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Election Night 2013
Author: Scoopster    Date: 11/06/2013 00:55:07

The hour is upon us! It may be an off-year, but there are several pretty big races going on around the country..
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14 comments (Latest Comment: 11/06/2013 03:50:00 by Scoopster)

Ask A Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 11/05/2013 11:18:30

Good Morning.

Today is our 4,412th day in Afghanistan.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

We find this morning's Cost of War passing through:

$ 1, 486, 409, 725, 000 .00


We will start today in Afghanistan. With a nickname of "Graveyard of Empires", they've had a long history of destroying and humiliating bigger, better, and more powerful enemies. Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and now We have learned this lesson by hard default. But Afghanistan has an even older enemy, and it's one from within. It's rarely been talked about, but it's never gone away...and it's appearance is one of surprising beauty.
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90 comments (Latest Comment: 11/06/2013 00:56:03 by Scoopster)

Elections Matter
Author: BobR    Date: 2013-11-04 11:48:14

Elections Matter. That's simple enough. Most people seem to understand it. Most people get that there is a presidential election every 4 years. Some people get that there are "alternate" year elections on the even year between presidential elections when all House representatives have to run for office (as well as during the presidential election year - those terms are 2 years after all).

What most people don't seem to understand is that there is at least one election every year, sometimes more. They often get ignored because they're "only" for some small local office, like city government, or maybe a state House representative or something. Why bother taking the time for that?
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95 comments (Latest Comment: 11/04/2013 22:14:43 by Will in Chicago)

Cartoon Sunday
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 11/03/2013 15:40:11

Well, due to a security alert that stymied my entire Sunday morning... we have this:

Some of my favorite recent cartoons. Enjoy. (Also, wishing I could directly add a vimeo embed. Had to try to find them on UTube.
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3 comments (Latest Comment: 11/03/2013 23:33:48 by BobR)

I want to be a Modernaire
Author: TriSec    Date: 11/02/2013 12:41:55

Good Morning.

We're off to get Javi his annual shot of brain-eating Thimerisol; it might have some live flu virus in it, too.

In the meantime...I totally want to be a Modernaire. Bonus points?
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4 comments (Latest Comment: 11/03/2013 00:01:04 by clintster)

Friday Morning!
Author: Raine    Date: 11/01/2013 13:00:54

Got an early morning phone call from sister love. I'll be back with something for all Hallows day... or something like that...
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79 comments (Latest Comment: 11/01/2013 23:09:45 by Will in Chicago)

GOPocrisy
Author: BobR    Date: 2013-10-31 10:52:50

During the 2004 presidential campaign, Republicans and their supporters made hay of a comment by then-candidate John Kerry who tried to succinctly describe his "evolving" position on the Iraq war. The famous quote which they beat him with was "I was for it before I was against it". His explanation was that given the cherry-picked intel, he supported it, but once he found out the truth, he was against it. The explanation didn't help.

Changing one's position can be admirable when it's done after new information becomes available. It shows a willingness to consider facts and reconsider one's convictions. Changing one's position purely for political expediency, however, is the very definition of hypocrisy. I think we can find a few examples of that.
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84 comments (Latest Comment: 11/01/2013 03:06:25 by Will in Chicago)

The Media is Trolling You
Author: Raine    Date: 10/30/2013 13:02:10

I have been posting a number of articles the past few days that just didn't pass the ACA smell test. I've largely been documenting them here, waiting for more information to come out. Well, the information is now out.

The media is trolling, you -- hard.
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97 comments (Latest Comment: 10/31/2013 03:37:51 by Raine)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 10/29/2013 10:18:12

Good Morning.

Today is our 4,405th day in Afghanistan. We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2,285
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,104

We find this morning's cost of war passing through:

$ 1, 484, 507, 100, 000 .00

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69 comments (Latest Comment: 10/30/2013 00:57:15 by Raine)

RIP Lou Reed
Author: BobR    Date: 2013-10-28 11:09:17

This morning I am going to diverge from the usual partisan politics to pay a visit to art. As most anyone who reads this site knows already, Lou Reed - the iconic NY musician/poet, died yesterday at the age of 71. His raw lyrics and grungy music were inspirations to countless musicians who came after him. He was not known for the beauty of his singing voice, but like Bob Dylan before him, his voice matched the gritty realism of his words.
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78 comments (Latest Comment: 10/29/2013 00:18:32 by Raine)

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