Author: Donald Douglas

I long ago dumped my subscription to Newsweek. But I had my van serviced over the weekend, and the car dealership had a stack of recent volumes of the magazine. I saw this report from Evan Thomas and Eve Conant earlier, while out at Barnes and Noble last week; and then Glenn Beck smacked down […]

More from the Oceanside Tax Day Tea Party: These babes are totally hip on this dude (not): More photos from Oceanside at Left Coast Rebel. BONUS: “Geithner Praises ‘Positive Side’ of Tea Parties.” Actually, he’s just mostly digging the conservative hotties! (Via Memeorandum.) Cross-posted from American Power.

From Rebecca Noah Poynter, at The Best Defense, “Michelle Obama and Military Spouses: Here’s Why We’re Frustrated and Angry“: I’m a military wife. We don’t mind that America doesn’t know the 685,000 of us. We learned during that first deployment years ago that there are times in the middle of the night when there is […]

It’s Rush, “Obama Mocks American People, Demands a Thank You for His Work“: Plus, from Reason, “Bill Clinton: Tim McVeigh Hated the Guv’mint Too” (via Memeorandum). Cross-posted from American Power.

Okay, it’s time to update my coverage on the WikiLeaks story. I especially want to emphasize some context that might otherwise get overlooked as developments continue. As I first reported, Julian Assange is a convicted computer hacker and communist activist. His agenda is nothing short of a worldwide delegitimation and destabilization program of the U.S. […]

Michelle’s got a great piece up, “The anti-Stupak Express – and the backlash against Beltway incumbency“: If Democrat Rep. Bart Stupak, who sold his Obamacare vote and his pro-life principles for a cheap piece of paper, thinks voters in Michigan are willing to forgive and forget, he’s sadly mistaken. The Tea Party Express is rolling […]

I don’t normally attack CNN as the “Communist News Network,” but this time the epithet sticks. See, “Video Shows Deaths of Two Reuters Journalists in Iraq in 2007.” The story went live at Noon today, but there’s no mention of the fact-checking by right-bloggers such as Jawa Report. And note this passsage: The U.S. investigation […]

Allahpundit ran a post the other day entitled, “Maxine Waters: We can’t hear legitimate tea-party concerns because they’re drowned out by the fringe.” That’s a perfect summary of the Democrat congresswoman’s appearance on MSNBC. Fox Nation has a brief unedited clip, “Waters: ‘Outrageous’ That GOP ‘Waved American Flag’ at Tea Party.” But check out the […]

As readers know, I’m fascinated by the shuttle launches. The New York Times has a big story, “Shuttle Lifts Off for Space Station.” And as always, AubreyJ provides comprehensive coverage, “Watch Launch and Mission Live Of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-131.” Plus, see ABC News, “Discovery Teacher-Astronaut Breaks the Mold: Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger’s Unusual Route to Becoming […]

I wish I’d saved up some of these screeds, you know, the “tea partiers are God-bagging racist homophobic wifebeaters,” but there’s not enough time in the day. Oh sure, there’s distrust in the president that bears marks of irrationality, and folks like John Avlon are all too happy to point it out to you (see, […]

Part of the fight against leftist totalitarianism, and the alliance of socialism and Islam, deals with the media’s disgraceful terror-enabling “objectivity.” Blazing Cat Fur’s got another piece up this morning on Denise Balkissoon, the ignorant Toronto Star “reporter” who didn’t know that the “money-changer” slur is the hate language of the Holocaust. Ms. Balkissoon also […]

I just finished “Passion of the Christ.” From Luke 23:46, “‘And speaking in a loud voice, Jesus said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit’. Having said this, he breathed His last breath.” And the image, from Wikipedia, “Cross-section diagram of the location of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, in relation to […]

From Byron York, “Obamacare Was Mainly Aimed at Redistributing Wealth” (via Memeorandum): It hasn’t attracted much notice, but recently some prominent advocates of Obamacare have spoken more frankly than ever before about why they supported a national health care makeover. It wasn’t just about making insurance more affordable. It wasn’t just about bending the cost […]

Yesterday on MSNBC, Representative Alan Grayson alleged that all Republicans have left is “fear and hatred.” He then goes on to call for the total elimination the GOP, and not just in November: “We have to put end to the style of politics, and that means getting rid of Republicans entirely.” Talk about fanning the […]

