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Supporters held a third rally this weekend for the Camp Pendleton 8. The Los Angeles Times reports several hundred turned out.
Reader James sends a link to video of the event posted at YouTube. Here it is (moved to extended entry):
The Tracy Press reports Article 32 hearings are set to start as early as this Wednesday:
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His hunger strike lasted…less than one day. Must have been craving the infidel Cheetos.

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Patterico posts a valuable transcript of a radio interview conducted by LA Times columnist Patt Morrison with Times Washington Bureau Chief Doyle McManus about their blabbermouth article on the once-secret terrorist finance tracking program. Key portion with Patterico’s reax:
MORRISON: Doyle McManus, what kind of standards do you pretty much look at when [...]

Lorie Byrd at Wizbang calls on Dems to stop moving the goalposts.

Dan Riehl sends links to the story. And the video. Warning: Only watch if you are prepared to look the evils of jihad in the eye.
ABC:
In the footage, two men clad in black and wearing black ski masks shout “God is great!” before beheading the first man. Then one militant appears standing over the decapitated [...]

Never forget the 19 American Air Force airmen killed in the Khobar Towers terrorist attack on June 25, 1996:

Captain Christopher Adams
Technical Sergeant Daniel B. Cafourek
Sergeant Millard D. Campbell
Senior Airman Earl R. Cartrette Jr
Captain Leland Haun
Technical Sergeant Patrick P. Fennig
Master Sergeant Michael G. Heiser
Staff Sergeant Kevin Johnson
Sergeant Ronald King
Master Sergeant Kendall K. Kitson
Airman 1st Class Christopher [...]

The New York Times and their traitorous, leaking sources have done it again. (Hat tip: LGF) This time they’re broadcasting classified information on troop levels. Hey, Bill Keller–al Qaeda thanks you:
The top American commander in Iraq has drafted a plan that projects sharp reductions in the United States military presence there by the end of [...]

An Army of Photoshoppers, to borrow Instapundit’s phrase, is unleashing on the MSM blabbermouths and their leaky sources. Thanks for these fabulous entries, readers. Maybe someone in the MSM will get the message. Keep ‘em coming…
The Peoples Cube:

PTG:

HA affiliate Sanctuary Bryan:

John McG.:

Bob D.:

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Paul Y.:

Pirate’s Cove:

Kathy Y.:

Rodger T.:

Michael B.:

Glenn N.:

Michael T:

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These WWII posters are in need of some 21st century photoshop updates.
Anyone inspired?
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Send a letter to the Attorney General: AskDOJ@usdoj.gov.
Reader J. Scott already did:
Please take action against those responsible for the recent NY and LA Times pieces that have compromised natinoal security, once again, in revealing the federal governments programs involving banking [...]

We do your eco-propaganda work for you.

Watch.
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My favorite: “When I say ‘global,’ you say ‘warming!’”
“Global!” “Warming!” “Global” “Waaarming!” “Yay!”
Background: ABC News solicits global warming home videos.
Weekend assignment: Send ABC News our YouTube video.

Norm Mineta resigns. Finally. But P.C. madness still reigns.
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The curse of Norm Mineta
Racial profiling for dollar$

That was the goal of the suspected Miami jihadists.
Same goal as all jihadists–”wannabe,” freelance, or otherwise.
Indictment and updates posted at HA.

***update: Tony Snow video***
They can buy ink by the barrel, but we can fight back now with bandwidth by the terrabyte. I’m getting inundated with furious readers’ letters to the Times, most of which the editors won’t bother to read or publish–since they’re not in, you know, the “public (Pulitzer) interest.” So I’m reprinting a [...]

***update: The Los Angeles Times piles on and flaps its mouth, too…The story is the blabbermouth media’s refusal to act responsibly and learn when to shut up…***
Dammit. These people don’t know when to stop. The anonymous leak-addicted NYTimes tag team of Eric Lichtblau and James Risen is at it again. Their front-page, splashy piece posted [...]

You’ve seen tonight’s headlines: FBI detains 7 in domestic terror probe
Seven people are in custody after a sweep by law enforcement authorities in connection with an alleged plot against targets that may have included the Sears Tower, officials told CNN on Thursday.
Officials said no weapons or bomb-making materials had been found in the searches in [...]

