Deadly Isaac Was at 2008 Republican Convention
No, not Tropical Storm Isaac, which is expected to become a hurricane later today and hit New Orleans late tonight or tomorrow morning as the Republican National Convention parties on in Tampa. This Isaac is Isaac Aguigui, whom prosecutors…
Admiral McRaven: Taxpayers Should Learn about Special Operations from Hollywood Movies
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Most of the coverage of Admiral William McRaven's letter to the special operations community telling them to shut up has focused on McRaven's insinuation that the recent flurry of activity stems entirely from…
Now Legal Speech in Michigan: “Cold and Hungry, God Bless”
On July 4 of last year, Grand Rapids cops arrested Air Force veteran Ernest Sims for asking a passerby “Can you spare a little change?" Two days earlier, James Speet was also arrested, for holding a sign that read, "Need Job, God Bless." Seven…
Will the NYPD Be Spying on Muslims to Learn What They Think of These Administrative Punishments?
The AP reports that 6 soldiers and 3 Marines responsible for burning Qurans in Afghanistan and for urinating on a corpse, respectively, will receive Administrative punishment (the punishments for other Marines involved in the urination incident…
N!**@r Ha Ha
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Everybody's been talking--and celebrating--Chris Matthews for calling out Reince Priebus on the way the GOP has been playing the race card, both with its welfare reform ad campaign and with Romney's joke about…
Persians Punk Photo Pretenders: Parchin Pretty in Pink
In order to make the case for a military attack on Iran, those who advocate war need to show that Iran is engaged in developing a nuclear weapon. There will be a new IAEA report this week, and we already know that this report will try to…
"With A Neck Like a Jockey's Bollocks" Trash Talk
Yeah, about the title. No, I am not quite sure what it means. Maybe Marcy and other sundry mystery guests will be along to explain the damn thing.
What I can confirm is that it is unequivocally the single most awesome grouping of words I…
This Is Your War On Drugs
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Of all the shootings that have happened in the last day, I suspect this one--of two US government employees in a diplomatic car in Mexico--may get the least attention in the US. The shootout occurred between…
Where Mitt Was Born and Raised: "Public Nuisance," "Blight"
Mitt Romney just made a totally dickish comment at a campaign event in Commerce, MI:
No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place where we were born and raised.
Here's what you need to know about "where…
Dear Johns: Remember the Government Doesn't Destroy Incidentally Collected Intelligence
The Republican party-goers in Tampa will be surveilled by drones.
This will mark the first time unmanned aerial vehicles will patrol the skies over a national convention, according to an engineer with a Naples company that builds and will operate…
The First Rule of the Fight Club...
I've been waiting to comment on the news that one of the SEALs that killed Osama bin Laden has a book coming out on September 11.
The publication will undoubtedly be yet another telling episode in our government's asymmetric treatment of…
NATO Figures: Green on Green Death Rate Exceeds Green on Blue. What About Blue on Blue?
The skyrocketing rate of green on blue attacks, where Afghan security forces turn their weapons on NATO troops, is forcing such desperate measures that NATO has given orders for all coalition troops to remain armed at all times, even when "inside…
Mitt Gets Squeamish about Tithing
Some weeks ago, I suggested one of what I suspect are several reasons why Mitt won't release his taxes had to do with his Mormon tithe.
Add in the practice–which even an outsider like me saw when I lived in UT and worked for a predominantly…
Allen Makes Worst Excuse Yet for Green on Blue Attacks: Ramadan Fasting
Robert Burns of AP has a new story out today on the issue of green on blue killings. It appears that the increasing frequency of these attacks has driven General John Allen, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, to grasping for even the lamest…
Appeals Court Treats Commissary Gatorade Supplies as a "Clear and Present Danger"
Navy v. Egan--the SCOTUS case Executive Branch officials always point to to claim unlimited powers over classification authority--just got bigger.
Berry v. Conyers extends the national security employment veto over commissary jobs
The…
Signs of Intelligence Sharing Give Way to Call for "Divorce": US-Pakistan Relations Continue Extreme Swings
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Back on August 2, I noted a very interesting development. At a time when the US and Pakistan were holding high-level meetings both in Washington and Pakistan, a terror plot in…
Condi Rice's So-Called Banner Week for Feminism
On Monday, Condi Rice became one of two women to become the first female members of Augusta National Golf Club.
Now, I'm with many who had other honors in mind for Condi in her post-Bush career. But I do recognize she's a good enough athlete…
Promontory Financial Group Describes a New "Risk-Based" Approach to Anti-Money Laundering
In light of the recent Standard Chartered Bank flap, Saturday's report that Deutsche Bank is under investigation for similar behavior, and today's report that RBS (as well as two other banks, one of which is Sumitomo Mitsui) is as well, I want…
After Stearns Ousted by Yoho, Gaillot Has Opportunity for Democratic Pick-Up in FL3
The biggest national story emanating from the August 14 primaries held in several states was the upset by Tea Party political novice Ted Yoho of Cliff Stearns, a twelve term Republican incumbent. Florida Congressional districts were realigned…
NYPD's Search for Cafes in Which Terrorists Would Be Comfortable
It's bad enough that the NYPD continues its Muslim spying program in spite of their Intelligence Division Chief's admission that they have not derived a single lead from it. But look more closely at the astoundingly stupid rationalizations that…
