Report: Marine video prompted Afghan to kill

The Afghan soldier who killed four French troops and wounded 15 was acting in retaliation after viewing the video of U.S. Marines urinating on dead bodies of three suspected insurgents in Afghanistan, according to an Agence France-Presse report.

Military donors giving cash to Paul campaign - Navy Times

Paul, a former Air Force surgeon, received at least $95,000 from military donors from Jan. to Sept. 2010.

Kennedy: I'm exploring run for House seat | CapeCodOnline.com

Joseph P. Kennedy III today announced his intention to explore a run for the 4th Congressional District seat being vacated by a retiring Rep. Barney Frank. A possible candidacy by Kennedy, grandson of the late U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and son of former U.S. Rep. Joseph P.

Dave Barry's 2011 Year in Review

It was the kind of year that made a person look back fondly on the Gulf oil spill. Granted, the oil spill was bad. But it did not result in a high-decibel, weeks-long national conversation about a bulge in a congressman’s underpants.

After Iraq, War Is US

This post is Bacevich's response to a question posed by the Council on Foreign Relations to four commentators: 'Was the Iraq War worth it?  As framed, the question invites a sober comparison of benefits and costs - gain vs. pain.

It's Time for a Wall Street Perp Walk

Wall Street has become a battleground, defended by a battalion of New York cops and under surveillance around the clock. There's a war under way after months of protests and assaults by the non-violent warriors of Occupy Wall Street.

The Republicans' Farcical Candidates: A Club of Liars, Demagogues and Ignoramuses l

The US Republican race is dominated by ignorance, lies and scandals. The current crop of candidates have shown such a basic lack of knowledge that they make George W. Bush look like Einstein. The Grand Old Party is ruining the entire country's reputation.

NYC judge rejects $285M SEC-Citigroup agreement - CBS News

A federal judge on Monday struck down a $285 million settlement that Citigroup reached with the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying he couldn't tell whether the deal was fair and criticizing regulators for shielding the public from the details of what the firm did wrong.  …

Big change whether we like it or not - A. Bacevitch

In every aspect of human existence, change is a constant. Yet change that actually matters occurs only rarely. Even then, except in retrospect, genuinely transformative change is difficult to identify.

Carrier Bush Suffers Widespread Toilet Outages

The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier has a messy problem. Since deploying in May, the Norfolk, Va.-based carrier George H.W. Bush has grappled with widespread toilet outages, at times rendering the entire ship without a single working head. But it’s no laughing matter.

Occupy Wall Street's Misconconceptions According to Obama's Job Czar

CEO Jeffrey Immelt, our Jobs Czar, had this to say about the misconceptions of those protesting Wall Street in over 800 cities across the nation by the tens of thousands, "I want you to root for me.

Starbucks CEO Announces Initiative to Create Jobs - ABC News

"The country is not in a crisis. This is an emergency," Schultz told ABC News. "There is a tremendous problem with small businesses in America getting access to credit. ... Right now we can't wait for Washington.

What media coverage omits about U.S. hikers released by Iran - Glenn Greenwald

In prison, every time we complained about our conditions, the guards would remind us of comparable conditions at Guantanamo Bay; they’d remind us of CIA prisons in other parts of the world; and conditions that Iranians and others experience in prisons in the U.S.

Why Do All Hail Gen. Petraeus?

As Gen. David Petraeus retired from the Army on Wednesday, he received a 17-gun salute and was hailed across the U.S. news media as the strategic genius who organized the "successful surge" in Iraq and similarly achieved gains against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Hurdles Remain as (military) Med Training Consolidates - Navy Times

The Air Force and Navy have moved into what has been the home of Army medicine since 1947. Enlisted medical training for all the services is moving to the new Medical Education and Training Campus, which will be fully operational in September.

Barack Obama Should Follow LBJ's Example

Barack Obama should follow LBJ's courageous example and step aside, so that a more able Democrat can lead us forward……….Barack Obama has demonstrated that he either will not or can not actually fight to advance the causes that I and we believe in. He has again caved....

James K. Galbraith: Without the rule of law, the financial sector is no use to anyone except those who own it and the politicians they own

How is it possible to have these somber and well-informed discussions of financial supervision, replete with experts and high officials, and not one mention of the word "fraud?" What is fraud?

The Greatest Generation speaks up: Hands Off Our Social Security

Why does the White House and Congress seem so hell-bent on killing off what is left of America's "Greatest Generation" — by making cuts to the Social Security payments that we depend upon to stay alive?

Sebastian Junger Reflects on Friendship, War and Peace

After the death of photojournalist and friend Tim Hetherington in Libya, Junger resolves to cease front-line reporting. But war, he says, remains one of humanity's master narratives.

Social Security Won't Be Bankrupted by Boomers' Retirement

Despite the naysayers, the systems finances are sound. There is a saying that if you repeat something often enough it becomes the truth. Nothing better illustrates that point than the notion that Social Security will be bankrupted by the boomers.

Sounding the Alarms on Another Social Security Tax Cut

The White House is considering adopting a temporary Social Security tax cut on employers to stimulate the economy as part of the debt ceiling negotiations with the Republicans, according to a Bloomberg News article. If the Administration so much as puts another Social Security ta …

Army Judges Weigh Military Trials for Civilians

Three Army judges are weighing a question that hasn't cropped up in decades: whether a civilian contractor working for the U.S. military can be tried in a military court. The issue eventually could end up at the Supreme Court.

ACLU to defend man who gave the finger to trooper

A civil liberties group plans to provide free representation to a 35-year-old Colorado man who faces criminal prosecution and a jail sentence for displaying his middle finger to a Colorado State Patrol trooper.

Osama as an Afghan Exit Strategy

The United States turned to nation-building in Afghanistan, complete with a dissimulating narrative of liberating women, and importing human rights and democracy, when it failed to get Osama bin Laden "dead or alive".

Who killed the compact pickup truck?

Useful, fun, cool, inexpensive: these words described the small pickup truck market in the United States circa 1985.

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