Time to add a new caveat, because from email it's not clear to some folks (mind you, if you don't read this it won't matter...) Being an open post, people (collectively, the Denizens) other than I post in the H&I. They sign their work (most of the time) - keep that in mind when you want to flame someone in email please - if it doesn't say "The Armorer" or "John" then I didn't write it! And honestly - if you don't like something said or posted... leave a comment, and hash it out (within the context of The Rulez which are clearly posted on the comment form, I would add).

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Some political analysts have predicted that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic presidential nominee, regardless of whether or not she wins the primaries/caucuses. She could do it by getting the outlawed Florida and Michigan delegates seated. The question is, how in the world she could accomplish that without 3/4ths of the party coming down on her head? Well, she's found the cover she needs--the NAACP of all things: "It's for the minorities." Cynicism and power play extraordinaire. I hope Denver police are well-trained in riots and crowd control...

Lex illuminates the mind of a traitor/dupe, and commenters take up a discussion of honor.

Denizen Sgt. B is blogging again. - FbL

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If Fuzzy will let up for a minute so I can sneek in here...

First, Bill scored an Instalanche for his "50 Years of Math" post - and Reynold's minions have been going gangbusters in the comments.

Second, besides stomping on me, Fuzzybee has been stomping on the MSM for "burying the lede" - taking issue with the thrust of articles about how the Myrmidons of the US Military are raiding psychiatric hospitals and detaining their administrators... without mentioning the fact that it might all be tied to the recent Baghdad Pet Market bombing, where the bombers were likely just as much victims as the others - and that hospital might be a key piece of the puzzle. To get the whole story - click here and visit Fuzzilicious Thinking. -the Armorer

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Iowahawk takes on the Archbishop of Canterbury, paining Chaucer in the doing... H/t, Jim C. -the Armorer

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AMF, Imad Mughniyeh!

Imad Mughniyeh, a senior but shadowy Hezbollah commander accused by the United States and Israel of masterminding suicide bombings, hijackings and hostage-takings that spanned 25 years, was killed by a car bomb in the Syrian capital of Damascus, the Shiite Muslim group and other officials said Wednesday..........Although Hezbollah has always denied a role, the United States accused him of orchestrating two bombings of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut -- in 1983 and 1984 -- killing 72 people. Among the victims was Robert Ames, then the CIA's top Middle East expert. Even more devastating were the suicide truck bombings organized against U.S. Marines and French paratroopers in Beirut in October 1983. Together, those attacks killed 300 people.

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Pelosi once again disparages progress in Iraq--"The gains have not produced the desired effect, which is the reconciliation of Iraq. This is a failure. This is a failure." And once again, the Iraqi parliament proves her wrong.- FbL

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If you didn't check back, you can catch the diminuendo of the Move America Forward/Code Pink counter demonstrations at Berkeley by reading the full up version at Andrea Shea-King's place, The Radio Patriot. -the Armorer

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Speaking of the Ayatollah of Canterbury, Chris Taylor pens an open letter to Elizabeth II, Dei Gratia Britanniarum Regnorumque Suorum Ceterorum Regina Consortionis Populorum Princeps Fidei Defensor. It's worth reading the whole thing, but the last paragraph struck me as particularly creative:

I would be much obliged if Your Majesty's Government would introduce an Act of Attainder to strip Rowan Cantuar of his public offices, and give all persons the Freedom of the Empire to kick said doctor in the ass—once per diem—whenever and wherever he may appear in Publick.

Your Obedient Servant,

C. Taylor

There has been much to dislike about England and Great Britain over the centuries, but a far greater amount to like very much. This guilt-infected cultural self-flagellation needs to stop. - Damian

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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 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."