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Michael Yon: In Time of War

Roland, the Gunslinger — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:29:00 -0500

Whatever else, Mr. President-elect, this is no time to go wobbly. It is important to note that some top British and U.S. commanders believe that we can make a “success” out of Afghanistan. We’ve learned a few things over the past seven years. We’ve truly got a “dream-team” of military commanders with great in-theater experience, to advise and guide the next phase. They saved Iraq. Use them well, Sir.

(H/T to Pedro)

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Boogie fighters

Roland, the Gunslinger — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:34:00 -0500

Cha Cha Slide USMC Style

Civilian base employee files federal lawsuit against Camp Lejeune CO

Roland, the Gunslinger — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:29:00 -0500

A Camp Lejeune civilian employee filed a federal lawsuit this week accusing base officials of violating his constitutional rights by requiring him to remove anti-Islamic bumper stickers from his Toyota...As result, Nieto, a retired Vietnam War veteran who has worked aboard base since 1994, is not able to use his vehicle to visit Arlington National Cemetery, the site where his son was buried after he died in the 2000 terrorist attack on the U.S.S. Cole.

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Why Europe is secretly afraid of a socialist America

Roland, the Gunslinger — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:20:00 -0500

Suppose you've been living under the protective wings of a benevolent superpower for sixty years. And suppose you've used that big half century to take off on an endless vacation -- spending all your tax money to buy votes for the socialist Ruling Class. It's been one long, grand, drug-infested, sex-drenched, self-indulgent, tabloid party scene...But now you see your guardian superpower electing a guy who wants to follow your example. Whooops!

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Bin Laden 'cut off from al-Qaeda'

Riley Jones — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:30:00 -0500

The CIA says Osama Bin Laden is isolated from the day-to-day operations of al-Qaeda, but that the organisation is still the greatest threat to the US.

CIA director Michael Hayden said the Saudi militant was probably hiding in the tribal area of north-west Pakistan.

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Aide to France's Sarkozy Reveals Putin Wanted to Hang Georgian President 'By the ...'

Riley Jones — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:57:00 -0500

Nicolas Sarkozy saved the President of Georgia from a threat by Vladimir Putin to depose him from power and "hang him by the balls," according to an account that emerged today from the Elysée Palace.

The Russian Prime Minister told the French President of his plans for deposing the Tbilisi government and disposing of President Saakashvili when the French leader was in Moscow last August to broker a cease-fire in Georgia.

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Special Ops Rescue American Hostage in Nighttime Raid in Afghanistan

Riley Jones — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:46:00 -0500

An American engineer held hostage by Islamic militants in Afghanistan was freed in a daring nighttime raid by a Special Operations team last month, a rare move in a country where hostages often pay ransoms — or don't come home at all.

A team of about 30 special operators composed mostly of Navy SEALs flew into the mountains outside Kabul on October 14 to retrieve the 61-year-old American businessman, killing his captors and returning him to safety after nearly two months in captivity, according to an account in the Army Times.

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Remember the Back school teacher who berated a little white girl for supporting McCain? Yeah, I think she's goona be 'Unemplloyed.'

Riley Jones — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:12:00 -0500

Follow Up: Racially Motivated Marine Murder?

Riley Jones — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:01:00 -0500

Court records indicate four Marines acknowledged they had roles in the robbery, sexual assault and murder of a Camp Pendleton-based Iraq veteran and his wife last month in Riverside County.

Pvt. Kevin Darnell Cox, 20, of Tennessee; Pvt. Emrys John, 18, of Maryland; Lance Cpl. Tyrone Miller, 20, of North Carolina; and Pvt. Kesuan Sykes, 21, of California face murder charges in connection with the case.

