President Bush, in his State of the Union speech tonight, effectivly put an end to all the Democrat banter on the NSA story.

It is said that prior to the attacks of September 11th, our
government failed to connect the dots of the conspiracy. We now know
that two of the hijackers in the United States placed telephone […]

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Peace activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested
Tuesday in the House gallery after refusing to cover up a T-shirt
bearing an anti-war slogan before President Bush’s State of the Union
address.
“She was asked to cover it up. She did not,” said Sgt. Kimberly
Schneider, U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman, adding that Sheehan was
arrested for unlawful conduct, a misdemeanor.
The […]

On a 72-25 vote, senators succeeded in passing the 60-vote
threshold to prevent a filibuster and allow a simple majority vote
Tuesday. Nineteen Democrats joined Republicans to end debate, though
many of them oppose Alito’s nomination. At least 57 senators have said
publicly they will vote for the nominee.
Alito could be sworn in as early as noon Tuesday, in […]

Google has responded to protest over their decision to comply
with China’s regulations censoring certain content in their search
results. 
Google’s reponse
The decision definitely solves the technical problems with the quality
of the service they were able to provide in China.  The quality of
their service will improve technically.  Ethically,
they must compromise the principle/motto of “do no evil”, since the
decision […]

11% of those who won elections are still serving prison sentences.

Fourteen among 132 deputies, who won the
Palestine elections Wednesday, are announced to be still serving time
in Israeli prisons.
Similarly, a newly elected Palestinian member of the parliament is being jailed at a Palestinian prison.
The most famous of all these candidates, winners of the election, is Marwan […]

Appearing tonight on The Sean Hannity Show,
Former Top Military Advisor to Saddam Hussein Georges Sada spoke about
the former Iraqi dictator’s WMDs. Sada said they existed in Iraq until
2002.
Sada also said that Saddam’s WMDs were used in
multiple battles and Sada said that his own soldiers used them. Sada
advised that the WMD program continued after 1998 […]

You may recall last summer when we all learned that Microsoft was cooperating with the Chinese government to censor forbidden language.

Microsoft Corp. is cooperating with China’s government to censor the
company’s newly launched Chinese-language Web portal, a spokesman for
the tech giant said.
The
policy affects Web logs, or blogs, created through the MSN Spaces
service, said Adam Sohn, a […]

BB&T to refuse loans for eminent domain projects

NEW YORK, Jan 25 (Reuters) - BB&T Corp. (BBT.N: Quote, Profile, Research),
a large U.S. southeast bank, on Wednesday said it will not lend to
commercial developers that plan to build projects on land seized from
private citizens through eminent domain.
The policy change by
Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based BB&T, the No. […]

Perhaps you’ve heard of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code.
This fictional thriller, which supposes a marriage between Jesus and
Mary Magdalene that produced a royal bloodline in France, has captured
the coveted number one sales ranking at Amazon.com, camped out for 47
weeks on the New York Times Best-Seller List, and inspired a
one-hour ABC News special. Along the […]

Looks like we took out a major terrorist figure in the strike in Pakistan.

The strike on the compound in Damadola, Pakistan, where Ayman
al-Zawahiri. al-Qaeda’s number two in Command, was believed to be
attending a dinner to celebrate a Mulslim holiday, has netted at least one high-level al-Qaeda operative.
Pakistani intelligence has confirmed that Abu Khabab al-Masri,
al-Qaeda’s chief […]

The chief international nuclear inspector has given Iran an ultimatum
to come clean about its nuclear programme or face political isolation,
sanctions and ultimately military force
“We are coming to the litmus test in the next few
weeks,” said Mohammed ElBaradei, the director general of the
International Atomic Energy Agency, in an interview in Newsweek
magazine.
“Diplomacy
has to be backed by pressure […]

The US Court of Appeals has set a date for oral arguments in the case of Michael G. New vs. Donald Rumsfeld, et al/ - February 16, 2006
Specialist Michael New was court-martialed in 1996 for his refusal to
wear a United Nations uniform, to deploy to Macedonia under United
Nations command, and to serve under the command […]

Al Qaeda influence is on the decline in Iraq.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2006 – Al Qaeda’s influence in Iraq is unraveling,
a senior U.S. general based in Baghdad told reporters today during a
satellite news conference at the Pentagon. “Al Qaeda is increasingly in
disarray and we have pursued, captured and killed a large number of
them,” Army Lt. Gen. […]

A Christian high school’s lawsuit against the
University of California is escalating the culture war over the role of
religion in public education.  Calvary Chapel Christian School, which has 1,300 students, are fighting to receive college credit for some courses.  Courses in dispute include history, English, social studies and science.
The university rejected some class credits
because Calvary Chapel […]

Remember how Ted Kennedy
tried to impugn the character of  Supreme Court nominee Samuel
Alito for his one-time membership in a group opposed to admitting more
woman and minorities to Princeton?

Sen. Kennedy STILL belongs to a social club for Harvard
students and alumni that was thrown off campus nearly 20 years ago
after refusing to allow female members, an investigation […]

We’ve already got our minds made up.
This sentiment aptly expresses the mindset of the Democrats who,
although the spent a few days feigning concern over and attacking the
character and integrity of Judge Samuel Alito, did not seem interested
at all in hearing the testimony of seven appeals court judges.

Michelle Malkin notes:

Chuck Schumer walked out before the judges […]

Senator Lindsey Graham gave an apology to
nominee Alito after several Democrats attacked Alito’s character with
innuendos and interrogation aimed at intimating that he was a racist, bigot
and woman-hater.

“Judge Alito, I am sorry that you’ve had to go through this. I am sorry
that your family has had to sit here and listen to this,” said Graham.
(see full […]

Bill O’Reilly had a segment today about a Judge who gave a child
rapist a 60 day sentence.  Bill’s guests for the segment were
Geoffrey Nathan (Criminal Defense Attorney) and Ed Ryan (Former
President of the Massachussetts Bar Association).  He asked them
if they thought the sentence was just.

Claiming he no longer believes in punishment, a Vermont judge issued […]

Schumer
kept trying to get an answer from Alito concerning
whether he still held the same beliefs about abortion and the
Constitution as had been expressed by him in 1985 - that he doesn’t think abortion has Constitutional protection (see video).  Alito did not
take the bait.  Schumer was clearly trying to get across the
message that he was asking […]

According to Michael Ledeen at the National Review and sources he trusts,
Bin Laden died of kidney failure in mid December and was buried in Iran.

And, according to Iranians I trust, Osama bin Laden finally departed
this world in mid-December. The al Qaeda leader died of kidney failure
and was buried in Iran, where he had spent most […]