The Invisible Hand of George Soros

The Washington Times, on Friday:

 “George Soros is known for funding groups such as MoveOn.org that seek to manipulate public opinion. So why is the billionaire’s backing of what he believes in problematic? In a word: transparency,” Investor’s Business

A rather startling comment from Jawa Report, this morning:

We won the war, so Iraqis have finally come to believe. Only on the streets of Europe and America is there really a question over “if” we can win.

Again:

The Jerusalem Post–

 Proof of cooperation between Iran and Syria in the proliferation and development of weapons of mass destruction was brought to light Monday in a Jane’s Defence Weekly report that dozens of Iranian engineers and 15 Syrian

Well, the WaPo seems to think so, anyway:

By Michael Abramowitz and Dan Eggen

Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, September 16, 2007; Page A02

Michael B. Mukasey, a former federal judge regarded as an expert on national security issues,

Over at A Western Heart,  things are sweet, where John Ray says…

 Coming as I do from a big sugar-producing area (Far North Queensland), I always read carefully the little sachets that one gets with one’s coffee in coffee lounges.

Hmmm.

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras —AP-  Hurricane Felix strengthened into a Category 5 monster storm early Tuesday, forecasters said, just as it prepares to make landfall near the Nicaragua-Honduras border, home to thousands of stranded Miskito Indians.

Of course this

Don Surber always has something of import. it’s why he’s won so many of these “Snark of the Day” awards. This one is no exception:

The line from the left is that we neo-cons so screwed things up that the

From the London Times, this morning:

THE Pentagon has drawn up plans for massive airstrikes against 1,200 targets in Iran, designed to annihilate the Iranians’ military capability in three days, according to a national security expert.

Alexis Debat, director

Captain Ed, this morning:

Earlier today, I noted Fred Thompson’s sponsorship of the Fox broadcast of the next Republican debate, and called it a “shrewd move”, which resulted in some, ahem, mixed reviews from CQ readers. It occurred to me

I notice the web is going nuts about reports that Alberto Gonzalez is about ready to resign his position as attorney general.  The left, in particular, seems to be doing a grave dance on this one, though it seems unclear

Douglas Hanson over at the American Thinker, this morning, raises some questions about a story I blogged about the other day:

Yesterday, AT relayed a report  from AdnKronos International that Saddam’s former deputy and current leader of the

This afternoon’s mention of my family’s loss of a beloved pet today, causes this article from Forbes (AP) to be even more painful:

As part of his plea agreement, Phillips signed a statement that said Vick joined in executing at

MIAMI (AP) Jurors reached a verdict Thursday in the trial of Jose Padilla and two co-defendants charged with supporting Al Qaeda and other violent Islamic extremist groups overseas.

The verdict was to be read at 2 p.m. before U.S. District

The player that we’ve heard from the least in the Middle East of late, is Syria.  So, I was interested when a BitsBlog reader forwarded a report from Reuters:

DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syria is facing a violent campaign by Islamist

I’m waiting for the first yutz to pronounce this the faults of George Bush:

LIMA, Peru -MSNBC- A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Peru’s coast near the capital, killing at least 337 people and injuring more 827 others, the Civil Defense