Nightly Ramble: BillBoard

Welcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read on the sphere; The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

• GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS: The good news is, Obama has decided against a large reduction of forces in Afghanistan. Bad news is, he’s

Arthur Brooks, at  The Wall Street Journal suggests that there’s a bit of a culture war going on about the future of capitalism.  The headline suggests that “The Real Culture War Is Over Capitalism “

There is a major cultural

OK, I know that by now a lot of you either saw or read though this speech of Obama’s, and so it’s old news. But I’ve seen nobody rip through this thing point by point. I can understand why… with

Ex and disgraced President Jimmy Carter is reported to have said that Hamas, a terrorist organization, would accept the right of the State of Israel to exists, if a peace acgreement were negotiated and approved.

JERUSALEM (CNN) —

It is our opinion that the Clintons, both B.J. and Mrs., are chronic, habitual liars.   The pattern of Mrs. Clinton inability to tell the Truth can be traced at least as far as 1974.  Steve Gilbert, Sweetness &  Light, 

A short while ago, I raised the issue with Al Gore getting hoisted on his own petard, by those wanting to bring him into court in a lawsuit over the fraud that  is the global warming scare. I suggested in

The President, today, by way of the BitsBlog Newsroom:

Unfortunately, Congress recently sent me an intelligence authorization bill that would diminish these vital tools. So today, I vetoed it. And here is why:

The bill Congress sent me

Which is to say, me.

A few of the systems here at Casa de Bit have run out of Norton subscription. Our systems involve removing Norton outright and going with a complete re installation, because of the way the licensing

Neil Boortz, yesterday:

Harvard University is caving in the matters of “multi-cultural education.”  In order to make Muslim women more comfortable using the gym, Harvard has decided to try instituting a woman-only access time for the gym.  Six hours a

• Figures. Heaviest traffic day we’ve had in a month, and there’s an WordPress update to be done. I guess I’ll hold off on it until tomorrow, or perhaps the weekend, depending.
• Rained like crazy here this morning. We actually had

The striking obvious, men like their Big Tool,  Cindy Hoedel, Knight Ridder Newspapers

Hat tip photo:  Dangerous Logic.

The AP reports, and the New York Times expands, on a new study by a supposedly “independent” organization that claims to have assembled hundred of “false statements” by the Bush administration in the course of the Iraq war. However,

Mark Steyn:(PDF)

 As we know from 9/11, the Wahabbis in Saudi Arabia use their oil wealth to spread their destructive ideology to every corner of the world. And so do the Canadians. Consider that in the last 40 years,

Fellow Swamp Stomper Sister Toldjah, guesting over at Right Wing News:

One of their favorite retired Generals, Major General John Batiste, who appeared in an ad for the anti-war Vote Vets website, and who had an op/ed published on

David Kopel at Volokh 

Earlier this week, Sen. Fred Thompson wrote to Field & Stream magazine, criticizing the UN’s campaign against the human right of self-defense. The Thompson campaign touted the letter on its website, and the letter got a