Reformed Chicks Blabbing

Yesterday it was the Senate, today the House: Defense Secretary Robert Gates will be back before Congress today, this time before the House Armed Services Committee. Yesterday, Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee that U.S. forces might be able to start leaving Iraq before the end of the year, if daunting conditions including subdued…

One of the guys videotaped the cops removing the device and didn’t tell them that it wasn’t a bomb. Nice: One of the men criminally charged after placing blinking cartoon advertisements around the city and causing a terrorism scare videotaped a police bomb squad removing one of the devices, but did not tell the officers…

Oh those evil Zionists! Palestinian victims of bitter Gaza fighting between Fatah and Hamas loyalists are being given medical care at the hands of their traditional enemy – Israel. A total of 10 people wounded in fighting have come to Israel for treatment, including eight recovering at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon. The southern coastal…

Here is what the Republicans wanted: Senate Republicans yesterday blocked an up-or-down vote on the non-binding resolution offered by Sen. John Warner using a filibuster, a legislative maneuver that forces backers of the measure to round up 60 votes to end debate. The Los Angeles Times reports Republicans complained that Majority Leader Harry Reid “was…

Please join me in praying for his family and friends and for the professors and students at Westminster.

The title of this report on Yahoo is: Republicans block Senate debate on Iraq But it could have been “Harry Reid refuses to allow debate by not allowing any amendments to the resolution.” Republicans blocked a full-fledged Senate debate over Iraq on Monday, but Democrats vowed they would eventually find a way to force President…

I was pleased by this grade because I had been getting a string of B- up to this point (well, two anyway) so a least it wasn’t as bad. I had expected a worse grade but the professor was generous. He said it was solid exegesis with some insights. I will be editing the paper…

If this is true, then their next target just got a lot harder to hit. A scientist involved in Iran’s nuclear program died two weeks ago in mysterious circumstances said to be connected with the Mossad, the Sunday Times has reported. According to the report, an American source hinted that the prize-winning scientist, Prof. Ardshir…

This is pretty scary stuff: THE al-Qaeda plot to behead a British Muslim soldier was smashed after MI5 intercepted a panic order to the kidnap gang: “If you can’t find a Muslim, ANY squaddie will do.” The demand, made directly to Birmingham from a terror boss in Pakistan, came after the British-based cell spent days…

We’ve got to start pushing him as the candidate to get his attention. He has to know that he has grassroot support. We have to counter all the Mitt Romeny pushing that Hugh Hewitt has been doing (I don’t think Mitt is as solid on conservative issues as Thompson but if he’s the candidate, I’ll…

More from Beliefnet and our partners