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Brooklyn Marine sergeant & wife tortured, slain in Calif

Roland, the Gunslinger — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:09:00 -0500

A Brooklyn-raised Marine sergeant and his new bride were tortured and killed execution-style in their California home - allegedly by four other Marines under his command. Sgt. Jan Pawel Pietrzak, who was raised in Bensonhurst, and his wife, Quiana, were found bound and gagged in the ransacked house, each shot in the head

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Iran welcomes Obama victory, warns US forces

Riley Jones — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:19:00 -0500

FTA- "Iranian officials on Wednesday welcomed Barack Obama's victory in US presidential elections, calling it a sign of failure of President George W Bush's policies and Americans' demand for essential changes."

Wow... America's enemies love Barack Obama... color me shocked...

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Russia welcomes President-Elect Obama by stationing missiles near Poland

Riley Jones — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:17:00 -0500

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged on Wednesday to station new missiles near Poland's border in response to U.S. plans for an anti-missile system and proposed extending the presidential term to six years from four.

In an assertive first annual address to the nation, he defended Russia's war with Georgia, appealed to nationalism and attacked Washington's "selfish" foreign policy and "economic blunders" which he said caused the global financial crisis.

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America's Last Will and Testament

Roland, the Gunslinger — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:21:00 -0500

On the eve of the presidential election, I have a few last thoughts I’d like to share. First off, I keep hearing people say they don’t know Barack Obama. Oddly enough, I don’t think I’ve ever known a presidential candidate nearly so well...I know that he believes in the Marxist principle of sharing the wealth, and I know that doesn’t refer to his own wealth, but to everybody else’s.

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Meet Sgt. Joe Cook, star of this election's number one video.

Riley Jones — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:50:00 -0500

Al Qaeda endorses Obama

Riley Jones — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:30:00 -0400

"O God, humiliate Bush and his party, O Lord of the Worlds, degrade and defy him," Abu Yahya al-Libi said at the end of sermon marking the Muslim feast of Eid al-Fitr, in a video posted on the Internet.

Libi, a top al Qaeda commander believed to be living in Afghanistan or Pakistan, called for God's wrath to be brought against Bush equating him with past tyrants in history.

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Over 11,000,000 views later...

Riley Jones — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:32:00 -0400

Back on September 7, 2008 the Saloon was one of the first outlets to post this video...

http://thesaloon.net/blog/_archives/2008/9/7/3874185.html

Over 11,000,000 views later, we're proud to do it again.

Is America really going to do this?

Roland, the Gunslinger — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:12:00 -0400

The impact of the financial crisis on the American presidential election has somewhat obscured the most important reason why the prospect of an Obama presidency is giving so many people nightmares. This is the fear that, if he wins, US defences will be emasculated at a time of unprecedented international peril and the enemies of America and the free world will seize their opportunity to destroy the west.

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Opposing Murtha

Roland, the Gunslinger — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:15:00 -0400

When retired Lt. Col. William Russell decided to run for Congress against John Murtha, a 34-year veteran of the House of Representatives, he didn’t do it because he thought he could win. (Snip) he made the final decision largely because he was appalled at John Murtha’s calls for Iraq withdrawal, and in particular the congressman’s rush to condemn the 15 Marines who made headlines in conjunction with the death of civilians in Haditha

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Norman Schwarzkopf Endorses John McCain

Riley Jones — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:09:00 -0400

Marines Quietly Begin Leaving Bases in Iraqi Cities; MSM Ignores

Roland, the Gunslinger — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:14:00 -0400

In the last 10 months the Marines in Fallujah have done what was unthinkable before the surge began — they have quietly transferred out of one of Anbar province's largest cities. FOX News has learned in an exclusive interview with Kelly from Fallujah that 80 percent of the move is complete. In February there were 8,000 Marines living at Fallujah base. Now there are about 3,000 left. By Nov. 14 there will be none.

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Barack Obama & Raila Odinga

Riley Jones — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:00:00 -0400

Murtha cancels debate with opponent

Roland, the Gunslinger — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:53:00 -0400

Fresh from calling his western Pennsylvania constituents racists and issuing a stuttering non-apology, Representative John Murtha (D-PA) cancelled a debate with his Republican opponent, retired Army Lt. Col. Bill Russell. As Russell's campaign manager stated: Apparently, Mr. Murtha does not want to face his constituents, but is okay with calling them racists.

