A melancholy Wednesday morning…at least, outside it is. At least, there is a reason for the cold now that it’s (finally) snowing. Got plenty ‘o coffee and tea to get me through, even if it gets really bad outdoors.
At least, I got my first morning cuppa out of the way before I noticed the white [...]
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I’ve been laying low over the past few days taking some time for myself, which is something I rarely do. I didn’t want to end the long Veteran’s Day weekend however, with out taking a moment to thank all the Veterans who have served our nation.
I just finished watching the video below of Keith [...]
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Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day and this morning, I have been reflecting on all the veterans I know.
My husband, my father and mother, both my paternal and maternal grandfathers, my uncles, and some of my closest friends are all vets. Almost all of my friends are Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans. I live and work on [...]
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(Originally posted at The Sirens Chronicles)
25 days to lift-off.
We are in the midst of last minute preparations for sending SSG Dizzy and his battle buddies to Iraq Deployment 3.0. It’s hard to imagine that he’s going to be gone for 15 months and then, a year after that, he will be probably be planning for [...]
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In today’s WaPo is a must read post on “soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.” The 1st Batalion just happens to be the same Battalion of the now infamous Scott Beauchamp, who the wingnuts have virtually crucified for months in the blogosphere. Here’s a few quips from the must read of the day:
Their line of [...]
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Surprise!
I know I don’t usually post a round-up on the weekend, but, I couldn’t sleep, so I decided to sneak a peak at my Google Reader, this morning, and see what random tidbits I could find.
I got my morning cuppa and I’m ready to go…
From Minstrel Boy:
PKK tactics may drive Turkey into a reluctant invasion:
Militarily, [...]
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Rep. Pete Stark stood on the floor of the House during the SCHIP and spoke the truth to power. Now the Rebublicans are feigning outrage over Stark’s comments and demanding an apology. If you haven’t seen Stark’s comments on the floor watch it here:
Here’s Stark’s response to Rep. Boehner and the 153 Republican’s who [...]
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John Kerry’s recommending movies again, and this time he’s picked Paul Haggis’ “In the Valley of Elah.” If you haven’t seen it yet, Kerry thinks you should and he outlines his reasons why in the email below:
Hello Friend,
I don’t write to you that often about films, except when they strike a very special chord and [...]
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AP News reports tonight that “the Pentagon is preparing to alert eight National Guard units that they should be ready to go to Iraq or Afghanistan beginning late next summer. ” Say what?
The U.S. military is reaching out to more Guard units in an effort to maintain needed troop levels, ease some of the strain [...]
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Today’s L.A. Times has a piece on the Blackwater investigation and the implications it holds for the Bush administration: America’s own unlawful combatants?
As the Bush administration deals with the fallout from the recent killings of civilians by private security firms in Iraq, some officials are asking whether the contractors could be considered unlawful combatants under [...]
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There’s two pieces on the ever growing Blackwater mess, that are in the must read category, that I wanted to point out before calling it a night…
First, is a piece in the Sunday N.Y. Times: New Evidence That Blackwater Guards Took No Fire.
Fresh accounts of the Blackwater shooting last month, given by three rooftop witnesses [...]
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On Friday, retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, the former top American commander in Iraq called the Bush administration’s handling of the Iraq War “incompetent and warned that the United States was “living a nightmare with no end in sight.”” No end in sight…
In one of his first major public speeches since leaving the Army [...]
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