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"American military personnel launched missiles into mainland Russia and killed..."...That's journalist Tucker Carlson... The US Justice Department charging a Chinese man living in California with sending weapons and ammunition... "Putin emphasized the need to put an end to the terrorist aggression against the Syrian state as soon as possible..." That's part of the Kremlin... Hillsborough County, Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister removing his name from consideration... China banning exports of critical minerals to the United States in retaliation for the latest restrictions... Fighting in Syria said to be taking place in and around the city of Hama... The US military in...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio blasted Governor Andrew Cuomo as “disgusting” and “creepy” over recent sexual harassment claims and revealed he’s seen his fellow Democrat’s “abusive” behavior in the past. ... Cuomo apologized for his actions and said he simply felt he was “being playful” and that he was “joking.” De Blasio, however, doesn’t see these “sickening” allegations as a laughing matter, which he made clear during an interview with New York City radio station Hot 97. “It sickened me, it sickened me,” de Blasio said of the reports. “The thought of a powerful man trying to take...

OK, after several years as a poster I post my first vanity - Honi soit qui mal y pense! I ask you to please, put in a vote (or several!!) for the excellent UK blog Eureferendum as the best British blog. Not only do the two bloggers Helen Szamuely and Richard North an fantastic job analysing the goings on in the EU, but they were the ones who broke the Qana-gate story. Remember GREEN HELMET GUY? - That was their story! Please, go to this site: best_uk_blog and vote for a real intelligent conservative blog! Thanks, SB PS: They are...

BY JAMES TARANTO Friday, December 3, 2004 12:18 p.m. EST Will 'Best' Be Best? So it seems there's a contest for "Best Media/Journalist Blog," and we're in the lead, with Mark Steyn and Michelle Malkin a close second and third, and 12 also-rans way behind. It would be tacky for us to campaign for the award, but for information purposes only, we would like to point out that anyone can vote, and you can actually vote more than once, if you wait 24 hours between votes. You can click here, here or here to see the results and cast a...