The Giuliani Lexicon: A Noun, A Verb, and 9/11

Joe Biden justified his presidential campaign by getting off the best line of Tuesday night's debates. Opining that Rudy Giuliani is "probably the most underqualified man since George Bush to seek the presidency," he averred: "There's only three things he mentions in...

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The Syrian ‘Nuke’ Hoax

As I said here -- and, earlier, here -- the whole Syrian "nuclear" facility that the Israelis supposedly took out, in a faux-replay of the Osirak narrative, turned out to be a hoax: "According to current and former intelligence sources, the US intelligence community...

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Following Hillary’s Money

Follow the money, as the old saying goes: "The US arms industry is backing Hillary Clinton for President and has all but abandoned its traditional allies in the Republican party. Mrs Clinton has also emerged as Wall Street's favourite. Investment bankers have opened...

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The Knock on the Door at Night

Yes, Benito Giuliani's foreign policy team is very ... Halloweenish. In addition to Daniel "Ethinc Cleanser" Pipes, we have one Martin Kramer, as profiled by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "'Academic colleagues, get used to it,' warned the pro-Israel activist Martin...

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Does Rudy Giuliani Endorse Ethnic Cleansing?

The apppointment of Daniel Pipes, whose particular brand of political extremism is documented here, as a top advisor to the Giuliani campaign is about par for the course for Rudy, whose over-the-top pronouncements fit right in with Pipes' hate-all-Arabs shtick. But...

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Ron Paul’s Big Mistake

According to ABC News: "[Ron Paul] does not, in the ads running in early primary states and intended to introduce him to traditional Republicans there, mention his opposition to the Iraq War." If true, this is a major mistake. The reason for Paul's rising popularity...

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Life Imitates Blogging

"This is why I hope we never explore the cosmos, and go to other planets: any intelligent life we find there is bound to be declared an Enemy." -- Antiwar.com blog, October 13 "Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani yesterday said preparedness will be key for all crises,...

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Putin Did It

I see Putin is going ahead with his trip to Tehran in spite of rumors that he's to be assaulted by suicide bombers or captured. One has to say, however, that if the Russian president is assassinated, he'll probably be blamed for plotting his own demise. After...

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Some Weekend Reading

I'm blogging up a storm over at Taki's Top Drawer -- Here's my Friday Evening Cyber-Stroll, with items on Ron Paul (the third party option), Gen. Ricardo  Sanchez (lashing out at the Bushites), and Chris Matthews (how the War Party tried to censor him). Here's a...

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