1. Shows Online, Brought to You by ... 1 hour ago   permalink

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“Garden Party” with Jennie Garth is sponsored by Clorox's Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressings. NBC Universal Digital Studio is producing the show.

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2. Allahpundit shows his a** ref SEALs 4 hours ago   permalink

Blackfive / BLACKFIVE

UPDATE II: Beta male links to this with headline "Time for another Allahpundit sucks post" not that I can recall one in many moons or maybe ever. Fair is fair here is the post that pissed me off, and yes the blood mist is in my eyes. C'est la Vie. UPDATE: I am not listening to any, "Oh he is just doing analysis" BS. Then where is the statement " ...

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Blackfive / BLACKFIVE SEALs face charges for WTF?   —  Unless this guy shows up with multiple compound fractures caused by the repeated use of a chunk of rebar long after he was in custody in the rear, I will go on record as saying I don't give a f**k. Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater ...

Hotair.com Three Navy SEALs court-martialed after giving most-wanted Iraqi terrorist a fat lip   —  Looks awful, but I’m suspicious that it’s as bad as it seems given Fox’s misleading headline: “Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist.” That makes it sound like the act of capturing him is the offense here, which would be insane even by the Army’s Nidal-Hasan standards of political ... Blackfive / BLACKFIVE :    Allahpundit shows his a** ref SEALs

3. Court Kills ‘Round-The-Clock’ Surveillance Case 3 hours ago   permalink

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That’s what a federal appeals court is telling Scott Tooley of Kentucky in dismissing his civil rights lawsuit. Tooley believes the government put him under blanket surveillance after he said the word bomb to an airline agent.

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4. Thanksgiving 2009 5 hours ago   permalink

Joe Katzman / Defense Industry Daily

It’s that time of year again. For those of you celebrating American Thanksgiving, or who just want a feast, the US Defense Commissary Agency has some tips for cooking turkey, and some... [summary]

5. Happy Thanksgiving! 5 hours ago   permalink

Scott Loftesness / Scott Loftesness

A wonderful bouquet of flowers at the Gulker home this morning - shot with my new Canon S90 and tweaked in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. You can find the original in my Flickr S90 set !

6. Comparing File Sharing To Payola: Could Have Had That Promotion For Free 7 hours ago   permalink

Mike Masnick / Techdirt

BullJustin points us to a short NPR piece about four massive failures by the recording industry . If we skip over number 3 (Kevin Federline), the other three are pretty relevant to what we talk about here on a regular basis: the Sony BMG rootkit fiasco that opened up security holes on computers without letting anyone know, the RIAA's lawsuit ...

7. Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist 8 hours ago   permalink

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March 31, 2004: Iraqis chant anti-American slogans as the charred and mutilated bodies of U.S. contractors hang from a bridge over the Euphrates River in Fallujah, Iraq.

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8. Iraq Seeks F-16 Fighters 15 hours ago   permalink

Joe Katzman / Defense Industry Daily

USAF F-16s, Iraq (click to view full) Iraq’s military has made significant strides in recent months, and the country is beginning to order more advanced military equipment to match. A slew of... [summary]

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P.M. / Thomas P.M. Barnett : Iraq's rule-sets need to be rationalized   —  OP-ED: Liberate Iraq's Economy , By FRANK R. GUNTER, New York Times , November 15, 2009 What remains in Iraq is rule-set rationalization: The chief problems in Iraq's commercial code are its incredible complexity, long delays in processing requests for licenses and high cost. For example, registering a new business in Iraq costs almost $2,800 ...

9. Up to $141.4M to Lockheed Martin for Trident Navigation System Support 15 hours ago   permalink

Fred Donovan / Defense Industry Daily

Avoid this. Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors in Mitchel Field, NY received a $62.9 million cost-plus incentive fee/ cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide navigation subsystem... [summary]

10. Double Pie Carrier 17 hours ago   permalink

Cc / Cool Tools

I've had this for less than a month, but have used it to take two pies on a bus out-of-state, and hope to use it a lot in the future. I finally realized: Four or five times a year I schlep some pie. What it enables me to do: Easily carry two pies at once. Or two casseroles in a square or round dish; or a casserole and a pie. The basket is 12 ...

11. We should get real on Iran 20 hours ago   permalink

P.M. / Thomas P.M. Barnett :

ARTICLE: Inspectors Fear Iran Is Hiding Nuclear Plants , By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD, New York Times , November 16, 2009 Of course Iran is hiding other sites. The horse has left the barn. We can pretend otherwise and we can pretend we can bomb our way to elimination. Or we can get real, like I've been arguing in print now for almost ...

12. Trying terrorists 20 hours ago   permalink

P.M. / Thomas P.M. Barnett :

OP-ED: Why We Should Put Jihad on Trial , By STEVEN SIMON, New York Times , November 17, 2009 When it comes to terrorism, experts don't come any smarter than Steve Simon. Here he is making a case I believe in: we should have no fear putting terrorists on trial.

13. Corporate punctuation finds its home 1 day ago   permalink

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine

Companies have stupid fetishes about their names. Tribune Company isn’t The Tribune Company, it’s Tribune Company – no damned “the.” Time Inc. isn’t Time, Inc., we were informed when I worked there, it’s Time Inc. In a corporate dining room, there used to be a memo from one of the company’s founders ...

14. Palin: 'Only Flag in My Office' Is Israeli 1 day ago   permalink

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President Peres of Israel yesterday met for the first time with Governor Palin and with Senator McCain, who called the veteran Israeli statesman "my old friend." The warm handshake and exchange of broad smiles occurred during an international gathering known as the Clinton Global Initiative, hosted by President Clinton. "I wanted to meet you for ...

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15. Murdoch courts trouble if he blocks Google on news 1 day ago   permalink

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch has spent months complaining that Google is ruining the newspaper business, and now he wants to do something about it.

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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine :   Murdoch madness