The Other McCain

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

Moammar Qaddafi, ‘Winning’?

Nobody can decide how to spell his name, and yet Moammar Qaddafi continues to hold on in Libya, while oil jumps past $100 a barrel, endangering The American Way of Life. (Ah, for the good ol’ days, when U.S. foreign policy was outsourced to Halliburton and the Mossad.) Frankly, I expected the Libyan strongman’s regime […]

Losing My Blog Readership in Tripoli

The Libyan regime has apparently shut down the Internet again, which means that no one there will be able to keep track of Charlie Sheen’s latest exploits. Meanwhile, Libyan rebels have announced formation of a republic. And here’s an update on the military situation: Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi waged a second offensive against the western town […]

Nigerian Internet Scammers Now Impersonating FBI Director Mueller

Went to my e-mail spam box today looking to see if an important message had gotten misdirected, as sometimes happens. Among the spams I had received (from bbc2010@reagan.com) was this e-mail: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington DC Attention: Beneficiary, Records show that […]

A Beatles Lyric Comes to Mind

“Well, she was just 17, you know what I mean …” It takes on a completely different connotation if you think of it in terms of front-page headlines: Prince Andrew risks losing ambassador job as girl in underage sex case reveals meeting him — Daily Mail The lads on Fleet Street know how to play a […]

VIDEO: ‘Libyan Hit Squad’ (1986)

This tune was recorded 25 years ago by my buddy Chris Cassone: (Via I Own The World.) Nice beat, easy to dance to, I’ll give it an 85.

Oh, Noes! Moammar Qaddafi Abandoned by ‘Voluptuous Blonde’ Ukrainian Nurse

In January, we told you about Galyna, the “voluptuous blonde” Ukrainian nurse whose . . . um, services to Libyan dictator Moammar Qaddafi were described by the U.S. ambassador in a diplomatic cable obtained by WikiLeaks. Now, we have a sure sign that the situation in Tripoli has reached dire proportions: Galyna Kolotnytska returned to […]

On Mr. Rumsfeld

by Smitty By the power of Kindle, I’m about 2/3 through Rumsfeld’s book, and I highly recommend it to all Americans. The initial chapters about the ’60s and ’70s alone are highly educational for the GenX and younger crowd. Jon Stewart tries to interview and dangles very close to an important point about the effort […]

Our Very Foreign Policy

Yesterday, President Obama managed to say that Moammar Qaddafi’s crackdown in Libya is a bad thing, without actually mentioning Moammar Qaddafi by name. Look, man: Nobody’s asking you to spell his name, OK? Nobody can agree on how to spell it.

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