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We don't have troll problems here at the Brain thanks to our strict, and Draconian, spam and troll policy*. It's nice when you'...

The lovely Maryscott O'Connor is the subject of a WaPo piece . I don't think the writer got her, or Left Blogtopia (y! s ctp!). L...

As usual at Bob Geiger's . This one sorta fits for me:

Think all this nuke talk is just the Chimp's idea of 'diplomacy' in action? Just saber-rattling without substance? Lindsay Bey...

At this point in time, after 5 years of "Presidentin' for Dummies", one is tempted to say, as Gord and I both have, 'it wo...

Joe Klein is a dick. We've all known it for a while now and we all know he showed his ass the other day. Our esteemed colleague, guita...

WASHINGTON, April 14 - President Bush strongly defended Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld today, despite calls from retired generals that...

They're Clinton's generals . [slaps forehead] Silly me.

Dad! I hate that camera! Almost got it! Heh, got away just in time.

A very good post that all should read: ... Now that I've been out of my blogging gig for a while, my anger wheel has been jolted far t...

One of Mrs. F's oldest and closest friends, Kathy, (who also knows her way around heavy machine guns by the way) sent this to the house ...

How do I know, you ask? It was 55 degrees today, the warmest day of the year so far? A light flannel shirt was almost too warm in the blazin...

From the Generals : "What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God...

When a computer with an IP address in the "Army Information Systems Command-Pentagon" stops by your site from a Google search for ...

Glenn Greenwald on the neocons' attack on the retired Generals who are criticizing Rummy and Bush's War: These Generals -- to whom ...

Where were ya in '04, ya bastids? Steve Soto : How bad is it for Bush now? Kerry would beat him by ten points if the election were re-r...

I just got this by e-mail from Mrs. G and thought I'd share: [Mujibar was trying to get a job in India. The Personnel Manager said, ...

Molly Ivins makes an interesting point about Bush's "leaks", disinformation, lies and selective declassification: The only th...

...with mangy old dogs ; wake up with God knows what...

About a year ago, I wrote that some of my (and my boss Harry's) most oft-repeated war stories involved booze and whores. Harry even ha...