Sullivan. The point of the “surge,” as originally sold by Bush and the Kagans who thought it up, was to put a crapload of troops in and around Baghdad so that the parties could have some room to work out their problems over tea. The craploads of troops did indeed reduce the violence like basic …
Archives for November 2007
It Is Always Something
Finally, Michelle Malkin and I agree about something. Yesterday, when discussing this story about the British teacher arrested in Sudan for allowing her students to name a teddy-bear Muhammd, Malkin wrote: If it isn’t cartoons or Western fast-food joints or Valentine’s day cards or beauty pageants or books or speeches or Playboy magazines or soccer …
Well, There Is This
Sullivan links to the new McCain ad: McCain has also made me mad. McCain/Feingold is unforgivable, and his willingness to serve (with Lyndsey Graham) as the grease on the torture machine’s wheels as he provides just enough opposition to torture and this administration’s behavior before backing down has been well-documented here by Tim. Time and …
Open Thread
Nothing really catches my attention today. This Abu Dhabi/Citigroup transaction is interesting, especially when considering the reaction to the Dubai Port Deal. At any rate, I couldn’t fall asleep after that exciting game last night, so I am a bit sluggish today. Have at it in the comments.
Redskins Safety, Sean Taylor, Has Died
He was shot in the leg yesterday, apparently during a home robbery and was hit in a critical artery. Very unfortunate. No link yet, just hearing it now on CNN. ***Update: Link
Monday Beer Blogging
Enjoying my first bottle from my batch #2, a medium porter made from a mix of extract and grains. So much for low expectations, that’s a pretty damn good beer. The gravity only dropped from .05 to .02, but the extra sugar and the grain residue makes a respectably rich beer with a fine head. …
We Must Fight Them Over There, Before They Bring Teh Gay Marriage Over Here
We were warned about the dangers of the gay bomb, but we did not pay attention. We should have: Soldiers manning a checkpoint near Baghdad stopped a wedding convoy to find that the purported bride and groom were wanted terror suspects, an Iraqi Defense Ministry official said Monday. The Army set up the checkpoint last …
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