Who’s minding the store?
I’ve been waiting to comment on the Iraqi “torture scandal” until I could get access to enough hard information to be able to make some…
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Rep. James McDermott, D-Washington (now don’t that just figure) decided that he didn’t need to place his hand over his heart of say the phrase…
Google IPO
I don’t understand why. They’ve turned a profit for the last 3 years. Why subject yourselves to the pressures of being a publicly traded company?…
Iraq my brain
trying to figure out just exactly what the dickens our government and military is thinking. If you’ve read this space very often, you know that…
A hero comes home to stay
This is from BlackFive via Jerry Pournelle. If you have dry eyes by the end of it, begone, and never darken my web doorstep again.…
I’m back…
Spring is just too wonderful to miss, and I’ve been spending a lot of time outside–pollen and all. But my list of things to do…
Spain caves
Not that it’s a surprise, but Useful Idiot/SpanishPrime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is making good on his campaign pledge to withdraw Spain’s combat forces…
Reconstruction or revisionism
I received this pointer to a “letter to the editor” via a Southern Heritage mailing list. Interesting reading for those who value accuracy in their…
It’s quiet…too quiet.
If you’re one of the 4 regular readers of the blog, you’ll notice that I haven’t been to active lately. First, I’ve been thinking about…
For the record
There are a lot of people who want to say that money spent on the US space program is wasted, that it could better be…
Software bugs and their consequences
Today, I came across this jewel on the continuing investigation of last August’s blackout in the Northeast US and Southeast Canada. This is worth noting…
Take 5, guys…
I’m not too sure I like this idea of our troops taking a break during an operation, especially when it will allow the bad guys…
The position of National Security Advisor
Jerry Pournelle has some interesting thoughts on the position of National Security Advisor and its relationship to the war on terrorists. Pournelle, being Pournelle (hey,…
Game over?
The Smallest Minority brings us these thoughts on the courts an whether or not we can rely on them as the guardians of liberty. I…
What were they thinking?
In the continuing coverage of Operation Vigilant Resolve, Fox News notes: The California-based 1st Marine Expeditionary Force assumed responsibility for Fallujah, 30 miles west of…
Finally?
Since I have been p & m’ing for several days on the subject of Retribution in Iraq, I think I need to note Operation Vigilant…
Uh, guys? The “overwhelming response”?
We’re still waiting. But our enemies aren’t. I understand that a military op isn’t usually planned in a day. But they can be if the…
Good reads on a theme
Driving Down Unknown Roads: The Feminization Of America by Fred Reed Women, Teasing, Tests, One-itis, and Hope by John Ross Understanding Women & “The Rules”…
Act normal, attract the cops
(Via Wolfesblog) If you use much electricity and put out your trash, you may just find the cops calling on you, bearing search warrants. No…
We’re waiting–still
Since my last post, I’ve totally held my silence on the subject of Iraq and retribution–waiting. Waiting for our military, our country, to whack the…
I’m not a citizen of the UN
But the UN must think that we all are citizens of the UN. The World Court (*snort*) has declared, while issuing a ruling about how…
Urban Renewal for Iraq
We’ll start the morning’s harvest with this from Fox about the killing and mutilation of some of our soldiers in Iraq. IIRC, the last time…
Closer to home, another hate speech incident
(Via WorldNet Daily) At North Carolina’s flagship public university, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, we have yet another noteworthy incident of the…
Slipping a bit further down the slippery slope
While we’re on the “This isn’t the country I grew up in” theme, we have this lovely decision by the 5th US Circuit Court of…
There will be order!
I despair at the state of this country. Truly I do. We have here the classic Good Samaritan, arrested for adopting a stray chicken. I…
Making up a people to make up a county?
Sometimes I get behind in my reading. This absolutely stunning opinion piece, written by humorist Larry Miller nearly 2 years ago, was called to my…
This man is not your friend
(Via WorldNet Daily) The San Jose Mercury News brings us this story on Contra Costa County’s desire to ban .50 caliber weapons. They’re afraid some…
News From the Trenches
I was following links from blog to blog, sort of bored and just exploring. But I found An Unsealed Room, and it might just be…
Well, I hope she learns a lesson!
(Via WorldNet Daily) A few days ago I mentioned this bit of genius. So now the redoubtable Professor Dunn has been put on paid leave…
Watch and Learn
If you value your Constitutional rights, you should watch this. Brought to you by the fine folks at Keep and Bear Arms.