Rumsfeld Visits Troops in Iraq

AP has filed a rather muted report just within the last half-hour.

The charge of ‘political motivation’ is coming… wait for it.

So says an AP report, filed in Richmond. : “Johnny Oates was only 58. Cancer, as you might expect.

If you’re on the move, here’s a handy thing…Weather Underground: U.S. Severe Weather Map

This is a perm page, you may want to bookmark it.
Travel safe, gang.

OK, just in case there was a doubt in anyone’s mind…

Al Al Neuharth?s a bilthering idiot.

Are we clear on this?

Editor and Publisher is running a note about his USELESS TOADY column yesterday. E&P reports the response was

I find myself wanting to take more seriously, the challenge of writing to the subject of Christmas, today, than I have in years past. It’s not clear in my mind as to why, but this isn’t unusual… I never really

If you ever wanted proof that there is in fact no freedom of speech in Canada, all you need do is look at this absurdity from the CBC .

Norad has announced the NORAD Tracks Santa Website.  Go for a visit.

Mark Steyn is always worth a read. This column is better than most. Say ‘Merry Christmas’ while you still can

Beck this morning makes mention of An Insta-link, with this as the quote:

“For way too long, it has been the mainstream media (MSM) that’s played God with the American public, telling everyone what’s news and what’s not, what to

Speaking of James and Outside The Beltway, James links a WaPo story about the attack in Mosul yesterday, which suggests that Military officials are concerned about the accuracy of that attack.

The compound the tent was in was on

Word from the other end of I-90 this morning that the Democrats are claiming an 8-vote victory in Washington State’s Governorship. Outside The Beltway links a story in the Seattle paper to that effect this morning. Says James:

“The Democrats

A good discussion on the rapid-fire charges regards prisoner abuse over at QandO Blog . At what point does devtion to principle start costing more than it’s worth? How many lives should one sacrifice to one’s principles?

CTV reports a -46f wind chill factor in Ottawa, and -40f in Toronto.
We get much the same weather in Rochester as they do in Toronto. I don’t know what the windchill was here, but I’ll bet it was darned

James at Outside The Beltway links a WaPo article reporting that Councilwoman Cropp has now agreed to some (very) minor changes in the baseball proposal for Washington DC, and that they’ll pass the proposal today’s open session.

My read was

Passed on by a reader;

A SOLDIER’S CHRISTMAS
‘Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone,
In a one bedroom house made of plaster and stone.
I had come down the chimney with presents to give,
And to see