Well, according to certain of our trolls.  But be sure to read Michael Totten’s latest dispatch from Southern Lebanon, and the comments and his responses, as well.  It’s the single best piece on Lebanon, Hezbollah and Israel that I’ve read, and it’s full of interesting revelations that haven’t been reported in the MSM, such as: –Many Lebanese believe that the conflict was timed to give cover to Iran’s nuclear program

Have you ever noticed how people you don’t even know call you by your first name?  That really bugs me. It probably came about from some idiot’s idea of “personalizing” retail dealings.  Some idiot who has no idea about manners.  I remember when you called strangers either sir or ma’am or mister or missus whoever.  And it wasn’t just strangers.  There was an etiquette about the whole name exchange that

For starters, a surefire way to annoy trolls.  But wait, there’s more: 01/04/07 AP NEWS STORY Iraq threatens arrest of police captain who spoke to media By STEVEN R. HURST Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP)—The Interior Ministry acknowledged Thursday that an Iraqi police officer whose existence had been denied by the Iraqis and the U.S. military is in fact an active member of the force, and said he now

indcbill: Greetings from the front.* What’s going on with you? proteinwisdom: Eh, you know.  Site is messed up again proteinwisdom: had another DoS attack indcbill: jesus proteinwisdom: Nah, don’t think it was him this time—though I’m sure he still hates me because I agitate for the slaughter of Brown people.  Unlike, say, Yahweh.  Anyway, I had to get a new server built proteinwisdom: Now things aren’t working right proteinwisdom: Getting

     Early one morning, while crossing a stretch of desert on his way to visit his grandmother, Timmy came across a llama who was singing Kenny Rogers’ “The Coward of the County” while doing a load of laundry in a small wash basin beneath the shade of a desert palm.      “Gee whiz!” cried Timmy, amazed by the sight of a crooning Artiodactyla.  “I had no idea llamas could even talk, much

Cranky-d’s addressed it.  I have, too, here.  Elsewhere, people have said similar things.  Of course, to leftists this is just evidence of circle-jerkery, whereas to my mind it means that the propositions and argument are pretty self-evident. Somewhere, we’ve got that link for pre-emptive generalized moonbattery, and over the years it’s probably saved you all a lot of keystrokes if you’ve had occasion to use it.  Jeff puts the case

Rosie O’Donnell says Donald Trump is a man obsessed. “It’s the way I look. He can’t resist. I love when people say you’re fat like you don’t know,” O’Donnell joked Monday on ABC’s “The View.” “… It’s always the first comment of someone who disagrees with you if you happen to be on the plus side.” . . . . The guy, he’s obsessed with me, obviously,” she said. *shudder*

German Hitler comedy not very funny When I hear the words, “German Hitler comedy,” I start to giggle like a little girl.

A U.S. gunship conducted a strike against two suspected al Qaeda operatives in southern Somalia, but it was not known whether the mission was successful, CBS News reported on Monday. The U.S. Air Force plane, operated by the Special Operations Command, flew from its base in Djibouti to the southern tip of Somalia, where the al Qaeda suspects were believed to have fled from the capital Mogadishu, the U.S. network