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Click Image For Full SizeLance Cpl. Julie Martinez

Lance Cpl. Julie Martinez, a radio operator with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, checks the communication capabilities during a backload of Marines from Combat Logistics Regiment 3 to the USS Essex June 9.
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy [...]

Too much temptation to resist, I just had to link this comment by Bruce Baugh at Obsidian Wings:

I’ve said this before and will again: the very heart of the “widespread gun ownership checks tyranny” argument has been tested and failed completely.
For twenty years or more, political discourse in a whole lot of online forums was [...]

Well, it's a tiny bit of good news in an otherwise overwhelmingly bad news month, but frankly, I didn't notice much difference with any of the folks I work, live or play with...

US consumer spending rises in May

Barack Obama wants to empower all of the little people but, before he does, he need donations from rich people and he doesn’t require seeing them in person:

Katie Allison Granju thinks Bob Corker may have been right about those economic stimulus checks:

A flood of economic stimulus payments pushed the federal budget deficit to an all-time high of $165.9 billion in May.

John McCain allows himself a retort to Senator Bob Corker’s assertion that McCain gas tax holiday idea was pandering:

Interesting development over at Ben Smith's house. Apparently, the CEO of FedEx Fred Smith, whom McCain listed as a potential Secretary of Defense, thinks George Marshall might've been right to oppose the recognition of Israel; and that John McCain most reminds Smith of Marshall.

Emily’s List has again endorsed incumbent Congressman Steve Cohen’s female opponent in the Democratic primary in District 9:

"You are so Shelbyville if ... you think horsepower means you get the best seats at The Celebration ... "You are so Shelbyville if ... your banks only take checks written in pencil because they want...