Some Jewish settlers wrapped the body of a dead terrorist in pigskin. The terrorists expressed disapproval, but no word on whether or not it will discourage them.

I still think that we should outfit all aircraft with an overhead sprinkler system that disseminates hogs’ blood in an emergency. That might have made them think twice…

I screwed up yesterday (not an unusual occurrence), when I noted that it was the fortieth anniversary of Glenn’s flight. Today is. But I’m sticking to the rest of the story, though some have suggested that it was a little churlish to criticize the Senator on the anniversary of his achievement.

However, it was an achievement, and one of great bravery. Today, Andrew Chaikin has another commemorative article as a follow up to yesterday’s from Leonard David. In it, he describes the hazards of that particular flight, on which all did not go well, and contrasts it with more modern spaceflight in the Shuttle.

In some sense, Glenn’s flight was a mini-version of Apollo XIII, in which we almost lost three astronauts on their way to the Moon. The heat shield of his Mercury capsule came loose, and there was great concern that the capsule (along with him) would not survive the fire of entry after his three orbits. Quick thinking on the ground came up with a potential solution, and it apparently worked, though he might have made it even without the change in procedure–we’ll never know.

Of course, the danger should be put into perspective. As a former Korean combat fighter jockey and Marine test pilot, for whom funerals of comrades were a frequent occurrence, strapping himself into that capsule and riding the column of fire to orbit was probably one of the safest things that he’d done in his career up to that point…

Jackie Mason explains the inexplicable, the Jewish community’s love for Bill Clinton.

Summary: it’s like the Stockholm Syndrome, or the reason that beaten wives go back to wife beaters. Come to think of it, it would explain why blacks think that he’s a greater president than Lincoln.

Jackie Mason explains the inexplicable, the Jewish community’s love for Bill Clinton.

Summary: it’s like the Stockholm Syndrome, or the reason that beaten wives go back to wife beaters. Come to think of it, it would explain why blacks think that he’s a greater president than Lincoln.

Jackie Mason explains the inexplicable, the Jewish community’s love for Bill Clinton.

Summary: it’s like the Stockholm Syndrome, or the reason that beaten wives go back to wife beaters. Come to think of it, it would explain why blacks think that he’s a greater president than Lincoln.

Boy, the poor Brits are really taking it on the chin over the little invading Spain thing. Just check out Andy Borowitz’ take.

One suspects that Der Spiegel was trying to insult us with this cover. They must be particularly concerned about “der Schwartzes” Rice and Powell. (For the German-language challenged, here’s a rough translation: It’s from the magazine Der Spiegel (The Mirror). The headline is “The Warriors of Bush” or “Bush’s Warriors.” The subhead is “America’s Campaign Against Evil” or, to keep the articles straight, “America’s Campaign Against the Evil Ones.”)

But it misfired. One would infer from all their whining that they think that it’s a bad thing, but I think it’s kind of cool, and I’ll bet a lot of Americans, if they saw it, would say “Damn straight!” I particularly like amazon Condi Rice.

It is a literally graphic example of the difference between American and German (elite) thought processes.

Thanks to Best of the Web for this catch.

…when the American press talks about suicide bombers, Muslims become upset for the same reason you would be upset if your son died trying to save a drowning child,” Baugh said. “Your son sacrificed his life for another. If someone walked up to you and said, “I”m sorry about your son committing suicide,” you’d probably want to punch them.”

If I were a Muslim, I’d be insulted by this statement–it implies that I’m an irrational idiot. Let’s see, by this logic, “risking life” = “volitional suicide,” and “saving drowning person” = “murdering innocent people.”

And they wonder why we don’t take them seriously.

No, not the kind of “hate speech” that they ignorantly rage about on campus.

I’m talking about the misuse of the word “hate” to promote political agendas and shut down reasoned discussion. Like this poster over at the Arab American Institute’s web site.

Even ignoring the appropriation of the Twin Towers icon for their cause, just who are they talking about here? Who of any consequence has been expressing hatred of Arab Americans?

One thing for sure, we know that it isn’t the people over in Gaza who chant “Death to America, Death to Israel,” is it?