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Rolling Stone is wondering if the anti-war movement is too fractured to be effective. Excerpt:But rather than centering the rally around vets like Gordon and family members like Palmatier and Frederick, organizers seemed intent on alienating them. Demonstrators carried papier-mache...

It's currently 37° (and dropping). It's raining. It's going to turn somewhat white before morning, according to the weather. A chance of early "flurries" tomorrow. We certainly need the moisture, but we don't need the white stuff. I don't need...

William Kristol of the Weekly Standard:. . . It would be awkward, of course, if a combination of conservative and Democratic votes defeated Miers. But this is a moment where it is more important that conservatives stand for core principles...

Happy Columbus Day. Here's an Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. piece on Columbus that was published in 1992, the 500th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the new world. As I recall, a longer version of this appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in...

Once is an incidence. Twice can be coincidence. Three times within a few days? Oh-kaaaay - now what?

Is Lack Of Big Media Coverage Of Oklahoma Explosion OK?
CBS News blogsite notes lack of MSM coverage of Oklahoma "suicide" bomber. They're a bit behind a lot of the non-MSM bloggers, but bette late than never. Will they EVER cover the story itself? Stay tuned, but don't hold your breath waiting. (Anoxia is an unpleasant way to go!)

meanwhile, at Georgia Tech:
Explosives Found Near Tech Dorms

Three explosive devices found in a courtyard between two Georgia Tech dormitories on the East Campus Monday morning were part of a "terrorist act," an Atlanta police official said. One of the devices exploded, injuring the custodian who found them inside a plastic bag. Two others were detonated by a bomb squad.

and at UCLA:
Explosive found at Midvale

F.Y.I. - Reported by the UCLA campus paper:

A calm and quiet Westwood was briefly disrupted Friday afternoon when the Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad inspected and detonated an explosive device found within the Midvale Plaza apartment complex on the 500 block of Midvale Avenue.

Very curious, if not alarming.

A while back I mentioned the regular blocking of the Columbus Day parade by the activists in Colorado. Today, the Rocky Mountain News has the follow-up:As drums and chants echoed in the background, demonstrators briefly staged a mock death scene...

Today's must read: Richard Cohen's This is the Free Speech Party? If you enjoy watching the Democrats getting beaten around for some of their usual mediocrity, then you'll enjoy this read. Here's a sampler: There are times when I sorely...

UNICEF ad drops bomb on Smurfs

UNICEF's first adult-only episode of "The Smurfs," in which the blue-skinned cartoon characters' village is annihilated by warplanes, has terrified young children. The short but chilling film is to be broadcast on national television this week as a campaign advertisement for a fundraising drive by the U.N. children's agency.

Remember the lesson kiddies: get Mom and Dad to pay the UN or this could be YOU!

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