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Video Our Fox News right wing jaw-dropper of the day comes from Fox contributor Liz Trotta, in a segment about the Pentagon's new rules for women in the military: Fox's Liz Trotta on Sexual Assault in Military: 'What Did They Expect? These People Are in Close Contact.' Fox News contributor Liz ...
This afternoon, MSNBC ran an above the fold photo showing a Navy sailor kissing her partner as the first sailor off their ship. That, by itself isn't particularly newsworthy. Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, left, kisses her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell, at Joint ...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday in a speech at West Point that getting into any more wars like Iraq or Afghanistan would be crazy. WEST POINT, N.Y. — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates bluntly told an audience of West Point cadets on Friday that it would be unwise for ...
Robert Gates, Defense Secretary, Military, Iraq, Afghanistan
At Foreign Policy, Robert Springborg has an ominous take on the role of the military in the Egyptian unrest, arguing that the events of yesterday and today show the military is still in charge. While much of American media has termed the events unfolding in Egypt today as "clashes between ...
Egypt, Tunisia, Protests, Demonstrations, Mubarak, Cairo, Military
The New York Times reports that hundreds of human rights activists, government officials, and businesspeople named in the Wikileaks cables have been warned by the State Department of threats to their safety, and some have been moved to safer locations. The operation, which involves a team of 30 in Washington ...
Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Internet, Military, Security, Secrecy
The worst nightmare of the religious right is coming true, as President Obama signs the repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" into law, and the government officially gets out of the homophobia business. Republicans, of course, were desperately trying to stop The Dreaded Gay right up until the very last minute. ...
Military, DADT, President Obama, Republican Party, Homophobia
Somebody please hurry up and invent a time machine so I can travel back to 2008 and talk myself out of voting for this guy and his idiot running mate. [Video]
It's now beyond any doubt that Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown played the Tea Party like a cheap Stratocaster knock-off. Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown today voiced his support for a stand-alone repeal of the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, bringing the bill one vote over the 60-vote threshold that it ...
In the wake of the Great Wikileaks Dump, the US military is making the use of removable media -- thumb drives, CDs, DVDs, etc. -- on devices connected to the Defense Department's SIPRNET network a court martial offense. Maj. Gen. Richard Webber, commander of Air Force Network Operations, issued the ...
Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Internet, Military, Security, Secrecy
Today is the day when Americans honor the men and women who serve in our armed forces, and here's a salute from me and all the readers of Little Green Footballs. UPDATE at 11/11/10 9:35:20 am: Here is President Obama's Veterans Day address at Yongsan Army Garrison in Seoul, South Korea: Video
Line of the day: "Hallmark has a card for everything..." [Video]
This horrific story began to break last week and it just keeps getting worse, as five soldiers are charged with thrill-killing innocent civilians in Afghanistan. Video Dressed in a t-shirt and Army shorts, a 22-year-old corporal from Wasilla, Alaska casually describes on a video tape made by military investigators how his ...
Democrats failed to get enough votes to break the GOP filibuster in the Senate, and the National Defense Authorization Act which would have repealed "Don't Ask Don't Tell" will not move forward to the debate stage. The right has another objection to the bill: the DREAM Act, which would provide a ...
A federal judge has declared that the US military's ban on openly gay servicemembers is unconstitutional. RIVERSIDE, Calif. A federal judge in Southern California on Thursday declared the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips granted a request for an injunction halting the government's ...
Chris Rodda is blowing the whistle on a blatant violation of the separation of church and state, in the US Army: U.S. Soldiers Punished for Not Attending Christian Concert. For the past several years, two U.S. Army posts in Virginia, Fort Eustis and Fort Lee, have been putting on a ...
Religious Right, Fundamentalism, Far Right, US Army, Military
The last official combat troops are now leaving Iraq. It's the end of a long, grueling mission for the US military, and we thank them sincerely for their service and their sacrifices. It remains to be seen whether the people of Iraq will be able to take advantage of the opportunity ...
The #tcot (Top Conservatives On Twitter) feed on Twitter can be fascinating; it’s a glimpse into the raw unedited id of the modern right wing, and you can often see wingnut talking points and conspiracy theories emerging from this roiling subconscious primordial stew before they spread to the wingnut blogosphere ...
Stanley McChrystal, Afghanistan, Military, controversy, Conspiracy Theories, Obama Derangement Syndrome
The Associated Press is reporting, to no one’s surprise, that General Stanley McChrystal is getting the boot from President Obama…
CNN is reporting, via Time Magazine’s Joe Klein: Here are the latest developments involving Gen. Stanley McChrystal, America’s top commander in Afghanistan. He and his staff made comments in a Rolling Stone article that appear to mock top civilian officials, including Vice President Joe Biden. The story, which is to ...
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is running for the US Senate as a Democrat, even though he has a very poor long term memory. His memory retention skills are so bad that he actually forgot he never served in Vietnam. “We have learned something important since the days that I served ...
This helmet-cam video shows Dutch marines storming a ship hijacked by pirates, in a real-life version of a first-person shooter game. [Video]
Piracy, Holland, Marines, Military, Video Games, Real Life, Video, Helmetcam
A lieutenant colonel in the Army has been charged with dereliction of duty and other crimes, after refusing to deploy because he believes President Obama is a sekrit Muslim alien. Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin is charged with one specification under Article 87, missing movement, and four specifications under Article 92, ...
Birthers, Nirthers, Conspiracy Theories, Right Wing, Army, Military
There was good news from Iraq yesterday; the US announced through Vice President Joe Biden that the two most senior leaders of Al Qaeda in Iraq, who masterminded numerous terrorist attacks against Iraqis and Americans, have been terminated in a joint effort by Iraqi and US security forces: Statement by ...
Editor of Wikileaks Julian Assange defends his decision to publish the Apache helicopter attack video; and Stephen Colbert asks tough questions. [Video]
Iraq, Military, War Crimes, Video, Wikileaks, Stephen Colbert, Julian Assange