Swampland (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008 | Politics
John McCain said this today in Rochester, New Hampshire: This is a clear choice that the American people have. I had the courage and the judgment to say I would rather lose a political campaign than lose a war. It seems to me that Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign. This is the ninth presidential campaign I've covered. I can't remember a more scurrilous statement by...
Big Brass Blog (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
McCain = Draft, More wars, Less Veteran Benefits McCain Doesn't Disagree that We Might Need a Draft Brandon Friedman : This is absolutely amazing. A woman told John McCain today that we might need a draft to accomplish all his foreign policy goals. And he said he didn't disagree. So there you have it: McCain = Draft. Here's the response from VoteVets: Veterans React to McCain's Admission That He'll...
STONE SOUP MUSINGS (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
h/t Brandon Friedman at VetVoice When the Iraq War reached its deadliest peak during a 10-week period in April, May, and June of 2007, 308 coalition troops died. That was 1 out of every 575 troops on the ground at the time.* It was a terrible period in which even the most die-hard Bush supporters began to question the sense in continuing the occupation. By contrast, 105 coalition troops have died in...
corksphere (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Fail: More Moldy Barracks for Wounded Soldiers by: Brandon Friedman Mon Aug 18, 2008 at 12:55:05 PM EDT http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1780 More problems with shitty barracks for wounded soldiers: LAWTON, Okla. - Mold infests the barracks that were set up here a year ago for wounded soldiers after poor conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center triggered a systemwide overhaul, soldiers...
Prairie Weather (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
"The other day my wife and I received some news that hit close to home with us, 3 foreign (Canadian, Irish, Trinidadian-American) aid workers (all women) and their Afghan driver were killed on their way from Paktia to Kabul. All...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Wow. Just when you think the GOP Senate obstructionists can't sink any lower, they do. Brandon Friedman at VetsVoice posed the question: "Will Senate Republicans Vote Against the Troops?" We have our answer. Yes, the Senate Republicans did vote against the troops.
AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Wow. Just when you think the GOP Senate obstructionists can't sink any lower, they do. Brandon Friedman at VetsVoice posed the question: "Will Senate Republicans Vote Against the Troops?" We have our answer. Yes, the Senate Republicans did vote against the troops. Mitch McConnell and his fellow Republicans have basically been filibustering every bill til the oil companies get what they want. But, surely,...
MyDD (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Brandon Friedman of VoteVets introduced Wes Clark. You could tell he was very moved by the experience and needless to say when Wes Clark came on stage he got a standing ovation. He thanked us for standing up for him over the John McCain flap, which struck me as funny. I thought he was the one to be thanked. He said: You'll never get the country to believe Democrats can defend our country until Democrats...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Another day, another roadtrip, as the Washington Independent's personal Attackerman, Spencer Ackerman, joins the me live from the Netroots Nation conference in Austin, Texas. Topics discussed:... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008 | Politics
Lawyers for Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr, 15 when captured in Afghanistan and brought to Guantanamo Bay, have released this video of his questioning. From the accompanying BBC news article : During the 10-minute video - filmed secretly through a ventilation shaft - Mr Khadr can be seen crying, his face buried in his hands, and pulling at his hair. He can be heard repeatedly chanting: "Help...
Wired Science (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Two new fossils have provided missing pieces to one of the most perplexing evolutionary puzzles: the freakish eyes of flatfish. Though flatfish ancestors had standard-position fish eyes, their descendants -- among them the dinnertime favorites halibut and sole -- have...
Graphictruth (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
clipped from www.vetvoice.com by: Brandon Friedman Thu Jul 03, 2008 I just got done watching the clip below with a couple of Army buddies. We thought it was pretty funny how the doughy chickenhawk kid-- Ben Ferguson --felt he was entitled to speak on behalf of the military. Non-serving, tough talkers like Ferguson are endlessly entertaining to us. FERGUSON: You have a man that was shot down, stayed...
Pokerati | Texas hold'em blog (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
It’s still a little too early to say, obviously. But right now it’s a guy named Mark Garner. Brandon Adams is close behind. They get to play with the comfort of knowing that essentially, theoretically, they could not play another hand and make the money. I say that loosely because we all know how blinds [...]
Swampland (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008 | Politics
The McCain campaign would love to keep talking about Wesley Clark's weekend comment--that McCain "getting shot down" during Vietnam is no credential for commander in chief. Indeed, even as Obama speaks on patriotism in Missouri, McCain is holding a presser in Pennsylvania to discuss the Clark comment. But Obama just took a big step to end the back and forth. (While wearing his flag pin, no less!) It...
