Click here for a handy "most recently updated posts at the top" listing of the posts on this page. Click here to see a similar listing for the Old War Dogs site. 

Quick links to some things farther down the page:

• 2007.08.09 Politics and National Defense Roundup
  • A Winter Soldier footnote
  • Haditha: Charges dropped against two Marines
  • Major U.S. Raid in Sadr City Targets Shiite Militia Faction
  • ...

• The wolves are at the door --- Can you help?

Some things worth knowing about that I didn't devote separate posts to:

• Bombshell? NASA revises recent U.S. temperatures downward after Y2K bug fix
• Oh. My. Gaia: NASA's Temperature History *Completely Wrong*; Corrected Figures Show "Warmest Year In Earth's History" Was Not 1998, But Rather... 1934
• Breaking News: Recent US Temperature Numbers Revised Downwards Today
• The "Y2K bug" has disasterous consequences after all
• Blogger Finds Y2K Bug in NASA Climate Data
• Hot news: NASA quietly fixes flawed temperature data; 1998 was NOT the warmest year in the millenium

• Guard troops pulled back from border
  By Jerry Seper: National Guard troops assigned to help increase security along the U.S.-Mexico border are being pulled off the line a year earlier than promised, and some state and federal officials are not happy about it. ...

• Potential Flaw Is Found in Design of Fallen Bridge
  MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 8 — Investigators have found what may be a design flaw in the bridge that collapsed here a week ago, in the steel parts that connect girders, raising safety concerns for other bridges around the country, federal officials said today. ...

• Reagan Vet to Head Thompson Effort
  Fred Thompson tapped another veteran of the Reagan era to manage his soon-to-be-announced presidential campaign today, naming former Reagan aide Bill Lacy to replace the top adviser Thompson moved aside last month. Lacy was a low-level campaign operative for Reagan in 1980 and later served in the White House. He also helped in Thompson's 1994 Senate bid and advised former GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole in 1996. ...

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