Category Archives: War

Kim Jong-un’s Bond Girls

  By Pamela Leavey | April 12, 2013 5:51 pm - 5:51 pm | , , , , , , ,
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As tensions increase with North Korea, one can’t help but wonder what is up with the women in Kim Jong-un’s military strutting around in 4 inch heels: Is it just me or do these women look like Kim Jong-un’s Bond Girls? It seems I’m not the only one wondering about this photo, Maureen O’Connor at NY Mag said: Among the many mysteries associated with North Korea’s military, “Why are they wearing high heels?” is perhaps the least important of all. But it’s still so mysterious: How much time do these women spend marching in heels? Do they have special techniques for dealing with blisters? Are their platform heels standard-issue? (The woman in the middle appears to be wearing a different … Continue reading →

Kerry Should Stay in Senate, Romney for Secretary of State

  By Blake Fleetwood | November 30, 2012 5:25 pm - 5:25 pm | , , , ,
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President Obama had lunch yesterday with Mitt Romney and one of the topics they discussed was Romney’s plan for making “government more efficient.” Obama has praised Romney for his work in running the Olympics and for his skills that could lend themselves to making the government work better, said Jay Carney, White House spokesman. Certainly Romney has great passion and experience for restructuring and downsizing inefficient companies. If any organization is dysfunctional and outrageously expensive for what we get in return, it is the Department of Defense… a Mitt Romney, when not catering to right-wing Tea Party zealots, surely recognizes that. Maybe Romney could outsource some of these defensive duties to our erstwhile allies overseas. Does the Pentagon really need … Continue reading →

Senator Kerry’s Floor Statement on Iran Rebuts Romney OpEd

  By Pamela Leavey | March 6, 2012 5:26 pm - 5:26 pm | , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Iran has been the hot topic of the day with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney beating the Iran war drum with an OP/ED today titled: “How I would check Iran’s nuclear ambition“. Note Romney’s closing statement in which he beats the drum harder… My foreign policy plan to avert this catastrophe is plain: Either the ayatollahs will get the message, or they will learn some very painful lessons about the meaning of American resolve. Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, took to the Senate floor today to deliver remarks on Iran and took time to rebut Romney’s OP/ED in his floor statement:  “We’re going to have a bruising election season. And so we should. That’s how we … Continue reading →

The Pee Lai Massacre in Bullet Points

  By Hart Williams | January 15, 2012 12:32 am - 12:32 am |
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When the wars began, it was tantamount to treason to suggest that any American soldier would, at any time or for any reason, do anything stupid like that. In fact, the last time such images showed up on the internet, the web site operator was bullied out of business and the images of “crispy critters” from Iraq (that looks a lot like that urination video, come to think of it) vanished from sight as much as the collective memory of the internet would allow. Continue reading →

The Terror That Stalks Texas

  By Hart Williams | October 24, 2011 9:18 am - 9:18 am | , ,
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Still: the Bexar County Judge ended up being interviewed by the Guardian in England: “It’s just very strange,” [Bexar County Judge Nelson] Wolff said. “If it was some kids in the neighborhood, you’d think it was a prank.” Continue reading →