I googled this letter after seeing on Blackfive and it’s all over the place. by Robert A. Hall I’ll be 63 soon. Except for one semester in college when jobs were scarce, and a six-month period when I was between jobs, but job-hunting every day, I’ve worked, hard, since I was 18. Despite some health [...]
New York Times: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After agreeing to bury their differences and unite forces, Taliban leaders based in Pakistan have closed ranks with their Afghan comrades to ready a new offensive in Afghanistan as the United States prepares to send 17,000 more troops there this year. In interviews, several Taliban fighters based in the [...]
Related: Congresswoman Calls For Armed Revolution Related: Congresswoman Introduces Bill To Ban Global Currency Fox News: She called for an expose to root out members of Congress who are “anti-America.” She gave President George W. Bush a public hug and a kiss so famously awkward one paper called it the “death grip.” She claimed to [...]
DC Examiner: On Spending and the Deficit, McCain Was Right By Byron York Barack Obama used to get very upset about federal budget deficits. Denouncing an “orgy of spending and enormous deficits,” he turned to John McCain during their presidential debates last fall and said, “We have had, over the last eight years, the biggest [...]
Telegraph: Over 300 Taliban killed or wounded during a major three-day battle in Afghanistan in which a key enemy stronghold was destroyed, the Ministry of Defence has said. A force of 700 troops from 42 Commando along with Danish and Afghan troops swooped on the Taliban base of Marjah in a helicopter air assault that [...]
Previous post here. A 4x cop killer and a 6x rapist … yeah, hero. THESE are the faces of “heroes”: SFGate: Dozens march for Mixon, against police by Charles Burress Oakland — About 60 people marched and rallied in Oakland on Wednesday to condemn the police and honor Lovelle Mixon, who was killed by Oakland [...]
Related: Petition to revoke award Military.com: In one of his last moves before leaving office March 13, then-Navy Secretary Donald Winter quietly awarded 19-term Democratic congressman John Murtha (Pa.) with the service’s highest civilian honor. Citing Murtha’s “courageous leadership, vision, and loyalty to the men and women of the Department of the Navy,” Winter presented [...]
Politico: The GWOT Goes On Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell calls to make clear that nobody has banned the phrase “Global War on Terror.” “I have used and continue to use that term, as do many here in the building. But there are alternatives that are just as fitting,” he said. “We are not wed to [...]
Boing Boing: Artist paints herself having sex with each president of the USA Posted by Cory Doctorow Artist Justine Lai’s new project is a set of oil paintings of her having sex with every president of the USA, in order. In Join Or Die, I paint myself having sex with the Presidents of the United [...]
Shit! I have never really thought about this … but makes sense. I mean, aside from obviuosly sight and sound, the barrier of the spaceship or spacesuit interferes with the other senses. Right? Anyhow, I thought this was pretty cool … Space.com: Space Smells Funny, Astronauts Say By Tariq Malik The smell of space will [...]
Criticism over Obama invite mounts at Notre Dame SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Jimmy Carter came to Notre Dame in 1977. So did Ronald Reagan in 1981 and George W. Bush in 2001. The University of Notre Dame has a tradition of inviting new presidents to speak at graduation. But this year’s selection of President Barack [...]
The snake has the ability to make you think it is safe to walk barefooted around him … but then he leaps up and sinks his venomous teeth into you between the beating of your heart … You have not charmed the snake. The snake has charmed you. And now you are dead. WaPo: Suicide [...]
CNN: Obama is flunking economics By Ruben Navarrette Jr. SAN DIEGO, California — Welcome to March Madness on the Potomac. Many Americans are so emotionally invested in the Obama presidency that they consider it too historic to fail. They won’t tolerate any criticism of the president or his administration, finding it easier to simply attack [...]
There is some cautious skepticism on this … however, is it really out of the realm of possibility … or even probability? BTW … The USTR office does have more than several documents on ACTA … I’m just sayin’. Russia Today: A not-so-private PC The personal computer may soon be not-so-private, with the U.S. and [...]
Michael Yon Online: President Obama has just spoken on AfPak. I closed my eyes and listened closely to his words, coming via the BBC from the other side of the world. The President’s words were disappointing. He talked about our goal to reach a force level of 134,000 Afghan soldiers and 82,000 police by 2011. [...]
Previously reported here. Kansas City Star: Missouri Highway Patrol retracts controversial report on militia activity By JASON NOBLE JEFFERSON CITY | The Missouri Highway Patrol this week retracted a controversial report on militia activity and will change how such reports are reviewed before being distributed to law enforcement agencies. The Highway Patrol also will open [...]
Listen to this man … It’s haunting! Everything he is saying could and should be said about Obama and the Congress … if not now, very very soon: Caption: Daniel Hannan, MEP for South East England, gives a speech during Gordon Brown´s visit to the European Parliament on 24th March, 2009. Read Daniel´s blog at [...]
When Obama was campaigning last year, he uttered the following, on camera, in front of a large audience : “We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, [...]
