Daily Archives: January 8, 2007

The Fastest Way Home

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Gaius

The Opinion Journal today has an editorial supporting an increase in troop levels in Iraq coupled with a revision of strategy. They point out that this is actually the fastest way out of Iraq. A precipitous withdrawal would ignite a … Continue reading →

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And The Polls Say…..

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Gaius

Politicians who attack Wal-Mart are damaging their own prospects. In one of the most amusing polls I have read in a while, a Quinnipiac University poll conducted in Florida and Ohio show that the anti-Wal-Mart jihad is a stunningly bad … Continue reading →

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Fabulous News!

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Gaius

The check actually WAS in the mail! FERNDALE, Pa. – A western Pennsylvania man is trying to solve a mystery that recently landed in his mailbox: a letter mailed more than 50 years ago and addressed to a Frederick Zane … Continue reading →

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The Trouble Down Under

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Gaius

It appears that there is trouble in the antipodal paradise of Australia. It seems that the Australian government's brilliant plan to stave off the Animal Uprising™ with a crocodile feeding program has failed. The beasts are picking off swimmers at an … Continue reading →

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Somalia Update

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Gaius

After reported heavy fighting, the last stronghold of the islamist militias in Somali is ready to fall. Although Ethiopian and Somali government forces have not physically seized the camp, the battle has tapered off to light skirmishes. While a lawmaker … Continue reading →

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Falklands 2?

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Gaius

Argentina is making rumbles about the Falkland Islands yet again. The rumbling is getting louder, too. They have been routinely trying to press their case for the islands for years, of course. But the residents of the islands do not … Continue reading →

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