I bring you my boo-freakin’-hoo moment of the day, courtesy of Esquire writer Tom Junod’s nauseating profile of John Walker Lindh a/k/a “Suleyman al-Faris” a/k/a “Abdul Hamid a/k/a “Hamza.” Junod laments an order forbidding Lindh/al-Faris/Hamid/Hamza from speaking Arabic and describes his typical day in prison:
At seven o’clock in the morning he goes to work in [...]

LGF and tons of readers point to this Luckovich cartoon.
Go vote on it.

Vent
On the day America learns two of its troops were butchered by jihadi barbarians, CNN hypes a sycophant interview with Angelina Jolie, who proceeds to criticize this country for its priorities.
Meanwhile, do you know who David Babineau is?
Do you know how and why Joshua Gutierrez lost part of his leg?

Did you know there’s a memorial [...]

***update: Kerry-Feingold defeated 86-13. Levin-Reed defeated 60-39.***

Ouch.
Like the hapless Simpsons’ character who can’t stop walking into rakes, the Democrat Party is set to thwack itself in the head again today with two votes to pull out troops from Iraq with no regard for the conditions on the ground.
WaPo:
Yesterday’s lengthy Senate debate over Iraq offered early [...]

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Emerging buzz seems to be focused on why it took so long to release info about 500 chemical-weapons shells found in Iraq. Allah’s got video of Santorum and chock full of links.
Austin Bay predicts conspiracy-mongering. Ed Morrissey remembers a sarin gas shell discovery in May 2004. Ed theorizes:
Some will claim that [...]

The human rights group finally releases a statement about the barbaric murders of Privates Menchaca and Tucker. Timestamped 1:36pm EDT:
To: National Desk
Contact: Sharon Singh of Amnesty International USA, 202-544-0200 ext. 289
WASHINGTON, June 21 /U.S. Newswire/ — Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA’s executive director, made the following statement in response to the alleged killing and torture [...]

Doesn’t look good:
The Marine Corps on Wednesday planned to charge seven Marines and one sailor with murder in connection with the April death of an Iraqi civilian, a defense official said.
At Camp Pendleton, Calif., where the eight accused service members have been held in a military brig since late May, officials announced that a news [...]

***scroll for updates…Rep. Mark Kennedy: Where’s the Outrage?***
It’s not just human rights groups who are unusually silent. I agree with Jim Hoft, who thinks President Bush should step up:
[N]ot since US soldiers were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu, has America witnessed the horrible slaughter of brave, young, American soldiers in such gruesome fashion as [...]

A not-so-fond farewell to Connie Chung and Dan Rather–together again and, we hope, nevermore.
Susan Estrich is not happy.
Brent Bozell is.

Meet the 21st century librarian: Book-smart. Bush-deranged.
My column previews the American Library Association’s annual conference in New Orleans (hey, maybe that’s why they needed the National Guard). It opens tomorrow with Madeline Albright (here’s the schedule) and the First Lady is scheduled to speak on Monday. Cokie Roberts is the closing speaker.
Popular speakers at [...]

Military vet Jeff Emanuel observes:
Privates First Class Kristian Menchaca and Thomas Tucker were members of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)’s “Strike” Brigade, based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Both Menchaca and Tucker volunteered to be members of the US Army. Both volunteered to be infantrymen. Both knew, as do all members of the US Armed [...]

I’m fascinated by the goings-on in Mayor Ray Nagin’s Chocolate City. The National Guard has descended on the violence-plagued city at Nagin’s request and with Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s blessing. Humvee convoys rolled into the Convention Center area today:

NOLA.com has the lowdown on the murder stats.
What I find interesting is the total silence of civil liberties [...]

This is not a joke: Saudis Offered Scholarships for Aviation Courses in US.
The Ministry of Higher Education and the General Authority of Civil Aviation are offering scholarships to Saudi men and women to study various majors related to civil aviation in the United States.
The forms are available online at the ministry’s website until July 12 [...]

Watch: Okinawa! Okinawa!
More Murtha mockery at AJ Strata’s.
Plus more Murtha photoshopping. Too easy. Reader Kathy’s Hot Air entry:

Hands off of our 2nd amendment, you blue-helmeted bullies.
Alan Gotlieb reports:
In what can only be a carefully-timed, deliberate insult to the United States and its Constitution, the United Nations is hosting a conference on global gun control aimed directly at our Second Amendment, on dates that include our national holiday, July 4.
The U.N. Conference on [...]