Interesting comment from geezer that is worth highlighting: […] does the unanimous vote of the multi-party Israeli cabinet (one abstention) to accept or endorse the cease-fire suggest that there was no coup afoot in Israel?  Or that the White House is not furious with Olmert?  Or that the WHite House did not perform badly here? Fox News is reporting this morning that the cease-fire agreement is already in trouble because

Sometimes, when Israel has ostensibly surrendered its strategic advantage and the US is ostensibly making feints toward a return to foreign policy “realism,” I like to go to the mall and buy myself something velour. So if anybody needs me, I’ll be shopping for 1982.  With any luck, maybe I’ll catch an Asia reunion concert, too.

From the Jerusalem Post: The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1701 Friday evening, calling for the cessation of hostilities between Hizbullah and Israel. The resolution authorizes the deployment of 15,000 UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon to support a Lebanese force as it takes control of the region and Israel withdraws. The UN force is to monitor the cease-fire and help Lebanese forces gain control over an area that

—You know, funny story.  The little Texarkana escargot was all set to line dance this afternoon in exchange for a double-cheese and pineapple pizza and a 24oz can of Tecate, but when we went to pick it up, it turns out I’d forgotten my wallet—and the pimply goth punk with the torn hairnet working the register wouldn’t take my IOU. Which is unfortunate, I realize, but the fact remains that

“You know what really irks me, counterculture icon Billy Jack? The fact that there are those who still question my ‘authenticity’ as a Black man. This despite the color of my skin — a burden with which I was born and, through hard work and some Great Society mau-mauing, I have since overcome in this, your Benighted States of America. Then there’s the inconvenient fact that my father was a

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