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How much hyperbole are they engaging in, here? Because if the numbers really add up that way, I'm even more pissed, if possible, than I already was at the needless deaths goin' on!

Wonder how many solar ovens could be bought for $3 trillion.

Edit: That is to say "Is the cost of the war really that high? I honestly had not been paying any attention at all!" rather than "Could we honestly have done this much shit instead?" because, as noted in comments - who can tell?

Rudmin got interested in these war plans in the 1980s when he was living in Kingston, Ontario, just across the St. Lawrence River from Fort Drum, the huge Army base in Upstate New York. Why would the Americans put an Army base in such a wretched, frigid wilderness? he wondered. Could it be there to . . . fight Canada?

The quotes in this piece are just wonderful. It *says* it was written up in December last year... but one can't be too certain it's not just an April Fool's Joke, I suppose.

First things first, I'll clear out my bookmarked links. I don't have credit-ing ability for most of these, so comment if you recognize one you think I snatched from you. Or don't. Whatever.

A recap (hysterical!) of the State of the Union. Thanks, literalgirl!
Mario 64 in 16 minutes (and a few seconds). Frankly, some of those jumps this guy made scare me. *shudders* Thanks, maladaptive! (I think)
On the clumsiest loss of historic vases ever. Like something out of a cartoon. *giggles* Thanks, whoever you are!
The Very Old Warning To Pat Robertson, who has abandoned science. Thanks, whoever you are!

Now, on to some more full-fledged articles.

On the increase of criminals in the military

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On people who way overspend on their babies

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People who kill foreign soldiers are apparently not themselves bound to the same laws as the rest of us.

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Old news, but still good, on how far recruiters will go to recruit.
One about a documentary on the wall/fence in Israel
One on official Godwinization of people we're at war with
An interview with Moazzam Begg, after being released from Guantanamo
An article on Planned Parenthood
One on abusive relationships
An article on permanent bases in Iraq
And one on Iraq and Iran

And some links from other sources...

Today's WTF moment comes courtesy of Fox News. Man, and here I thought I was the queen of paranoid conspiracy theories, but this one just takes the cake.
At the same time, at least some Musim scholars are arguing against terrorism. I would daresay that they probably represent the majority of Muslims, just as the majority of Christians don't actually believe in bombing abortion clinics and beating up on gay kids. Unfortunately, the shouters always are the ones we remember....
And more proof that Walmart is evil. Like we needed it.

At least when it comes to things like NYTimes articles which, due to the fact that I repost them here, can't be posted in any real quantity on entries...

I can post them all, but backdate them, and mention on the only non-backdated entry that there's others, with links explaining what they are. Then people can see the entries by clicking the links - they won't clog their friends pages.

Moving on! Articles from the... everything else.

Science-related links

One on the complexity of chickadee chirps.
One on the upcoming flu pandemic.
And here's an article explaining the apparent largeness of the moon at the horizon. I'm not sure I buy this explanation.

Important Things

Okay, so this isn't important. The Southern Baptists are ending their boycott of Disney, even though nothing's changed. Apparently, ending a boycott is what makes it effective. I always thought it was continuing a boycott that did that, but whatever. Don't agree with their view anyway.
And we have an article that may cheer up some of my Christian-and-sane friends. Please, please, please let the sane Christians speak louder!


The war

The "insurgency" in Iraq isn't weakening. Another edition of Connie's "HOW THE HECK IS THIS CONSIDERED NEWS???" updates!
In a vaguely war-related mention, UN investigators accused the US of stalling visits to everybody's favorite prisons.
Here we have yet another editorial on The Memo.
A less emotional article about that subject.
And a third one.

The media

Here's one accusing a journalist of deliberately lying to discredit the UN.

Civil rights

An article on Zach that you might not have seen.

Hm. I may have to store up articles longer....