Category Archives: Syria

Friday news roundup

They’re not even trying to hide it anymore: First Iran’s Supreme Leader admits publicly that Iran has been funding Hezbollah and Hamas for years. Now Chipmunk Cheeks himself is bragging that he’s in the Iranians’ pocket, and has been there … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

If you’ve lost Joe Klein, you’ve lost Middle Europe: When even Time magazine correspondents are commenting on how crappy the deal between Fatah and Hamas is, you know that it stinks really, really, really badly. Check the skies for flying … Continue reading

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The late Monday briefs

Seriously? I mean, seriously? They detained a sitting senator because of the TSA security theater bullshit? I’m not flying again until the TSA is gone. It’s not anti-Zionism: When an Islamic cleric calls for the death of Jews, and says … Continue reading

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Thursday clean house briefs

(My crack squad of ninja housekeepers is on the job today, and the cats, they are under the bed.) Obama and Islamists, sittin’ in a tree: High-level talks with the Muslim Brotherhood, whose raison d’etre has never changed. Of course … Continue reading

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Thursday, briefly

Woo, what a great ally! Turkey says if there’s an attack on Iran, it won’t be from Turkey. Yeah, we kinda knew that, what with Turkey refusing to allow American forces to pass through Turkey on their way to Iraq … Continue reading

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Wednesday “I saw a Bald Eagle!” briefs

Yes, I really did. Driving home from 95, right around Ashland, I saw a huge bird flying over the highway. As it neared, I saw the distinctive white head. That thing was HUGE. (The eagle, not its head.) You and … Continue reading

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Friday morning crazy weekend briefs

Reaping the storm: They sowed the whirlwind. Bashar al-Assad bankrolled plenty of suicide bombers in Baghdad. Now he has them in his own backyard. We should start a countdown clock for The Fall of the Dorktator. And the spin begins: … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefly briefs

Awesome. Talk about grist for the ZOG mills: Israel’s Home Front Defense Minister says that the U.S. and Israel are on the same page regarding Iran. Well, when American Jews like Tom Friedman are using the Walt/Mearsheimer Israel Lobby tropes, … Continue reading

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Tuesday afternoon briefs

Keep it up, you’ll alienate the rest of America’s Jews: The IDF asked parents to “dress modestly” for a medics graduation ceremony. I have a lot of tolerance for the religious. I have no tolerance for those that would relegate … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

So, how’s that 1701 working out for you? Hizballah is still targeting UN peacekeepers, this time probably for telling the world that the rockets fired last week were in violation of UNSCR 1701, which forbids arms and weapons south of … Continue reading

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Thursday lunchtime briefs

This is not the drone you were looking for: Loren Thompson writes in Forbes that the Iranians don’t have nearly as much of the stealth drone that they’re claiming to have. A telling comment: Iran is not broadcasting pictures of … Continue reading

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Wednesday finally got around to them briefs

Seriously? Seriously? SERIOUSLY? The Dorktator is disavowing having any control over his own armed forces–you know, the ones that are torturing and murdering children. Here’s the best bit of the interview: “We don’t kill our people … no government in … Continue reading

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Sunday afternoon briefs

Hamas is fleeing the fall of Damascus: The rats are fleeing the sinking ship. Hamas has pulled most of its staff out of Damascus. This is excellent news. A terror organization in disarray is a terror organization that is hampered … Continue reading

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Friday morning exhausted briefs

Yeah, you try driving to NJ and back in one day and see if you don’t get home late and tired, particularly if you have to stop four times on the way for your elderly mother, and then wait for … Continue reading

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Post T-day briefs

Faster on that Leviathan field, please: Jihadis blew up the Sinai gas line again. (By the way, morons, you also deprive Jordan of gas and Egypt of desperately-needed money.) And they’re apparently massing to fight their fellows for a change, … Continue reading

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Monday afternoon briefs

So, are we still sending funds and technology to Lebanon, then? Hizballah has found CIA spies in its midst, and it makes you wonder: Did the technology we gave Lebanon in the past few years–the tech that helped them find … Continue reading

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Late Thursday briefs

It’s been a busy day. Tomorrow, too. The toothless UN strikes again: Thanks to China and Russia, Iran’s nuclear program continues unabated. Well, except for the guys who keep getting assassinated and blown up, and Stuxnet and Duqu (does anyone … Continue reading

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Friday morning briefs

Baby Assad is shaking in his booties: Sic semper tyrannis, dude. The fall of Kadaffy is energizing the Syrian opposition. (Really, do all the news services have to run that gross picture of dead/dying Kadaffy? Yes, he deserved it, but—ew.) … Continue reading

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Wednesday post-Shalit deal briefs

Say, mainstream media editors, writers, and idiots: It’s not a “prisoner swap.” It’s a ransoming of a hostage. Gilad Shalit was kidnapped and taken hostage five years ago. The Palestinians who were released all broke the law and were prisoners. … Continue reading

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Erev Yom Kippur briefs

No good deed goes unpunished: So when the rebels take over Syria, you think they’re going to remember that China and Russia voted against them in the UN Security Council sanctions issue? Oh, sure, they’re griping now. But the jury’s … Continue reading

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