At the risk of prompting unstable people to issue anonymous threats against his beagle, I reprint this latest from The Daily Dish: The United States is a rogue nation that practices torture and detainee abuse and does not follow the most basic principles of the Geneva Conventions. It is inviolation of human rights agreements and the U.N. Convention against torture. It is legitimizing torture by every disgusting regime on the

From YNet News: Following warnings by extremist Islamic group al-Muhajiroun, in which the group said that the red cross in the England flag symbolizes the ‘blood thirsty crusaders’ and the occupation of Muslims, some of the largest companies in England have ordered their workers not to wave the flags. The flag has recently appeared in England on everything from bikinis to cars, and sold in endless versions in stores. But

Ingredients: * 1 small jar (approx. 7 1/2 ounces) small curd paste * 1 cup milk * 3 tablespoons butter * 3 tablespoons flour * 1/4 teaspoon salt * dash ground cayenne pepper * 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard * 4 eggs, separated * 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Preparation Strain paste and set aside. In a saucepan, melt butter; blend in flour, salt, cayenne, and dry mustard. Simmer while stirring until

Laguna Dave points us to this Winnipeg Sun article from inveterate anti-American columnist Eric Margolis, which suggests that at least some of the “intellectual class” writing for the Canadian media (read:  Socialists) are likely to treat yesterday’s revelations that Ontario was the target for a major terror attack NOT as reason to get more serious about fighting Islamic extremists, but rather as an excuse to surrender to them (though the

From the National Post: A Canadian counter-terrorism investigation that led to the arrests of 17 people accused of plotting bombings in Ontario is linked to probes in a half-dozen countries, the National Post has learned. Well before police tactical teams began their sweeps around Toronto on Friday, at least 18 related arrests had already taken place in Canada, the United States, Britain, Bosnia, Denmark, Sweden, and Bangladesh. The six-month RCMP

You know, every time I take my kid to the playground, or to the lake to watch the ducks, I find myself thinking, aren’t you ashamed that this is what you do for a living…? Then, after a mental pause (during which time I remember weekends spent grading student papers), I laugh and laugh and laugh! **** update:  And laugh!

And so it begins… Whether the historical referent becomes My Lai or Jenin (or something in between) will depend upon the outcome of the investigation, of course; but, if the early analogies are any indication, one does get the creepy sense that many in the US media are kind of hoping for the former, so convinced are they that the soldiers they so love are, by in large, nothing more

*must credit protein wisdom* What?  You’re still here? 

—I know, I know.  But the thing is, with Rockies’ shortstop Clint Barmes batting in the mid .180s, and with last year’s number one draft pick out of Long Beach State, shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, more of a defensive specialist than an offensive threat—at least at this point in his professional career—the little guy has convinced himself he can fill the shortstop gap in the interim, and so he’s started spending