Somali Troops Capture Islamic Stronghold

Once again, we see the only language the extremists within Islam understand: Power.

KISMAYO, Somalia -AP- Somali government troops backed by Ethiopian tanks and fighter jets captured the last major stronghold of a militant Islamic movement Monday, while hundreds of

Andy McCarthy…

The Times is flat dishonest in its campaign against subjecting enemy combatants to military proceedings, which the Grey Lady passes off as a page-one news article.  Correspondent Tim Golden writes:

Under a law passed by Congress and

Some added pictures from the New Years Day celebrations over Niagara Falls, last night.

Sorry I was so brief in my description last night, as you can imagine I was rather tired.  I should make mention that these were taken

Shortly after midnight (EST) the zenith of Eliot Spitzer’s tenure as governor of New York State was attained.  Spitzer was sworn into office.   It is all down hill from here. Joe Mahoney of the New York Daily News has story

We’ve been doing this every year, now for many years… going off on a near-midnight ramble to Niagara Falls to watch the fireworks display.

This year, unlike previous years, it rained.  50° outside.

Foreigner was playing in queen Victoria park,

Hot Air, tonight, has a series of links up about a recent NY Times article on abortion which included a bit about about a woman who was serving 30 years in a prison in El Salvador for getting an

Interesting post over at Insta-Glenn’s place.

Normally, I’d not bother; his usually ARE at least of some level of interest, and he gets basically all the links I’ll EVER get, in one day, and thereby doesn’t need the help.

There is nothing, to my mind, that better demonstrates that the American left has lost its collectivist mind, than the wailing and gnashing of teeth over the execution of Saddam Hussein.  One would think, after reading their collective whining that

UNder an AP headline reading: At Least 80 Iraqis Killed in Post-Saddam Execution Violence …note a picture of gunmen toting weapons in an undated picture taken, apparently in Baqouba.  The image of increased violence thus seared, seared, mind you… into

Bits Notes: I had written this last night, but never transmitted it. Oops. 

I had planned to make a run to someplace special today.  The reason is clear enough if one looks at the calendar; this is the only day

The Snark of the day comes from Ann Althouse: 

“Several Democratic strategists last week urged [Mrs.] Clinton to unleash a ‘charisma offensive’..

“Is that even something she can do?

Back on 16 December, I commented on Mrs. Pelosi’s planned four day coronation,   Rather then spending the public’s time in excessive celebration, Mrs. should be attending to draining her swamp.

In the previous congress, when a republican congressman, Mark

Mortuary Bob has done it again, another exclusive interview with a dead man, and Scott Ott has all the details: “Woodward Releases Embargoed Chat with Saddam”

(2006-12-30) — Reporter Bob Woodward said today he would soon allow his

Just shut up.

You’ve just lost any credibility you might have had.

If human rights are your bread and butter… how can you leap to the defense of one who so clearly was in violation of them?

Today, Bruce retells “A tremendous story of a young soldier who disregarded danger and injury to himself in order to suppress the enemy’s fire and allow the evacuation of his wounded comrades”

Go and read.