...all from Iraq and Afghanistan. Some were never corrected. All reflected poorly on the US and the US military. Gateway Pundit is keeping track.


Via: Daily Pundit

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“I'm glad to see that with their new flagship OS, Windows XP, Microsoft have finally learnt from the mistakes they made with the Vista launch.”

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We got some snow, then enough rain to melt most of it, then more snow in the wee hours, leaving a 3-inch cover on the pavements.  Could have been worse. (Folks north got 3/8" ice, then more snow.)

The National Weather Service says temps here will be back in the 40s on Wednesday.  Go figure.


Previously:  Snowy day in the midwest

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A simple style-book dictate stating that all politicians will have their party noted upon first mention, in the first paragraph, would largely cure the Guess That Party! syndrome...

So, why does the media not simply make a simple bright-line common-sense rule about this?

Because they don't want to. They want to continue omitting party affiliation in Democratic scandals and hyping it in Republican scandals. Without a simple rule, they can claim their choices are based on either "nuance" or "news judgment" or simple negligence. If they had such a rule, they'd have to apply it evenly, and they simply don't want to do that.

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Latest forecast rumor calls for 4 inches.6 inches.12 inches.17 inches ! of snow.snow topped with freezing rain!.snow topped with freezing rain topped with MORE! SNOW!.WALRUS STAMPEDES!!...




Help!

I REALLY need to turn off the radio and put on another pot of coffee.

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Nick Schewitzer has a picture and information.
You might want to leave a message at his blog.

In the olden days, my amateur radio buddies^[1] used to talk about the friends they had "all over the world," friends they had never met in person, but knew only by callsign and location (and maybe an occasional exchanged picture). I guess the blogosphere is like that. I never met Triticale, and knew only as much about him as he revealed in his postings. Yet my years of lurking in comment threads led me to view his handle as a flag for a comment that would be worth reading.

I've learned more about Tom in the last 48 hours than I ever thought I'd know, things which make me regret all the more that I never made it far enough north to crash my way into one of the Drinking Right sessions, just to be able to hoist one with him.

Ave atque vale, Triticale.


UPDATE 071219 02:39: Obituary and service plans

Elsewhere:

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Tom Dee Arnold, a.k.a. “Triticale - the wheat / rye guy,” mu-nuvian, jouster in the lists of many comment threads, member of the community at at Daily Pundit, Tim Blair (and many other websites), in hospital with acute leukemia, and things look serious. Please take a moment for Tom and his wife Deirdre.


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How the web works: Via ‘kbarrett's’ comment at Tam's, which pointed to this entry at Real Debate Wisconsin, where scrolling got me this entry, which led here, here, and here.
(Tom's name corrected 071219 00:05.)

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...by Kitt.
And who could say “no?”

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Author Terry Pratchett has been diagnosed with “early onset alzheimer's.”

Via:  The Register

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1 It's not been exactly a week filled with good news.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 12/14/07 12:41:28 (PiXy!)

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Awww... aren't they cute? Not.

#1:
For six years, Central Intelligence Agency officers have worried that someday the tide of post-Sept. 11 opinion would turn, and their harsh treatment of prisoners from Al Qaeda would be subjected to hostile scrutiny and possible criminal prosecution.
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The Congressional intelligence committees, whose leaders in 2002 gave at least tacit approval for the tough tactics, have voted in conference to ban all coercive techniques, and they have announced investigations of the destruction of the videotapes and the methods they documented.

“Exactly what they feared is what’s happening,” Jack Goldsmith, the former head of the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department, said of the C.I.A. officials he advised in that job. “The winds change, and the recriminations begin.” – New York Times

#2:
For years, Congress had been pushing lenders to lend vigorously in poor neighborhoods and to avoid redlining. This effort worked--only too well.

Now Congress has discovered “predatory lending.” – Jim Lindgren at Volokh Conspiracy

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