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Monthly Archives: June 2007
We are rated NC-17
At least according to this website. Why are we blessed with this scandalous rating? This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words: * suicide (9x) * bomb (5x) * torture (4x) * dick (3x) * gun … Continue reading
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News Brief, Raspberry Beret Edition
Cross-posted on The Conjecturer. Defense A really good look at what happens when the military and intelligence functions of the federal government are outsourced to the private sector. Plastering our cities with CCTVs doesn’t deter crime, as London has found … Continue reading
What Next on Immigration???
Good question, and I happen to agree with what
Posted in Domestic Politics, Keith's Page
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Off With Their Heads…
Or at least, investigate them to death. That does seem to be a central theme with the Democrats overarching strategy. For being the “party in power” they are still operating as the “opposition.” They’ve yet to pass much with any … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Keith's Page
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News Brief, America, Frack Yeah Edition
Defense It saddens me to see that a general neglect of our soldiers has a long and storied tradition in this country. I honestly think us to be better than that. Uh-oh, is our new strategy in Iraq geared for … Continue reading
LOL POLITISHUNZ
You’ve seen LOLcats. Then there was loldogs and lolhamsterz. Now there are even lolterrorists (or lolterizt if you prefer). So it seemed to me that the next logical progression was lolpolitishunz:
Posted in Humor, MichaelW's Page
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Freddy Goes To Washington Says …
Fred Thompson ruminates on the Captain’s Quarters blog talk radio spot: Thompson answers attacks on his past work as a lobbyist. Short, but worthwhile to check out. [tags] Election 2008, Fred Thompson, presidential campaign, politics [/tags]
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News Brief, Everything Is Everything Edition
Cross-posted on The Conjecturer. Defense A look at the operations in Baquba, with entire blocks of booby-trapped houses wired to explode for the troops. These kinds of delays are just what happen in warfare. But it speaks to how the … Continue reading
Fred Thompson Impromptu Speech
Lee at postpolitical has video of Fred Thompson speechifying at the Nashville Airport.
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Once A Marine, Always A Marine
It seems that a would-be pick-pocket chose the wrong mark: Bill Barnes says he was scratching off a losing $2 lottery ticket inside a gas station when he felt a hand slip into his front-left pants pocket, where he had … Continue reading
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“Touchback” Provisions Killed
The Senate voted down an amendment to the much-maligned immigration bill that would have required adult illegals to return home before being able “to qualify for permanent lawful status” in the US. The vote was 53-45 to table an amendment … Continue reading
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Child of War, Child Hero
I missed this report from earlier in the week about a young boy whom Taliban operatives attempted to employ as a suicide bomber: The story of Juma Gul [a 6 y.o., Afghan boy], who says he thwarted an effort by … Continue reading
Burning Down The Manzel (Updated)
Closely following the third assassination of a senior Iranian official in two months, Tehran is suddenly burning. The long smoldering tension between citizens and tyrannical mullahs shows no signs of abating, with the latest development being riots over gasoline-rationing [HT: … Continue reading
News Brief, That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore Edition
Cross-posted at The Conjecturer. Defense Declassified documents reveal one of the CIA’s biggest fears during the Cold War was the illicit wiretapping of American citizens—precisely what has happened under Bush’s war rules. All for freedom! An absolutely fascinating look at … Continue reading
Just What a Star Wars Geek Parent Needs
This is not the binky you are looking for…
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News Brief, 6 Underground Edition
Cross-posted on The Conjecturer. Defense (HT: the ever-excellent Bonnie Boyd) The way we treat the disabled veterans we create is our shame. What’s worse is, war supporters tend to write off these kinds of stories as “anti-Bush lefty shilling” or … Continue reading
Trading Dependencies
Instapundit links to an article in Reason about how the increased production of ethanol is leading to higher prices for food. I also think it could lead to increasing reliance by America on foreign grain. Which, as we saw with … Continue reading
Careful What You Wish For
Michael Totten has some interesting thoughts on the changing state of affairs in the Middle East. Well worth the read. Arab governments are finally taking notice that the Islamist radicals they have been tolerating, appeasing – and sometimes even nurturing … Continue reading
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SockPuppet Strikes Out Again
Confederate Yankee counters Greenvalds meme that the military is blowing smoke in its press releases… It’s getting too easy to counter these claims. The internet doesn’t forget.
