Today a suicide bomber in the Iraqi Parliament managed to kill eight people, and preliminary reports have it that the bomber was a security guard. Whether or not the report of the bomber’s identity turns out to be true, the … Continue reading →
Another scintillating, fascinating, illuminating Sanity Squad podcast is up at Pajamas Media. Listen to Siggy, Dr. Sanity, Shrink, and me discuss the meaning and repercussions of Pelosi’s visit to Syria. Second topic: does it matter what we name the so-called … Continue reading →
Some of you have reported finding that every now and then one of your comments isn’t posting, even though there’s no apparent reason for it. I believe this is due to some rather restrictive settings on my spam filter at … Continue reading →
Judith Weiss of Kesher Talk has a theory: Nancy Pelosi is a Karl Rove mole. Why not? If she’d been invented by the opposition, she couldn’t be doing more to hurt her party. And, as an aside, I’m getting very … Continue reading →
It shouldn’t come as a surprise, I suppose, that the British hostages were given the right by the Ministry of Defense to sell their stories to the tabloids. Society has been heading in that direction for a long time. The … Continue reading →
I’ve written before about journalist Seymour Hersh, whose work presently appears mainly in The New Yorker. Mr. “hardly ever met a source he was willing to name” Hersh (I’m quoting myself, by the way) has recently expanded his oeuvre by … Continue reading →
One of the hallmarks of rabid Jew-hatred is its irrationality. Another one of its hallmarks is the appearance of elements of rationality within it. The Jews are hated for reasons, after all: they are too rich, they are too smart, … Continue reading →
Happy Easter! Hope it’s as beautiful where you are as it has been where I am.
Continue reading →I was in San Francisco for a week, and never before have I seen such an uninterrupted stretch of beautiful weather in a city known for fog and cold even in summer. It’s spring, and the blooming flowers were out—some … Continue reading →
In my post yesterday I talked about the propaganda value the hostages had for Iran: As I’ve written before, [the propaganda of the event] is a winning situation for the Iranians, both for internal consumption and external. They are made … Continue reading →
Well, Kenneth Timmerman seems to think that the stick for the Iranians was the USS Nimitz “steaming” towards the Persian Gulf. “Steaming” is a bit of an anachronism, but you get the idea. Timmerman’s sources for inside info about the … Continue reading →
The commenter known as “unknown blogger” wrote in the previous thread: “Impotent.” “Weak.” “They must have cut a deal.” [quoting those who criticize the Blair government’s public handling of the affair]. Tsk, tsk. Such a tremendous amount of disappointment around … Continue reading →