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Date: June 21st, 2007

Trent Lott's goat fence – missing the point and calling you stupid as a bonus

21 June, 2007 (21:51) | Immigration | By: ricjames

Exaggeration must be a way of life for Senators from Mississippi. Attempting to dismiss the notion of a border fence as an integral part of border security and immigration control, Senator Lott took an interesting tack: Sen. Minority Whip Trent Lott, R-Miss., was talking to reporters Wednesday about the immigration bill, when he said, “If [...]

EU voting: Bring out your dead!

21 June, 2007 (21:25) | Law, Politics | By: ricjames

Were it not that the referenced event was so serious, the suggestion by the Polish government that their population tally be adjusted upward to account for those killed by the Nazis in 1939 would have to be a joke. Voting in the EU’s governing body is weighted based on the population of the member countries. [...]

Yon reports: Operation Arrowhead Ripper at Day 1

21 June, 2007 (06:51) | GWOT, Military | By: ricjames

Michael Yon is reporting from Iraq as the largest and most aggressive operation in the last couple of years is in progress. Read up and be informed. The first day of operation Arrowhead Ripper was intense. The Army is giving full access to the battlefield, and while on base full access to the TOC (HQ) [...]

How will global warming crowd react to this news?

21 June, 2007 (06:15) | Environment, Politics | By: ricjames

Noted on Instapundit, here’s a story in a Canadian media outlet about how solar scientists are saying the sun is poised to enter a lower-activity phase which will lead to – you guessed it – a global cooling: Solar scientists predict that, by 2020, the sun will be starting into its weakest Schwabe solar cycle [...]