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Or did I miss it? He's certainly got some of the more interesting bumper music around, anyone else out there listen? I especially enjoy his fourays into Asian happenings and history in general.. Not to mention this fall we will be cruising thru a number of conflicts both political and social. WE survived Greece and Roma. ON to Beijing and Bangkok.. And the Vietnam straits..

Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor, and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, in re: 500 prisoners or more released from Abu Ghraib, the most secure prison in Iraq. Global al Qaeda: Affiliates, objectives, and future challenges Testimony to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, on al Qaeda, the nature of the group's central command and its relationship with its affiliates, and the future challenges the West faces in battling the terror organization. [more] Are the Iraqi police incapable of contesting al Q? Yes, rhe reality is that they needed our support...

Politically, California is everything liberals want America to become 1. California has the nation’s highest unemployment
 2. California has one-third of all welfare recipients
 3. California has the nation’s highest poverty rate
Despite all the welfare spending, 4. California has the nation’s highest taxes 5. California has the nation’s third highest income inequality
California’s already high taxes have failed to adequately redistribute income 6. California’s teachers are among the nation’s highest paid while its students are among the least educated 7. California has the nation’s highest energy prices 8. California’s budget isn’t balanced
Credit Krugman for noting that California’s budget is only a...

Is Bin Laden dead? Yes. Everything else about the White House version of the Bin Laden raid in Pakistan is in flux. How did the Special Operations Command that launched Sea Team Six, know for certain that Bin Laden was at home that night? The White House says they were mostly certain. A fresh explanation, with confirmation, is that the US had visual confirmation of Bin Laden in and out of the house for several months. What happened to the more than a dozen people captured in the compound including Bin Laden's wounded wife? The White House doesn't have a...