You Know the Military’s Getting Desperate When…
…they’re using mass e-mail marketing to recruit. Received in my inbox today: Are you in good physical condition? Age of 18 and older? If so, click here for incredible jobs and careers in today’s United...
View ArticleThe body-politic may be willing…
…But how much flesh is another story. A reminder of which coalition member nations have sent troops into Iraq (link was to http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030926/D7TQ81V00.html): United States:...
View ArticleWilsongate? We can hope.
Not much to add to this one, but here’s hoping this is the one the Bushies won’t be able to sweep under the rug :-). Wilsongate Goes Mainstream Add to his list ABC (and a few dozen other outlets who’ve...
View ArticleMore on the Wilson/Plame Flap
Rather than add a lot of commentary, I’m mainly doing my bit on this by compiling a list of relevant articles. I think I have everything up through MSNBC bringing the story into the limelight, but...
View ArticleWhat a Tangled Web
While we wait to see what the results of today’s voting are, I’m playing catch-up on the various email updates I get from some of my favorite sites. David Corn, the man who originally brought the Plame...
View ArticleLike Watching a Train Wreck
Watching early election returns, it strikes me that it takes a special kind of idiot to vote for someone who publicly pulled out of the race. At 8:38pm, with 10.6% of the precincts in, Arianna...
View ArticleChecking in
Between Real Life and posting more opinion-oriented bits on the Justice Log, there’s not been much to say here. The spin goes on, as do the casualties. I may not be posting here, but I’m trying to keep...
View ArticleAnother milestone we can live without
As of the 27th, October has the highest hostile casualty count since "major combat operations" ended — 29 to July’s 28. It looks like July will continue to hold the overall post-Lincoln...
View ArticleEnough with the milestones
Or maybe they’d be better called "mill stones." November 2, 2003 — the second deadliest day of this fiasco for American troops. Sixteen dead per the Iraq Casualty Count, topping the 30 deaths on March...
View ArticleA few notes
If you hadn’t already noticed, this blog [i.e. “Reality Check,” not “Relics”] is pretty much dead :-). My new blog is on LiveJournal — Morgan’s Musings. It’s not as political as this one, though I’m...
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