Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.26 Contributed by Bill Faith
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Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on:
"Critter" Crittenden: I used my GPS and walked tank to tank through the dust storm to Johnson’s tank to see how he was doing after his night out. I climbed up on the tank’s big deck and lowered myself down through the hatch into the turret. It was significantly more cramped than our luxurious Bradley digs, and smelled of rank sweat and grease down there. I guess it’s like houses. You don’t notice the smell of your own, but other people’s smell different. “I thought last night was the last night,” said Johnson, 26, a gunner from Panama City, Fla. ”I ain’t leaving this tank again unless I have to go to the bathroom, and then I’m tying cord around me.” ...
There are a number of that the 2001 Patriot Act's broad definition of a "terrorist group" is preventing thousands of Hmong refugees from being granted asylum in the United States, despite the fact that companion legislation passed the same year sought to make it easier for our allies in the Vietnam War to migrate here. Many of the Hmong of Laos are from communist enemies. Others are just now , more than 30 years after .
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The military has found no criminal wrongdoing in the friendly fire death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman in Afghanistan, but says there were critical errors in reporting the former NFL star's death and failing to provide details to his family.
Michelle Malkin: Who is Amorita Randall? last week in its profile of troubled women soldiers who have served Iraq. Welcome to the , Ms. Randall.
Ed Morrissey: grad-school thesis has once again made its way into the 2008 Presidential race. Previously, a 40-year-old treatise by Hillary Clinton lauding a radical leftist caused a few moments of consternation for her campaign, mostly because her husband's administration until now. This time, Barack Obama may have to answer some questions regarding his views from law school about the elasticity of the Constitution, views which are : ...
Michelle Malkin: Spot the missing word in the headline and article: ...
Ed Morrissey: For decades, peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians foundered mostly on the demand for the right of return -- the right of refugees of the original partition that created Israel and their descendants to return to their lands inside Israel. The Israelis refused to consider it, as it would amount to nothing less than the destruction of Israel as a political entity, and the Palestinians refused to proceed without it. It helped caused the collapse of the Wye accord, even after Ehud Barak suggested further land swaps in exchange for dropping the demand. Until now, it has been a showstopper for both sides. Now, though, the reports that the Palestinians have begun to accept the fact that they will never return to those lands -- and many do not want to do so anyway. Instead, they seek recognition of their displacement and could accept a deal without the return: ...
Michelle Malkin: I've reported on the extensively in Invasion and in my columns. : ...
Ed Morrissey: Two major developments took place in the controversy over Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the firings of eight federal prosecutors late last year. Gonzales offered his of the apparent discrepancy between his statement on March 13th and the release of a memo on Friday, while one of his aides revealed that she would against self-incrimination if forced to testify.
Contributed by Bill Faith on March 26, 2007 at 12:02 AM |