Into Thine Hand I Commit My Spirit

Michael Yon via BigHollywood "On this small base surrounded by a mixture of enemy and friendly territory, a memorial has been erected just next to the Chapel. Inside the tepee are 21 photos of 21 soldiers killed during the first months of a year-long tour of duty. The fallen will belong forever to the honor rolls of the 1-17th Infantry Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, and they will join the sacred list of names of those who have given their lives in service of the United States of America."

Online Extremists Recommended Methods Exactly Like Those Used by Abdulmutallab

ABC News "A private Israeli intelligence company told ABC News Monday there was a surge of online discussions in extremist Islamic forums about blowing up planes three weeks before Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's attempt to bring down Northwest Flight 253. The discussions recommended using "improvised detonation chain" devices, exactly like the one used onboard the Detroit-bound flight."

The Constitutional Crisis and the Security Crisis

Andrew C. McCarthy "These are cases involving jihadists trained to kill innocents. They are not the cases you compromise on: You take them all the way. If a district judge gives you a lunatic ruling, you appeal to the D.C. Circuit. If you lose there, you take it to the Supreme Court. Aside from having good-faith reasons to play out the string, this gives you months or years of time — time during which dangerous people stay detained while you have the opportunity to go to Congress and ask for help in the form of a legislative remedy to rein in the judges."

Political Cartoons by Michael Ramirez

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Berkeley's Unbearable Whiteness of Science

Thomas Lifson , AT "Teaching people that they are victims does nothing to encourage excellence. But rather than reconsider its failing efforts, Berkeley High is doubling the dosage of a medicine that isn't working, and which carries bad side effects. If the Berkeley public schools go ahead with this plan, they deserve condemnation and ridicule on a national scale."

Law & Order and Double Standards

Pajamas Media "When will the television series portray a Muslim “honor” killing and the Islamic theology behind it?"

SEVEN THINGS NEVER TO SAY TO A VETERAN

KitchenDispatch "1.) "Thank you for your service, but I don't think we should have been there in the first place."" And from Laughing Wolf at Blackfive: "Well, we are all familiar with trolls and tools that live to say the nastiest things they can to those who serve or have served. They are a fact of life, and without the social constraints that placed external restraints on them they are a very noisy and vile part of life."

The downside of Barack Obama

Powerline Blog "John Brennan was sent forth to defend the administration's handling of the Abdulmutallab affair on the Sunday talk shows because he is a a high official in the administration's security apparatus and he makes a good appearance. Yet he made a fool of himself. He made a fool of himself not because he is a fool, but rather because he was defending foolish policies. "

It Has Begun… Libs Attack Brit Hume For Promoting Christianity on Sunday Talk Show

Gateway Pundit "It used to be that liberals didn’t want you to mention Christ in schools. Then they banned Christ from Christmas concerts and public squares.Now they are demanding that we not talk about Christianity in public.We should have seen this coming."

Obama’s Completes the Liberal Hat Trick

Big Government "2. Socially Liberal/Antagonistic to American Traditions. Most Americans knew Obama was liberal on social issues when he was elected. Since his inauguration, he has done nothing to convince people otherwise including (a) his first week in office lifting of the restrictions on funding for groups that provide abortion services or counseling abroad, reversing the policy of his Republican predecessor, and (b) extending federal benefits to gay domestic partners. Beyond that, Obama became the Apologist-in-Chief to the distaste of many Americans by going around the World and bowing to dictators and apologizing for America’s “actions.” "

25 politicians to watch in 2010

Politico "...there is a small galaxy of candidates and officeholders whose actions—or reactions—are especially consequential and worth watching because of the role they will play in shaping the legislative or political environment." Read more: h/t to Neal Boortz.

Secretary of State Clinton Mum On Attempted Airline Bombing, And Iranian Protests

CNS "“I’m not aware, however, of a single statement from a senior official at the State Department on the latest situation in Iran – a disgraceful state of affairs and a huge abdication of responsibility,” Gardiner said.“Her striking absence from the world stage is a damning indictment of the lack of American leadership at a time of tremendous upheaval on the streets of Tehran, and when the United States is facing a mounting threat from an increasingly dangerous and hostile Islamist regime.”"