Melanie Lefkowitz and Leonard Levitt writing for Newsday on PD Wipes Out Protester Database: Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Thursday he had ordered an end to the recent department practice […]
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Move Tax Slavery Day to November
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett has an interesting idea. He's sponsored legislation that would change tax day from April 15 to the first Monday in November. The concept being that folks would […]
Read more‘Friendly Fire’
Al Jazeera on US female soldiers fall to 'friendly fire': The prohibition of sexual intercourse among US squaddies has not prevented up to 20 of the fairer sex being sent […]
Read moreMedia Coverage
An Aussie online magazine called Crikey has linked to my post about Cpl Dupre in a commentary posted to their website. Read it here. As I've never heard of them, […]
Read moreKurds Take Kirkuk
Sandro Contenta of the Toronto Star on War within a war a real possibility: Kurds have openly demanded political control of Kirkuk — made up of Kurds, Arabs and Turkomans […]
Read moreLiberation
Get ready for more of this after the much celebrated dancing stops. Of course, that's still going on in Afqhanistan. Serious folks already know the deal. It ain't about dancing […]
Read moreTracking Joe Sixpack
William Berry of The Collegian on Cops use ID info in criminal cases: Scanning a driver's license at the local liquor store can reveal more than just age. When a […]
Read moreCasualty Call Hoaxes
Soulless demons have been calling Camp Pendleton spouses and telling them that their husbands have died in combat. The individuals responsible need to be hog-tied and dropped in the Pacific […]
Read moreU.S. Army: When boys do men’s work
US Army: When boys do men’s work 11 April 2003 Kate Jackson Crikey’s Army Observer MediaShark has a look at the way in which the US military have conducted themselves […]
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