Earlier this year (see my posting for June 16th below) I wrote,,

Commentators are giddy in proclaiming that a "revolution" is underway in the Arab world and that despotic regimes there are soon to be toppled . . . forever.

A more sober assessment of the situation reveals clear parallels between what is happening in countries like Tunisia, Egypt and ( Read more... )

The Associated Press is reporting three large explosions in Mumbai within the past hour.  I predict the following:.

1.  The explosions will no doubt be traced to some Islamist group in Pakistan.

2.  After just having yanked the plug on military aid to Pakistan, the U.S. government will now begin a new campaign of sabre-rattling  directed at the ( Read more... )

Jackasses are braying constantly about the "Rule of Law" until some jury comes in with a verdict that does not register high enough on the applause-o-meter.

And the prosecutor in the Anthony trial is making the excuse that "beyond a reasonable doubt" is a "very high standard to have to meet."  WHAT?  It's nothing less than the cornerstone of our ( Read more... )

There is a growing class of women in this country, disgustingly overweight, huffing around in grey sweatpants, hopelessly addicted to the kinds of magazines you see at grocery store checkout stands, who are utterly incapable of distinguishing between strong belief and certain knowledge.  They pass judgement on all the issues of the day, drawing on ( Read more... )

You are welcome to scan back through my postings to December 2, 2009, when I wrote the following. It seems pertinent now that Obama has decided to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan. What a fucking waste of human lives and resources -- all because of good ol' American hubris. I told you so.

08:27 am - The Coming Failure in Afghanistan

Barack ( Read more... )

Commentators are giddy in proclaiming that a "revolution" is underway in the Arab world and that despotic regimes there are soon to be toppled . . . forever ( Read more... )

The only plausible conclusion that can be drawn from the conflicting accounts of the U.S. raid on the alleged Pakistani bin Laden hideout is this: bin Laden is NOT dead; he is alive or was taken alive for “special” interrogation ( Read more... )

Painted today


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Mobs chanting in the street. Mobs in Pakistan, in Yemen, in Jakarta, chanting in the street. Hooray for the attacks on the WTC. Mobs chanting in the streets. Mobs in New York and Washington. Hooray for the death of bin Laden ( Read more... )

Top to bottom: "They Went Thataway," "Persistence" and "On Bended Knee"

All painted this weekend.

Joyce Kilmer was an idiot. I am not.


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