Friday Quick Hits

Quick Hit #1: RU-486 Approval More Than Meets The Eye. Michelle Gress writes on NRO that a recent Time article reveals a disturbing amount of journalistic deception and suspicious political motivation in the approval of RU-486. The drug -- the only one "approved by the FDA that is designed to end human life, rather than improve it" -- isn't nearly as safe as it's made out to be, and its approval process was suspiciously cloudy. Read the article for all the details.

Quick Hit #2: "Israel Is Standard Bearer Of Satan". A Breitbart.com report from last week quotes the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling Israel the "standard bearer of Satan" and predicting the Jewish state would soon fall apart. Is this a thinly veiled threat? Should we take the chance that this self-admitted anti-Semite maniac will use restraint once Iran develops nuclear weapons?

Quick Hit #3: More MSM Propaganda. The MSM recently had a cow over an old lady in Iraq whose house was allegedly raked with gunfire by U.S. troops. Along with the story was a picture of the woman holding up two bullets. The problem was that the bullets were unfired. Hm. The blogosphere quickly jumped all over it, not only pointing out the obvious fact that the bullets couldn't possibly have hit her house (since they hadn't been fired), but also showing that those bullets weren't even the kind used by U.S. forces. Why is the MSM so anxious to accuse Americans of wrongdoing? Because they hate America.

Quick Hit #4: Test Your Global Warming Knowledge. Beware, this global warming quiz is based on actual fact, not media/political spin.

Quick Hit #5: Newest Poll Numbers Show Increasing Support For Iraq War. A recent Rasmussen Reports poll shows that the number of Americans who believe we're winning the War in Iraq has increased to 39% from a month ago. Similarly, the number of Americans believing that the terrorists are winning has dropped to 32%.

I hate to just barely touch on these things, since they're all pretty heavy duty topics, but the constraints of time (and actually having a life) dictate that I simply present them to you to let you ponder them. But hey, you're all smart...you can handle it! :)

There's my two cents.