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FreedomConvoyUSA: “We have a right to resist and we have an obligation and duty to do so!” https://youtu.be/QOxKpCeJPRE This in truly incredible. Inspirational. Unreal that this occurred today in Albany NY of all places, but it did. Don’t have a name yet for who this speaker is, but without a doubt, she’s a PATRIOT. Of course, the media will declare her a racist before the weekend is over. May we live in interesting times.

The Albany Times Union has received leaked copies of an After Action Report that are highly critical of Gov. Cuomo's "leadership" during Hurricane Sandy. In one section, it says that the state's emergency response office is running at only 50% staffing levels but yet was required to locate to Manhattan after the storm.

"The coordination center for National Iranian Armed Resistance Forces (NIRU) hereby declares its existence & accuses the current government and the leader of the Islamic Revolution, Mr. Sayyed Ali Khamenei of legal transgressions and high treason of nation and homeland. We, a number of Officers, Soldiers and personnel of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, hereby declare our readiness for rise to the armed defense of our nation against the forces of the criminal, illegitimate, transgressing and occupying current Government of Iran, and hereby inform our brothers and sisters serving with the armed security forces of Iran,...

German intelligence reports that Iranian scientists have successfully simulated the detonation of a nuclear warhead in laboratory conditions, in an effort to sidestep an underground nuclear test.

You think WE'RE angry about what happened to Joe the Plumber, check out this guy. He nails it. This video should be viral...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to announce on Monday the installation of 3,000 centrifuges for uranium enrichment in the Natanz nuclear facility, the official Iranian news agency reported.

The gas cloud in Baghdad, meanwhile, suggests possible new and coordinated strategies by bombers trying to unleash toxic - and potentially deadly - materials. "Terrorists are using dirty means," said Brig. Gen. Qassim Moussawi, an Iraqi military spokesman.

British intelligence and law enforcement officials have passed on a grim assessment to their U.S. counterparts, "It will be a miracle if there isn't a terror attack over the holidays in London," a senior American law enforcement official tells ABCNews.com. "It is not a matter of if there will be an attack, but how bad the attack will be," an intelligence official told ABCNews.com. Authorities say they are seeking at least 18 suspected suicide bombers.

NYT SPLASH THURSDAY: SENATE IN PLAY; DEM CHANCE FOR CONTROL IMPROVES Wed Sep 27 2006 18:24:35 NEW YORK TIMES editors have set a Page One Splash on Thursday claiming: Democrats suddenly face a map with new and unexpected opportunities to regain control of the Senate! "We are leading the paper with it," a newsroom source tells the DRUDGE REPORT.

"Trying to avoid a public relations disaster, aides to Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco fretted over her not appearing in charge after Hurricane Katrina hit, even worrying about her clothing, documents released Monday show." "Gov. Blanco might dress down a bit and look like she has rolled up her sleeves," press consultant Kim Fuller of Witt Associates wrote in a Sept. 4 e-mail to aides including Bottcher, Mann and Kopplin. "I have some great Liz Claiborne sports clothes that look kind of Eddie Bauer, but with class, but would bring her down to level of getting to work."

US Marines land on Somali coast to hunt militants By Hussein Ali Nur Thu May 5, 9:11 AM ET U.S. Marines landed on Somalia's coast in one of their most visible hunts for militants in the country since they set up a Horn of Africa counter terrorism force in 2002, Somali officials said on Thursday. Two boats brought about 20 lightly armed Marines to the fishing village of Maydh in the northwestern enclave of Somaliland on Tuesday, where they showed pictures of suspected "terrorists" to locals before leaving, residents said. "They met some of the fishermen and the people and...

I read an editorial in today's local newspaper that has me absolutely livid. It's from a Syracuse University professor - a preofessor of political philosphy no less - and it ticked me off enough that I had to write back to him and respond, especially after reading his last paragraph I also responded to SU's alumnist society as well as to the Dean. Here's the text of his letter to the Times Union: "I was utterly discouraged by Suzanne Fields' Nov. 8 column. I am, presumably, one of the liberals that she rails against. If she would just stand back...

I usually don't get into FReeping internet polls, but this one is just too good to pass up. I live in liberal upstate NY. There are Dems everywhere. But, many of these comments after this poll are very positive on President Bush. Let's add some more, from the heart. Even if you don't want to FReep the poll, at least do yourself a favor and read the messages from some of the military families on the site. Very enouraging and heart warming. Four more years!

NUKE RACE: NEW BOOK DETAILS IRAN BUILDUP Gertz reveals classified documents, information on weapons transfers to Iran **Exclusive** A new book by WASHINGTON TIMES reporter Bill Gertz reveals top-secret and secret documents on illicit weapons transfers to Iran and other rogue states, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned....

Books For Soldiers is a soldier support site that ships books, DVDs and supplies to deployed soliders and soldiers in VA hospitals, via our large volunteer network. If you have old, but usuable paperback books sitting around, collecting dust, why not send them to a solider for a big morale boost? Many of our volunteers have received email and letters from the soldiers they have adopted. Help us out, help the troops out, mail them your books. Special Note to Bloggers! I just wanted to drop a note of thanks to you blogging folks for helping to spread the word...

OTTAWA, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Canadian officials were reportedly close Saturday to sending hundreds of troops to Haiti as part of an international stabilization force. The Toronto Globe and Mail said Prime Minister Paul Martin spoke with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Friday, as Martin worked to help build an international consensus aimed at resolving the crisis. "He's been personally taking a hand in this," an official said. Consideration of sending a significant number of troops would depend on the makeup of an international force and the ability of the Canadian Forces to pull together a contingent on short notice. "Potentially,...

"The "Right" Side of Punk As of January 31, 2004, ConservativePunk.com officially launches. The site has been created to educate, inform and increase the little known demographic of the Conservative Punk. This is not C-SPAN meets MTV; this site boasts conservatives from well-known artist Michale Graves of Gotham Road and former lead singer of the Misfits, to conservative talk show host and former rock jock Andrew Wilkow, to the average person on the street. This site has been created to counteract the multiple liberal punk sites on the web, which are run by only a small number of punk artists...

PARIS, France - Reporter Alain Hertoghe’s book accused the French press of not being objective in its coverage of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. His newspaper fired him. The book, “La Guerre a Outrances” (The War of Outrages), criticizes the French reporting for continually predicting the war would end badly for the U.S.-led coalition. “Readers can’t understand why the Americans won the war,” Hertoghe said in a telephone interview. “The French press wasn’t neutral.”