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Vacation Blogging: Stories of Secrecy
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Share the post “Vacation Blogging: Stories of Secrecy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI recently came across the object below while moving some stuff around in preparation to pull up stakes; it’s my farewell card from the 1st Cavalry Division ACE. We did open source analysis … Continue reading
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Rolling Thunder to Desert Storm
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Share the post “Rolling Thunder to Desert Storm”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe American war machine exists in a constant state of preparation for the previous war. In 1965, it was just perfecting the instruments of an atomic, primarily European, battlefield when Lyndon Johnson sent … Continue reading
Chris Hayes and the H-word
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Share the post “Chris Hayes and the H-word”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail“Hero” is one of the most abused words in English — or any language, for that matter. Saddam Hussein’s final TV message praised each of his regional fedayeen commanders with the honorific al-butl, “the … Continue reading
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Nuts for Nugent: the Berry Brigade
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Share the post “Nuts for Nugent: the Berry Brigade”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Michael Berry, radio host for KTRH AM 740, promotes listener actions by the “Berry Brigade” on the station website. Past objectives include pushing the Keystone XL pipeline, pressuring a San Antonio … Continue reading
Posted in Eliminationist Rhetoric, military, Radio Rwanda
Tagged Michael Berry, talk radio, Ted Nugent
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Atheists.org is Not Okay for the Military But Rush Limbaugh Is?
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Share the post “Atheists.org is Not Okay for the Military But Rush Limbaugh Is?”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailClick to embiggen. This comes from a deployed service member in Afghanistan, who says Scientology.com is not blocked, either. Bear this in mind whenever Limbaugh’s apologists whine about “censorship.”
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Rush Limbaugh Must Be Removed From Armed Forces Radio For Their Sake
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Share the post “Rush Limbaugh Must Be Removed From Armed Forces Radio For Their Sake”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail My disability began with a rape — or rather, a rapist. PFC Matthew Sullins was a Marine at the Defense Language Institute charged with the … Continue reading
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Morning Awful: Lone Gunman
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Share the post “Morning Awful: Lone Gunman”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailA yet-unnamed Army Staff Sergeant went on a rampage, killing sixteen Afghans and single-handedly undoing any goodwill left after a decade of occupation. From the NYT: Residents of three villages in the Panjwai district … Continue reading
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On Armies and Revolution
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Share the post “On Armies and Revolution”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail A Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) soldier stands in line during a rehearsal of the Independence Day ceremony in Juba, Sudan, on July 5, 2011. The last king of France had blown his … Continue reading
Posted in Jasmine Revolutions, middle east, military, national security
Tagged military history
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Drone Hysteria is Stupid
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Share the post “Drone Hysteria is Stupid”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The Reaper drone above is fitted for death and destruction by retail. The weapons mounted on those wings are designed for accurate destruction of specific targets, not carpet-bombing a valley. Anyone who raves … Continue reading
Morning Awful: The First Pearl Harbor
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Share the post “Morning Awful: The First Pearl Harbor”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail December 7th, 1941, has done far more than “live in infamy:” the shock and surprise of Japan’s attack drove the invention of our modern security apparatus. During the Cold War, fears … Continue reading
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Tagged history, military history, Progressive Theology
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