UPDATE to original post: Obama has lost the left-leaning New Republic. From American Liberals and the Streets of Cairo: …the Obama administration, and American liberals more generally, have been caught intellectually unprepared for this crisis. It was a terrible mistake … Continue reading
Mohamed ElBaradei is in Tahrir Square in central Cairo making a speech to protesters. This essentially constitutes an alliance between the Muslim Brotherhood and ElBaradei. Brotherhood members are moving through the crowd while ElBaradei speaks. There are now two clear … Continue reading
Army Air Force crew of a B-29 (12 aviators) was rescued by a U.S. Navy submarine after their plane was shot down, 70 miles off the coast of Japan. The entire rescue was filmed in color, but then sat in … Continue reading
Ed Driscoll gives a devastating indictment of old media for misreporting and outright lying about violent public shootings and bombings from the Kennedy Assassination to the Arizona Shooting by Jared Lee Loughner. The old media hasn’t realized that with the … Continue reading
From The Detroit News: State Sen. Mike Green is looking to abolish the limitations concerning concealed weapons and allow those with licenses to carry a firearm essentially anywhere in the state. Green, R-Mayville, said he introduced the bills today in … Continue reading
This part was just weird: ”…to every young person listening tonight who’s contemplating their career choice: If you want to make a difference in the life of our nation; if you want to make a difference in the life of … Continue reading
Since 1960 the unemployment rate has exceeded 6% only five times on the date of a presidential election. In all but one of those times the incumbent or the candidate of the party in power lost. The exception was 1984 … Continue reading
Harry Reid will try to keep Obamacare repeal from coming up for a vote for two reasons: Some Democrats who are up for reelection in 2012 will vote for repeal — they know it’s not popular with their voters and … Continue reading
Time Enough For Love is the Robert Heinlein novel that gets polar opposite reader ratings on Amazon. All 5-stars and 1-stars, little in between. Readers either love it or hate it, the latter finding it crushingly boring or take offense … Continue reading