Gaddafi Duck

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U.S. Prepares Military Options On Libya

U.S. Readies Military Options On Libya -- New York Times WASHINGTON — The Defense Department has begun repositioning Navy warships to suppor...

The Ongoing Saga Of CIA Agent Raymond Davis In Pakistan

Pakistan Tried To Trade CIA Contractor for 'Lady al Qaeda' -- ABC News U.S. Nixed Deal To Swap Raymond Davis for Aafia Siddiqui. The...

GRE Round Up for February 28

Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs : Sean McClanahan/Des Moines: Senator Sodders sees changes in gun laws Liston Matthews/Kno...

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- February 28, 2011

ANALYSIS-After The Crisis, A Worldwide Rise In Unrest? -- Reuters In authoritarian states, protesters want more freedom * Financial adjustme...

World News Briefs -- February 28, 2011 (Evening Edition)

World Raises Pressure On Libya, Battles For Key Towns -- Yahoo News/Reuters TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The United States and other foreign governme...

Civil War In Libya -- News Updates February 28, 2011

Gadhafi Clamps Down On Protesters In Libya's Capital -- USA Today BENGHAZI, Libya — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi maintained a crackdown...

Attempted Coup Thwarted In DR Congo

DR Congo Thwarts Coup Attempt -- CRIEnglish An unknown group of armed men on Sunday attacked the residence of the president of the Democrati...

The Propaganda Wars Continue Between North & South Korea

Photo : Balloons carrying propaganda leaflets are floated into North Korea from Imjingak in Paju, Gyeonggi Province near the demilitarized z...

Don't Have a Cow

SB 1246 by Sen. Jim Norman , R-Tampa, would make it a first-degree felony to photograph a farm without first obtaining written permission fr...

We're the Only Ones Going for a Ride-Along Enough

According to Lt. Ray Evers , an altercation broke out inside a car between a civilian and an off-duty police lieutenant. [ More ] Yeah, I ca...

A Good 'Buy Back'

Austinites outbid Police in gun buyback counter-program [ More ] In principle, I like it. In practice, I'd want to make sure I'd tho...

Travel Ban, Asset Freeze On Former Egyptian President Mubarak

Egypt Freezes Mubarak Assets, Forbids Travel -- Christian Science Monitor Egypt today ordered a freeze on all assets belonging to former Pre...

To Be or Not to Be?

John Richardson says HR 822 looks like "a pretty good bill." Dan Gifford forwarded an email that says not so fast: If You Want t...

We're the Only Ones Witnessed To Enough

"The inclination might be to try to stop it. We don't want people to do that. We want store employees to be witnesses to shoplifti...

Ivory Coast Violence Continues To Escalate

Ivory Coast Violence Escalates As Mediation Efforts Stall -- Christian Science Monitor A resurgence of violence in Ivory Coast this weekend ...

We're the Only Ones Setting the Bar High Enough

Recently, here in the state of Washington, King County prosecutors announced that they would not charge Seattle Police Officer Ian Birk for...

What's to Debate?

Didn't every single one of you fork-tongued weasels who presume you even have a say in the matter take an oath? [ Read ] [Via Ed M ]

Wyoming Governor Has a Big "But"

Mead , a former U.S. Attorney for Wyoming who has prosecuted federal firearms cases, has said he supports gun rights but will wait until the...

Will Libya retain its progressive monopoly of violence?

Then just call gun owners who believe their right to keep and bear arms is another check and balance against tyranny “extremists” or “hatrio...

Unrest in Oman -- News Updates February 28, 2011

Protests In Oman Spread -- New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Demonstrators blocked roads and clashed with police on Monday in Oman, the norma...

The Last Surviving U.S. Veteran Of World War I Has Died

Frank Buckles, Last World War I Doughboy, Is Dead At 110 -- New York Times Frank Buckles, who drove an Army ambulance in France in 1918 and ...

Field Report

Verbatim reports from the field via FreeFor counterprotesters in opposition to Saturday's union/fellow traveller demonstrations in Atl...

This Day in History: February 28

Ten days after the event, on February 28, 1779, General Henry Knox wrote a letter to his brother William describing the Grand Alliance Bal...

Afghanistan War News Updates -- February 28, 2011

US Repositions Troops in Eastern Afghanistan -- New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. military will start carrying out more coun...

World News Briefs -- February 28, 2011

Rebel Libyan Military Leaders Prepare Tripoli Attack -- Euronews Military and diplomatic defections from Colonel Gaddafi’s regime have multi...

Military And intelligence News Briefs -- February 28, 2011

Obama Defense Secretary Warns Against U.S. Armies In Asia, Middle East, Africa -- USA Today The White House is not taking the military optio...

Even ‘pro-gun’ representatives ignoring and ducking ‘Project Gunwalker’

If enough politicians try to hide from this or keep it at arm’s length, perhaps a contest of sorts, to determine which one has responded i...

Editor's Note

For this weekend posting will be light. A business colleague and friend of mine suffered a terrible family tragedy on Tuesday, and I will b...

U.S. Secretary Of Defense Gates Warns About Future Wars

WEST POINT VISIT - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates walks with Army Lt. Gen. David Huntoon, West Point superintendent, at the U.S. Military...

More Waste Revealed From The Wars In Iraq And Afghanistan

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Robert F. Hale, undersecr...

Picture Of The Day

Australia off the right wing of a KC-135 fuel tanker from the 185th Aerial Refueling Wing based in Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 22, 2011. Both win...

Ivory Coast Erupts Into Civil War

Fighting Spreads as Ivory Coast Draws Closer to Return to Civil War -- Voice of America Ivory Coast is moving closer to a return to civil wa...

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- February 26, 2011

Gaddafi's Last Stand -- Bobby Gosh, Time Magazine Leave it to Libya's Muammar Gaddafi to show the world how a tyrant goes down: with...

Mexican government shrugs off CBS News investigation on ‘walked guns’

So why the deliberate indifference? [ More ] Today's Gun Rights Examiner report  follows a timeline and connects some dots in an attemp...

Revolution In Libya -- News Updates February 26, 2011

Gaddafi's Last Stand: Embattled Leader Threatens To 'Burn All Of Libya' If Protesters Do Not Cease In Their Bid To Overthrow Him...