Nice

Just so very nice.

UK "Inadvertantly" Sent 15 Underage Troops To Iraq War Zones

Defense Minister Adam Ingram, who gave the figure in a written statement to lawmakers, said the "vast majority" of the young troops had been within a week of turning 18 when they were deployed, or had been removed from the war zone less than a week after arriving. "Fewer than five" were women, and none [...]

Tags: Iraq War, Underage Troops

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And, People Actually Listen to Limbaugh

Even though the says stuff like this -

Limbaugh: Stranded Polar Bears Are ‘Just Playing Around…Like Your Cat Goes To Its Litter Box’

This week, the UK Daily Mail published photos of polar bears stranded on ice floes in the Arctic. Determined to deny the existence of global warming, Rush Limbaugh said on Friday that the bears were “just playing around…just like your cat goes to its litter box”: This whole thing is totally misleading. They’re not even stranded [...]

Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Global Warming, Polar Bears

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Oh, By The Way…

Today was a bad day in Iraq. Really bad.

Deadliest Bombing Yet Today in Iraq

The deadliest suicide bombing to date occurred in Iraq today. More than 100 were killed and 300 were injured, many of whom are expected to die. "The pick-up truck that exploded was left at the entrance of [...]

Tags: Iraq War

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What’s Wrong In Iraq

It’s really quite simple.

The Deadly, But Simple Logic of Anarchy in Iraq

Greetings from the PlameHouse apartment in Washington, D.C.  Between packing for my flight, getting to and from airports, flying across the country, and catching up on sleep, I didn’t have much chance to follow the news for a shocking 18 hours or so.  When I did finally get a look at the headlines, I [...]

Tags: Iraq War, Iran

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It’s Only Money

Your money. And my money.

Bush requests largest military budget ever for last year in office

President Bush is requesting the largest military budget in all of US history for his last year in office, 2008. The budget is more than half a trillion dollars- $622 billion to be exact. The Administration is also requesting an extra $93 billion for this year, 2007. Depending on the fate of the current Warner-Levin compromise [...]

Tags: Military Budget

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It’s Only Money

Your money. And my money.

Bush requests largest military budget ever for last year in office

President Bush is requesting the largest military budget in all of US history for his last year in office, 2008. The budget is more than half a trillion dollars- $622 billion to be exact. The Administration is also requesting an extra $93 billion for this year, 2007. Depending on the fate of the current Warner-Levin compromise [...]

Tags: Military Budget

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Dick Cheney, et al

Oh, this is such good reading.

Frank Rich Has It Right – The Libby Trial Is VERY BAD for Cheney and This White House

Blogged by Brad from the road… See RAW STORY for their excerpts from Frank Rich’s analysis about what’s going on at the White House and in Dick Cheney’s brain right now. We happily associate ourselves with his take on things. Particularly the part about most of the DC insiders "misunderestimating" all that is likely at stake [...]

Tags: Dick Cheney

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In-Fighting

I always love it when bloggers attack each other. Particularly when they’re supposed to be on the same side. Still, it makes for good reading.

Not What Digby Said

In my continuing campaign of disagreeing with Left bloggers and writers, I now turn to everybody’s favorite (but my favorite first) blogger, Digby, who appears to endorse the very line of argument I find infuriating: "Deciding what to do next about Iraq is hard — on the merits, and in the politics [...]

Tags: Iraq, Iran

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