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The chickens are coming home to roost. Irresponsible people who took money out of their homes to buy boats are now losing them. According to the New York Times: When a boat owner defaults on his loan, the bank hires Jeff Henderson to seize its property. The former Army detective tracks the boat down in a backyard [...]

“Biofuels have turned out to be a lose-lose-lose proposition. Once touted by the Greens and the biofuel industry as being able to reduce the demand for oil and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, biofuels have accomplished neither goal and have no prospect of accomplishing either in the foreseeable future.” —Steven Milloy Blogger’s Note: A year ago, [...]

Numbers of civilians killed by Taliban increasing: NATO Here is further proof of terrorists intentionally TARGETING CIVILIANS. Something terrorists do because they know they cannot win a fight against an actual military. So being the cowards they are, they target the unarmed. There is a special place in Hell reserved for these pieces of excrement. NATO-led [...]

US Military Statistics areMisleading and Wrong andDeliberately so.On June 29 2005, the Veterans Administration (an official U.S. body) admitted to the U.S. Congress that while there were over 103,000 U.S. military casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the official figures at the time were showing 13,000 casualties.A senior Pentagon official confirmed on the condition of anonymity that the actual death toll of U.S. service personnel as of 1st May 2006 in Iraq was in excess of 12,000. The real number of casualties – i.e. those unable to return to active service - is in excess of 150,000. He also confirmed that all reports from the U.S. military in Iraq confirmed that Iraqi resistance to the occupation growing better organized and more deadly by the day.Those Not Counted1. Soldiers kil

While the size of the Mahdi Army is a constant source of debate, media accounts often put the Mahdi Army at anywhere from 40,000 to 60,000 fighters. With an estimated 1,000 Mahdi fighters killed, captured, wounded and surrendered, the Mahdi Army has taken an attrition rate of 1.5 to 2.5 percent over the past five days. More...Photo: About 200 demonstrators held a rally to support the military operations in Basra and Maliki's government, in Diwaniya.

The Winter issue of Perspectives in Biology and Medicine presents a thoughtful overview on war and its casualties. Throughout America's first 145 years of war, far more of the country's military personnel died from infectious diseases than from combat injuries....

- Scott Miller The headlines have been in the can for weeks now. Our socialist media has been waiting anxiously for the 4,000 casualty mark to come so they could splash the American death toll across the headlines in an effort to undermine the very troops they feign concern for. This from the AP: Overall US death [...]

According to the Chinese Xinhua News Agency, which is the official news agency of the communist government, 10 people were burned to death due to the Tibetan protesters setting fire to buildings and shops. They stress that no foreigners were hurt in the protests. However, people in Tibet are managing to get a very different [...]

Thee is increasing evidence of an unforseen consequence for members of the military who are fighting in Iraq. Soldiers and Marines caught in rodside bombings and fiefights are coming home in epidemic numbers with permanent hearing loss and ringing in their ears. Hearing damage has now become the number one disability in the fight against [...]

As expected, surge or no surge, the cyclical nature of violence in Iraq continues. Civilian deaths are up by 33 percent over January.Iraqi Civilian Deaths on the Rise Gulf Daily News BAGHDAD: The number of Iraqis killed in February rose by 33 per cent over January, reversing a six-month trend of reduced violence, in a setback to the US military plan to curb the bloodshed ravaging the country. The combined figures from the interior, defence and health ministries showed that the total number of Iraqis killed in February was 721, including 636 civilians, compared with 541 dead in January.

Let’s forget, for a moment, the fact that this war is clouded in controversy. Let’s forget about the millions of dollars being wasted. Let’s forget that “don’t ask, don’t tell” does more harm than good. And let’s even try to forget about the thousands of lives lost for a seemingly unnecessary cause. I want to focus in on something else at the moment. I want to draw your attention to one, single story. Just one, out of the billions that occur on a daily basis because of this war, because maybe it will open your eyes even wider to the fact that GLBT casualties of war are just as serious, just as important and just as newsworthy as everything else. (more…)

Housing has taken a toll on the credit markets and is starting to create a whisper that we may be heading toward a recession. There is now chatter that the next sub-prime market may occur in the credit card markets. This is not good news as we are in the top 2 shopping months of the year. Retailers are hoping that the consumer will be out in full force. The next two months will be very telling since the US consumption© makes up 70 percent of our economy. When looking at the housing calculus, what is the actual number of jobs lost and the financial impact with some of the housing and mortgage companies? Estimated Job Losses from Companies Countrywide: 11,520 American Home Mortgage: 6,000 First Magnus: 5,000 New Century: 5,200 Bank of America: 3,000 Lehman Brothers: 2,225 HSBC mortgage businesses: 1,760 Washington Mutual: 1,640 First Horizon:

