UPDATE: More here END UPDATE It has long been known that the ‘wall’ between local law enforcement and the intelligence agency that 9-11 Commissioner Jamie Gorelick established while working for Bill Clinton was an obstacle to finding terrorists in our midst pre 9-11. But now the NYTimes, of all MSM sources, has a story that [...]

For those interested, the shuttle Discovery will come home to earh at one of three landing sites: Florida, California or New Mexico. ABC News has a good round up of when the sites were used in the past and why. The landing is early morning Tuesday and can be tracked at the NASA site here. [...]

The UN oil for food scandal just shifted into high gear with the super charger primed with parallel news stories: One where a top UN official has plead guilty to bribery; and the second where the UN’s OOF manager Sevin is accused with the UN official who plead guilty of bribery. Anyone doubting a plea [...]

Well, it looks like Iran is vying for the second dumbest nation of the century. I am not sure whether Bush meant to or not, but when he identified the Axis of Evil in 2002 he was also identifying the Axis of Stupidity (which is why these countries are so dangerous – their inability to [...]

This bill took way too long to become law. One good point is the promotion to expand nuclear power and gasoline production. Not to mention the investment into hybrid technology In the near term, the new legislation will extend daylight-saving time, give tax breaks to drivers who buy cars with fuel-efficient technologies and try to [...]

Leftwing lunacy (and a clear indication to the rest of the country it is time to end any serious consideration of liberal politics in this country) is rampant as this summer rolls on. Is it the heat? Is it the desparation? Is it the lack of reality in these pathetic people’s lives? featured speaker at [...]

I had not really stepped into Air America scandal that has been well documented by Michelle Malkin and others – mainly because the baffoonary of a third rate media debacle is not really world shaping news. Air America was doomed from the git-go, and how it flamed out was not really of much interest to [...]

It looks like the end game is near on a new Iraqi Constitution, due out in one week. The pressure is on in two areas. First is on the Kurds The United States and Britain are putting pressure on the main Iraqi Kurdish party to postpone its demands for a federalist state in Iraq until [...]

OK, what is going on with the liberal side of this country? When did stealing (oh, they call it ‘diverting’) homeland security monies become a risk worth taking? Hat tip [with a big bow] to Michelle Malkin for catching this one. Despite its public statements, the office of acting Democratic Gov. Richard Codey played a [...]

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I think it is fair to say Americans are watching how the UN Oil For Food (or Oil for Saddam and UN Officials) program will be dealt with. I am confident that future support levels in the US for the UN are riding heavy on how those who lined their pockets are dealt with. Ed [...]

I won’t even attempt to link to all the great posts and memorials to this man. I simply want to add my perspective on a life well lived and remembered. Peter Jennings was the face of the news for me through much of my early life, at at time when news began to catch my [...]

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A long trip usually means I do not go back and try and recap news of the week, but this subject begs the exception. You think the MSM could sink no lower, then they get so desparate to try and stop the nation’s transition to the right of center they cross another line in simple [...]