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News Brief, Atoms for Peace Edition
Cross-posted on The Conjecturer. Defense Air Force planes are being used to scour for IEDs. This is related to the Inside the Air Force piece I mentioned a few months ago, about the use of “show of force” operations to … Continue reading
American Media: Aiding Islamists
That’s not even according to me, but instead an accusation leveled at The New York Times and The Washington Post by … wait for it … Reuters: Hamas scores publicity coup in U.S. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Shunned by the U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Media, MichaelW's Page
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The “Axis of Bias”
I think the trio of Hersh, Fisk and Crooke might best be termed an axis of bias. – Stephen Pollard, The Spectator Blog I’ve never been a fan of Seymour Hersh, and am somewhat mystified as to why he’s considered … Continue reading
Military Schmilitary
McQ catches Speaker Pelosi touting increased aid to veterans, highlighted with picture of soldier … a Canadian soldier. Seriously folks, if you can’t tell ‘em apart, just keep your yap shut.
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Trust Us, We’re From the Govt – II
Yep, there were valid reasons for investigating the CIA in the 70′s. I think the direction the agency went after those investigations and the resulting oversight and laws put on them, was overly reliant on technology, and less on getting … Continue reading
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Operation Phantom Thunder – In a Nutshell
Bill Roggio has an excellent synopsis of the scope of the current operations. Basically, anywhere the enemy has previously had a safe-haven is now being squeezed, either with the large scale operations in and around Baghdad, or smaller intelligence directed … Continue reading
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News Brief, I Worked Late Then Went to the Wilco Show Edition
Cross-posted on The Conjecturer. Defense Follow up to the story on the pathetic number of fluents in Arabic currently stationed at the Baghdad Vatican-Embassy (and shame on me for not noticing this): the 3/3 proficiency level is virtually useless—both because … Continue reading
Marines Need Our Support
Send a letter of support to RCT-6lettersfromh@gcemnf-wiraq.usmc.mil http://www.blackfive.net/main/2007/06/roundtable_with.html GRIM: Is there anything that you and your Marines need that we could send you? COL. SIMCOCK: (Chuckles.) I’ll tell you what, the one thing that all Marines want to know about … Continue reading
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Purdue creates scientifically based animation of 9/11 attack
Well, all the attention crashed their web servers, so they’ve hosted the simulation on YouTube. I must say I’m impressed with the animation. You can certainly see why a collapse was near inevitable with what looks like 1/3 of the … Continue reading
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Flooding risk remains in parts of New Orleans
Gee, parts of N’Awlins are still under sea level (and unlikely to change.) You would think the above headline was a given. And why does it NOT surprise me that what the local leaders were most concerned about… As part … Continue reading
Surge?? What Surge???
According to the current headlines, (see below the fold,) the only thing worth mentioning in Iraq, is a suicide bomber that killed 13. Gee, I wonder what Michael Yon and Bill Roggio are getting all worked about then. I mean, … Continue reading
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News Brief, Penguin Edition
Cross-posted on The Conjecturer. Defense: Ever wanted to know what a budget “free fall” looks like? here. The increased use of biometrics in Iraq is, like all things, a double-edged sword: it’s great to be able to identify certain militants, … Continue reading
Don’t Miss The New Iowahawk Caper
You’ll laugh! You’ll Cry! You’ll kiss 10 minutes good-bye! But you’ll mostly laugh. Enjoy, the latest episode of “The Ratings Always Drop Twice: The Return of Inspector Rather.”
