Jean Gelder sticks it to the Times:

To the Editor ( Read more... )

The general added that stiff fighting continued today in the southern part of Falluja, but he asserted that the battle in the former insurgent stronghold had "broken the back of the insurgency" and "has disrupted them around the country."

You heard it here first, folks. The insurgency is on its last legs, and victory is only weeks away.

Again.

Resignations, and more resignations ( Read more... )

From an eye-witness BBC reporter:

There are more and more dead bodies on the streets and the stench is unbearable ( Read more... )

Stuff on my mind tonight:

1. Falluja. Some truly nasty stuff from AP, and the Times. (No, not the Washington Times. They suck.)

Enemy personnel approaching your position in white vehicle with RPG's," someone said over a radio, referring to rocket-propelled grenades. A few seconds later, the same voice said: "More enemy personnel approaching your ( Read more... )

Okay.. this is getting ridiculous.

Skipping over the cable media's shameful coverage of the Falluja offensive - I've been reading that this is the heaviest fighting we've been involved in - get this - since 1968. That's right - this is the largest battle since Vietnam.

... but I guess major combat operations were over... what... 16 months ago?

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Ah, what a wonderful day in Iraq today. You can really smell the liberation in the air today - in a corpse-ridden, atrocity-filled, repressive-strongman-government sort-of way. Yes, it really is a catastrophic success over there.
Besides the new (official) state of emergency - and only 19 months late! - there's now a round-the-clock curfew in ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: This is not a tin-foil hat alert. I'm not saying Bush stole the election.

I just have two questions that need answering.

1. These are the results of one Ohio precinct:

Franklin County, OH: Gahanna 1-B Precinct ( Read more... )

There's a few electoral maps floating around...

Enjoy.


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I may post something later about the election, but right now I'm too sad, too disappointed, too upset to comment.

I just wish people would give a fraction as much attention to current events as to their sports teams.