Major Mea Culpa Update:: Well, it’s not really my mistake since I was just reading news reports, but it seems the real reason Fred went silent is because his mother is ill. My prayers to Fred and his mother and I hope to see him back in the hunt here soon. H/T reader Merlin.– end […]

I am an admirer of John McCain, but even this independent conservative sees little point in selecting between ObaCain or McHillary this November. I might as well vote Obama over McCain for all the good it will do for the Iraq war. Bush has conservative support to hold vetoes against SurrenderManiacs trying to lose Iraq […]

Yeah, yeah – my hopes on the NFL playoffs were dashed last night. But the cool thing is I will be in Key West for the Super Bowl blissfully unaware of it all….

Now for something upbeat and fun and away from politics. I am rooting for San Diego and Green Bay today – probably because my political desires have bled over into sports and I would like to see change at the top. San Diego has the higher hill to climb. They are facing the best in […]

After yesterday’s NV caucuses and GOP primary in SC we have some pruning opportunities. John Edwards is doing the political version of Keith Richards – he’s the walking dead. He thinks he is alive but just doesn’t know it yet, so he goes on. OK, bad joke about a great guitarist. But Edwards is out. […]

A teenage suicide bomber has been captured in the Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan who was part of a team of back-up assassins who were with the two gunmen who killed Benazir Bhutto – and his story confirms the fact the attack was carried out by al-Qaeda, not government […]

I am truly not sure who will win between McCain and Huckabee. Yes, others have a shot but I don’t see enough movement in the polls to be convinced they will show up. Fred has been haunting the conservative talk radio shows – which I think is not helping actually. Again, this is an election […]

As I look at the latest Nevada Caucus polls at RCP for the dems I note a consistent pattern – over time Hillary is losing ground and Obama is rising fast. Check out any single poll and look at the trends. For example, looking at the last two ARG polls Hillary goes from 45->35, Obama […]

As I noted below in a previous post which ever side is finally deemed to have killed moderate leader Benazir Bhutto will probably face rejection by the majority of Pakistanis. If it turns out to be tied to the foreign al-Qaeda presence it is they who will be purged of Pakistani political support. I think […]

H/T to reader Merlin for noting this excellent post by Bill Roggio, which confirms many of my speculations regarding the retreating nature of al-Qaeda in Iraq: Nearly one year to the day of the announcement of the “surge” of US forces to Iraq and the change in counterinsurgency plan, Iraqi and Coalition forces have shrunk […]