Category: Alliances and Allies

Yes, Our Civilization is Astonishing

| April 2, 2009 | Comments (0)

If you are ever inclined to doubt the surpassing greatness of Western Civilization, remember Rachel Lucas. Any civilization that makes it possible for anyone to see Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart perform Waiting for Godot for only $28 is truly superior.

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Pod Save the Queen! (UPDATED: The Audacity of Arrogance)

| April 1, 2009 | Comments (6)

President Obama’s gift gaffes continue unabated. Barack Obama met the Queen at Buckingham Palace today and gave her a gift of an iPod loaded with video footage and photographs of her 2007 United States visit to Richmond, Jamestown and Williamsburg in Virginia. In return, the Queen gave the President a silver framed signed photograph of [...]

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Let’s Try to Remember that Only the US Has a First Amendment

Let’s Try to Remember that Only the US Has a First Amendment

| April 1, 2009 | Comments (0)

On behalf of all Americans, I’d like to apologize to our Canadian cousins for giving them the impression that freedom of speech is one of those things they’re just supposed to have. Obviously, it is not. I know we Americans like to flash our rights all over the place and give the rest of the [...]

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Why MEP Daniel Hannan is Being Heard in America

| March 28, 2009 | Comments (12)

I’ve been remiss in posting this video wherein British MEP Daniel Hannan absolutely hides British PM Gordon Brown and made himself the darling of American conservatives. My friend Andrew Ian Dodge has an excellent piece on Mr. Hannan at Pajamas Media that gives a bit more background on his political pedigree and the cold shoulder [...]

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Diplomacy With A Blunt Object

| March 22, 2009 | Comments (6)

Oy vey. US President Barack Obama has indirectly praised former French president Jacques Chirac’s fierce opposition to the US-led invasion of Iraq, the online edition of the daily Le Figaro reported on Thursday. In a letter described by Chirac as ‘very nice,’ Obama wrote, ‘I am certain that we will be able to work together, [...]

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Meet Your New Neighbors…Russian Bombers?

Meet Your New Neighbors…Russian Bombers?

| March 14, 2009 | Comments (0)

Yikes. Just…yikes. “There are four or five airfields in Cuba with 4,000-meter-long runways, which absolutely suit us,” Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev told Interfax. Zhikharev, who is the chief of staff of the Russian Air Force’s long-range aviation, said, “If the two chiefs of state display such a political will, we are ready to fly there.” [...]

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They Always Travel in Pairs.

| March 14, 2009 | Comments (0)

It is said about the Lords of the Snark that where there is one, the other must surely be nearby. So it is today in the blogosphere. First, the apprentice, Frank J. Could Obama have a flaw? Could he be, in fact, too awesome? Before you grab the pitchforks and label me an apostate, hear [...]

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Rahm Emanuel May Be a Great Attack Dog, But He’s A Rotten Chief of Staff

| March 8, 2009 | Comments (4)

If even half of this is true, then we’re in serious trouble until our President gets on the stick. Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been “overwhelmed” by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest. British officials, meanwhile, admit [...]

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