Tuesday the 24th: Minor Victories, Every Little Bit Counts:

Good news to the North in Canada as liberal US-bashing has finally warn thin up there. Good news on the Supreme Court front as Judge Samuel Alito was approved by the Senate Judiciary committee. These are minor victories in a series of major challenges developing on multiple fronts in the near future: * Iraq, * the Palestinian vote tomorrow, * the Israeli vote in March, * The Abramoff scandal, * and of course, the largest and most substantial challenge of all; the developing Iranian Nuclear Threat.

Iran: Crisis Ongoing
Iran "Is Making Lunacy Official Policy"
European Union Can't Afford to Go Soft on Iran:
Iran Defends Planned Holocaust Conference
Iran races to defend nuclear facilities
Israeli, Indian NSAs to talk Iran next week
Eight dead in Iran oil city bombings