Archive for the 'Terrorism' Category

Obama’s 60 Minutes Interview

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Obama, Terrorism, Video

I hadn’t gotten around to watching this until just now. Maybe you’re in the same boat, so I’m sharing the whole thing. 30 minutes worth. Some nice before bed content. And by the way, the idea that the conservative blogosphere is floating that Obama didn’t want the Seals to take the shot is decimated in [...]

May 10th, 2011 | Permalink| 10 Comments »

Osama Bin Laden Open Thread

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Terrorism

He’s dead. Discuss.

May 2nd, 2011 | Permalink| 34 Comments »

Airline Travel–A Pain in the Butt

By donar | Related entries in Cartoons, Political Graffiti, Terrorism
November 23rd, 2010 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

Airport Insecurity

By donar | Related entries in Cartoons, Homeland Security, Political Graffiti, Terrorism
November 19th, 2010 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Faisal Shahzad Admits To Time Square Bombing Attempt

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in New York, New York City, Terrorism, The War On Terrorism

And he says that he acted alone. We shall see… From Reuter: “He’s admitted to buying the truck, putting the devices together, putting them in the truck, leaving the truck there and leaving the scene,” the law enforcement source told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. “He’s claimed to have acted alone. He did admit [...]

May 4th, 2010 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

More On Faisal Shahzad, Times Square Bombing Suspect

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in New York, New York City, Terrorism, The War On Terrorism

By now you know that he was nabbed last night at JFK International Airport, but do you know how it happened? From Politico: The number from a disposable cellphone led FBI agents to the suspect arrested Monday night for allegedly driving a car bomb into Times Square on Saturday evening, according to a senior official. [...]

May 4th, 2010 | Permalink| No Comments »

BREAKING: Times Square Terrorist Bomb Plot Said To Have International Ties

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in New York, New York City, Terrorism, The War On Terrorism

Looks like their may be a Pakistani connection after all, but it still doesn’t appear that those who initially claimed responsibility are tied to this. From ABC News: The Washington Post, quoting Obama Administration sources, said the attempted bombing “increasingly appears to have been coordinated by several people in a plot with international links.” Other [...]

May 3rd, 2010 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Video of Times Square Bomb Suspect

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in New York, New York City, Terrorism, The War On Terrorism, Video

From the looks of the video, this guy could have been caught at the wrong place at the wrong time. Still, investigators can’t ignore any leads right now. More as it develops…

May 3rd, 2010 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

A Closer Look At Times Square Bomb, Motives & Threat

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in National Security, New York, Terrorism

A group associated with the Taliban in Pakistan is claiming responsibility, but that’s already pretty much been debunked since a) the bomb sucked and b) the same group claimed responsibility for other situations that they weren’t involved with. And then there’s the South Park/Viacom story, which seems very thin at this point. All we do [...]

May 2nd, 2010 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Obama Admits Bush was Right, Apologizes

By Frank Hagan | Related entries in Terrorism

Well, not really. But the administration is backing off the proposal to try certain foreign terrorists in the regular court system. The reversal is for terrorists who declared war on the US, then plotted and directed the worst attack on US soil from abroad . The Washington Post reports: President Obama’s advisers are nearing a [...]

March 5th, 2010 | Permalink| 11 Comments »

A Few Months After

By Frank Hagan | Related entries in Terrorism

Recently, discussion on Donklephant.com centered around a perceived bias on the part of the Drudge Report in not featuring the recent domestic terrorism attack on an IRS building in Texas. Concern was also expressed that police in Austin “refused to call it terrorism.” The administration must be listening. Obviously bowing to the pressure from the [...]

February 24th, 2010 | Permalink| 8 Comments »

A Day After, Drudge Highlights Housing Help Instead Of Terrorism

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Media, Terrorism

Yes, an additional $1.5B in aid to homeowners in Nevada gets priority over a plane being flown into a government facility on purpose. The terrorism link doesn’t even have a picture or is highlighted in red (I circled it just to point it out), which is usually what Drudge does with an important story that [...]

February 19th, 2010 | Permalink| 9 Comments »

Domestic Terrorist Hits IRS Building. Police Refuse To Call It Such.

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Terrorism, Video

I guess it’s only terrorism if you’re a Muslim? From Fox News: A pilot furious with the Internal Revenue Service crashed his small plane into an Austin, Texas, office building where nearly 200 federal tax employees work on Thursday, igniting a raging fire that sent massive plumes of thick, black smoke rising from the seven-story [...]

February 18th, 2010 | Permalink| 59 Comments »

Key Counterterrorism Adviser Slams Cheney

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Cheney, Obama, Terrorism, The War On Terrorism

On Meet The Press today, John Brennan (Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism) said the following when asked about Cheney’s comments: “I’m very disappointed in the vice president’s comments,” Mr. Brennan said, describing himself as neither a Democrat nor a Republican. “Either the vice president is willfully mischaracterizing this president’s position both [...]

January 3rd, 2010 | Permalink| 18 Comments »

Show Trials

By Frank Hagan | Related entries in Terrorism

The term show trial is a pejorative description of a type of highly public trial. The term was first recorded in the 1930s. There is a strong connotation that the judicial authorities have already determined the guilt of the defendant and that the actual trial has as its only goal to present the accusation and [...]

December 7th, 2009 | Permalink| 15 Comments »

Health Care Bill More Dangerous Than Terrorism?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Democrats, Dumb Things Said By Smart People, Health Care, Republicans, Terrorism, Video

Ahh, I “love” the political critters in the House. Why? Just watch… Here’s the thing, the reason these folks can get away with nonsense like this is because congressional districts have been so gerrymandered as to be almost completely red or blue. And given that Rep. Foxx is from North Carolina’s 5th district (very safely [...]

November 3rd, 2009 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

National Healthcare: Breeding Ground For Terror?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Health Care, Media, Partisan Hacks, Religion, Terrorism, Video

As you can see below, the title of this post was an actual caption on Fox News. So their argument is basically, “Because Universal Health Care brings about more diversity, it’s more likely to attract terrorists because Muslims will fit in and not be noticed. Best to have private practices where white, Christian doctors make [...]

July 21st, 2009 | Permalink| 24 Comments »

North Korea cyber army attacks US and S. Korea websites

By donar | Related entries in Cartoons, North Korea, Political Graffiti, Terrorism

NY times article… Nothing has been proven, but it sounds all too intriguing…at least to a cartoonist.

July 8th, 2009 | Permalink| No Comments »

Petraeus: Violence In Afghanistan Is Up. Way Up.

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Afghanistan, Military, Terrorism

From AP: Gen. David Petraeus said the number of attacks in Afghanistan over the last week hit the highest level since the December 2001 fall of the Taliban. “Some of this will go up because we are going to go after their sanctuaries and safe havens as we must,” Petraeus, head of U.S. Central Command, [...]

June 12th, 2009 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

Scott Roeder Claims More Anti-Abortion Killings On The Way

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Abortion, Terrorism

This is awful… The man charged with killing abortion provider Dr. George Tiller claimed Sunday that more violence is possible while the medical procedure is allowed to continue, giving his warning in calls that also focused on complaints about his treatment in jail. Scott Roeder, being held on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated assault [...]

June 7th, 2009 | Permalink| 8 Comments »