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Are the Left and the Counterculture Synonymous?

Midnight Snack: The 100 Best Albums of the Decade according to Rolling Stone

I wrote this blog post yesterday responding to Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield’s lament for the past 10 years. The political reflection proceeded the unveiling of the magazine’s list of best albums, songs, artists, and films of the decade.
For tonight’s Midnight Snack, here’s the complete list of albums along with a few remarks on select titles:
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This is What the Muslim World Does to Its Children

From Pamela Geller:
Here’s a glimpse of Ashoura images around the Muslim world. Ashoura commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, in the 7th century battle of Kerbala. Atlas covers it every year – go here.

See and read more at Atlas Shrugs

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Two Al-Qaeda top dogs behind Flight 253 jihad plot were released from Gitmo

Gitmo recidivism comes back to bite us directly. “Two al Qaeda Leaders Behind Northwest Flight 253 Terror Plot Were Released by U.S.: Former Guantanamo Prisoners Believed Behind Northwest Airlines Bomb Plot; Sent to Saudi Arabia in 2007,” by Brian Ross, Anna Schecter and Joseph Rhee for ABC News, December 28…

The National Lawyers Guild’s Communist Roots

  The National Lawyers Guild’s earliest antecedent was an agency known as the MOPR (the Russian initials for “International Class War Prisoners Aid Society”), which was formed by the Communist International (Comintern) in 1922 as part of its effort to infiltrate American legal organizations. Soon thereafter, MOPR became known as International Red Aid (IRA). In 1925 an American [...]

Flight 253 jihadist’s hometown: he learned about that jihad stuff somewhere else

Here’s a twist on the Poverty Causes Terrorism myth: “We the children of the masses in this country, we don’t know anything about terrorism because our parents are poor.” In other words, this guy believes you have to be rich to become an Islamic jihadist. “Nigeria bomber’s home town blames…

Approaching the Culture & Reuniting Conservatism

Upon reading David Swindle’s response to my disagreement with his observations about conservatism and the culture, it’s clear that the gulf between our views is far smaller than it might have initially seemed:
It’s certainly important for those on the Right to continue to articulate these cultural values. What my statement from my post was intended [...]

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Obama ignores Flight 253 jihadist’s ties to Al-Qaeda and Fort Hood imam, calls him “isolated extremist”

“Transcript of Obama remarks on airline security and terror watch lists,” from the Washington Post, December 28 (thanks to Christopher): [...] A full investigation has been launched into this attempted act of terrorism, and we will not rest until we find all who were involved and hold them accountable. [...]…

State Department had two chances to stop Flight 253 jihadist from entering U.S., blew both

They could have flagged his visa — twice. “U.S. Failed to Catch Suspect’s Active Visa: Exclusive: 2 State Dept. Checks Before Alleged Terror Attack Didn’t Discover Abdulmutallab had Active Visa Allowing Entry,” by Armen Keteyian for CBS News, December 28 (thanks to Benedict): CBS News has learned the State Department…

Does America Have AIDS?

AIDS: A severe immunological disorder caused by a virus resulting in a defect in immune response that is manifested by susceptibility to opportunistic infections.
Fox and Friends kicked off this morning’s summary of world news headlines with the following four stories:

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