense Initiative worked so hard for so long to attract the sort of violence that struck its Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest in Texas on Sunday? Two survivors of theCharlie Hebdo murders went on Charlie Rose’s show to make it clear they want nothing to … Read More
Extremists Attack Extremists
So this happened yesterday evening: A cartoon contest featuring controversial images of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed turned deadly Sunday night when two men pulled up in a car and opened fire. Police returned fire, killing both men after one wounded a security guard. None of the approximately 200 people attending the event were hurt. A federal law enforcement source told … Read More
The Stewart- Miller Interview
People wonder if The Daily Show will be as funny when Jon Stewart moves on. Maybe, Maybe not. But comedy aside, I wonder if the new host will have the same journalistic chops as Stewart. Judith Miller is making her rounds with a new memoir titled “The Story: A Reporter’s Journey.” She reportedly got a $1.2 million dollar advance for the book … Read More
Drone Collateral Damage
Unlike other liberals, I’m not terribly troubled by the use of drones, even if they are used to kill Americans without due process. Assuming, of course, that those Americans are enemy combatants. I mean, yes, I would prefer that we update and amend the Constitution so that it can take into account the peculiarities of modern warfare, but generally, I … Read More