Here are today's topics:

1. Wizbang's Jay Tea Hits the Air Waves


2. Mark Steyn on the War on Terror


3. Meet the Press Love Fest, with a twist


4. The Latest Leak

Wizbang's Jay Tea Hits the Air Waves

Jay Tea has been blogging on Wizbang Blog for a little over a year. He frequently posts on Massachusetts crime and politics. Lately, he has started calling in to talk radio. And he was invited back:

Yesterday, I mentioned my brief appearance on a Boston talk show, being hosted temporarily by Radio Equalizer Brian Maloney.

Brian has invited me back, this time not as a caller, but a guest for at least one segment Monday morning.

I have finally made it, folks. I am being featured on a talk show on New England's biggest talk station.

Of course, it's the day after Christmas. At 6 in the morning. Monday. And with a guest host, not the regular guy.

I refuse to be discouraged. It's still a great honor and opportunity.

Mr. Doirado allegedly had a disagreement with another gentleman during and alleged drug deal and allegedly stabbed him quite seriously. Allegedly believing that he had killed the other gentleman, Mr. Doirado allegedly decided to "have some fun" before going to jail. With that in mind, he allegedly kidnapped a young mother and two two-year-old son, allegedly repeatedly raped her over two days, often in front of the boy, allegedly forced her to a liquor store to buy booze, where she mouthed "help me" and the name of the hotel where she was allegedly being held. The liquor store clerk called the police, who arrested him at the hotel.

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Mark Steyn on Illegal Immigrants Taking Jobs

PowerLine blog heard Mark Steyn speak recently. They wrote about it:

Mark Steyn was awarded the Salvatori Prize by the Claremont Institute at its annual Winston Churchill dinner on December 2. John attended and wrote about the event in "A splendid evening." This past Saturday C-SPAN broadcast Steyn's speech as part of its American Perspectives series.

Steyn's theme is "the death of a great civilization through wealth and complacency," but there are a lot of laughs along the way.

I especially like this part about illegal immigration, and another part right, where he talks about appeasement.

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Meet the Press Love Fest

Tim Graham on the Corner on National Review Online watched Christmas Sunday's Meet the Press, which consisted of TV journalists interviewing each other.

SWEET ON "MEET" [Tim Graham]

With Tim Russert hosting Ted Koppel and Tom Brokaw and no one else on "Meet the Press," it was a predictable hour of liberal sermonizing. It's a scandal that America won't raise taxes. It's a scandal that America won't acknowledge they go to war for oil. It's a scandal that some people still don't have government-funded health insurance. They started with Hurricane Katrina. Brokaw railed against America still having a "permanent underclass." Russert's supposed to grill the public figures he hosts. Why can't he grill the anchormen, too?

Well, I listened to it, and found this rare acknowledgement of the WMD argument not being a lie at all, followed by a warning to the Democrats that they have to do something other than sit on the sidelines and criticize. It was intermixed with the usual liberal blather, so you might have missed it.

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The Latest Leak

Jim Geraghty blogs at TKS on National Review Online. He collected information on the most recent series of leaks and assesses the impact.

A FEW THOUGHTS ON LEAKS OF NSA INFORMATION [12/27 09:58 AM]

So, in just the past two months we have seen quite a few leaks of U.S. operational capabilities and techniques in the war on terror, (And I emphasize, war on terror. If you’re one of those folks who thinks Iraq has nothing to do with the broader war on terror, you should at least recognize that one of these recent leaks have anything to do with Iraq.) We have learned:

The CIA’s use of prisons overseas to detain al-Qaeda terrorists and conduct interrogations. Also, it is alleged that U.S. and foreign personnel “torture” detainees at these facilities. (Critics of this program rarely give any indication as to just how those with the responsibility of protecting us are supposed to get information out of these individuals, and what techniques they deem morally justified.)

By the way, there is absolutely no doubt that the leak of that information has made it harder to win the war on terror. Now any country that wishes to cooperate with the United States against al-Qaeda, but wants to keep it secret for domestic political concerns, now has to think twice about whether they want to risk the fallout that would come from some disgruntled individual within the U.S. government leaking the deal.

If, in the not so distant future, you happen to find yourself dead, severely injured, inhaling radioactive fallout, or simply breaking your own neck from the intensity of convulsions from al-Qaeda’s release of nerve toxin, remember, you may be going through intense pain, and being killed before your time – but you’re dying a well-informed citizen! Imagine how much worse off you would be if that leaker and that reporter had never met, and these government programs had continued in secrecy!

That's it for now podcatchers!