this IS war

Joe Katzman at Winds of Change has a disturbing article about the Army’s non-competitive contract to purchase more M-4 rifles.  For some reason, I’m not competent to post a complete comment on the WoC blog, so I’ll do it here: "While the M-4 finished fourth out of four, 98 percent of all the rounds fired Read more

This pretty well sums up Columbia University’s ill-conceived invitation for Iran’s Ahmadinejad to speak: By providing a madman like Ahmadinejad with a platform at Columbia University, President Bollinger has in effect welcomed him into the community of candid reasoners. He has granted him a patent of legitimacy that no amount of "dialogue and reason" can Read more

The latest mutation in Lars Vilks’ modoggie project is the modified flag of Öland: "diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Öland now are worse than ever."  Vilks has converted the Cartoon Jihad into a political performance artwork that’s taking on a life of its own. Update (17 September).  Now Don Surber’s writing about it.  Tip from Read more

In the 1960s, history called the Baby Boomers. They didn’t answer the phone. Some of us got told to answer the dang thing. I got number 053. ["Congratulations! You ARE a winner!"]Tip from Michelle Malkin. Read more

Rusty over at the Jawa Report is working hard to take down Taliban websites hosted here in the US.  Bloggers can do their bit by hotlinking to images like this at 66.232.101.126. Tip from The Discerning Texan. Update (13 August).  I guess it worked! Read more

This couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. Tip from James Hudnall. Read more

Everyone from Sheriff Lee Baca to the National Guard is getting in on the action.  I must be in the wrong racket. Read more

…and they’re not to be trifled with: "This nation must have the right to be able to discuss and to talk about whether we are going to establish and affirm and accept our religious identity as a country, or whether we are going to walk away and let that be lost, perhaps forever, and to Read more

The problem with the fake is that it is always shown up by the arrival of the Real Thing. The difference between the two is often so manifest that it seems ridiculous to think that anyone could have been fooled — even momentarily — by the counterfeit.Nevertheless, some people will still cling to the comfort Read more

Ever since 9/11, military bases have been closed to the public, have 100% ID checks at all gates, and have beefed up base security. Once in a while, dependents and GIs, active and retired, grumble about it. Read this, and stop complaining. Notice also that the conspirators were not dispossessed Tibetans, marginalized Native Americans, patriarchically Read more