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Chesler: No One Talked About Jihad in the Last Great Debate

Roland, the Gunslinger — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:55:00 -0400

Granted: Our leaders, both Democrats and Republicans, have allowed the American economy to fail. The pain this has caused and will continue to cause is incalculable. Maybe We, the People should fire everyone in the House and the Senate, hang Wall Street out to dry, and start from scratch--only we can't, that game is rigged against us.

Maybe this dreadful economic failure was the "October surprise" that Obama's people kept promising. A handful of policy pundits have opined that the Arab Oil Cartel and possibly George Soros had a hand in this economic meltdown. I wouldn't be surprised but I'd need to see the smoking gun on this one.

But then there was the matter of the camel in the room.

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U.S. Rep. John Murtha stands by remark "U.S. Marines killed women and children "in cold blood" in Haditha"

Riley Jones — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:19:00 -0400

While out campaigning for Barack Obama, U.S. Rep. John Murtha stands by a controversial remark he made previously that U.S. Marines killed women and children "in cold blood" in Haditha, Iraq, in November 2005.

The blunt description changed how American troops engaged Iraqis and improved overall conditions in the war, Murtha, an 18-term Democrat from Johnstown, said today during a wide-ranging interview with Tribune-Review reporters and editors.

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Would Obama abandon Israel?

Riley Jones — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:51:00 -0400

Palin: Obama comments disqualify him for Commander in Chief

Roland, the Gunslinger — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:15:00 -0400

Strange deaths of pirates shortly after taking Iranian vessel

Roland, the Gunslinger — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:11:00 -0400

A tense standoff has developed in waters off Somalia over an Iranian merchant ship laden with a mysterious cargo that was hijacked by pirates. Somali pirates suffered skin burns, lost hair and fell gravely ill “within days” of boarding the MV Iran Deyanat. Some of them died...“We don’t know exactly how many, but the information that I am getting is that some of them had died. There is something very wrong about that ship.”

("Chemicals", my aunt fanny! -Roland)

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Newsbusters: Family Told Obama NOT To Wear Soldier Son's Bracelet

Roland, the Gunslinger — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:26:00 -0400

Barack Obama played the "me too" game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet with the name of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, a resident of New Hampshire and a soldier that lost his life in Iraq in 2006. Obama said that he too had a bracelet. After fumbling and straining to remember the name, he revealed that his had the name of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek of Merrill, Wisconsin.

Shockingly, however, Madison resident Brian Jopek, the father of Ryan Jopek, the young soldier who tragically lost his life to a roadside bomb in 2006, recently said on a Wisconsin Public Radio show that his family had asked Barack Obama to stop wearing the bracelet with his son's name on it. Yet Obama continues to do so despite the wishes of the family.

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Reuters on the financial crisis

Roland, the Gunslinger — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:08:00 -0400

China banks told to halt lending to US banks-SCMP

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Lawmakers near bailout deal; economy stumbles

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Era of U.S. financial dominance at an end: Germany

"He said the world would no longer be able to solve financial problems without including countries like China and Russia. Neither China nor Russia are part of the Group of Seven (G7) forum that meets on economic policy, although Russia is a member of the broader G8 grouping that discusses political issues."

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"Dangerous gulf" opens between Russia and West

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North Korea seen putting nuclear squeeze on U.S.

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U.S. says Pakistani forces fire on helicopters

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Chavez to deepen military ties with Russia

H/T to our man Steve!

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Brave New World: Homeland Security Detects Terrorist Threats by Reading Your Mind

Riley Jones — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:02:00 -0400

Baggage searches are SOOOOOO early-21st century. Homeland Security is now testing the next generation of security screening — a body scanner that can read your mind.

Most preventive screening looks for explosives or metals that pose a threat. But a new system called MALINTENT turns the old school approach on its head. This Orwellian-sounding machine detects the person — not the device — set to wreak havoc and terror.

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