Month: May 2006

RedState launched its new “Contra Tyrannum” feature today with a good skunk story.

Wow!

Donald Rumsfeld was interviewed today on Hugh Hewitt’s show.Bruce Kesler has a roundup.

Egyptian Sandmonkey, who is doing a terrific job following the story of the jailed Egyptian blogger Alaa, sends word that a blog was just set up called Free Alaa to draw attention to the plight of this young man.Sandmonkey writes:Egyptian Alaa Abdel Fatah has been arrested alongside 10 others while demonstrating in support of the independence of the Judiciary in Egypt and the release of previous demonstrators who were detained 2 weeks earlier.

Hugh Hewitt has a new book out.The Real Ugly American has a review.

A month before Joe Wilson wrote his historically inaccurate editorial in the New York Times, he was chumming with Anti-Bush conspirator Ray McGovern at the The Education for Peace in Iraq Center’s (EPIC) 2003 Iraq Forum on June 14, 2003, where both men gave speeches on Iraq’s attempts to acquire uranium from Niger.Clarice Feldman at American Thinker has more thoughts on the real leaker of Valerie Plame:Though the investigation into who “outed” Plame was premised on the notion that (a) her identity was not publicly known before Robert Novak’s article in July 2003 and (b) the disclosure came from the Administration—particularly persons in the White House to somehow “punish” Wilson, there is increasing evidence that Wilson himself widely divulged that information to burnish his own credentials as an expert.

Rioting broke out at a Darfur refugee camp as UN Ambassador Jan Egeland made a visit to check on the camp conditions.

The aid group Save the Children accused UN aid workers of trading sex for food in the impoverished Liberia:Aid workers and U.N.

Does this still mean that America lost?

What started off as a simple protest demanding the death of the organizer of a prostitution ring, sadly ended with water cannons.The protesters demanded that, “Sexploiters Leave or Face the Wrath of Allah!”I think we all know what that means!A veiled Kashmiri Muslim woman (R) addresses a protest against a sex scandal in Srinagar May 8, 2006.

The Washington Post has more on Ray “Cindy Sheehan with a beard” McGovern this morning.Kennedy’s Smooth Ride Turns BumpyI am mostly pointing this out, because the piece mentions what I wrote on Friday about Ray McGovern.I still believe Powerline said it best about the Left’s new hero-nut:This is the man CNN says was “speaking truth to power” when he heckled Rumsfeld, and whom Andrew Sullivan–whose standards are getting lower all the time–described as “not some crazed lefty.” It’s scary to consider what it would take for a lefty to be considered “crazed” by either Andrew or CNN.

Well, until 2031, or 25 more years, anyway!And, he has many friends to thank.Harry Belafonte propping up Hugo Chavez, Jesse Jackson flying in to prop up Hugo Chavez, Jimmy Carter giving Hugo Chavez a needed election win, Cindy Sheehan and Hugo Chavez in a socialist lip-lock.As predicted back in December, Hugo Chavez on Saturday made it official that he plans on ruling Venezuela for the next 25 years and with the Venezuelan Parliament and judges now completely under his control, despite the will of the people, there is nothing stopping him:President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that Venezuelan voters should have the chance to decide whether he should govern the country for the next 25 years.Speaking at a stadium packed with supporters in central Lara state, Chavez said he would hold a referendum to put the question of his remaining in office to Venezuelans if the opposition pulls out of upcoming presidential elections.”I am going to ask you, all the people, if you agree with Chavez being president until 2031,” he said.

Egyptian Sandmonkey has news about a popular blooger Alaa who has been jailed in Cairo.As you can read here Alaa has been arrested , and the situation is turning bleaker by the minute.

Missouri State Veterans Ombudsman Pat Rowe Kerr and State Auditor Candidate Colonel Jack Jackson sent this news about an event planned on Monday, May 8, 2006at the south lawn of the Missouri State Capital, from 6-7 PM.Click to EnlargePat Rowe Kerr also sent information on the soldier families that were in need of help that I had mentioned in earlier posts:The Dietiker Family and their young daughter head to Chicago for cleft palette repair in July; the soldier found a job and his wife is undergoing her 5th cancer treatment this month.Operation on Spirit’s Wings is close to reaching goals (thank you to you all!!!!!).

Those liberals sure like slanting polls.Let’s see…The poll is slanted 50-41% towards Democrats, yet only 51% of respondents want Democrats to control Congress.

Poor Cindy…

We know at least one person who Joe Wilson leaked to about his wife’s occupation.

Germany says that the young jihadist hung himself in his cell after his arrest.Die Welt published the controversial Mohammed caricature with the bomb-shaped turban on the 1st of February here on their website.

The Dow hit a six year high today, its third highest close ever.This, of course, put the Dow above the 2000 slump of the previous administration.At 4:03PM ET: 11,577.74 138.88 (1.21%)The Dow Jones Industrial Averages is within striking distance of an all-time high:Wall Street barreled higher Friday, sending the Dow Jones industrials up 138 points to a new six-year high after a report of modest job growth bolstered hopes that the Federal Reserve will end its interest rates hikes.

The leakers of classified intelligence at the CIA can all relax, for now.

The populace was a bit uncomfortable with the prostitution ring they discovered in their community.14 were injured in rioting that shut down the city of Srinagar over the phone cam sex scandal in Kashmir.Students demonstrate against a sex scandal in Jammu Kashmir state that allegedly involves bureaucrats, police officials and politicians, in Srinagar, India, Thursday, May 4, 2006.

Since the media will not be saying much about this, here is the latest economic news released today:Today, The Government Released New Jobs Figures – 138,000 Jobs Created In April.

The Joy of “happy-slapping” your teacher in France,VIDEO HERENo Pasaran!

Patrick Kennedy, for your well being and happiness and the safety of society, please get help.Michelle Malkin, Jawa Report, John Stephenson, Blogs for Bush, Wizbang (good picture), California Conservative, Betsy, Ace…Shocking!

Stop the ACLU and World Net Dailyare reporting:A federal judge ruled on a 15 year-old ACLU case on Wednesday ordering the city of San Diego to remove a mountain-top cross within 90 days or face a fine of $5,000 a day.

Despite the accusations by the Democratic Hawk, Rep.

The latest on the Party of Corruption:Kentucky man pleads guilty to bribing lawmakerA Kentucky businessman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to bribing Louisiana Democratic Rep.

A Duke Lacrosse player says no rape occurred and that it is not right that the rape case is being tried by the media,VIDEO HEREThe Duke player also says he is afraid that another innocent Duke player may be indicted by District Attorney Mike Nifong!Malik Z.

“America, you lost,” Moussaoui taunted.Al-Qaida conspirator Moussaoui gets life for his role in conspiring to kill 2,819 individuals.Please, help me understand how this amount of hatred, destruction and death, gets

Enough is enough.

Nearly two-thirds believe not all sides are fairly represented.Ya think?

From the Able Danger Blog…Even the discredited Mary O.

Poor little Nihad.

A little boy stands saluting as his father’s body passes by.

US and Israeli officials believe they know where Zarqawi filmed his gun-toting video from last week.The original Red Crescent camp set up near Tanaf (Tanf) had the capacity to accommodate 10,000 refugees, but no one showed up after the war started.US and Israeli officials believe that the latest online film released by Abu Musab al Zarqawi was filmed in Syria:US and Israeli intelligence experts traced the location where the rare tape was filmed to a former Red Crescent army base on Jabal Tanaf, 5 kilometers from the border of Iraq’s Anbar Province.