Charles Johnson links to an article by the esteemed Daniel Pipes where Pipes says of the US goal of a "a free and peaceful Iraq," "that such an ambition ultimately is unrealistic." Pipes further write

All parties concerned, even Bob Woodward, are denying the charge, piled on by John Kerry and top Dems, that there was a secret deal to lower oil prices before the US presidential election.

Why exac

Got news feeds now! It's very much a work in progress, so it probably won't be all it can be for at least a little bit.

I wanted to add InstaPundit too, but the crappy xml parser I'm using isn't pa

One of the Italian hostages taken in Iraq was reportedly killed on a video that somehow got into Al-Jazeera's possession. "An Iranian delegation had been headed to Baghdad to try to win their release.

President Bush got out the message that I think a lot of people needed to hear. One thing I've noticed about this presidency is that they'll say nothing for the longest time, even as his supporters ar

From AP:

Al-Jazeera broadcast a video showing four Italians sitting on the floor holding their passports. Behind them were men with machine guns.

The kidnappers demanded the Italian government

Maureen Dowd, complaining about Bush admin inaction pre-9/11, and otherwise trying to make the most of that memo: "Inconclusive intelligence did not bother the Bush team when it wanted to be 'actionab

Here's something interesting, via LGF.

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Last night's Saturday Night Live was one of the funniest they've done in years. That Good Times sketch was HI-larious, and worth the price of admission all by itself. Janet Jackson did a really good (

Reuters: "Democrats said on Saturday that Bush administration plans to transfer power to a sovereign Iraq on June 30 might spark a civil war."

Uh huh. Damn clairvoyant those Democrats.

"Although

So I'm back. Here are those pictures.


That's the Grace building in midtown. I always liked the way it curves at the bottom.

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I'm in New York City so no time to post anything. It's cold here, obligatory brrrrr. I'll be back on Sunday with pictures of this little-photographed town, so you'll have some idea what it looks like.