On this 3rd anniversary of the Strata-Sphere we have mostly good news out there on the war on terror.   First off, the truce between Iraq and the Sadrist’s Mahdi Army seems to be holding (which means those citizens under the shadow of the Mahdi are getting a taste of life without Jihad): Iraqi army […]

LJStrata and I have been working to get the new look and features up today – but soccer games intervened in a lot of the testing!  Sorry for the delays, I hope you like the site as much as we do. We made it so folks can now edit your typos (sorry for the delay […]

Some rumors are running around Iraq that Moqtada al-Sadr is actually under house arrest in Qom Iran: Shia cleric Muqtada al Sadr is present in the Iranian city of Qom, Asmaa al Mousawi, leading member of the Al Sadr political bloc in Iraq, told Asharq Al-Awsat, “We can neither confirm nor deny this information and we […]

Well AJ is so excited about showing off the new site, you’d think it was Xmas. I’m going to officially declare no more posts or comments at midnight tonight. I will try to have the final batch of posts/comments moved by midday on Saturday, so be patient. Thanks for your wonderful support of the Strata-Sphere! […]

Rumors of a devastating tape of Michelle Obama are being spread by the Clinton shock troops: And from whence does it come. Well from Hillary Clinton supporter and somewhat veracity-challenged Larry Johnson, at “No Quarter”, who, quite naturally, implies it is the Republicans (but seems quite happy about the possible result none-the-less) playing this card: […]

Boy, Obama sure is looking the fool over his Surrendercrat plan to run from Iraq and talk to Iran and al-Qaeda (can we all just get along). Bush rightfully noted how history has shown ‘talking’ doesn’t work when dealing with blood-thirsty and suicidal extremists. And how does Obama respond? He cries ‘unfair’! Barack Obama rebuked […]

Glenn Reynolds asks an interesting question today: SO IF THE REPUBLICANS ARE IN TROUBLE, WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE SO HAPPY? I’m at the NRA Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. I haven’t been to a big gun event in probably a decade, and the change in mood is striking: People are, well . . . not ebullient, […]

So it seems liberals found a soldier who would be happy to play a starring role in their made-for-TV production of “Bush’s Illegal War”, wherein the poor, uneducated, desperate hick from the country is seduced into protecting his company, tricked into fighting an ‘illegal’ war – a war Congress authorized and has funded for 5 […]

In the weeds today so some short posts on news you may not have seen on events in Iraq. This article out of Europe has a reasonably good history, and well detailed overview of the Sadr/Mahdi Army conflict in Iraq. Interestingly these folks conclude the Sadrist have been crippled and Maliki strengthened, when all is […]

The Strata-Sphere is turning 3 years old on May 18th, and we have a nice surprise coming for the big day. The Strata-Sphere is going to get a long overdue makeover, we hope everyone will like it. However, the change will mean turning off comments for a day so we don’t lose anything during the […]