Jul 31st, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Michael Crowley in WaPo with a send off for Ted Stevens, one of the most corrupt Republicans holding office.
If the charges announced yesterday are true, the powerful Alaska Republican Ted Stevens will end his four-decade Senate career in a sleazy flameout; the conservative committee baron is accused [...]
Jul 30th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Blog post in Canada’s National Post tries to explain male Muslim anger.
Before resting its recent case against Mohammed Momin Khawaja under Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Act, the prosecution presented Momin’s former fiancée, Zeba Khan, as the final witness via a video link from Dubai. Ms. Khan reportedly stated in [...]
Jul 29th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Bill Kristol says running against Congress will be a winning strategy.
… Given the unpopularity of the current Democratic Congress, given Americans’ tendency to prefer divided government, given the voters’ repudiations of the Republicans in 2006 and of the Democrats in 1994 — isn’t the prospect of across-the-board, [...]
Jul 28th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Last week, fresh off running an op-ed by Obama, the NY Times refused to run one by McCain. Power Line posts on the subject. That refusal and McCain’s complaining last week about the biased media coverage of Obama was almost too rich for words. McCain sucked up [...]
Jul 27th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Before we get into the normal news of the day, (beginning with a hilarious column by Gerard Baker) a WSJ Op-ed contains an important germ of thought about the overall robust condition of the world’s economy. The author argues for better metaphors that acknowledge that strength.
… There’s [...]
Jul 24th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Last week’s prisoner/cadaver exchange between Lebanon and Israel has attracted a lot of comment for which we provide a round-up today. David Warren is first.
… It is right to recover the bodies. But at what cost?
This is something the postmodern mind, which I find increasingly unhinged, is incapable of processing. [...]
Jul 23rd, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Peter Wehner of Contentions was surprised by Obama’s continued refusal to acknowledge the value of the surge.
In an interview yesterday with Senator Obama, ABC’s Terry Moran listed just a few of the by now seemingly endless data points demonstrating that the so-called surge, which Obama opposed at [...]
Jul 22nd, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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EU regulations prohibit continued use of vintage DC - 3’s. Samizdata proposes a salute to the rule makers in Brussels.
In case you like the idea of Condi Rice as VP, read Noah Pollak’s post on how she’s gone native at State.
David Aaronovich in the London Times says [...]
Jul 21st, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Contentions on Beijing bigots.
Sarah Baxter of the London Times with yet another perceptive view of American politics. She comments on his world tour.
… Yet the global coming of the Obamessiah is manna for critics who claim the Illinois senator has embarked on a humourless cult of personality. [...]
Jul 20th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Ralph Peters on the disaster for al-Qaeda in Iraq, and the world.
IF you think the US markets have problems, look at the value of al Qaeda shares throughout the Muslim world: A high-flying political equity just a few years ago, its stock has tanked. It made the wrong [...]
