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As bad as the oughts were, at least the Iraqi information minister wasn’t doing a non-stop tour of Washington D.C. After spending months denying loudly that there were any problems, then seizing on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to blame all the problems on Putin (or on corporate greed, depending which side of the coin lands…

When a politician finally goes down, the loyalists extricate themselves and write their memoirs.  Lis Smith, who worked for Spitzer and Cuomo, is doing that in a high-profile way with her book. Anything you needed to know about her can be summed up in this excerpt. Political strategist Lis Smith casts Bill de Blasio as…

Ah, Japan. Once the utopian ideal for gun controllers. A shining example of what America could be if we eliminated the Second Amendment and turned Japanese. How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths – The Atlantic The Japan lesson: Can America learn from the country that has almost zero gun deaths – The Washington Post…

The Army’s recruiting problems can only get better after this. The Army is at only 40% of its recruiting numbers for the fiscal year despite raising its maximum enlistment bonus from $40,000 to $50,000. It now offers new recruits up to $10,000 for showing up to basic training in 30 days. And is no longer even asking them for…

Inconvenient narrative. Mass shooters are supposed to be suburban American kids. In statistical reality, if counting mass shooters by the number of victims, most are gang members in urban areas. And even the conventional concept of the mass shooter, a disgruntled or unstable individual opening fire at a school, workplace, or general area to cause…

The pandemic led to partial travel limitations that were never properly implemented or sustained, but another reminder that Chinese tourism may put some money in our pockets, but it takes a lot more out. Speaking alongside his British counterpart in London on Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray called China the “biggest long-term threat” to both…

You can’t have an uprising of mothers, as happened in Virginia and is taking place in other states as well, if you get rid of mothers. That is the Orwellian approach. And the teachers’ unions, which claim to have full rights to control your children and all money they can seize through them, love the…