Author: soj

I was up until about 2am last night (Romanian time) watching C-Span’s coverage of Abu Gonzales’ testimony to the Senate on the NSA spying program. I was going to use parts of Gonzales’ speech, as well as...

I had a friend over today who lives out of town and we switched on the traditional news media television and saw what most of you have probably seen – angry rioters protesting, burning flags and attacking various Danish...

Promoted from the diaries by Steven D. Ok pop quiz time.  Who said this about George W. Bush in December 2001? ‘This is not a monarchy…We’ve got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does...

I’m sure by now even the most jaded, casual consumer of news about the war in Iraq has heard of the acronym IED.  The difference between an IED and a landmine is that a landmine was manufactured in a factory by...

Reading Defense Tech it looks like the U.S. army in Iraq will actually get some of those “Project Sheriff” vehicles. Essentially it’s a Humvee or other factory vehicle with some special modifications....