Iraqi Islamic Party: “Al Qaeda is Defeated”

The always worthwhile Michael Yon

“Al Qaeda in Iraq is defeated,” according to Sheik Omar Jabouri, spokesman for the Iraqi Islamic Party and a member of the widespread and influential Jabouri Tribe. Speaking through an interpreter at a 31 October

In thinking on the events of last night, I’ve come to the conclusion that the left is really worried about Hillary Clinton winning the nomination. I mean, REALLY worried. The usual Hillary Clinton cheering sections, such a Ezra Klein,

Doctor Thomas Sowell points up something I’ve discussed here previously:

It is remarkable how many political “solutions” today are dealing with problems created by previous political “solutions.” Three examples that come to mind immediately are the housing -market crisis,

The leftards do more than forge emails.   They simply refuse to surrender their cheerished myths, even when they see refuting evidence with their own two eyes.   From the Puffington Post,  Rich Jacobs reports on a restuarant patron:

We had

From the Daily Mail this morning, comes word we’ve heard before… and those pushing for the government to take over our healthcare system have disregarded:

 Record numbers of Britons are travelling abroad for medical treatment to escape the NHS –

Let’s get straight to it.  What the hell were Obama’s people thinking when they invited a white openly gay minister to open for his South Carolina gospel concert with Donnie McClurkin?I’ll repeat it once more.

I said, what the hell

The L.A. Times this morning is reporting we’re dealing with cases of arson :

Amid worries of new blazes adding to the firestorm already afflicting the region, a man in Hesperia has been arrested on suspicion of arson, and police

Who’s in Charge? “Dream Act” Fails, Southwick Wins

Talk Left.

If you’re the president, do you visit southern California under these circumstances?  Mark Finkelstein over at Newsbusters points out that President Bush’s going, at least as far as we know right now, but points out that no matter what happens,

From the radio world, comes news that 1600/KOKE has dropped Err America.

Ratings apparently were the biggest factor… in the last book, they couldn’t even pull 1% in a town known for being liberal, despite having 5000 watts daytimes/(700 night)

OK, sorry for the Steely Dan reference… it just happened to come on the MP3 player as I was starting to write, and it fit.

Anyway, those wildfires out in SouCal are starting to show up in Blogdom.

I just

Just tuned up on 840/WHAS in Louisville KY, which is reporting funnel clouds in the downtown area. Apparently, the AM operation was knocked off the air by a direct lighting strike, but their TV systems are still on the air…

The Washington Times this morning is reporting a new threat from the south .  Actually, it’s an old threat and one we’ve talked about here before.  Part of border control after all, is disease control;

A Mexican national infected with

OK a few notes left over from tonight….

Mind you, these are in no particular order.  It’s too fricking late to be that organized.

• No, Adkins, traffic was never a problem.  I should tell you that it did manage to

The Left-O-sphere is all a-twitter this morning, with reports that Err America host Randi Rhodes was attacked on Sunday night, near her apartment in New York City.  One of the posts to the effect is up at Talking Radio,