I'm glad he likes his job

The latest liberal flap is a Marine general who enjoys his job. “It’s fun to shoot some people” Hey, I’m glad we put this guy to good use shooting the right people and I’m glad he enjoys his job – I don’t want America’s safety dependent on a half-hearted effort! Rick is Brutally Honest about […]

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Gmail invites

I have rather a large number of Gmail invites available and will send them to readers on a first come basis. If you don’t yet have Gmail, I highly recommend it. For those unfamiliar with it, it’s Google’s free email service and comes with 1000 (one thousand) megabytes of storage and great search capabilities. Leave […]

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This is why it took me 6 months to admit this is a blog

Some 13 year old kid, Austin, stole a ‘copyrighted’ picture of a toy soldier. Probably the same ‘copyrighted’ picture that’s been stolen by so many newspapers and TV shows over the last few days that I think we’d be hard pressed to find the actual copyright holder. Next some jerk, some theoretically adult jerk, calls […]

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How could 8 million people be so brave?

From Lebanon’s Daily Star — People power: Iraqi voters make their mark Iraq’s Shiite majority and long-suffering Kurds flocked to polling stations Sunday and even in the Sunni heartland some ventured out despite the deadly unrest overshadowing the election. While in some areas turnout was scant, in most places, including violent Sunni Arab regions, it […]

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Show solidarity with the Iraqis

A reader of Andrew Sullivan suggests: You have a pretty decent megaphone, I’ve got an idea for you and the rest of the blogosphere. Why not ask people to wear blue marker on their index fingers this week, as a sign of solidarity and a tip of the hat to the courage of the Iraqis […]

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Cat Stevens to record “Indian Ocean� for tsunami victims

Cat Stevens, now Yusuf Islam to record “Indian Ocean� for tsunami victims The British singer Yusuf Islam – who flew into the tsunami-hit Indonesian province of Aceh on Saturday will briefly step back into the spotlight recording a charity single “Indian Ocean� and heading a benefit concert in Jakarta on Monday.

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