Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

That meeting sounds like a shotgun wedding between a shitshow and a clusterfuck.

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

“Facilitate” is an active verb, not a weasel word.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Museums are not America’s attic for its racist shit.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.

We can’t confuse what’s necessary to win elections with the policies that we want to implement when we do.

Let there be snark.

Fucking consultants! (of the political variety)

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

Innocent people do not delay justice.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

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  1. 1.

    Doug

    I just read the description — no video at the office. Is it a snuff film of a U.S. soldier killing the guys that just tried to kill him?

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    John Cole

    No. it is film shot by terrorist snipers as they shoot a soldier right in the chest. It hits his body armor, he gets knocked down, and gets right back up and looks for a target.

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    Glenn M.

    Ah damnit, out and about on my Macintosh laptop! Can’t view it. I’ll have to wait to get back to my house to watch but, from what I read, thats a pretty nutty thing to catch on camera.

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    sidereal

    Wow, that’s nice. The sort of thing that puts the fear of Allah into would-be snipers.

    If only we could shave some money off of the ridiculous defense industry boondoggles that suck up billions of dollars a day and drop it into stuff that works, like this.

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    JG

    Can you imagine walking around Iraq in full battle-rattle? I can’t stand going from the office to my car when its 115. And thats with light clothing for a 2 minute walk. Over there it hits 115 by 9:00 am. reagan had it right. If you’re going to invade a country, make sure that country is in the carribean.

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    Darrell

    Too bad more troops weren’t sent out with the good stuff.

    I believe pretty much all the troops anywhere near the frontlines always had the topshelf body armor.

    Link’s down for me too

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    Mike S

    jg

    My friend that was over there said the heat was unbearable, and this was in the winter/spring. These guys are going through hell. Thank God the guy in the video got up. I can’t imagine what was going through his head when that happened.

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    JG

    Thank God the guy in the video got up. I can’t imagine what was going through his head when that happened.

    He was probably thinking ‘holy shit this ground is hot’.

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    Jon H

    “I believe pretty much all the troops anywhere near the frontlines always had the topshelf body armor.”

    Er, a problem in Iraq is that there are no clearly demarcated “lines”. Except, perhaps the border lines of the Green Zone, the airport, and other bases.

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    ppgaz

    I believe pretty much all the troops anywhere near the frontlines always had the topshelf body armor.

    Hope you’re right.

    Living as I do in our version of Bagdad, where it’s 110+ every day now, I can appreciate what those guys are experiencing. All I can say is, God bless ’em.

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    JACK ARMY

    thanks for the link. I was amazed, too, when I received that video. A long time ago I had to wear that type of body armor and it is hot, bulky, and gets in the way alot. Fortunately, it gets in the way of those pesky bullets, too!

    Keep our troops in your prayers.

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