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Once More Into The Abyss
Probably the most confounding thing about the majority of modern journalists is their unsupportable claim to objectivity. They hold themselves out as above the fray, elusively detached from the world around them except as impartial observers designated to convey the … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, History, Media, MichaelW's Page
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News Brief, Konyr Edition
Defense The Vatican-embassy in Baghdad is too understaffed and too restricted to be useful, Ambassador Crocker told SecState Rice. He said we are either at war or we are not at war, and the priorities of the Department must reflect … Continue reading
Will the Real Surge Please Stand Up, Please Stand Up…
General Petraeus gave an interview with Chris Wallace over at Fox News this Sunday. I can already imagine the vapors some people are getting into from reports such as this. Asked whether he thought the job assigned to an additional … Continue reading
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News Brief, I’ll Bet You Do Edition
Defense Adaptability matters in guerilla conflict. That’s why I’m glad to see the DoD modifying COIN guidelines to make standard maneuvers more effective at combating the militants in Iraq. Remember that one time General Petraeus said we should wait until … Continue reading
All Your Weather Base Are Belong To Us
“Kyoto, we have a problem.” Few things annoy me more than the modern Lysenkoism of Anthropogenic Global WarmingTM and its rapturous congregation who viciously condemn any who dare challenge their scriptures. Each day it seems that we are bombarded with … Continue reading
The Trouble With Harry
Is it really any mystery? The Senate Majority Leader is nothing more than a partisan hack who is solely interested in keeping power firmly in the hands of the Democrats. (Supposedly for the wonderful perks.) He is the spearhead for … Continue reading
Happy Father’s Day
To all of you fathers out there raising your kids, here’s wishing you a happy Father’s Day. Now that I too am a father, I have a much greater appreciation for the devotion it takes. So, in partial payment of … Continue reading
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News Brief, Lady Madonna Edition
Cross-posted on The Conjecturer. Defense A damning graph of violence in Iraq since the surge began. Growing pains, or signs of impending failure? The Air Force is tracking aggressive “sounding” of IT infrastructure from China, leading them to suspect China … Continue reading
You Thought Media Bias Was Bad Here?
Via Samizdata, it looks like it is much worse in Lebanon: A Lebanese TV news presenter has been sacked over comments in which she gloated over the assassination of anti-Syrian politician Walid Eido. The presenter, who has not been named, … Continue reading
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I Hear Nothink!
The liberal blogosphere pulls its best imitation of Sargent Schultz in failing to hear, much less report, on the severely irony-challenged statements of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. In a phone call with liberal bloggers, Harry Reid was reported to … Continue reading
News Brief, Bullet the Blue Sky Edition
Cross-posted on The Conjecturer. Defense Three months in, the surge has had no noticeable impact on violence in Iraq. I really wish the Pentagon would stop undermining the war by talking it down to the liberal media. The FBI has … Continue reading
News Brief, You Think You’re A Radical Edition
Cross-posted on The Conjecturer. Defense An interesting take on how we’re not discrediting extremist Islam: ” To date, the State Department, the White House and the Defense Department — and even the otherwise excellent new COIN Manual itself — have … Continue reading
Tories Heart Giuliani
I don’t pay much attention to foreign politics, except in the general sense, but I thought that this was interesting: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is the overwhelming favourite of grassroots British Conservatives to be the next American President. … Continue reading
News Brief, I Was A Lover Edition
Cross-posted at The Conjecturer. Defense Could the shakeup at JCS be an indication of a possibly positive move toward skepticism on Iraq? Possibly. I’m more intrigued with putting two Navy guys in charge of our insurgency campaigns—what kind of insight … Continue reading
News Brief, Running Away Edition
Cross-posted at The Conjecturer. Defense I sure wish our generals would stop wishing defeat upon us by supporting the enemy through their criticizing of the Iraqis. I had a weird flashback to my early childhood (the 80′s, mind you) upon … Continue reading
A Study in Pettiness
Take up your arms, sons and daughters We will arise from the bunkers By land, by sea, by dirigible We’ll leave our tracks untraceable now – Sons and Daughters, The Decemberists I see that our dear friend Mona is once … Continue reading
Political Ping-Pong
As yet another sign of the coming Apocalypse, politicians and political hacks are now channeling their energy (albeit a very small amount of it) into creating video games about politics. Have a look at this article detailing two of the … Continue reading