Via the irrepressible Tim Blair: Global survey of world “opinion leaders” concludes that American policies provoked the Semptember 11 attack. The Pew Research Centre and The International Herald Tribune conducted the survey, part of a project on global attitudes headed by Madeleine Albright. The specific policies “responsible” were not identified. Naturally. In a related story…”Frustrated son blames student loan debt on mother’s longtime policy of sleeping with father.”

Cock-burn and St.Clair’s paranoid li’l rag Counterpunch is fronting John Chuckman’s horrific essay, “The First Victim in the War on Terror.” Predictably, the “first victim,” to Chuckman’s deluded way of thinking, is not some poor innocent sliced open with a boxcutter or blown to smithereens by a hijacked, weaponized airliner, but rather — yup! you guessed it! — the Palestinian people! Y’know, I’m no longer surprised by the tortured mental

Cock-burn and St.Clair’s paranoid li’l rag Counterpunch is fronting John Chuckman’s horrific essay, “The First Victim in the War on Terror.” Predictably, the “first victim,” to Chuckman’s deluded way of thinking, is not some poor innocent sliced open with a boxcutter or blown to smithereens by a hijacked, weaponized airliner, but rather — yup! you guessed it! — the Palestinian people! Y’know, I’m no longer surprised by the tortured mental

Brian Linse takes the Instapundit to task for treating gun show “loopholes” lightly. Both Linse and Reynolds refer to this AP article by Melissa Robinson. Linse writes: If you read the article … you’ll find out that they were referring to a case where a Lebanese man was convicted of conspiring to export guns purchased at a Michigan gun show to Hezbollah! Get it? He bought guns at a Michigan

In an earlier post, I used the term “hempsters,” by which I meant members of that hypervisible group of advocacy whingers who tend to hate globalization, worry about the “CO2 blanket,” eat lots of lentils, and buy clothing woven from hemp. I did not mean (as an emailer offered) “pot users who enjoy hampsters” — though the next time I need to describe some weedpuffin’ rodentaphile who owns a tiny

In an earlier post, I used the term “hempsters,” by which I meant members of that hypervisible group of advocacy whingers who tend to hate globalization, worry about the “CO2 blanket,” eat lots of lentils, and buy clothing woven from hemp. I did not mean (as an emailer offered) “pot users who enjoy hampsters” — though the next time I need to describe some weedpuffin’ rodentaphile who owns a tiny

The engaging Damian Penny, along with Bruce Ralson, on his fine new blog, “Flit,” each report on U. of Guelph philosophy professor John McMurtry’s claim that American Intelligence was complicit in the 9/11 terror attacks. In his speech to the Toronto chapter of Science for Peace, McMurty called the attacks “a big lie” and compared them to the Reichstag fire. Doc McMurty, a former CFL player, further argued that the

The engaging Damian Penny, along with Bruce Ralson, on his fine new blog, “Flit,” each report on U. of Guelph philosophy professor John McMurtry’s claim that American Intelligence was complicit in the 9/11 terror attacks. In his speech to the Toronto chapter of Science for Peace, McMurty called the attacks “a big lie” and compared them to the Reichstag fire. Doc McMurty, a former CFL player, further argued that the

I woke up this morning to a pot of Grand Pecan coffee (my wife deserves to be dipped in bronze) and a bruising WSJ Opinion Journal editorial by John Hillen blaming the military for what we’ll call “The Geraldo Phenomenon.” Seems the Pentagon’s post-Vietnam adversarial relationship with the press — and its disinclination to raise individual soldiers to celebrity status (Pfc. Billy Smith just loves his Chunky Soup…) — leads

Some early reviews of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, from a couple of dudes who wear ties all the time… The Weekly Standard’s Jonathan V. Last: [I]n truth, “Fellowship” doesn’t have the feel of an instant success. It is a long, difficult, earnest movie, whose pleasures are not all immediately apparent. The story of swords and sorcery isn’t very hip and may call to mind