From the Wall Street Journal (subscription only, so I’ll excerpt at length): Joseph Lieberman’s primary loss might be a satisfying victory for the partisan extremes, but it is a sharp blow to bipartisan efforts to prevail in a global war that may span generations. The political gamesmanship is heard by the troops on the front lines. Many in the media tend to portray our warriors as mindless pawns who are

From the indefatigable Allah.  Linked with minimal commentary from the easily fatiguable Jeff—who, admittedly, has been helped along in his stupor by a bottle of Pinot Grigio and some Percocet. One thing I will offer though:  if the Times of London is reporting that “crisis planners” are taking the Iranian 8-22 threat seriously, I think it’s time we all did the same.  Of course, I’m maybe a bit cynical.  Whereas

Via Newsbusters, here’s NBC’s Kevin Corke: “Yeah well said because a lot of people here are going to be asking the question, not only today but in the days to come, if, if the administration has known about this potential plot what was the hold up in getting the word out, especially domestically? Now right now they’re saying, Ann, that there’s no expectation that there will be domestic arrests related

1) To the anonymous person who sent along the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre special edition DVD. The ground beef cover art alone makes my mouth water, I must say—but this also happens to be one of the greatest horror movies ever made, so I’m happy to have it in a US edition. 2) Thanks, too, to John Hackathorn for the Legacy Collection of The Wolfman.  Growing up, The Wolfman was

From US New & World Report: Terrorism suspects plotting to blow up American planes headed from the United Kingdom to the United States were planning to smuggle hydrogen peroxide-based liquid/slurry explosives in modified sports drinks bottles, U.S. News has learned. The suspects had figured out a way to modify the bottoms of the factory-sealed bottles and fill them with the explosives that were similar to those used in other recent

“…I wonder, do these pants make my ass look capitulatory…?”

In case you haven’t seen it, here’s German video of Hizbollah Superhero Green Helmet acting as a director of Qana propaganda video. (h/t Ron Ackert / Tom Pechinski) I’ve written plenty on post-modernist sensibilities and wills to power in modern political thought—how such things proceed from (or, if you prefer, are reinforced by, depending on your philosophical starting point) certain linguistic assumptions that then translate into self-justifying strategems and an

From FOX News.  No other details available just now (sources:  Reuters / Al Jazeera)

From “punditron,” writing at Daily Kos: Today, we can see again what Britain gets for being a staunch ally of Bush. They get home-grown terrorists, bombings, and more terrorist plots. BREAKING:  BUSH TO BE RETROACTIVELY BLAMED FOR IRA BOMBINGS. You have to wonder what exactly are the benefits of hitching yourself to George W. It’s like when you consider making an investment or major purchase. You look at the pros

From the BBC: A major terrorist plot to blow up planes in mid-flight has been disrupted, Scotland Yard has said. It is thought the plan was to detonate explosive devices smuggled on aircraft in hand luggage, with flights from the UK to the US being targeted. During the night, police arrested a number of people in London after a counter-terrorist operation they said had lasted several months. Security at all