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• Horses and Bayonets

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  U.S. Horse Soldier in Afghanistan

  Afghanistan: U.S. Marine with bayonet

   

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• And now for something completely different… a pleasant surprise from the United Kingdom

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  Peter Hitchens

  Recently deceased Christopher Hitchens, the world's most famous atheist, had a younger brother named Peter, who is not as well known.   When  interviewed by The Guardian -- a publication best known for its stalwart defense of leftist values -- Peter voiced some opinions that probably struck most [...]

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• Not this conservative…

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  Sorry Cal, but I think your feelings, while admirable, are clouding your judgment.

  Senator McGovern, who died Sunday, had all manner of evil said about him because of his opposition to the Vietnam War. He was called unpatriotic, disloyal, an appeaser and an enabler of communism. Those were the printable [...]

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• Foward! March!

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  And these are the folks that want us to entrust them with America's medical care.

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• Excellent: “The Cuban Missile Crisis @50: A Reconsideration”

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  Superb piece in PowerLine Blog from Steven Hayward: "The Cuban Missile Crisis @50: A Reconsideration | Power Line."

  [...] But the best and brightest of the Kennedy-Johnson administration were so self-deluded with their “success” that they decided to apply the same strategy of “flexible response” in Vietnam. Cyrus Vance, who [...]

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• The essence of the presidential campaign in two sentences

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  "Apparently, I'm supposed to be more outraged by what Mitt Romney does with his money than what Barack Obama does with mine."

  "47% pay no taxes. So who isn't paying their 'fair share'?"

  (Unattributed; H/T Karen M)

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• Outrageous? You bet!

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  Maybe someone should bring this up in the debate tonight: "Obama Doctrine: Ft. Hood Was Not Terrorism, Wounded Soldiers Get No Benefits."

  Victims of the Nov. 2009 Ft. Hood shooting are being denied benefits commensurate with combat injuries because the Obama administration refuses to label the attack an act of [...]

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• Battle of the tabloid drones: Trump doubles down on Allred

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  Take that, Allred.... your Kraken is fired!

  This story is spinning out of control like some unhinged carnival ride.

  First, muckraker Gloria Allred threatens to undo the Romney campaign with an October surprise.  Most probably some harassment accusation against Mitt the Terrible.

  So now The Donald threatens to do the same to the [...]

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• Castro says the media reports many “stupidities” about Cuba!

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  You don't say?!...really!?

  Fidel Castro says the Media has been spreading disinformation about Cuba since 1961!

  No 'freakin sh*t?!...really?!

  And hey, let's face it: who better knows the media's stupidity and swinishness? Who's been playing them like a fiddle for half a century?

  Needless to add, he's referring to the few [...]

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• October 22, 1962

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  Fifty years ago tonight President John F. Kennedy announced to the world what he had been informed of a week earlier: evidence of Soviet missiles, capable of carrying nuclear weapons and destroying many American cities, were discovered by American reconnaissance overflights of Cuba. The shameful end to the crisis drove [...]

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