Barbarians living in barbaric times under barbaric rules

BREITBART.COM – Iraqis Loot Base After British Leave Looters ravaged a former British base Friday, a day after the camp was turned over to Iraqi troops, taking everything from doors and window frames to corrugated roofing and metal pipes, authorities said. […] Men, some with their faces covered, ripped corrugated metal from roofs, carried off …

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Hurray for Hollywood!

It never ceases to amaze when something good and supportive happens, and it doesn’t make the mainstream news. Ok, so the LA Times is pretty mainstream, but since I don’t read it, I had to find out about it via the Australians… That being said, this is awesome: Kidman condemns Hamas, Hezbollah | Herald Sun …

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You’re Fired!

There is sanity left in the world, and this proves it. Georgia Congresswoman Ousted in Runoff DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Rep. Cynthia McKinney, known for her conspiracy theories about the Sept. 11 attacks and a scuffle with a U.S. Capitol police officer, conceded the Democratic primary runoff early Wednesday in a speech that blamed the …

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Media manipulation

A thorough study on the effectiveness of Hezbollah’s manipulation of the international media… this is how we’ll lose the war on terror, if we don’t wake up real damned soon to the way we’re being deceived in the papers and on the evening news. Lose is probably not the right word… give up is probably …

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Improper use of photo editing software?

Once again Cox & Forkum hit the nail on the head. (Title of this cartoon refers to this famous quote: The first casualty when war comes is truth) This is a hoot. Reuters photographers are photoshopping images and publishing them as news. Bloggers catch them, professional photographers out them, and this is all we get …

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XHTML Valid YouTube posts

This is more a note to myself than anything else, but it may help others as well. YouTube videos/links are one of the hottest things going on the web today, but like so many other services, they can’t seem to be bothered to provide XHTML valid links for their “post this” data. For instance YouTube …

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Jack(ass) gets a day in court

Looks like Jumpin’ Jack(ass) Murtha will be getting a little reminder that when you attack a Marine, the Marine fights back. Marine Names Murtha in Defamation Suit A Marine Corps Staff Sergeant who led the squad accused of killing two dozen civilians in Haditha, Iraq, will file a lawsuit today in federal court in Washington …

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Old, Tired, and Whacked in the head

The other day, after watching a press conference featuring yet another Tony Snow vs. Helen Thomas exchange, I asked rhetorically, “Who is this bitch? Does anyone even publish her anymore?” Oddly enough, the American Thinker brought me some insight on the answers today when they referenced this New Republic article: Hack journalist Helen Thomas’s strange …

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