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October 12, 2007

A Perfect Storm

AL GORE WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

Right-wingers must be biting the heads off their own children this morning.

Now, will the hopes that Gore begin a presidential campaign come true?

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October 5, 2007

‘Tis True.

[Hotel Tango: The D-Ring]

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October 4, 2007

Free Burma!

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September 28, 2007

C-130 Hercules

When my father, and later I, was stationed at Keesler Air Force Base, C-130s sang me to sleep at night from the runway across from our house (and, later, my dorm).
A new report says it’s “The Best Military Aircraft Ever.” (Warning: PDF)
Which is probably true: It’s a highly versatile aircraft — performing duties as […]

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September 19, 2007

Another Jackass.

I like McBlogger, but, unfortunately, it’s made itself into one of the many jackasses that have felt it necessary to comment on something it has no knowledge about.
Opinions are one thing. Actually paying close attention and then voicing an opinion is another. Stick to state politics, Mickey B.

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September 12, 2007

Shut the Fuck Up

I completely agree with Abu Muqawama:
Abu Muqawama has always been a big fan of the late French intellectual Raymond Aron. Aron, writing in his newspaper column for Le Figaro, believed it was the responsibility of the public intellectual to make a careful study of the issues at hand — economics, military strategy, etc. — before […]

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August 31, 2007

Tasering Pigs

Ever wonder what being Tasered felt like or sounded like? Check out this video obtained by PETA from the U.S. Air Force showing the effects of Tasers on pigs.
Awful.
[Hotel Tango: Danger Room]

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August 20, 2007

Happiness is Family

This is an interesting tidbit that validates my happiness at having such a great relationship with my parents:
So you’re between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy? A worried, weary parent might imagine the answer to sound something like this: Sex, drugs, a little rock ‘n’ roll. Maybe some cash, or at […]

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August 18, 2007

Part of the Iraq War Braintrust

Great article from The Australian about David Kilcullen, an expert in counterinsurgency and adviser to General Petraeus in Iraq:
. . . [W]hen the invasion of Iraq was being planned, Kilcullen was one of a handful of senior military advisers in the coalition of the willing to voice a dissenting view. “I was one of a […]

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August 16, 2007

CHP: Learning How to be Racist

The FBI-California Highway Patrol Joint Counter-terrorism Task Force has asked right-wing-nut David Horowitz’s organization, the David Horowitz Freedom Center (pride is a sin, Dave), to provide them with a copy of their video, “What Every American Needs to Know About Jihad,” to train their officers.
You can view the ridiculous video here. Then head over […]

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