The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Total Security Absurdity

Gropegate continues to make news and inspire commentary: Allahpundit rounds up the news. Jeff Dunentz explains why they don’t need to “touch your junk” at Israeli airports. David Weigel notes that libertarian financiers the Koch brothers have become to the fringe Left what the Bavarian Illuminati are to the fringe Right. Ann Coulter, meanwhile, offers a relevant […]

TSA Boss Explains Groping Grandma Necessary Because U.S. Doesn’t ‘Profile’

Gateway Pundit has CNN video with TSA chief John Pistole telling Candy Crowley: “I think the Israeli model, which a number of people have talked about, uses intelligence in a different way, profiling. . . . That is top-notch security. The question is, do we profile here in the U.S.? No, we don’t.” So when a […]

TSA: Teen Sexual Assault?

What kind of people get government jobs as Airport Junk-Touchers? WHDH-TV via Gateway Pundit: A Transportation Security Administration worker at Logan International Airport is accused of assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Sean Shanahan, 45, of Winthrop is being held on $50,000 cash bail following his arraignment in East Boston District Court. He is charged with statutory rape, enticement […]

A. Because I’m Not Ann Coulter

Q. Why don’t I try to get away with writing stuff like this? Last year, a Muslim attempting to murder Prince Mohammed bin Nayef of Saudi Arabia blew himself up with a bomb stuck up his anus. Fortunately, this didn’t happen near an airport, or Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano would now be requiring full […]

Barney Frank Makes Me Nervous

“[In March 1987], the ABCC [Alien Border Control Committee] had its first notable success. The CIA tipped off the FBI to a group of suspected Palestinian terrorists in Los Angeles. The Bureau arrested eight men. But instead of being lauded, the Bureau and the Agency came under harsh attack from civil liberties groups who argued […]

Glenn Greenwald vs. Andrew Sullivan

Two of the biggest hysterics on the ‘Net have gotten into a squabble that began last week with a dispute over President Obama’s anti-terrorism policies. We pause to ask the important question: Who gives a rat’s ass? The notion that the opinions of Andrew Sullivan and Glenn Greenwald could — or should — influence U.S. national security policy is either […]

18 Taliban Killed by AOSHQ Jokes, Hellfire Missiles From Predator Drones

But mainly the Hellfire missiles: Two U.S. drone attacks killed 18 militants in Pakistan on Saturday, intelligence officials said, after recent NATO incursions raised tensions with an ally critical to Washington’s war effort in Afghanistan. The United States has escalated pilotless drone aircraft missile strikes against al Qaeda-linked militants in Pakistan’s northwest, with 21 attacks […]

‘Palling Around With Terrorists’ Update

“The University of Illinois on Thursday denied 1960s radical William Ayers emeritus faculty status after trustees Chairman Christopher Kennedy noted Ayers dedicated a book to, among others, the man who killed Kennedy’s father, Robert F. Kennedy.” — Associated Press As I’ve said, today’s liberals represent the Sirhan Sirhan wing of the Democratic Party. Via Memeorandum. […]

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