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Heh. Woke up this morning to find my bill slid under the door. Hmmm. Checked the flight sked. Hmmmm. Tomorrow. Well, it *is* warm, but I don't think I wanna sleep on a park bench tonight. Note to self - check the synch matrix.
Longtime reader and email commenter Mike D. recommended this article to me. I commend it to you. Mary Eberstadt writing in the Hoover Institution's Policy Review:
Political particulars aside, the ubiquity of that word “denial” is worth pausing over. It connotes that we live in an era of unreality, perhaps even surreality, in which what is said in public is at odds with what is true — a shortfall invoked now more or less constantly as a feature of political discussion. And so to the obvious question: Why do so many Americans apparently share the sense that we are all being misled, one way and another, about political reality — and not only about reality in Iraq, but about politics more generally?I believe the answer to that question is the obvious one: because in some deep sense, it is true. This is not meant to affirm that every current charge of “denial” now circulating is a valid one. It's rather to suggest that the sheer volume of such charges reflects a deeper, underlying truth about the untethering of some current political ideas from firm reality. This is the deeper territory that the ubiquity of that term “denial” invites us to plumb.
Moving on - Boudi's Bro submits this - allegedly of his own composition:
What do you call a really good-looking chick wearing an overly-starched blouse?A chafing dish. [ba-da-dum!]
I'll be here all night. Try the veal.
We can't have veal - that's cruelty! He threatens us with a play if we don't applaud wildly... -the Armorer
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Ah, the NYTs - living down to low expectations. -the Armorer
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The case of Phillip Thompson and Senator Webb's pistol gets more interesting... And it doesn't make Webb look very good at all, as he puts on quite a show of fancy footwork. Support for a fellow Marine stops where politics begins, apparently. - FbL
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Finally some semblance of sanity in this time of madness, lately.
Someone last week made the comment regarding a justified war. Looks like it could go that way if Iran doesn't deal witht he problem.
Prediction: If they go nuclear they'll use just one. Then the next 10 will be delivered Free of Charge.
And how do you know you've been using your "Internet Handle" for way too long?
When game companies start using your name for Roleplaying characters/cards.
I should be honored I guess. Or something. Knew I should have filed that copyright paperwork.
-BloodSpite
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Since BlSp brought it up.
On the issue of ‘justified war’ someone thinks their smart(http://cernigsnewshog.blogspot.com/2007/03/no-its-not-act-of-war.html) and has declared, unequivocably, that Iran’s actions wrt the RN and RM taken hostage is not an act of war.
I know I’m at best a shop floor lawyer when it comes to the Geneva Conventions and Int’l Law. I know I sound different, kind of full of myself and real self assured on these topics, but that’s only after hashing it out with a professional or three before I open up my yap. I would not be unpleased of someone like ArmyLawyer or EagleSpeak showed this individual the error in their logic---or someone with much better credentials than I.
--ry
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An update on the story of the dog and handler who triggered an IED in Kandahar last week, in which a wounded sapper wonders if he could have done anything differently. - Damian
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Another Denizenne birthday!?
And I'm a day late ... again. (I know, I'm fired. Whatever.)
~ Barb (FKA the Adjutant)
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]]> *A term of art from the artillery. Harassment and Interdiction Fires.Back in the day, when you could just kill people and break things without a note from a lawyer, they were pre-planned, but to the enemy, random, fires at known gathering points, road junctions, Main Supply Routes, assembly areas, etc - to keep the bad guy nervous that the world around him might start exploding at any minute.
*Not really relevant to today's operating environment, right? But, it *is*
The UAVs (oops, can't call 'em UAVs anymore - they're now Unmanned Aerial Systems... some Colonel got his Legion of Merit for that change...), er, um UAS's we fly over Afghanistan and Pakistan looking for targets of opportunity are a form of H&I fires, if you really want to parse it finely. We just have better sensors and fire control now.
I call the post that because it's random things posted by me and people I've given posting privileges to. It's also an open trackback, so if (Don Surber uses it this way a lot) someone has a post they're proud of, but it really isn't either Castle kind of stuff, or topical to a particular post, I've basically given blanket permission to use that post for that purpose. Another term of art that might be appropriate is "Free Fire Zone".
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