Jindal drops out
It really was inevitable that Bobby Jindal would drop out of the race. He never really caught on, and he knows when it’s time to quit: “I’ve come to the realization that this is not my time,” Jindal said on … Continue reading →
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Candidate vulnerability
It’s no secret that Marco Rubio is vulnerable with conservatives on his Gang of Eight history. On reading this Powerline piece about Cruz’s possible vulnerabilities (which don’t seem that bad to me, by the way) it occurs to me this … Continue reading →
Mom of suicide bomber has no idea how it happened
At first I read this article thinking that the escuses offered by Faklan Abdeslam—the mother of Paris suicide bomber Ibrahim Abdeslam, who blew himself up during the Paris attacks, injuring another man—were mordantly, bitterly, absurd. Faklan, by the way, is … Continue reading →
Confirmed: it was a bomb that brought down the Russian plane
We knew it anyway, but now it’s official, according to Russia: A homemade explosive device brought down a Russian passenger plane over Egypt last month, the head of Russia’s FSB security service said Tuesday, telling Russian President Vladimir Putin it’s … Continue reading →
The “refugee” terrorist: it may have been a fake passport…
…but the fingerprints were real.
Continue reading →Obama is scaring people, even Democrats
I didn’t watch Obama’s press conference, but I’ve seen the reports: He’s a remarkable man, in all the wrong ways. He is the apotheosis of progressivism, the avatar and godling that is the living embodiment of all their cowardices, lies, … Continue reading →
For those who say Cruz isn’t “likable” and lacks humor
This might change a few minds. Send it around; I’d like it to get a wide audience: To see how spot-on with his timing Cruz was, take a look at this: I suppose Ted haters will consider it too “robotic.” … Continue reading →
Searching for terrorist arms caches in France
Quite a find: The interior ministry said 168 searches had taken place across the country in the wake of the Paris terror attacks… Searches in Lille, Strasbourg, Lyon, Grenoble, Marseille and Toulouse resulted in the rocket launcher, flak jackets, 15 … Continue reading →
Obama versus the governors
I just want to note that, although I think the governors refusing to accept Syrian refugees are doing the right and necessary thing, it is important only in the sense of alerting people to what’s going on. It won’t ultimately … Continue reading →
Spengler: why the French will do nothing
I had notes for a piece that would explore France’s options in fighting the terrorists within. I saw two possible models: their own campaign against Algerian terrorists in the 50s (which I had mentioned in one of my first posts … Continue reading →
The Paris attacks won’t make Obama blink: full steam ahead
Take a look at the news roundup website Memeorandum today. The headlines and blurbs tell a story. At the very top we have “Islamic State threatens attack on Washington, other countries”: Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday … Continue reading →
Bombs over Raqqa, Syria
France responds. Why on earth was this not done earlier? Was it because everyone was hoping the crocodile would eat them last?: The operation, carried out in coordination with U.S. forces, struck a command centre, recruitment centre for jihadists, a … Continue reading →