Is a Military Crackdown Coming in Iran?

It is starting to look like a crackdown is coming in Iran. Earlier today Iran’s “supreme leader,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, again endorsed the results of the election and threatened protesters that if they continue their activities there will be “bloodshed.” Iran expert Gary Sick suggests that Khamenei may not actually be in charge of the [...]

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Left Behind

“Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help” – Psalm 146:3 Two pieces of news this week – Bill Clinton meets with some bloggers and tells them to apply pressure to Congress and the Obama administration from the left and the Washington Post fires liberal [...]

Friday: Here comes the sun, doo-n-doo-doooo!

The sun!  The Sun!  I think it’s out this morning.  I must get my camera and take a picture so I can remember this day.  Hallelujah!  My pasty white skin rejoices for the return of vitamin D production.  I think I shall weep with joy. Let’s have breakfast on the beach at the New Jersey [...]

Could “reform” possibly look worse than what we’ve got?

I don’t know how anyone could consider this reform (h/t Alegra) – EXCLUSIVE: The Finance Committee’s Health Reform Outline A Senate source just passed me the latest outline of the Senate Finance Committee’s health reform proposal. This is the post-CBO revision. Apparently, after the committee staff received the scores, they dug deep and quickly developed [...]