Bad news, folks. We’re winning in Iraq.According to a front page story in The Washington Post, “The U.S. military believes it has dealt devastating and perhaps irreversible blows to al Qaeda in Iraq in recent months, leading some generals to advocate a declaration of victory over the group.” Fortunately, John Cole is keeping our attention fixated on the Mess that Is Iraq, by soliciting 10 Question queries for the GOP

I will not be responsible for any keyboard damage: John Edwards‘ presidential campaign Friday played what it considers a trump card: the belief that he’s more electable than any other Democrat. In a conference call organized by the campaign, 10 party leaders from across the country said Edwards has the best chance not only of beating a Republican but of ensuring the election of other Democrats. Comments: The fact that

shouldn’t shoot people. Noose on the loose.  What’s going on with the Columbia thing? Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediment. Ethel Fenig visits some themes we’ve been discussing here, recently. Watch out for pupies. The important question: How’s Randi’s dog? Beautiful Atrocities illustrates why Arafat liked the boys. Yusuf Islam stage musical in the works.  Called “Moonshadow,” it chronicles the fatwa on Salman Rushdie from

Patriots to the core, each and every one of them. And how dare you question otherwise. Nuance. **** update: I said GOOD DAY, sir!

From FOXNews: A Seattle woman has made a rape claim against magician David Copperfield, law enforcement sources tell FOX News. The woman told Seattle police the magician raped her while she was in the Bahamas, sources said. Because the alleged incident happened abroad and the woman did not report it until she returned to the United States, Seattle authorities turned over the case to the FBI. On Thursday, FBI officials

Mugging. Rape. Massacre. Stalking. Journalism. Hero. Villain. Fascist. Patriot. Philadelphia is home to the least attractive people in the United States, a survey of visitors and residents showed on Friday. First, I’ve known some very beautiful women from Philly (though, alas, not in the biblical way). Second, have these people ever been to my hometown, Milwaukee?

at Breitbart discusses Rebecca Aguilar fiasco. Ace, Allah, Bryan warned off: looks too much like partner in my last disastrous relationship. Consider selves forewarned. Also, Looming plumber shortage in UK

A day after the explosions that killed well over a hundred in Pakistan, we are confronted with this news?

Not really sure what to make of the political bent of this argument, so I’ll leave it to you all to tease out. From The Movie Blog, “Why Commercials Before Movies Is Worse Than Piracy”: We’ve all figured that commercials playing in movie theaters was worth a lot of money… but did you realize its worth almost HALF A BILLION DOLLARS? The IMDB gives us this: Revenue from in-theater advertising

Per Michelle Malkin, some Hillaryites have close connections with a shadowy group called NXIVM.   She reproduces some of their bilge: NXIVM is a new ethical understanding that allows us to build an internal civilization and have it manifest in the external world. It allows us to explore our most fundamental nature and to begin to redirect our power of creation, a power that we all possess in a very human sense.