Spengler at the Asian Times doesn’t like Obama, I guess: Radical anti-Americanism, rather than Islam, was the reigning faith in the Dunham household. In the Muslim world of the 1960s, nationalism rather than radical Islam was the ideology of choice among the enraged. Radical Islam did not emerge as a major political force until the nationalism of a Gamal Abdel Nasser or a Sukarno failed.       Well, that article might be
February 2008
Hillary’s Hispanic Firewall [Dan Collins]
Republican stabs Obama supporter: Authorities said Ortiz, a registered Republican and Clinton supporter, allegedly stabbed Shurelds, an Obama supporter, in the stomach. Ortiz told police Shurelds began to choke him, so he grabbed a knife and stabbed him.Shurelds was flown to an area hospital and was listed in critical condition. He is expected to recover from his wounds.Ortiz, 28, was jailed on $20,000 bail. He is facing charges of felony,
Scientists Worry About Weird Shit [Dan Collins]
Rules that allow only the catching of larger fish may encourage their replacement with slower growing, more timid varieties. That, at least, is the concern of researchers who studied test populations in two artificial lakes and report their findings in this week’s edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. the opposite population pressure is operating within Western human societies.  O! the rape.
GOP 2008: Why should McCain flip-flop on Iraq? [Karl]
At RCP, Steven Warshawsky argues that John McCain must change his position on Iraq because it is… unpopular! Polls say so: A Rasmussen Reports poll from January 29, 2008, reported that 59% of Americans want U.S. troops to be brought home from Iraq immediately or within one year, while only 35% want U.S. troops to remain in Iraq “until the mission is complete.” According to this poll, not only do
Dems 2008: Hillary Clinton & Jesse Jackson, redux [Karl]
Clinton advisor Harold Ickes throws Jesse Jackson into the mix again: “We have two really strong and very good candidates. This party has been blessed … to have a woman who, I think will be the next president of the United States [and] to have a powerful spokesman in the form of Sen. Obama and he is, that’s one of the reasons I supported Jesse Jackson in 1984 and 1988,
Dems 2008: Obama, Carter and “change” elections [Karl]
The New York Observer’s Politicker blog compares the current campaign to the 1976 election: An unelected president, Ford had barely secured the Republican nomination against a fierce challenge from Ronald Reagan, leaving the party’s conservative base dispirited and even more distrustful of Ford than they already had been. And the stench of Watergateâ€â€and Ford’s politically damaging pardon of Richard Nixonâ€â€stubbornly hung in the air. After eight years of Republican rule,
Female Sex Predators Puzzle Experts [Dan Collins]
Men are supposed to be the bad ones.
Captain Ed Moving to Hot Air [Dan Collins]
to join Allah Pundit. No word on Bryan. It is with regret that I announce that Bryan Preston has left the company. He has chosen to take a position as a producer with the Laura Ingraham radio show. We thank him for all the time and talent he devoted to making Hot Air a success. Please wish him all the best in his new endeavors. I don’t think Bryan likes
I’m Sure Lots of Others Are Saying This [Dan Collins]
but it seems to me that the less time they have to prepare for them, the less wretched the Oscars are.

Shannon Elizabeth comments on Captain Ed’s decision to shut down Captain’s Quarters in favor of a spot on Michelle Malkin’s Hot Air
Elizabeth: “I don’t have the foggiest idea who this Captain Ed guy is, to be honest — but if he owns a really nice boat and can score us some X, I’d be willing to give him a shot. ” — Speaking of which, Ted Turner once told me that the salt air had so plumped my nipples that he feared the pressure would force them to go spinning off