Bill's Bites -- 2006.10.08
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North Korea Says Nuclear Test Successful
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea said Monday it has performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test. The country's official Korean Central News Agency said the test was performed successfully and there was no radioactive leakage from the site. ...
Report: North Korea Tests Nuclear Weapon
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test Monday, Yonhap news agency reported, citing government officials.
South Korean officials couldn't immediately confirm the report.
Unconfirmed report: N.Korea nuke test
Michelle Malkin
Drudge siren. Fox reporting. Allah monitoring: U.S. intel can't confirm.
Bryan Preston's thoughts from Friday: ...
Report: North Korea tests nuke
Allahpundit
Just breaking on Fox, according to South Korean government officials. Standby.
Update ....
DNC Still Can't Find An American Soldier To Support
Ed Morrissey
The Democratic Party website has been changed since the discovery that they used a picture of a Canadian soldier on the page that proclaimed their support for "our troops". Apparently, though, they still can't find a picture of an American soldier to support:
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Does anyone at the DNC know what an American soldier looks like? ...
Possibly the best C&F ever
... which would really take some doing. The Ahmadinejad Code
The winners have yet to be announced, but the 200-plus finalists in Iran's "Holocaust International Cartoon Contest" were recently exhibited in Tehran and posted online.
And though not among the finalists, the above image was part of a cartoon accepted into the contest, one of over a thousand entries accepted. The cartoonist's name, Hugh Bradley, can be seen on the contest's list of participants under USA.
Obviously a cartoon featuring Adolf Hitler could be appropriate for such a contest, but there's more to the image than meets the eye. It also contains a hidden message critical of the Iranian regime.
We know this because "Hugh Bradley" is really Cox & Forkum.
I had higher hopes for this covert cartoon, but our efforts have become a "one that got away" story. In this unusually long post, I will reveal the hidden message, show the full cartoon as entered in the contest, recap the contest's history, and explain my intentions, all of which is in the "Continue Reading" link below.
SPOILER WARNING: Readers who want to try to discover what is hidden in the image should do so before clicking the link. The answer is revealed in "The Hidden Message" section of this post. ...
Oh that Patriotic DNC
God damn it to hell, people. Is this how to show respect for our nation's flag? Let's give these idiots a country to run, shall we? DNC changes vets' page
Michelle Malkin
An update to my blog post yesterday about the DNC's tribute to American troops that featured a Canadian soldier. The foreign soldier has been replaced (hat tip - Mark):
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At least it's the right flag.
(Good thing the webmaster made sure this one didn't slip through:) ...
DNC supports vets ...but from which country?
Michelle Malkin
A military guy e-mails a weekend website blooper: Thought you might be interested in posting this. The DNC website has a page called Veterans and Military Families where they purpo[r]t to care about the welfare of US troops. Unfortunately they couldn't even find a picture of a US soldier to post on the page. The picture in the Get Involved frame is not a US Army uniform. The soldiers in the background are not in a US uniform either.
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My military correspondent says the uniform in the DNC photo Canadian. Is he right? ...
Fauxtography: DNC-caught-redhanded edition .. Update: DNC innocent!
Allahpundit
They support the troops. Canadian troops.
Update: I like the Freepers’ headline.
Update: Florida Cracker exonerates the DNC, sort of: ...
I Love Canadian Troops, Too!
Ed Morrissey
Readers of CQ know that I follow Canadian politics and have become something of a Canada-phile ever since the Gomery Inquiry. Canadians, I have found, are friendly, gracious people, and their country has a well-deserved reputation for hospitality. I have a great deal of respect and admiration for the Canadian military, which has a long tradition of honorable service, and they are currently adding to and enhancing that reputation in Afghanistan in the fight against radical Islamist terrorists.
Too many Americans seem disinterested in our northern neighbor and close ally. I'm always delighted when Americans take an interest in Canadians -- even when those Americans are Democrats. Michelle Malkin reports that the Democratic Party made a big show of "supporting the troops", and to be fair, they didn't specify their nationality:
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Democratic Party Fauxtoshops Veteran
Charles Johnson
I guess The Democratic Party couldn’t find a photograph of a US veteran that had the right attitude for their web site’s page slamming the Bush administration for not supporting the troops enough.
So they found a picture of a Canadian soldier, digitally removed the badge from his beret, and used that instead. Michelle Malkin has details: DNC supports vets...but from which country?
Someone (mardukhai) tipped me off about this too, and I was preparing a post before I knew Michelle had already broken it. Because I hate for all this work to go to waste, here’s the screenshot of their page, linked above: ..
Fear Factor
Contributed by The Gray Dog
It has become cliché to say that armies always fight the last war. That is to say they are unprepared to take on a new enemy with new strategies and objectives. Just over two years ago, like many veterans and other concerned conservatives, I locked on like a laser to focus my efforts and do anything that would lead to the defeat of John Kerry. And while the Swift Boat Vets led the charge, the small voice of The Gray Dog was just one of thousands of small BLOGs that ran their ads, displayed their commercials and waged a smarter more sensitive war against the Democratic nominee. The 2004 War against Kerry was a classic frontal assault against a well known and defined enemy. While many weapons were used, in the end it was brute force that carried the day
Today, one month away from the 2006 mid-term elections, we face a new threat that is no less dangerous than the one we defeated two years ago. ...
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