Category Archives: Freedom

Jeanne Kirkpatrick RIP

Posted on December 8, 2006 by Thanos

Jeanne Kirkpatrick, Ambassador to the UN, and one of the most prominent Reagan Democrats, has passed. The Great Lady has gone on, and we will all surely miss her principled reasoned approach to world problems. Continue reading →

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Bill Roggio In Iraq

Posted on December 4, 2006 by Thanos

Bill Roggio arrived in Iraq Sunday, and begins his series of embed reports from there, please stop by The Fourth Rail regularly to see real updates from the front. Continue reading →

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I Fly US Airways

Posted on December 2, 2006 by Thanos

The Imams who created the fuss by deliberately provoking a response from the passengers and airlines are instituting a boycott. Since I respect airlines that think of passenger safety first and cultural sensitivities second, I will be flying US Airways at … Continue reading →

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Taliban Ban Press in North Waziristan

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Thanos

Please stop by The Fourth Rail, Bill Roggio has a write up on the Taliban attempts to muzzle the press, and ban periodicals in North Waziristan. There’s also a wonderful tribute to America in the comments section well worth the … Continue reading →

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Ancient Enemies

Posted on November 29, 2006 by Thanos

In conflict resistless each toil they endur’d Till their foes shrunk dismay’d from the war’s desolation. And pale beam’d the crescent, its splendor obscur’d By the light of the star-spangl’d flag of our nation. — Francis Scott Key  The tribes … Continue reading →

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AP Prints Agitprop, Files Stories From Bogus Iraqi Police

Posted on November 27, 2006 by Thanos

Please stop by Flopping Aces for an very thorough overview of how AP and other news agencies have been flummoxed by Al Qaeda or Baathist agitprop agents posing as Iraqi Police. Those reports of chaos and bedlam in Iraq are being greatly exagerated both by the agitprop agents, and our own lazy, stupid press. Continue reading →

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Peace In Nepal !

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Thanos

The decades old Maoist insurgency in Nepal has now come to an end, at least on paper. For almost a year Royalists, Freedom Advocates, and the Maoists have been at loggerheads, but the agreement is now final, and calls for the Maoists … Continue reading →

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Pakistan Peace Jirga Begins

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Thanos

The Pakistan peace Jirga has begun, and calls for Nato withdrawal. Along with that, they call for the expelling of “alien extremists”. This could be long term good if they really mean it. The Jirga is being led by Asfandyar … Continue reading →

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Pakistan Update II

Posted on November 19, 2006 by Thanos

For some interesting analysis of the political impact of the passage of the Women’s Protection Bill (WPB) in Pakistan please see this article. ISLAMABAD – Whether by design or coincidence, the political undertones of the Women’s Protection Bill were never … Continue reading →

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New National Space Policy

Posted on November 18, 2006 by Thanos

For a lucid, detailed, and factual review of changes to our national space policy please see this article by Dwayne Day at Space Review. I will keep an eye out for his future articles, he definitely grabbed me with this first para: … Continue reading →

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