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Say hello to Centcomm, the official U.S. Central Command website. Central Command is the major combat command that covers U.S. military operations in most of the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. It provides news/press releases, images and casualty reports from the CENTCOM area of responsibility, including anti-terrorism activities.

When reporting on government activities, it's helpful to get their side of the story, especially since I tend to opine so much on why they are wrong or where they are being less than candid.

Also, say hello to Up Against the Law, it's much more my style.

I'll be gone the rest of the afternoon, so here's an open thread.

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    Re: Say Hello and Open Thread (none / 0) (#1)
    by aw on Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 11:06:58 AM EST
    Re: Say Hello and Open Thread (none / 0) (#2)
    by profmarcus on Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 11:25:21 AM EST
    Bushcoland - the theater of the absurd, the bizarre and the downright unbelievable yep, robert parry and consortium news are no longer behind the power curve...
    George W. Bush's latest mind-bending rationalizations about torturing detainees from the Iraq War and the War on Terror might have left Kafka and Orwell scratching their heads. Bush's lawyers are now arguing that while a new law may bar cruel and inhuman treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, the detainees have no legal standing in U.S. courts to contest the abuse -- and thus there is no way they can stop it. Under these legal theories, the only person who can enforce this law is President Bush -- and he's one of the key people responsible for the illegal treatment in the first place.
    Visit my blog: And, yes, I DO take it personally

    Re: Say Hello and Open Thread (none / 0) (#3)
    by kdog on Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 11:56:27 AM EST
    The UAE ports takeover, the Keyspan cash buyout....Good or bad, foreign conglomerates providing absolutely essential services like port ops and energy is the future. Is this globalization coming home to roost? What are the consequences? Any thoughts?

    Re: Say Hello and Open Thread (none / 0) (#4)
    by desertswine on Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 12:43:22 PM EST
    CENTCOM Team Engages 'Bloggers'
    McNorton said the team contacts bloggers to inform the writers about any given topic that may have been posted on their site. This outreach effort enables the team to offer complete information to bloggers by inviting them to visit CENTCOM's Web site for news releases, data or imagery
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    The team engages bloggers who are posting inaccurate or untrue information, as well as bloggers who are posting incomplete information. They extend a friendly invitation to all bloggers to visit the command's Web site.
    This sounds like trolling for pay to me. I think we're familiar with that. Nice.

    Re: Say Hello and Open Thread (none / 0) (#5)
    by Slado on Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 01:35:26 PM EST
    Ginsberg sleeps during oral arguments... Sleepy Liberal Comments? How long till she's replaces with a 50year old conservative who sleeps at nightime?