Neocons Want to Bomb Al-Jazeera?

"Take out Al Jazeera, one way or another," says rabid neocon Frank Gaffney. He praises the US-backed Iraqi council decision to ban Al Jazeera reporters from Iraq, but says they don't go far enough: "Under present wartime circumstances, though, the United States has...

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Neocons Want to Bomb Al-Jazeera?

"Take out Al Jazeera, one way or another," says rabid neocon Frank Gaffney. He praises the US-backed Iraqi council decision to ban Al Jazeera reporters from Iraq, but says they don't go far enough: "Under present wartime circumstances, though, the United States has...

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“Ramparts of Christendom?”

The insufferable Jeffrey T. Kuhner, Washington Times' chief Croat apologist, abuses logic and truth in his most recent commentary. Kuhner claims that Bosnian Muslims insist on a unified, centrally governed Bosnia despite the opposition of more than half the country's...

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OK, OK, Just One More

The Pompous Ass Quote of the Day: IS THE SENATE UNDERMINING IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION? Sure looks like it. If things go badly as a result, I promise to publish the pictures, names -- and home phone numbers, if I can get 'em -- of the Senators voting for this bill. I'll...

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Speaking of Glenn Reynolds…

There's been much caterwauling about the negative coverage of "postwar" Iraq, including repeated charges that the media never show the progress being made. Here's your progress: Once the Iraqis at the Baghdad Fire Department's largest station learn English, they'll be...

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He’s a Law Professor, You Know

Much praise to blogger Jim Henley for handing Glenn Reynolds his head on a toothpick. Check out this Henley response to Reynolds' whimpering about the Valerie Plame/CIA scandal: Leave Me My Illusions! - Until recently I could believe that ressentiment was a malady...

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30,000 WMDs Found

Sure, terrorists can cause trouble, Mideast dictators could threaten their neighbors with nukes, if they had 'em. Matt Bivens, writing in the Moscow Times reminds us, though, about the threat that could destroy civilization: "Look, if we're such great friends, why do...

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Enough with the Anti-Anti-Semitism Already

Ran HaCohen is back and as BS-averse as ever. Check out "Abusing Anti-Semitism". A sample: Nowadays, an orthodox Jew can run for the most powerful office on earth, the president of the United States (I personally hope he doesn't win). A Jew can be the mayor of...

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“Maggie’s Mauling for Blair”

Great title from the Sunday Mirror. Iraq war quote of the day, from Lady Thatcher: Britain should never have been involved and it will be very difficult to get our troops out in anything like the near future.

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