Government, Tech And The Internet

h/t Claire: The MSM appears to be enjoying the police bashing angle of this news story by playing up the porn on police computers bit and labeling certain individuals activists for discovering it. I don’t know that a former State Senator qualifies as an activist. Anyway, compare the first version’s lede...

Okay, So …

Let’s see …

Thompson is said to be getting into the race for Prez. Oh wait, no he isn’t. ZZzzzzzz ….

It should irk you that...

Was UPJ Behind Memorial Day Vandalism?

Many of you have likely been reading about the military graves having been vandalized on Memorial Day.

The vandals who desecrated the graves of U.S. veterans over the Memorial Day weekend were professionals, says a Vietnam vet who kept night watch at the cemetery in Washington State.

No one has taken...

Enjoy The Weekend

A bit rushed today … so let’s see – the NY Times fixed a poll while a Rasmussen one seems more accurate. Not much news there. That and more available via Memeorandum. The Left is still getting off on the Justice Department nonsense that isn’t exactly captivating the...

Friends Don’t Let Friends Blog Stupid

Unfortunately, Oliver Willis must have few friends, given his answers to these questions about the Iraq War from Qand O.

Q: let’s dispense with silly arguments about whether we should’ve gone into Iraq in the first place. Shoulda, woulda, coulda. We are there. So what do we do now?

A: Well, the...

WWW Jiihad

Right from the good ol’ USA.

The place that isn’t really fighting a war on terror.

Nah, just a war against non-Presidential contenders without resumes. Edwards brings to mind the image of a weak-kneed Ken doll that made it out of the factory without a spine. The Left should put him...

In The News … And Not

The Multi-National Force – Iraq seems to be renewing its effort in getting out the news from Iraq. Check it out.

We know we can’t depend on the MSM. After that poll showing that 25% or so percent of young US Muslims  saw suicide bombings as acceptable under certain circumstances, via the...

Like I Said Before

I love libraries. But they sure have changed. The best thing about not being hard wired? Most of this isn’t really going on out here in the Riehl world right now.

Senator Russ "Carebear" Feingold is weeping over the collapse of the Democrats at DailyKos. That would be the collapse a lib...

Democrats Cave On Iraq Supplemental

We’ll see. But that may be the case.

By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent 3 minutes ago

WASHINGTON – In grudging concessions to President Bush , Democrats intend to draft an Iraq war-funding bill without a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops and shorn of billions of dollars in spending on...

As Mentioned

I’m moving and said so long for a bit here. Maintaining the blog isn’t going to be my first priority in settling in. But access in the old house didn’t go down when it was set to. When that will happen, who knows? But tomorrow late afternoon at the latest is...

Immigration Bill On Line

The Washington Times reports the Immigration Bill may be headed for even harder times.

Fewer than 20 senators are publicly committed to supporting the immigration deal announced last week, Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller will report Monday in The Washington Times.

NZ Bear has a clickable copy of the bill on line. He...

Military Rolls Into Palestinian Camp

Update: See here for more.

The Syrian-backed group– made up of Syrian, Palestinian, Lebanese, Saudi and other Arab Islamists who arrived via Syria after terrorist tours in Iraq–  has threatened to "open fire and volcanoes" on the army and on Lebanon that will not be "closed" as long as they have the...