The New York Post: Osama bin Laden’s newest tape may have thrust him to the forefront of the presidential election, but what was not seen was the cave-dwelling terror lord talking about the setbacks al Qaeda has faced in recent months. Officials said that in the 18-minute long tape — of which only six minutes… Continue reading this entry

Wretchard has the definitive transcript of OBL’s “I envy the girl in My Pet Goat because she has a goat and I don’t have one” video. He offers the following analysis: It is important to notice what he has stopped saying in this speech. He has stopped talking about the restoration of the Global Caliphate.… Continue reading this entry

Apropos of this photo courtesy of the AP on Yahoo: ES (11:59:31 PM): [link]. ES (11:59:39 PM): despite what I think of Kerry, that’s a very nice shot OFJ (12:00:08 AM): that it is OFJ (12:00:14 AM): in fact it captures his essence quite well OFJ (12:00:21 AM): “defined by his surroundings.” ES (12:00:28 AM):… Continue reading this entry

Osama bin Laden has a new tape wherein he expresses envy over the fact that the President of the United States was being read a story about a little girl and her pet goat. Before Bush and his administration would pay attention and we never thought that the high commander of the US armies would… Continue reading this entry

Megan McArdles gives libertarian Randbots a reason to faint in her presidential endorsement.

Are you an undecided voter? Well Miss Venomous Kate has a spanking for you! I don’t believe in this “undecided” voter crap. By now, if not long before now, I think most folks know who they’re voting for. When people claim they’re “undecided”, I smirk. Fine. Whatever. [...] Pretty typically, the majority of both candidates’… Continue reading this entry

It’s pretty amazing how fast the news cycle is now, thanks to bloggers. Now, of course John Dvorak may think we’re a venomous nation of spiteful, hateful retarded idiots that have ruined the Internet According To Dvorak, but then again, you know how jealous media autocrats can be. Just ask Dan Rather. I have been… Continue reading this entry

Heard from a FOX News guest this afternoon (paraphrased): “For someone who sits on the Senate intelligence committee, Senator Kerry seems to be getting a lot of his intelligence from the New York Times and CBS News.” Life imitates satire in a sick, sad way: “[Bush] won’t acknowledge the mess in Iraq,” said Mr. Edwards.… Continue reading this entry

Lost in my fevered clicking fray last night over the news that Kerry never met with the UNSC reprersentatives in their entirety was some blogger’s idea that John Kerry was reminiscent of a high school student who constantly brags about sexual escapades that never happened. Roger Simon may have expressed regret over using “sociopath” to… Continue reading this entry

Tim Blair notes an Australian editorial where the writer quivers in fear: The other day John Kerry, as part of his campaigning, took a gun, dressed in camouflage, and went off to shoot some geese. His aides said this was to give voters “a better sense of . . . the guy”. To foreign eyes,… Continue reading this entry