The U.S. troop surge in Iraq continues to have positive effects, as violence and casualties are decreasing in many areas of the country, the Joint Staff's director for operational planning said today. In and around Baghdad, terrorist operations are down by 59 percent; operations targeting Iraqi forces are down more than 60 percent; car bombs are down by 65 percent; fatalities due to car bombs are down by 81 percent; casualties due to enemy attacks are down by 77 percent; and the violence during this last Ramadan period was the lowest in three years, Army Maj. Gen. Richard Sherlock told Pentagon reporters. Also, last week in Anbar province, the coalition had no casualties, which is an important milestone, the general noted. "Overall casualties in Iraq have continued to decrease, even though coalition forces have conducted a variety of operations throughout the country," Sherlock said. "While this is indeed encouraging, al Qaeda in Iraq, other extremist groups and criminal elements in I

One Israeli soldier and a Palestinian gunman have been killed in an IDF raid on a refugee camp in the city of Nablus. Witnesses have reported that heavy fighting went on inside the camp, with Israeli gunship showering over the area. It's not clear how the Israeli soldier died - PFLP and Islamic Jihad are claming that he was killed in an explosion, but the IDF sources are attributing his death to small-arms fire.Also, Al Jazeera is reporting about the incident in which IDF soldiers allegedly used a Palestinian civilian as human shield during the same raid.Read more about the raid and human shield accusations in the Al Jazeera article.

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Age Demographics of total US Military Casualties in IraqStatistics as of June 2, 2007:< 22 years old - 827 deaths22-24 - 946 deaths25-30 - 929 deaths31-35 - 362 deaths> 35 - 416 deathsTotal 3,480 deathsSources:Military Casualty InformationOperation Iraqi Freedom - Military Deaths - AllMilitary Race/Ethnicity SurveyOriginally on PBH.

The sad plight of children born in poverty and the dangers they faced on a daily basis has its cruel psychological and physical impact on the innocent existence of a young life. If life was indeed beautiful Philippine society has to respond to this nagging problem we have unwittingly created for them. Children with Guns Surfing the internet I came across this picture of an Amazon NPA in the

At least ten people in Gaza dead (and I think there was a local report that at least 3 more followed): GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Fatah fighters stormed a Hamas-affiliated university on Friday morning for the second time, setting buildings on fire and threatening to escalate an already raging battle between the two factions in the Gaza Strip. A new round of heavy fighting throughout Gaza killed 10 people Friday - including a woman and three children - making a total of 17 since Thursday afternoon, as gunmen waged battles in the streets with mortar shells, rockets and heavy machine guns. Thousands of Gazans huddled in their homes to escape the crossfire from the resurgent violence, which destroyed a brief truce between Fatah and Hamas. Health authorities said they were running out of blood to treat the wounded. [...] More than 100 Palestinians have been killed in internal violence since Hamas won parliamentary elections last year and formed a Cabinet. In the wake of the election, Abba

Well, it figures that the bloodshed, once started, would not cease so easily, and it didn't. The civil war between Hamas and Fatah continues: GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Gunmen armed with mortars and grenades fought in several areas of Gaza City on Saturday, killing two men on the third straight day of factional clashes linked to the power struggle over the Palestinian government. The deaths brought to 20 the number of Palestinians killed since late Thursday, and at least 66 people were wounded, medical officials said. The rival Hamas and Fatah movements traded angry accusations, and each held several supporters of the other side hostage. The violence froze talks about bringing Fatah into the Hamas-led government, negotiators said. Fatah's leader, moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said he would go ahead with his plan to call early elections if the coalition negotiations fail to produce results within two to three weeks. The Gaza fighting, which started late Thursday, was

US Military statistics areMisleading and Wrong andDeliberately so.On June 29 2005, the Veterans Administration (an official U.S. body) admitted to the U.S. Congress that while there were over 103,000 U.S. military casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the official figures at the time were showing 13,000 casualties.A senior Pentagon official confirmed on the condition of anonymity that the actual death toll of U.S. service personnel as of 1st May 2006 in Iraq was in excess of 12,000. The real number of casualties – i.e. those unable to return to active service - is in excess of 150,000. He also confirmed that all reports from the U.S. military in Iraq confirmed that Iraqi resistance to the occupation growing better organized and more deadly by the day.Those Not Counted1. Soldiers killed or injured in any other way other than a direct bullet or bomb not counted.2. Soldier shot and/or wounded but died on a flight to a U.S. military hospital not counted. 3. Anyone who dies in hospit