Napolitano Defends Obama’s Intel Chief: “He Didn’t Have to Know About London Terror Plot”

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today defended the president’s intelligence chief saying, “He didn’t have to know about the London terror plot.” Obama Intelligence Chief James Clapper was surprised in an interview this week to hear that several terror suspects had been arrested in Britain in an anti-terror sweep – the largest counterterrorism raid in nearly two years.

Obama “Girds His Loins” In Anticipation Of New Congress

Remember when nominee for vice president, Senator Joe Biden, warned supporters that, if elected, Barack Obama will be tested by “an international crisis” early on in his first term?  He also advised the crowd to “gird your loins,” since the tasks ahead for the next president will be “like cleaning the Augean stables man.”  President Obama is “Girding His Loins” in anticipation of Oversight investigations from the new Congress.

Merry Christmas 2010 – “For To Us a Child is Born, To Us a Son is Given”

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” –Isaiah 9:6 Merry Christmas 2010 The Anchoress first posted this beautiful music a couple of years back.

French LeMonde Magazine Names Julian Assange ‘Man of the Year’

The French Magazine LeMonde named Wikileaks leaker Julian Assange its “Man of the Year.” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, seen here on December 18, has been named “Man of the Year” by France’s Le Monde newspaper, one of the five publications to cooperate with the whistleblowing website on its its latest release of leaked documents.