The Red Pill (Part Two)
mudvillegazette.com 12/5/2008 — "On 23 October, we seized it with a two-company assault from the Golden Dragons, and since then it’s been known as Patrol Base Dragon." October 23, 2006 - before "the surge" began. That's from the post-deployment "wrap up" by Colonel Mike ...

Red Friday
theamericanscene.com 12/3/2008 — In the end, what matters to business success is free cash flow. There was a lot of positive reaction to the fact that Black Friday retail sales in the U.S. were up about 3% vs. last year. Many observers thought this indicated we might dodge a ...

Red States
shakespearessister.blogspot.com 12/17/2008 — One of the stories to which Pet linked in the Morning Readings is about two gay male penguins who were given eggs to hatch and "turned out to be the best parents in the whole zoo," resulting in the zoo—Polar Land in Harbin , China—promising to "try to ...

The Red Pill (Part 1)
mudvillegazette.com 12/2/2008 — ( The Blue Pill was discussed here .) ***** This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you ...

Now we know why they call them "Red" states
americablog.com 12/12/2008 — Reader Chris writes: Key line : “The collapse came after bipartisan talks on the auto rescue broke down over Republican demands that the United Auto Workers union agree to steep wage cuts by 2009 to bring their pay into line with U.S. plants of ...

In The RED by The MOLOTOV (video)
youtube.com 12/13/2008 — Film clip for the Demo Song, In The RED by The MOLOTOV.Original song in HIGH quality can be downloaded for free from our MySpace page:http://www.myspace.com/...

Our Twelve Days of Christmas in Iraq.......... (video)
metacafe.com 12/24/2008 — 1st Battallion 4th Marines, Bravo Company 3rd Platoon. Out of ECP1 in Fallujah, Iraq. We would like to thank everyone who has supported us through the first ...

What's Next in Iraq
michaeltotten.com 12/1/2008 — I'm working on a long dispatch from the Sadr City area. Here is a short piece in COMMENTARY to hold you over in the meantime. Thank you for being patient. Everything, including writing and publishing, is a gigantic hassle in Iraq. BAGHDAD – For the ...

Bases brace for surge in stress-related disorders (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/30/2008
AP - Some 15,000 soldiers are heading home to this sprawling base after spending more than a year at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military health officials are bracing for a surge in brain injuries and psychological problems among those troops.

Pentagon Sustains Focus on Information Operations in War on Terrorism — Wash Post Federal Page 12/1/2008
The Defense Department, with more money and personnel than the State Department, continues to plan for sophisticated information operations in the war on terrorism that in the past were the purview of diplomats and even the CIA.

Bush calls flawed Iraq intelligence biggest regret — Reuters: Politics 12/1/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said the biggest regret of his presidency was flawed intelligence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and told ABC "World News" in an interview airing on Monday that he was unprepared for war when ...

Strategy Shift Poses Stiff Challenge for Obama — NYT > Politics 12/2/2008
Experts caution that more troops in Afghanistan are unlikely to lead to the sort of rapid turnaround that occurred after the troop surge in Iraq. >

US army deserter applies for asylum in Germany (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/2/2008
AP - A U.S. soldier who deserted after serving in Iraq declared Tuesday he has applied for asylum in Germany.