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The commander of a U.S. military prison in Iraq has been arrested for allegedly “aiding the enemy,” the military said.
U.S. Army Lt. Col. William H. Steele, a senior commander of the Camp Cropper detention center west of Baghdad, has been transferred to Kuwait for the military equivalent of a grand jury proceeding, a military spokeswoman […]

Well, they’re making it official now, anyway. At least Harry Reid says so:
The war in Iraq “is lost” and a US troop surge is failing to bring peace to the country, the leader of the Democratic majority in the US Congress, Harry Reid, said Thursday.
“I believe … that this war is lost, […]

This one definitely goes in the “truth-is-stranger-than-fiction” file. Hugh Hefner–THE Hugh Hefner, you know, he of Playboy magazine fame–has donated some cash to the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign:
(Hugh) Hefner contributed $2,300 (the maximum allowed in the primary) to Clinton’s campaign on March 28, identifying his occupation on the fundraiser form as “editor-in-chief” […]

First, our thoughts and prayers go to the family, friends and community at Virginia Tech over today’s horrific tragedy.
Next, it’s not surprising to find the anti-gun crowd are already starting to come out:
Advocates of wider gun controls said the availability of guns in the United States had made it easier for people […]

Yuck, only a couple of days until taxes are due and we still haven’t done ours. So the media is putting out a few stories on the whole tax thing.
The AP has an article on more people filing their taxes online. One interesting thing they noted was that few people are […]

In their usual attempt to make President Bush look bad, the New York Times makes a rare admission: that desertions were HIGHER during the Clinton administration, when we weren’t at war, than they are now:
The Army prosecuted desertion far less often in the late 1990s, when desertions were more frequent, than it does now, […]

Yes, at first we were worried and we prayed for the safe return of the 15 British sailors and marines captured by Iran. Then we were thrilled when we heard they’d been released. Then we were upset that they had caved in to their captors’ demands too easily and quickly.
But at […]

News a few weeks ago about Al Gore’s hypocrisy on global warming and energy use prompted a torrent of abuse upon the organization that discovered it, as well as its employees:
Some e-mails, like Benjamin Greuel’s, reflected anti-religious bias: “Go f–k yourselves you neo con, non-secular, bible thumpin, anti-science dumb (etc.)
Similarly, Anthony Black wrote: […]

Can’t say that I blame them. Why allow yourself to be hit with tough questions like Republicans do on most of the MSM, when you can get softballs tossed at you by the MSM instead?
(Democratic presidential candidate Barack Hussein) Obama and (Democratic presidential candidate and former First Lady Hitlery) Clinton aides said […]

The only thing missing is a the demand for a troop withdrawal deadline that coincides nicely with the 2008 Presidential election season:
Tens of thousands of Shiites — a sea of women in black abayas and men waving Iraqi flags — rallied Monday to demand that U.S. forces leave their country. Some ripped apart American flags […]

James Taranto at Opinion Journal points out a blatant case of MSM bias and hypocrisy in the case of President Bush’s recess appointee to the ambassadorship of Belgium, Sam Fox:
The assertion that Fox “was sure to lose” a confirmation vote in the Senate is either mistaken or dishonest. As we noted yesterday, Sens. Claire McCaskill […]

First the good news: the 15 British sailors and marines (including one female) captured by Iran recently are going to be freed.
Now the bad news:

The world has taken its eyes off Iran’s developing nuclear capacity
Ahmadinejad used this entire incident, including the release of the sailors and marines, for propaganda purposes (including a photo-op of him […]

“The American people are not getting the full picture of what’s happening here. They’re not getting the full picture of the drop in murders, the establishment of security outposts throughout the city, the situation in Anbar province, the deployment of additional Iraqi brigades which are performing well, and other signs of progress having been made,” […]