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But Politifact still rates it "mostly truthy".

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Hope you all are having a fun and safe weekend with friends and family, but do take a moment to remember and honor our fallen soldiers, airmen, marines and sailors. This article was quite poignant. Tom Manion: Why They Serve-'If Not Me, Then Who?'.

I served in the military for 30 years. But it was impossible to fully understand the sacrifices of our troops and their families until April 29, 2007, the day my son, First Lt. Travis Manion, was killed in Iraq.

Travis was just 26 years old when an enemy sniper's bullet pierced his heart after he had just helped save two wounded comrades. Even though our family knew the risks of Travis fighting on the violent streets of Fallujah, being notified of his death on a warm Sunday afternoon in Doylestown, Pa., was the worst moment of our lives.

While my son's life was relatively short, I spend every day marveling at his courage and wisdom. Before his second and final combat deployment, Travis said he wanted to go back to Iraq in order to spare a less-experienced Marine from going in his place. His words—"If not me, then who . . . "—continue to inspire me.

Also read: Why America Scours The Earth For Its Fallen Servicemembers. more...

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Good evening fellow chess nerds, and what better way to spend the Memorial Day weekend than to abandon your friends and families, forgo all the barbecues, beer-drinking, celebrations, having a real life, etc., and hanging out here in the Saturday Nite AoSHQ Chess Thread.

So now that nobody is here, let's get down to business:

Chess Boxing - WTF?

I can't imagine two pursuits that are as completely different from each other as these two - even though their respective fans often discuss them in terms of the other, i.e chess games are "slugfests" and certain boxing matches are described in terms of problem-solving.

So here's a video that is a prettty good introduction to this sport. Personally, I can't imagine having to play chess after taking a few blows to the head, but there you are.
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Posted by: Open Blogger at 04:45 PM | Comments (77)
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Some of them are buried here, at Colleville sur Mer, in Normandy.

Men of the Second Ranger Battalion, led by Lt. Col. James Rudder. Three companies of Rangers scaled a 100 ft cliff with ropes and ladders, under fire. to secure the cliffs. Of the 225 men who assaulted this cliffs, 135 were wounded or killed. After two days of fighting, only 90 could still bear arms.

They took the cliffs. At a terrible cost.

Many of their comrades rest here, in honored glory.

This is what Memorial Day is about.

My favorite Reagan speech is the one where he remembered them,

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Posted by: Dave in Texas at 04:04 PM | Comments (105)
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Interviewing victims Patterico and Aaron Worthing.

All props to Glenn Beck.

The Blaze is still front paging this.

Wish some other prominent talkers would take an interest.

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Little kids' imaginations were not really about NASA.

They were always about the next step: When spaceflight was so common it became a commercial venture.

One small step for a man...

A new first was achieved today (May 26) when astronauts on the International Space Station opened the door to their newest spacecraft visitor, the private capsule Dragon.

It's slightly mad to build a private spacecraft simply to prove you can do so.

But it's such madnesses that advance the world into new directions.

The Wright Brothers were mad, too. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were kind of mad hobbyists -- who the hell really needs a computer at home?

Crazy stuff, and it will never, ever find any sort of traction in society, except for some nutty people who want to jerk around with it as a hobby.

Except... that's not what happened.

Now I think that spaceflight is even more crazy than those two things, but then, it's not the guy who says "What's the point? Let's not do anything" who winds up in the history books.

Video of the moment -- which I think is actually more important than the moon landing -- at Hot Air.

Posted by: Ace at 02:57 PM | Comments (86)
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Safe link to Aaron Worthing, who quotes a "CR" thanking people who support bombing, perjury, intimidation, harassment, and abuse of the legal system.

Thanks For All of Your Support!

By CR

May 25, 2012 - We want to thank all of you for your tremendous support this week. Keep those donations flooding in so that those opposed to human rights and progressive values will see that their malicious attacks on youth, women, activists, Muslims, and the 99% will not be tolerated in our beloved democracy. Please note that we are working closely with both state and federal law enforcement officials and have given them lists of all those who make inappropriate statements or contacts. Again, thank you so much for all the donations. We feel like Planned Parenthood after the attack on them.

Yes, this is why I'm saying that Congress must get involved.

If Kimberlin's outfits exist to harass and intimidate people, I would say such a charity is contrary to the concept of "charity." Certainly the US tax code shouldn't privilege such operations with tax-exempt status.

What is Kimberlin actually doing with this money?

Does anyone care?

I am coming to the breaking point with our alleged "representatives."

Meanwhile, his latest abusive filing -- seeking a Peace Order against Aaron -- is scheduled to be heard in court Tuesday morning.

In this hearing, convicted bomber and perjurer (and filer of 100 lawsuits, by his own count) will endeavor to demonstrate to a judge that he requires some sort of protection from non-bomber, non-perjurer, sub-100-lawsuits Aaron Worthing.

Posted by: Ace at 01:32 PM | Comments (197)
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Funny piece on BuzzFeed by some real Mensa Chapter Presidents.

As one Rhodes semifinalist explains:

Dude, he was set up, "admitted" it to have it all go away and protect his family.

A left-wing blog which once eagerly promoted the Yfrog hack theory and assorted other #Hacked! theories explains:

1. These twilight warriors are obsessed with hacking and related matters. Some of them claim to have worked with Anonymous and LulzSec and allied organizations.

2. They use obvious sockpuppets. If you visit their microblogs, the self-astroturfing is evident.

3. They are forever claiming that the FBI and/or the cops are going to arrest their opponents very soon. (On what charge? God knows.) Both the left-wingers and the right-wingers make this claim.

4. The rage level runs white hot. This war goes beyond politics. It's personal.

He then goes on discuss similar craziness from the right -- craziness which consists of, as far as I can tell, the "underhanded" tactics of James O'Keefe (hidden camera exposes of public officials and important private-institution officials is wrong, I guess) and people like Patterico, who believe it's wrong to have SWAT called on them, and who think Brett Kimberlin is a rather dangerous fellow.

It doesn't seem to occur to this numbnuts that people had SWAT called on them specifically due to their roles in exposing Weiner's misbehavior.

I myself had a threatening letter written to me by someone posing as (or who actually is, but I doubt it) a seriously dangerous campaign fixer ready, willing, and able to bring harm upon my family.

So, the left-wing Weiner Trutherism is crazies who think Weiner was innocent, and then SWAT and threaten those who don't think he was innocent; and the right-wing Weiner weirdoes are those who don't wish to be SWATted or threatened, and who sort of think such things are both newsworthy and wrong.

Pox on both houses, eh?

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This is the open thread where the morons will get nothing and LIKE IT!

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Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. ~ John 15:13

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