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Tuesday shorts

| November 12, 2024 | 30 Comments
Tuesday shorts

OK, folks. Holiday’s over, those of you who glom onto freebies should be well stuffed – back to the grind. In a big, and welcome, win, Judge Stephen McGlynn, a Federal District Court a lower court and declared the Illinois “assault weapons” ban unconstitutional.  He banned enforcement of the law as well, but allowed 30 […]

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Friday updates

| July 5, 2024 | 22 Comments
Friday updates

Well, leading off we have AF Major General Phillip Stewart. The general was accused of sexual assault, conduct unbecoming an officer,  and one specification of dereliction of duty. Prior to the trial, he pleaded guilty to the other specification, as well as an adultery charge. A panel of eight officers found Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart […]

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Monday miscellany

| May 6, 2024 | 27 Comments
Monday miscellany

Rep. Nacy Mace, SC-R. gets the quote of the month: “What I would like to see, if these terrorist-loving kids and students hate our country so much, they should take their terrorist flags, they should go to Gaza in their crop tops and nose rings and see how long they would last, because Hamas would […]

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Abu Ghraib detainees as plaintiffs in US court

| April 14, 2024 | 20 Comments
Abu Ghraib detainees as plaintiffs in US court

Three former Abu Ghraib detainees are getting their day in a U.S. court. They’ve initiated a civil suit against a Virginia-based contractor, CACI. The three former detainees hold CACI responsible for setting things up that contributed to their torture. However, CACI is insisting that it was the U.S. Military that set conditions up that resulted […]

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Biden Repeats Claim of Son Beau Being Lost in Iraq

| February 1, 2024 | 74 Comments
Biden Repeats Claim of Son Beau Being Lost in Iraq

I guess in the spirit of repeating something often enough – it becomes true – Biden repeats the claim of losing his son in Iraq. This time, it was to the grieving Gold Star parents of 24-year-old Specialist Kennedy Ladon Sanders, who was killed in Jordan. Biden repeats dubious claim about son’s death in call […]

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The US and Iraq to negotiate end of US-led military coalition

| January 25, 2024 | 21 Comments
The US and Iraq to negotiate end of US-led military coalition

The US is leading an international coalition in Iraq assisting the Iraqis with their security. However, events such as the escalating back and forth attacks between the coalition and the militias attacking them have led to a desire to end the coalition. The U.S. initially set preconditions requiring that the attacks against the US military […]

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Iran strikes targets in Syria, Iraq and Pakistan, Pakistan follows up by striking into Iran

| January 19, 2024 | 23 Comments
Iran strikes targets in Syria, Iraq and Pakistan, Pakistan follows up by striking into Iran

Iran conducted strikes against what it identified as terrorist targets. Iran said that the impacted terror groups threatened Iran’s interests. Iran recently suffered from a major terrorist attack. The Iranian response to this terror attack included a statement that Iran would strike back. The Iranians delivered on that statement by attacking what they identified as […]

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Jellyfish looking aerial object floating over military base in Iraq

| January 15, 2024 | 25 Comments
Jellyfish looking aerial object floating over military base in Iraq

An aerostat, a blimp like balloon hovering over a base in Iraq, captured video of what is described as an Unknown Aerial Phenomenon (UAP). The UAP looked like a giant jellyfish flying over the base. They tracked it until it traveled far enough to shrink and disappear from view as a result of distance. Did […]

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