Don Neddo, Lying Chickenhawk
Dennis Yusko of the Times Union on He rallied for the troops and lied about his past: Don Neddo, the force behind the region's biggest pro-U.S. troops rallies, will no longer organize the demonstrations...
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Dancing Stops, Warbloggers Still At Home
Niko Price reporting for the Associated Press on Baghdad Seethes With Anger Toward U.S.: At first they cheered, smiled, offered hearty thumbs-ups to the U.S. soldiers newly in their midst. But across Iraq's lawless...
NY Cops Emulating Denver Cops
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 of questioning arrested anti-war...
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 better remember the economic...
‘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 back home after they...
Media 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, not being versed in...
Kurds 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 — a claim that...
Liberation
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 boys and girls.
Tracking 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 patron's ID is scanned...
Casualty 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 Ocean.