Archive for May, 2007

‘High tempo’ of terrorist chatter: FBI

Posted by me on May 31st, 2007

Daily News:
WASHINGTON - The FBI has increased its use of secret search warrants over the past two years because of a “high tempo of terrorist activity,” a top official said yesterday.
FBI Assistant Director John Miller said the 2,176 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act search warrants approved last year, compared with only 1,754 granted in 2005, mostly […]

Daily Times:
LAHORE: As NATO troops in Afghanistan have begun intercepting sophisticated Iranian arms bound for the Taliban, US, NATO and Afghan officials are growing more concerned about Iranian policy in Afghanistan, says a Knight Ridder report.
It’s long been conventional wisdom that Iran would do nothing to destabilise Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s shaky government or aid […]

Townhall:
Some people just don’t like Mexicans — or anyone else from south of the border. They think Latinos are freeloaders and welfare cheats who are too lazy to learn English. They think Latinos have too many babies, and that Latino kids will dumb down our schools. They think Latinos are dirty, diseased, indolent and more […]

Breitbart.com:
GLYNCO, Ga. (AP) - President Bush attacked opponents of an immigration deal Tuesday, suggesting they “don’t want to do what’s right for America.”

Mark Krikorian: No Alien Left Behind

Posted by me on May 31st, 2007

There’s nothing as permanent as temporary immigration status.
Our friend from the Center for Immigration Studies lays it out in his National Review Column this week.
 

MyWay.com
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military is working more aggressively to forge cease-fires with Iraqi militants and quell the violence around Baghdad, judging that 80 percent of enemy combatants are “reconcilable,” a top U.S. commander said Thursday.

Finally Iraqis Fighting Back Against Al Qaeda

Posted by me on May 31st, 2007

Myway.com:
BAGHDAD (AP) - A battle raged Thursday in west Baghdad after residents rose up against al-Qaida and called for U.S. military help to end random gunfire that forced people to huddle indoors and threats that kept students from final exams, a member of the district council said.

Al Gore, Media Scholar?::By Brent Bozell III

Posted by me on May 31st, 2007

Townhall.com:
Gore leaves the reservation of clear thinking in favor of liberal cant. He complains that the dearth of substantive TV news means the news shows don’t have the same impact now that 30-second political commercials do. This is a common (and self-interested) liberal complaint: Why pay attention to those horrendous Republican ads when you can, […]

Iran’s leader:
TEHRAN, Iran (AP)_ President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday extolled what he described as Iran’s self-sufficiency in producing army equipment and said Iran was so powerful now, no other country would dare launch a military strike against it.

What?? Artist eats dog to protest animal cruelty

Posted by me on May 31st, 2007

CNN.com:
A British performance artist has eaten part of a corgi — the breed of dog Queen Elizabeth II favors as pets — to protest the alleged mistreatment of animals by the royal family.
Mark McGowan dined on corgi meatballs Tuesday at a table set up on a London street in hopes of drawing attention to media […]

WorldNetDaily:
Light bulb ban craze exceeds safe disposal plans

Investor’s Business Daily:
Promoting a leftist orthodoxy is not some new campaign ploy for Clinton. She’s been at it for some time. At a 2004 fundraiser, she told supporters that “for America to get back on track, we’re probably going to cut that (tax cuts) short and not give it to you. We’re going to take […]