Not to take anything away from Jessica Lynch and what she endured during Operation Iraqi Freedom, but a new Army report shows that her injuries were sustained as a result of her Humvee being hit by an RPG and crashing, not from fighting off Iraqi soldiers. Her unit was trying to fight its way clear of the ambush, but it is not clear how Pfc. Lynch might have participated in any fighting.
Nevertheless, it is good to have the truth after months of speculation and rumor, and Retrophisch™ well-wishes to Jessica for continued recovery.
Yet more and more proof that Saudi Arabia is no friend of the U.S. continues to surface. This time, it’s in the form of billions given to Palestinian terror groups over the past five years.
For too many years, Presidents and Congresscritters of both parties and every political stripe have continued to turn a blind eye to the activities of the Saudis. Activities which include Christian persecution, numerous human-rights violations within their borders, aimed mostly at foreign national females working in the kingdom, as well as growing their own individual Muslim terrorists, some of whom participated in the September 11th attacks.
President Bush, please have the courage to take a stand and denounce these “allies.” Turn your attention to increasing oil production here in the States, including drilling in ANWR if necessary. Decrease our dependence on Saudi oil, and increase the pressure that this terror-funding “religion of peace” kingdom turn its eye to a republican form of government.
I have been running the WWDC preview release of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther on my TiBook for over a week now, and I’ve noticed an odd problem with NetNewsWire 1.0.3 under this OS. Specifically, it’s crashing/quitting when updating from my friend Michael’s blog. What’s even more odd is that version 1.0.2 of NNW works just fine!
I know Michael’s not doing anything wocky with his RSS feed, as he’s very much a web standards kind of guy. So it makes me think there’s something off in this rev of Panther which will hopefully get fixed as it heads to golden master. All the same, I let Ranchero’s Brent Simmons know.
Any other Panther/NetNewsWire users see similar behavior?
Apple has managed to nab exclusive rights to the soundtrack for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and will release it as a $9.99 download on the iTunes Music Store. No physical CDs will be pressed! (via MacMinute)
The 9th Circuit actually gets it right this time, with an extension of libel protection to online self-publishers, like moi, and those who participate in online discussion lists.
Oh, this is rich:
“There was a disturbing attitude from the Pentagon toward unilaterals,” said Campagna, Mideast program coordinator for the nonprofit group. “They gave the perception that if you weren’t embedded, you covered the war at your own risk, and that U.S. troops were under no obligation to at least avoid endangering you.”
Um, yeah. It’s called war, you blockhead. Everyone is participating at their own peril. The military’s job is to accomplish the task handed to them by the politicians. More often than not, this means moving in, engaging and killing the enemy (while trying to avoid unnecessary civilian casualties; but hey, it’s war), then securing the area they now occupy. They do not have time to babysit reporters who don’t play by the rules. Those unilaterals wanted to be where they were. If you can’t stand the heat…
California’s population growth is almost exclusively because of foreign nationals. A goodly portion—some would say almost all—of those foreign nationals are coming across the Mexican border. A goodly portion—some would say almost all—of those Mexicans are illegally entering the United States.
So while we can understand the desire to come in to the greatest nation on earth to live and work, their breaking the law to do so doesn’t excuse them. Or one would think.
Rather, the Demobrats in the People’s Republik of Kalifornia would grant driver’s licenses—legally identifying documents—to illegal aliens. Can someone please explain why this is a good idea? You’re legitimizing an illegal activity, and possibly affecting future national security. Who’s to say that the next terrorist attack comes not from Muslim terrorists of Arabic descent, but Hispanic, née Mexican, terrorists of a communist/socialist bent, on par with Shining Path in Peru?
Does Gil Cedillo and the other California Demobrats honestly believe that people who have already broken the law by entering the country illegally are going to tell you they’re here illegally by showing up to get a driver’s license? Stupid, stupid, stupid. Here’s an idea: when the illegals come in for their driver’s license, detain and deport them!
The July issue of About This Particular Macintosh has been released. I enjoyed Matt Coates’ column on the Apple iTunes Music Store, new staff member Andrew Kator’s graphics article, and the reviews by Paul and Eric. Great stuff throughout. Stop by and read online or download the PDF of your choice.
I guess when you’re an ineffectual Old World power, this kind of trite, childish behavior is the best you can do.
(Thanks, Ricky.)
Programmers like to be efficient, which is a good thing. If programmers are efficient with their code, there is less work for them and less overhead on the systems running the code. Unfortunately, there is a case of being too efficient with your coding, as the Australian armed forces learned.
(Thanks, Jason.)