Christian at Defense Tech makes a catch:Obama flew from Iraq to Amman on an MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Transport squadron 162 -- the newest Osprey squadron to deploy to Iraq.I'm kicking over some rocks as we speak to see if this was by...
Month: July 2008
This has to be a joke:Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons could be deployed to Cuba in response to U.S. plans to install a missile defense system in Eastern.
This is more in Rob's and Scott's wheelhouse, but Tim at Walking the Berkshires is compiling a list of the "Top Ten Movie Soliloquies." He embeds Robert Shaw's famous Jaws.
Jonah Goldberg actually compares the "success" of Teh Surge to -- oh, Jeebus, its just too fantastic to spoil:Recall that Bill Clinton, with his dovish record and roster of "character issues," would never have been elected if the Soviet Union hadn't collapsed in 1991. With...
Shorter Verbatim Glenn Reynolds: "A PREDICTION: If Barack Obama is elected President, he'll be far more warlike than President Bush, and far more warlike than his pre-election rhetoric suggests. Because.
Just got this breathless press release from the McCain campaign:BARACK OBAMA SAID IT!: "There's No Doubt That General Petraeus Does Not Want A Timetable"Barack ObamaMedia AvailabilityAmman, JordanJuly 22, 2008Barack Obama:.
I forgot to mention this, but commenter Howard and I once again have a $50 donation to Planned Parenthood riding on whether the Yankees make the playoffs. Harvey Araton's highly unconvincing comparisons to 1965 notwithstanding, I would definitely make the bet again in a second....
Nicholas Carr asks Is Google Making Us Stupid?" (I started reading this but got bored so I don't know the answer).I do know that Google is the single greatest invention.
Radovan Karadzic. Good deal. More from Hilzoy and Doug.
Well this is depressing. After moving into virtually every occupation, women are being afflicted on a large scale by the same troubles as men: downturns, layoffs, outsourcing, stagnant wages or the discouraging prospect of an outright pay cut. And they are responding as men have,...
Benjamin Harrison, proclaiming a day of celebration (scheduled for October 21) in recognition of the 400th anniversary of the "discovery of America," 21 July 1892:Columbus stood in his age as.
My wife asked the other day why I seemed so interested recently in the self-evident absurdity of "Black Confederates." The short, pragmatic answer is that I'm teaching a course on.