Utica, NY– I’m back.  In more ways than one.

I spent the weekend here with my wife of 22 years, and had a wonderful time. Odd, that this was one of the first places I had to come to unload

From a straight faced Washington Post:

Lawyer: Iran sets $500,000 bail each for 2 American ‘hikers’

The associated article:

TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian court Tuesday set bail of $500,000 each for two American men arrested more than two

Chrissy Matthews bitten by the Weiner, from back to back posts at McCain.  First Chrissy discusses values:

This is, to me, the stakes here. If [Anthony Weiner] stays, [Democrats] never get the leadership back. They never get the Speakership

Blowing in the Wind, Charles M. Blow whines for yet more gun control, from New York Times:

According to 2005 data from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, a comparison of member countries of the Organization for

Hell no to ethanol, from Matt Kibbe, Forbes:

[S]ubsidizing blending ethanol into gasoline is fiscally indefensible. If the current subsidy is extended for five years, the Federal Treasury would pay oil companies at least $31 billion to use

Jones To The Grindstone.com

Adding stress to an already stressful situation is not a good idea, especially when dealing with the U.S. Army. While deployed in the desert, around a dozen men found out their wives back on the post

Patterico points out that this most recent incident of what Democrats would unquestionably call racist comments if they were uttered by a Republican, isn’t Dingy Harry’s only offense:

Amidst the brouhaha over Harry Reid’s comments, some people are defending Reid

With the ruling, yesterday, from Atty General Eric Holder that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed will be tried in New York City, in a civilian court, Americans should begin to notice a pattern from the Obama administration of running in exactly the

There’s a  number of people last night heaping praise on Obama’s speech at Ft Hood yesterday.  Predictably,  Marc Armbinder is one of them:

Today, at Ft. Hood. I guarantee: they’ll be teaching this one in rhetoric classes. It was

There are lots of conflicting reports on the number of victims of  Nidal Malik Hasan and his bloody ramage at Ft Hood yesterday.  the most reliable reports that I’ve found suggest that there’s 13 dead as of this morning

Stink Progress e-farted:

Mission  Accomplished For Conservatives Who Rooted Against America.

Their so-called evidence:

Transcript:

SEAN HANNITY, 9/29: Tonight — Gang violence in Chicago leaves a teenager dead, and the shocking events are caught on tape. Should the President be

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• JACKASS Well, that’s what Barack Obama called Kanye West for his antics the other night, already commented on here. Now  add

A disturbing report from the Jerusalem Post‘s Sabrina Amidi:

In a shocking and unprecedented interview, directly exposing the inhumanity of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s religious regime in Iran, a serving member of the paramilitary Basiji militia has told this

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• Jackson: If you’re looking for a glowing obit, singing the unalloyed praises of the 50

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• The Obamacare Telethon:  No, I didn’t bother watching