Okay, settle down.  It’s from the New York Sun.  And while these folks aren’t Moonies, I’m not sure as an organization they have the right “diversity” to be taken seriously as a news outlet.  But what the hell. Let’s take a look anyway: A former Democratic senator and 9/11 commissioner says a recently declassified Iraqi account of a 1995 meeting between Osama bin Laden and a senior Iraqi envoy presents

     “Well, sure, I know Jesus would want us to picket outside the abortion clinic, honey.  But it’s such a nice day and all, I’m sure he’d also want us to grill out and enjoy some Miller Genuine Drafts.  “Tell you what:  we’ll compromise.  You go load the dead fetus placards into the car, and I’ll go find the Habatchi and some sterno—and fill up the cooler with cheesedogs and a

Earlier today, I wrote this: On the charges of plagiarism, I’ll accept Ben’s explanation—whatever it is—because I also found him to be quite a forthright gentleman, which means that I expect he will admit to any wrongdoing. And now he has, as I’d hoped he would, once he had time to consider his actions.  Here is the text of his post, courtesy Red State: “Contrition” I want to apologize to

—Forget it.  When the trolls arrived in force earlier this week, the little fella gathered up a few of his firearms, built a blind in the front yard, strapped on his Kevlar and night vision scope, and began lying in wait for any suspicious looking interlopers. Last time I checked?—he’d already gone through 34 Slim Jims, a bottle of Beam (with a 2 Liter of Diet Coke), a couple bags