It’s been quite some time since I read Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto. Maybe I should read it again, or at least Walter Russell Mead thinks so, “Literary Saturday: The Communist Manifesto.” What’s interesting is Mead’s counterfactual asking what Marx and Engels would think of today’s academic postmodern Marxists: I don’t think […]

Here’s an update on “Green Zone,” out today from Universal Studios. From the film’s website: It is 2003, and U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of inspectors have been dispatched by their commanders to find weapons believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site […]

At the Los Angeles Times, “‘Hurt’ Locks it Up“: “The Hurt Locker,” a gritty, challenging and little-seen drama about bomb disposal in the Iraq war, was the leading winner with six Academy Awards on Sunday night, including best picture and the first directing honor for a female filmmaker. Academy Award organizers had doubled this year’s […]

Here’s Reed Johnson, discussing “Hurt Locker” director Kathryn Bigelow, in a February 28th piece at the Los Angeles Times: In the old-boys club that is modern Hollywood, there are few surer ways to kill off a promising film career than by getting yourself labeled a “feminist” director. Over the years, Kathryn Bigelow has quietly steered […]

UPDATE: Via Bloomberg, “FBI Says U.S. Hasn’t Confirmed Arrest of Adam Gadahn, and at CBS News, “U.S.-Born al Qaeda Arrest News Incorrect: Confusion Over Militant’s Identity Sparked Reports of Gadahn Arrest; Some Media Say It is Another U.S.-Born Terrorist.” *********** A tweet from Adam Housley of Fox News: This is flaming-skull material at AOSHQ, “Report: […]

It’s an eerie thing watching the amateur video of Dawn Brancheau’s last few minutes alive (available here). And see the New York Times, “Video Shows SeaWorld Trainer With Orca Moments Before Her Death“: A local news station in Florida has obtained video shot by a tourist from New Hampshire at SeaWorld in Orlando on Wednesday […]

Remember HillBuzz last month, describing Daily Kos, Democratic Underground, et al.? Honestly, we thought the extent of the attacks would be more of the same thing these people usually do, which is to say bad things about this site, to fill our voicemails up with nasty messages, to send more hatemail to our email telling […]

From Andrew Breitbart, “Max Blumenthal, You’re Being Booger-Boarded“: Max Blumenthal has an amazing thesis: All conservatives and Republicans are beneath contempt. He also has an amazing line of work. He is underwritten by various media organs to prove his thesis …. Max gallivanted around CPAC looking for prey. He was treated with respect as he […]

OMG!! You cannot make this stuff up! From Max Blumenthal, the idiot race-baiter who was literally destroyed at CPAC, “Feeling the Hate at CPAC 2010 With Andrew Breitbart, Hannah Giles and the Crazy Mob” (via Memeorandum): While I was filming at CPAC for a forthcoming project, I was confronted by Hannah Giles, Andrew Breitbart and […]

From the Los Angles Times, “Military Chiefs Voice Concern Over Ending ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’“: In a sign of possible differences among top military officials, Army and Air Force chiefs voiced concern Tuesday about ending a ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces while the country is in the middle of two wars. […]

You know, while this is serious business, rebutting the left’s endless allegations of racism, I’ve been mostly mocking so far in my series on “racist movies.” But it’s beyond bothersome that “Black Hawk Down” is included and ranked at #27. And here’s the caption: Ridley Scott’s account of the 1993 “Battle of Mogadishu” drew heavy […]

The Washington Post has an obituary, “Alexander Haig, Former Secretary of State, Dies at 85” (via Memorandum). I think Haig was a fine man, but I doubt he could ever live down the ridicule from his statment in 1981, following the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, that “As of now, I am in control […]

Gee, I guess I have a new hobby! It’s called “Let’s Mock the ‘Racist’ Victimologists”! Whoopee!! Racism!! Come out, come out, wherever you are! Okay, let’s put on our “racism radar” and talk some more about “racist” films. How about “Falling Down“? It’s not like you wouldn’t come across a couple of vatos like this, […]

I promised to update a bit on “The Hurt Locker.” I’ve posted a couple of times on the movie, although I did not write a review. I need to see it again to be able to write something fresh. I can tell you though, it’s a great flick, and this was nowhere near my reaction: […]

Via John Hawkins and Linkiest (and also Prairie Pundit), I just found this video, “Assault Breacher Vehicle”: This is something else! For more information, see the Los Angeles Times, “Marine Assault Vehicles Key to Afghan Strategy.” Technical details at Jane’s Defense Weekly: For the ABV role, the turret of the M1A1 Abrams MBT has been […]