Curious omissions from the Olympic opening ceremony

Lona Manning, AT "In the entire ceremony, there was no reference to Canada's history -- no Jesuit missionaries, no fur trade, no transcontinental railway, no lumberjacks, no gold rush, no fishermen, no reference to our Britannic heritage. Because of course we couldn't touch on any of those subjects without making apologetic references to imperialism and environmental degradation."

Navy SEALS, British SAS Special Ops Kill 50 Taliban Commanders Prior to Major Offensive in Helmand Province

Weasel Zippers "SAS men and US Navy SEAL teams killed the 50 insurgent leaders in a series of dramatic covert operations deep inside southern Afghanistan's Helmand badlands. Their objective was to destroy the Taliban command structure - and military sources labelled the daring raids "a great success". "

Obama's Video Address To The U.S.-Islamic World Forum

Weasel Zippers "Thank you coming to Doha in that spirit. Thank you for your work to advance the principles we share-justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings." Language advisory in this site.

Excuses, Excuses

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Creating Jobs--In China!

Powerline "According to the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University, nearly $2 billion in money from the American Recovery and Investment Act has been spent on wind power. The goal was to further energy independence while creating American jobs. It has done neither. Of the money spent, according to the report, nearly 80% has gone to foreign manufacturers of wind turbines. "

Socialist Professor Amy Bishop Who Killed 3 Profs Yesterday Shot & Killed Her Brother in 1986

Gateway Pundit "A Massachusetts police chief is now saying that UAH shooting suspect Amy Bishop shot and killed her brother during an argument, and the case may have been mishandled by the police department more than two decades ago when the fatal shooting occurred."

Barack Obama Admits: " I Chose My Friends Carefully… Marxist Professors and Structural Feminists" (Audio)

Gateway Pundit "Barack Obama laughs off charges of socialism. Joe Biden scoffs at references to Marxism. Both men shrug off accusations of liberalism. But Obama himself acknowledges that he was drawn to socialists and even Marxists as a college student. He continued to associate with Marxists later in life, even choosing to launch his political career in the living room of a self-described Marxist, William Ayers, in 1995, when Obama was 34. Obama’s affinity for Marxists began when he attended Occidental College in Los Angeles." Related: B-Cast Interviews Dr John C. Drew On Obama’s Early Marxist Years

How to destroy a soldier’s life

Hot Air "I came across an article on Salon entitled “How to leave a soldier” that has apparently been making ripples across the blogosphere. It absolutely infuriated me, and I knew I had to write about it."...."But that’s exactly what this woman did. Meet Courtney Cook, an extraordinarily shallow and callous woman."...."They’re over there fighting for their lives, and she thinks it’s a smart move to saddle them with this while they’re in the middle of that?"

Leftists Disinterested in Real Conflicts of Interest

Pajamas Media "The takeaway is that to the left, any conservative with a potential conflict, even in someone’s fevered imagination, is presumptively evil, regardless of results. But when one of their own has a drop-dead obvious conflict, it’s supposed to be no big deal. What their conflicts really represent, as seen above with “Government Motors” and ACORN, are opportunities for legalized mischief."

The New Conformo-radicalism

Mark Steyn "...all the men in the Audi ad are the usual befuddled effete new-male eunuchs that infest all the other commercials. The sort of milksop who’ll buy the TDI and then, when the Green Police change their regulatory requirements six weeks later, obediently take it back to the shop and pay however many thousand bucks to have it brought it into compliance with whatever the whimsical tyrant’s emissions regime requires this month."

Obama Officials Wrong on Padilla

Thomas Joscelyn in The Weekly Standard: "Al Qaeda terrorist Jose Padilla started talking only after he was designated an enemy combatant." Before that: "The FBI questioned Padilla for several hours but got nowhere. A copy of the FBI’s 302 memo written after the initial questioning of Padilla shows that al Qaeda’s man gave the bureau nothing."

Pleasing None of the People, None of the Time

Commentary "Moreover, it is a reminder that electing someone very new to the national stage is quite a gamble. Unfortunately, it hasn’t paid off for his supporters. And we all must live with the consequences."