Archive for February, 2008

Jerusalem Post: As Hamas drew Ashkelon into the circle of communities coming under heavy rocket attacks, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and the Foreign Ministry on Thursday began preparing both Israeli and world opinion for the possibility of a large-scale incursion into Gaza. Barak, during a series of meetings at the Defense Ministry, said, “We should [...]

From the British paper The Telegraph: Matt Drudge: World’s Most Powerful Journalist Ten years ago, he was a reclusive, pasty-faced 31-year-old who, bashing away on his laptop in his grungy Hollywood apartment, shot to prominence when he threatened to bring down Bill Clinton’s presidency by breaking news of the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Now, Matt Drudge [...]

Blotter: Thousands of foreign student pilots have been able to enroll and obtain pilot licenses from U.S. flight schools, despite tough laws passed in the wake of the 9/ll attacks, according to internal government documents obtained by ABC News. “Some of the very same conditions that allowed the 9-11 tragedy to happen in the first [...]

Baghdad, Feb 28, (VOI)- A police force killed a senior al-Qaeda leader along with nine of his aides in northern Baghdad, interior ministry said on Thursday. “Police forces killed Abu Talha al-Maghrabi, senior al-Qaeda leader, in al-Tharthar region in northern Baghdad during a track down operation,” General Abdul Karim Khalaf, director of the national command [...]

12:03 A.M. Closer… Chemical Ali Death Sentence Okayed Baghdad, Feb 29, (VOI) – The Iraqi presidential council ratified the death sentence handed down against Ali Hassan al-Majid, the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein’s cousin, on Friday morning, a presidential source said. 1:30 A.M. “Come on baby…” 2:12 A.M. Somebody really needs to make a big [...]

Video of Harry in action, discussing his life in the most dangerous part of Afghanistan 1. Guardian: Army commanders were making frantic arrangements last night to bring Prince Harry back from Afghanistan after an American website disclosed that he had been serving with other British troops fighting the Taliban. The prince, who is 10 weeks [...]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – CBS is bringing mixed martial arts, the bone-crunching combat sport popularly known as “cage fighting,” to prime-time television this spring, the U.S. network said on Thursday. Branded as barbaric by critics in the 1990s for its lack of rules, mixed martial arts, or MMA, has evolved into a more mainstream sport [...]

Rasmussen: With the general election campaign season coming soon, voters currently trust John McCain more than Barack Obama on issues of National Security, the War in Iraq, the Economy, and Taxes. Obama is trusted more when it comes to Reducing Government Corruption. The Republican hopeful has a slight lead over the Democratic frontrunner in the [...]

Melanie Morgan of Move America Forward appears on The O’Reilly Factor to talk about the boycott that is costing the City of Berkeley, California, literally millions of dollars in lost business. She also talks about Move America Forward’s plan to take on Code Pink at every Marine Corps Recruiting Center in America that they have [...]

I don’t know man, if the Messiah ain’t worried about it, why should I be? Marine Corps Times: The nation’s top military officer didn’t name names, or political parties. But Adm. Mike Mullen said Thursday that with a presidential election coming up, he worries that a rapid withdrawal from Iraq by the next president, “whoever [...]

(AFP) – Washington on Wednesday made Poland a new military cooperation proposal in line with a condition set by Warsaw for hosting a controversial US missile shield, the Polish foreign ministry said. “The American side has given Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski a document related to military cooperation,” ministry spokesman Piotr Paszkowski told AFP. Paszkowski [...]

We may know tomorrow… This from Wired: The Pentagon tomorrow is expected to announce a winner of a contract — potentially worth up to $40 billion – to replace the Air Force’s fleet of aging ancient tankers. Just to recap for those of you too busy reading about lasers and fighters to care about tankers: [...]

Politico: President Bush attacked a key foreign policy stance of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), contending heatedly at a news conference Thursday morning that talking to dictators without preconditions can be dangerous and counterproductive. Obama’s argument that the president “should never fear to negotiate” with America’s enemies — including Cuba’s new leader, Raul Castro — is [...]

Over at the Jawa Report, Rusty, who is a friend of ours, says that a reliable source of his is saying that Adam Gadahn, the American traitor turned Al Qaeda piglet oinker, is more than likely dead. Rusty says that on a scale of 1-10 of reliability of his source, “he’s an 11.” Like Rusty [...]

CSM: NEW YORK – Executives expect a certain amount of panache as they travel around the city. If an investment banker or lawyer works late, the company often pays for a ride home – in a late-model Lincoln Town Car or a big black SUV. Starting next year, those black cars will have a certain [...]

Falluja, Feb 28, (VOI)- The Falluja Awakening Council fighters are being infiltrated by al-Qaeda elements, the chief of local police said on Wednesday. “The Awakening Council fighters in the city of Falluja are being infiltrated by al-Qaeda elements, mainly in the city’s districts,” Brigadier Faisal al-Zawbaie told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI). “Police [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The FBI has begun investigating whether Roger Clemens lied to Congress when he denied taking performance-enhancing drugs. FBI agents in Washington opened the case a little more than two weeks after Clemens and Brian McNamee, his former personal trainer, testified at a House committee hearing Feb. 13, each accusing the other of [...]

PARIS – The United States and other members of an international watchdog group called Thursday for new financial pressure on Iran, saying its Islamic regime hasn’t done enough to fight money laundering and terrorism financing. The Financial Action Task Force, in a statement from its annual meeting in Paris, pressed its 34 members to advise [...]

Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] document.getElementById(“player2″).style.display = “”; var s2 = new SWFObject(“http://patdollard.com/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf”,”player2″,”400″,”320″,”7″); s2.addParam(“wmode”,”transparent”); s2.addParam(“allowscriptaccess”,”always”); s2.addParam(“allowfullscreen”,”true”); s2.addVariable(“height”,”320″); s2.addVariable(“width”,”400″); s2.addVariable(“file”,”/vids/maclibs_384K.flv”); s2.addVariable(“link”,”/vids/maclibs_384K.flv”); s2.write(“player2″);

Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] document.getElementById(“player3″).style.display = “”; var s3 = new SWFObject(“http://patdollard.com/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf”,”player3″,”400″,”320″,”7″); s3.addParam(“wmode”,”transparent”); s3.addParam(“allowscriptaccess”,”always”); s3.addParam(“allowfullscreen”,”true”); s3.addVariable(“height”,”320″); s3.addVariable(“width”,”400″); s3.addVariable(“file”,”/vids/netanyahu_384K.flv”); s3.addVariable(“link”,”/vids/netanyahu_384K.flv”); s3.write(“player3″);