Category Archives: The One

The day after briefs

Well, duh! The U.S. ambassador to Israel says direct talks between the PA and Israel are the only way to peace. Too bad Mahmoud Abbas disagrees. He’s still working on an end-run around Israel to get his own little mini-state. … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

Damn, I was hoping it would have been completely destroyed: No such luck. The UN building survived. Go move it somewhere else, like to some other country, please. Funny, how this doesn’t get worldwide headlines: The Palestinian hunger strikers were … Continue reading

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The I thought you said no more briefs briefs

So, what, all of them have been middle-class now? The myth that terrorists all do it because they’re poor and oppressed continues to be busted, as an upper-middle class Bangladeshi boy (a Muslim, of course) was arrested for trying to … Continue reading

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The best presidential debate ever

Did you all watch the debate Wednesday night? Are you laughing at the crybabies who can’t understand why Obama did so poorly? Dana Milbank has part of the answer. Yes, Obama hasn’t been questioned harshly in a very long time, … Continue reading

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Fraternizing with the enemy

No one out there can say that Iran is a friend or ally of the United States. You would think that would stop Americans from giving him the soapbox he so desperately craves to bash the United States and Israel. … Continue reading

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Wednesday 5773 briefs

Did you all remember to write the new year in your checkbooks? (Stolen from Lair Simon, who no longer blogs, alas.) Surpise, Syria! The IDF ordered a surprise exercise on the Golan Heights today to test Israel’s readiness for a … Continue reading

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The “protest” that wasn’t and the libel that is

The so-called Islamist protests (I hate when they call a rampaging mob “protesters”) that murdered four Americans appear to be as fake as the outrage against the Mohammed cartoons. If you will recall, the cartoons had been out for months … Continue reading

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The Islamist Spring

Wow, that Arab Spring was awesome, wasn’t it? We helped Libya defeat Moammar Gadhaffi, and they helped themselves to murder our ambassador and three other Americans. Why? Because they’re pissed off at a film that insults Mohammed released by an … Continue reading

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The 2012 Democratic platform

I don’t know what to think about the platform, because if you’re going to hold Barack Obama responsible for every word of it, then you have to hold Mitt Romney responsible for every word of the Republican platform. And as … Continue reading

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Briefly

Not enough: I think they should have called down the “death penalty” on Penn State, but at least their football program is mostly dead now. Here’s a good take on why. Crazy or not, the death penalty works for me: … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

Awful: Some nutjob went insane at a theater and murdered twelve people at the premiere of Dark Knight Rises. Countdown to blaming it on the Tea Party or Republicans or NRA in 3, 2, 1…. Oh, well then it must … Continue reading

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Friday head-scratching briefs

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/the-stink-of-cologne/2012/06/27/gJQAqe0d7V_blog.html All is not well in Assadville: A big defection in Syria, some big-time general. You know, that Arab Spring is going to cause a Winter War, if you ask me. Israel had better gird its loins. What kind of … Continue reading

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More concerned with history than with law

One of the reasons the Supreme Court Justices are elected for life terms is so that they can consider the laws without regard to who is offended by the judgments they make. But the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court … Continue reading

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Breaking: Obamacare passes the Supremes

Time to repeal it. From SCOTUSblog’s liveblog: Amy Howe: The individual mandate survives as a tax. Tom: So the mandate is constitutional. Chief Justice Roberts joins the left of the Court. Tom: The bottom line: the entire ACA is upheld, … Continue reading

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Three more days until the Obamacare ruling

Nothing from the Supreme Court today, but the next (and last for this season) session will be on Thursday, when we will hear Chief Justice Roberts read the opinion of the Supreme Court. It is widely expected to be a … Continue reading

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