Some thoughts from Mark Steyn:

According to a poll in May, 35 percent of Democrats believe that Bush knew about 9/11 in advance. Did Rumsfeld also know? Almost certainly. That

Some fashion advice for Osama, from the Manolo.

FWIW, I remain unconvinced that it really is Osama.

[Update late morning]

Michael Ledeen is skeptical, too.

[Another update a few minutes later]

And then there’s this outtake from the video.

[Update at 11:30 AM]

Here’s another theory about the video:

All references to current events, such as the 62nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Japan, and Sarkozy and Brown being the leaders of France and the UK, respectively, occur when the video is frozen!

Actually, my strongest reason to think that bin Laden is at room temperature? Because the CIA says he’s still alive.

Peter Wehner explains the realities of the war to Jonathan Rauch. And obliquely, the Democrats:

Let

Peter Wehner explains the realities of the war to Jonathan Rauch. And obliquely, the Democrats:

Let

Peter Wehner explains the realities of the war to Jonathan Rauch. And obliquely, the Democrats:

Let

I agree with Andy McCarthy, at least as far as this goes:

My calculation

I agree with Andy McCarthy, at least as far as this goes:

My calculation

I agree with Andy McCarthy, at least as far as this goes:

My calculation

I wish that I was surprised about this:

Riyadh ul Haq, who supports armed jihad and preaches contempt for Jews, Christians and Hindus, is in line to become the spiritual leader of the Deobandi sect in Britain. The ultra-conservative movement, which gave birth to the Taleban in Afghanistan, now runs more than 600 of Britain

The Surrendercrats’ attempt to preempt the Petraeus Report backfired on them. We need to get that nanotech going on building the world’s smallest violin, so I can play it for them.

I continue to be disgusted by them. Their latest propaganda ploy is to call it “the Bush Report,” and imply that General Petraeus is just an administration sock puppet.

Well, how about if I call tactics like that the Democrats’ “Al Qaeda talking points“?

To paraphrase Golda Meir, we’ll start to win this war when the Democrats learn to love the country more than they hate George Bush and the Republicans.

[Update in the afternoon]

Now that Osama’s latest tape has been released, it looks like he’s still channelling Moveon.org and Kos:

People of America: the world is following your news in regards to your invasion of Iraq, for people have recently come to know that, after several years of tragedies of this war, the vast majority of you want it stopped. Thus, you elected the Democratic Party for this purpose, but the Democrats haven