GQ kills story on infighting in Hillary campaign after threat from Hillary
I’m a little behind on blogging about this, as it was first reported by Ben Smith at The Politico a few days ago. Howie Kurtz reports on it today (emphasis added):
Confirmed: Two arrested at Goose Creek traffic stop were part of terrorist plot
Rmemeber the story from early last month where, during a traffic stop in Goose Creek, SC, two men who were described by witnesses as being of “Middle Eastern descent” were arrested after police found explosives in the trunk of their car? Initially, indictments were handed down in Tampa against the two Egyptian nationals for “transporting explosives materials without permits.”
Bush-Aznar pre-Iraq war conversation exonerates Bush, contrary to the claims of the usual suspects
The leftosphere is erupting in predictable outrage after the publishing of a transcript of a conversation between the President and then-Prime Minister of Spain José MarÃa Aznar, a conversation which took place about a month before the war in Iraq began. Spain’s El PaÃs daily newspaper published it, and the Editor and Publisher has a translation of it, which is, as you’ll soon discover a very poor translation.
The revolution taking place in Myanmar
I’m a bit busy this morning, but wanted to link up quickly to Michael Goldfarb’s post at the Weekly Standard on the revolution happening in Myanmar, as he’s got the latest news. If you’ve read up on this story the last several of days, you’ll see how nasty it’s getting there, with the military beating up and firing on – and in some cases, killing monks and others who are protesting. Malkin’s covering the story as well, and has several links of interest related to what’s happening.
MSNBC’s David Shuster’s attempt at embarassing Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) ends up embarassing him
Mark Finkelstein details the stunt the liberal “journalist” tried to pull with Rep. Blackburn, and how it backfired.
Breaking news: Spider holds ST hostage in her own home (WEDS/THURS OPEN THREAD)
I wanted to take a bit of a break from politics to tell you about the tense hostage situation going on in my home.