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How They Keep the Peace in Maryland

Doyle Niemann – any inclination to do a little something about this unprofessional conduct from a Montgomery County police officer? For additional information about this incident, click here.

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A Completely Predictable Consequence

Selective Service to Test Draft MachineryBy KASIE HUNT, AP WASHINGTON (Dec. 22) – The Selective Service System is making plans to test its draft machinery in case Congress and President Bush need it, even though the White House says it … Continue reading

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A Candle for Fidel

We sent good wishes to him previously here. Here is our candle for his health.

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American Courts Say They Don’t Care About International Law

I Don’t Think We Westerners Care About MuslimsRobert Fisk Ladies and gentlemen, when I first went to the Middle East — on holiday from Belfast, of all places — 1972, I went to Egypt, and anxious to try and pick … Continue reading

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Deepak Chopra on the Problem of Evil

Iraq and the Problem of Evil It’s not yet the last days in Iraq, but it might as well be. A recent poll shows that 71% of Americans oppose the way Pres. Bush is handling the war, and only 9% … Continue reading

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Why Has Corruption Been Such A Huge Part of the Iraq War?

The Builder Who Bombed in IraqBattered Over Failed Projects, Parsons’s CEO Fires Back at Government CriticsBy Griff WitteWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, December 22, 2006; Page D01 Until this year, Parsons Corp. was about as quiet as a $3 billion engineering … Continue reading

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"Pink Misting" the Insurgency

Rules of Engagementby William Langewiesche November 2006 On November 19, 2005, in Haditha, during Kilo Company’s third tour of duty in Iraq, a land mine planted by insurgents exploded beneath a Humvee, killing a 20-year-old Marine. What happened next — … Continue reading

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A Quietly Hidden Snippet of Reportage

Normally we do not report the day-to-day carnage in Iraq – it is well reported elsewhere. But this article is unique in that something else is mentioned at the very end of the article that is intriguing to say the … Continue reading

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Haditha Massacre

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The Self-Destruction of American Society

The War On ToddlerismTreating children as young as four as sexual deviants, criminals and subversives emphasizes slip towards the police stateSteve WatsonInfowars.netThursday, December 21, 2006 Nothing emphasizes the decline of America into an authoritarian police state more than the treatment … Continue reading

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Another Tribute to John Kane

Years and years ago, while watching the mainstream culture move ever farther away from what I considered good sense, and wondering if I should go with them, or hew to my own path, however clouded or obscure it might get, … Continue reading

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Foodie Friday – Roast Beef for New Years

A New Year’s Eve Menu for Two (31 December 2000) This is actually a rather British dinner, but without the usual Yorkshire pudding. It is well loved in North America which makes me include it in this section. When one … Continue reading

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