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Holy Equestrian Order of the Knights of Saint John Moses: I have created a Coat of Arms for the Order. "Ride to the Sound of Guns"...

Former Ambassador Wilson: I've never heard a kind word about Joseph Wilson from anyone except Sovay. She maintains that he was uniquely...

I Thought This Was A Joke: Have you heard about the "Good As New" Bible ? When I read about this at Daniel's website, I assu...

What Was that Noise? From Reuters : "Captive Calls Taliban's Mullah Omar" A captured member of the Afghan Taliban has contacte...

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition! On the establishment of the Holy Equestrian Order of the Knights of St. John Moses . I have, of co...

PSYOP: There has been a rash of stories suggesting that an Army report criticized the toppling of Saddam's statue. This has been follow...

In Praise of Attrition: A piece from the journal of the Army War College argues that the US military has gone too far to avoid killing peop...

The Madness of No Consequences: Hungarian schoolchildren, in a poll that has for some reason become international news , report liking Bush ...

French Nukes May Guard Europe: Hat tip LGF . Leave aside the French bashing for a moment--I normally enjoy it myself, but just for a moment...

On Saving the North Church: A poem from Sharp Knife . It was composed on the occasion of someone complaining about spending taxpayer dollar...

Ingenuity: This is a pretty nifty idea: a device that tracks incoming mortar rounds by laser, and calculates their launch coordinates for ...

Family Stories: I've asked my father to drop by the weblog and look over the family stories I've been posting. Some of them I'v...

Fourth of July Parade: Grim and family took part in the local Fourth of July Parade. It was conducted down main street, to a profusion of r...

Israelis in Iraq: This is a pure bleg. Yesterday Gen. Karpinski stated that she had encountered Israelis in Abu Ghraib. This has been a per...

The Hymn: While you're celebrating Independence Day, you might read this history of the Marine Corps Hymn . I like the verse from Icela...

Independence Day: Happy Independence Day. The Mudville Gazette has some suggestions for you on how to celebrate. Most of them revolve aro...

J. F. Kerry Loves Guns: Little Green Footballs is pretty much right on this occasion: this is a violation of almost every rule of safe-han...

Amnesty: By now, you've probably read about the new Iraqi government's propsed offer of amnesty to insurgents. If you haven't, ...

A Day in the Life of Colin Powell: The Scottish King of Arms, Lord Lyon, has gone out of his way to matriculate a coat of arms for Colin Pow...