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Monday, September 01, 2003 |
 Girls With Guns. Reader Robert K. sent me this news: a damn woman has just won the Atkins long-distance shooting trophy at Camp Perry! Actually, this is great. The more women who read about this and think "I can do that", the more I like it. Spc. Liana Bombardier (I just love that name) was shooting the banjo, of... [Kim du Toit]
7:48:39 PM 
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Rumsfeld Ready to Rumble - With Army. Despite the central role of the armed forces in Bush's vision of America's relations with the world, Robert Schlesinger writes in the Boston Globe that Secretary of Defense Donald Rusmsfeld is locked in conflict with one particular branch - the Army - perhaps not surprising for a Navy man. The areas of disagreement range from the number of US troops needed in Iraq to the overall size of the 21st centruy army. However, the venom is appearantly beginning to affect US military readiness, leading to the resignation of Army Secretary Thomas White last spring, and, in recent weeks, the retirement of four top generals, with more expected in the coming months. "You look at Rumsfeld, and beyond all the rationale, spoken and unspoken, he just dislikes the Army. It's just palpable. . . . You always have to wonder if when Rumsfeld was a Navy lieutenant junior grade whether an Army officer stole his girlfriend," said Ralph Peters, a former Army intelligence officer who writes on national security issues. from the Boston Globe [Dowbrigade News]
Hey "W"! Its time for you to take over and do the Truman thing. Don't let these idiots ruin it for the troops and the country just because you appointed them. If they're screwing up, can em! (LP)
5:30:54 PM
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Fun Facts About Hamas. * Hamas is Arabic for "dumb f--ks with explosives". * Even though members of Hamas are out gunned and out smarted by Israel, they think they can defeat Israel because Allah is on their side. Isn't that cute. * If a Hamas member says he wants peace, it's a trick! Shoot him in the head. Want more fun facts about Hamas? Read the rest of Frank's list at IMAO [Right We Are!]
Love it! (LP)
5:10:22 PM
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Health care costs from You Big Mouth You.
If you really, really want to know the number one reason that health care costs are so high, don't blame the insurance companies. Don't blame the doctors. Don't blame the drug companies.
Blame the thousands of morons that clog up the system everyday.
5:01:05 PM
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When illegal aliens are no longer 'illegal' (WND)
We're in a world where "pro-choice" means the right to kill an unborn baby, where "single mother" encompasses any female who gives birth regardless of her marital status, where anyone who raises serious and thoughtful doubts about affirmative action is a "racist," where anyone who has concerns about homosexuality based on religious or historic ramifications on a society is a "homophobe," where anyone who disagrees with the liberal media culture is deemed a "fanatic right-winger" and sometimes "redneck" as well.
Hey! ... "fanatic right-winger", "redneck", their talking about me! (LP)
3:54:28 PM
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Who's stupid?. The Minnesota teenager who released the Blaster worm onto the Internet a couple of weeks ago is being charactarized as something of a buffoon for not covering his tracks in the modified virus. In fact, in two separate stories about... [Attaboy]
OK - so maybe I was wrong. Maybe this guy wasen't snitched on. Maybe he was just stupid! (LP)
10:56:49 AM
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Global Panic. The latest volley in the global warming debate is here.
To its credit, the Guardian provides commentary from three or four skeptical scientists, which is three or four more than you usually get in articles like this. It just goes to show that there is no scientific consensus about (a) whether global warming is occurring, (b) if warming is being caused primarily by humans, or (c) if green house gases are the cause. (For links to more on this subject, see here.) There's certainly not enough confirmative evidence to justify enacting junk science legislation like the Kyoto protocols.
[Right-Thinking from the Left Coast]
10:23:41 AM
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We Will Not Falter. W said "We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail." Well, his political adversaries are ready to do all three in one fell swoop by turning Iraqi reconstruction and security over to the corrupt and... [Zogby Blog]
No matter what you think about Iraq, its refreshing to have someone running the show who doesn't cut and run when the going gets tough. When was the last time that happened in this country? - Early 60's Cuba Missile Crisis? (LP)
10:02:27 AM
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Nothing To See, Move Along (kimdutoit.com)
I must admit to experiencing a sinking feeling when there appeared to have been numerous instances when government was abusing its powers under the much-reviled Patriot Act.
Turns out, as it happens, that the whole furor was just another New York Times bullshit article [redundancy alert]. As Heather Mac Donald points out at the indispensable City Journal:
8:55:24 AM
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Muslims Killing Muslims (kimdutoit.com)
So the bombing of the mosque in Najaf has been conclusively linked to Al-Qa'eda, but, of course, it's all America's fault:
However, many Shiites blame the cleric's death on Saddam loyalists and the U.S.-led coalition, which they say has failed to provide adequate security in the country since the dictator's fall.
8:50:09 AM
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There goes the neighborhood!
I could be one of those Greeters. I would be fired the first day. The first time one of those mothers walked in the door with a kid throwing a tantrum and doing nothing about it I would explode! (LP)
7:09:35 AM
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