From time to time to time, I have looked at the issue of whether criticism of Islamic fundamentalism, and the Afghan and Iraq campaigns, are counter-productive in the sense that they breed more terrorists.  So far the answer seems to have been that the increases in terrorist incidents have been almost entirely in Iraq, and that critics of Operation Iraqi Freedom (and the subset in the media) like to have

to petition Jeff to keep us in the know regarding Paris Hilton’s jail diaries. Now . . . Karl, or Darleen, or Cranky, or McGehee, or ANYBODY . . . please take over before I post again! UPDATE: There’s something about Paris that puts me in mind of these Nick Lowe lyrics . . .

WTF?  Vote for me or they’ll hurt you? France risks violence and brutality if conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy wins tomorrow’s presidential election, his Socialist opponent, Ségolène Royal, said yesterday. On the last day of official campaigning, opinion polls indicated that Sarkozy was enjoying a commanding lead over Royal, who accused the former interior minister of lying and polarizing France. “Choosing Nicolas Sarkozy would be a dangerous choice,” Royal told RTL

*****Cross-posted from Bloody Scott***** You may have heard of the incident in which a tanker truck burst into flames on an underpass in California, creating heat so intense that it melted the steel girders of the overpass above, causing it to collapse, despite Rosie O’Donnell’s observation that “you can’t melt steel.” There obviously thus arise questions over how this may have occurred, using what means, and for what purpose. Yesterday,

A Protein Wisdom MultiCulti Production Shaha?  Are you there? Sorry.  We seem to have some trouble with our audio feed. It’s insultan, I tells ya.

“Mother Sykes, she dead” Via Michelle Malkin, from my hometown, Milwaukee, comes this stunning tale of far-left compassion. I have only one thing to say to Michael McGee: “Yo mama, you nappy-headed political ho.” Head ”Nappy”? You know, my instincts tell me that Mr. McGee started that fire, because he hates old white ladies who live in nice suburbs. You can add your own regards to Mr. McGee in comments,

Today Jeff is engaged in the hypermasculine practice known as barbeque, and there were many things that I’d hoped to bring to this forum, but the call has gone out for extra people to work today at the business, and my wife advises me that overtime pay would be welcome, so I’ll be off-line most of the day.  I think before I leave I have just enough time to yark

guy in Reds cap: “You catch the debate last night ?” tall guy in camo shorts: “Debate?” guy in Reds cap: “The Republican presidential debate.” tall guy in camo shorts: “Nah.  I was too busy being not totally fucking gay.”

Personally, I prefer my heroin straight out of the syringe—the gold running through my veins like a thousand railroad trains and all that—but if you simply must go ahead and snort the stuff, couldn’t you at least come up with a better street name than cheese? Because sorry, but snorting “Texas cheese” conjures up images that are best left in the closet of your mind, back there in corner, beneath

Looks like Lindsay Graham is not, shall we say, a big fan of immigration reform—well, except for the kind of Orwellian “comprehensive immigration reform” that pushes for amnesty and panders to racist groups like La Raza.  “Bigots,” to Graham, are those who would like to see the U.S. follow its own immigration policy, and enforce its own immigration lawas; whereas those who are hoping to “take back” part of America