June 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Me and UJp headed to Denver

Sitting at Reagan waiting on a flight to Denver. Me and UJp will be out there for a week plus. Let me know if anyone is around and up for refreshments Friday.

Published Wed, Jun 16 2010 2:54 AM by BLACKFIVE

So, below, Grim outs me (sort of) for having taken part as a judge in Right Wing News' "20 Hottest Conservative Women in the New Media" for 2010. I was pretty busy last week with Memorial Day activities and then catching up on life so I...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 12:18 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Weblogs

Turkish Ambassador asks for apology from Israel

Don't hold your breath buddy. On May 31, we awoke to tragic news from international waters in the eastern Mediterranean. As we now know well, instead of the day ending with the delivery of humanitarian aid to ease the desperate lives of Palestinians...

Published Sat, Jun 05 2010 5:33 AM by BLACKFIVE

Deep Infantry Thoughts - by Greg Jaffe

You guys just have to go here and read this...I about ruined my keyboard from Coca-Cola via my nose... [H/T reader Bill R.]

Published Tue, Jun 01 2010 2:35 AM by BLACKFIVE

An Answer to a Question

Jimbo's favorite Juice Box Boy, Matthew Yglesias, asks a question. An alternative investigation might focus not on who leaked classified video of a U.S. military operations, but on the question of why that sort of video should be classified. Certainly...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 9:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

Another Korean war? Not likely

The last SF team I was on had a heavy focus on the Korean Peninsula and we were involved at very high levels with the Korean military leadership and the Special Ops plan for response to a North Korean attack. It was amazingly daunting on the surface as...

Published Thu, Jun 10 2010 3:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Ranger Up work out video

If you want to get in shape, wear 80s garb and indulge in a little man love have we got a work out for you. The fellas from Ranger Up have decided to let their super secret fitness regimen out of the closet bag. Enjoy!

Published Sun, Jun 13 2010 3:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Flotilla fallout - Some questions and some things to think about

As this story about the so-called "Freedom flotilla" and the Israeli raid continues to unfold, all sorts of questions come to mind. What is up with Turkey and why are they keeping this so hot? It's prime minister has recently said: "Now...

Published Wed, Jun 02 2010 1:39 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

The Meaning of "Duty, Honor, Country"

1LT Dan Berschinski is convalescing at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after he was seriously injured in Afghanistan in Aug 2009. Dan lost both his legs in an explosion when he stepped on an improvised explosive device while his unit secured a village...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 3:41 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Fallen But Never Forgotten

Afghanistan Policy Review

It has become increasingly clear to me that we have a failure of leadership in Afghanistan. Obama has failed by not articulating to us, and to the military, what his desired end state should look like. A democratic state with equal rights for women? One...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 8:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Stan the Man

After reading McQ's post, LW's post, the Mudville Gazette and most importantly COB6's post at the Farm Team's place, I was going to write about how light I thought GEN McChrystal's comments to be...but Grim, as usual, got ahead of...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 2:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Great way to spend Father's Day

CNN reports on a great way for those who lost Fathers in Vietnam to get a connection with them. Washington (CNN) -- Sons, daughters, grandchildren and other relatives of those who died in the Vietnam War gathered before dawn this Father's Day to remember...

Published Sun, Jun 20 2010 3:32 PM by BLACKFIVE

And Who Thought This Would Be A Good Idea?

The news this morning is that General McChrystal has both issued a preemptory apology for a forthcoming article/interview in Rolling Stone Magazine, and that he has been recalled from Afghanistan -- apparently because of what is being reported may be...

Published Mon, Jun 21 2010 10:53 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Afghanistan riches- Lithium for all my friends

Some of whom could really use it. But as it turns out there are apparently huge mineral deposits in Afghanistan including lithium which is extra valuable given the proliferation of battery powered devices. This is also awesome news for conspiracy theorists...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 12:12 AM by BLACKFIVE

Blackwater founder moving to UAE

Hmmm. Jeremy Scahill, who is a one man anti-Blackwater team reports that the founder of BW Erik Prince is moving to the UAE and Scahill posits this might be due to its lack of an extradition treaty with us. Sources close to Blackwater and its secretive...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 1:56 AM by BLACKFIVE

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