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Last night I decided to catch Bill Maher's HBO show, since I had not seen it up until then. While I tend to disagree with Maher's po...

DON'T WANNA STIR UP THINGS, BUT... On Friday, May 13, 2005, Sheikh Ibrahim Mudeiris held a sermon ( khutba ) broadcast by official Pales...

Gosh, that was nice of Newsweek to apologize for its erroneous story about desecration of the Koran by U.S. troops. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - N...

This story makes me chuckle. These enviro-weenies have created such a gloom and doom scenario(mostly in their own fevered minds) about glo...

MEANWHILE IN AFGHANISTAN... Drazil, if you are out there, you may remember we had a conversation a while ago as to the armament of Belgian P...

Goddamnit! Something needs to be done about immigration. Now.

Gosh, I love Condi.

This was not the brightest of ideas. Leave it to the Frogs...

Interesting . The Senate voted 100 to 0 to approve the $82 billion emergency war-spending bill. Funny, how a few months and no looming ele...

Disadvantages of pissing off America . I particularly like the last one.

WHY THIS WAR NEEDS TO BE FOUGHT. From summer 2003 to late fall 2004 the scumbags mostly attacked US military personnel. Ever heard about CEV...

Just one of the reasons I don't call myself a Republican...

ICH WAR AUCH EIN BERLINER. But just for one day. Hi all. Every year around Easter I’m visiting with my wife and kid my mother-in-law and bro...

Got an iPod, Michael? If not, and you want one, for the love of God don't buy one in The Netherlands!

Looks like GM, icon of the American auto industry, is in deep trouble. Ok, there's no doubt that these guys have made a series of manage...

I thought it appropriate on April 15 to post this diatribe from T. Coleman Andrews, who is a former commissioner of the IRS: (I ripped this...

THE GATES OF HELL ARE OPEN IN IRAQ I could have used another fancy title, like "THE STAVDA WATCH" , "BELGIAN COMMIES ARE AT I...

THE BOEING-AIRBUS SAGA. For some time I have been wanting to write some stuff on the Boeing-Airbus mêlée , since it is reminiscent of the gr...

THE TOUR OF FLANDERS Time flies. It’s not one year yet since on July 3rd, 2004 the Tour de France , that Mother of All Cyclist Races, starte...

REAGANOMICS THROUGH EUROPEAN GLASSES/ DEATH OF THE BOLKESTEIN DIRECTIVE? A lot of people are way smarter than me. Still, I can’t really say ...