July 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Juicebox Mafia Report- Inside the belly of the beast

So last night I infiltrated a Juicebox fiesta celebrating the new job of Dave Weigel, who was one of the first Journolistas outed. Now he had some awesomely, unfriendly things to say about conservatives let there be no doubt, such as: Conservative radio...

Published Sat, Jul 31 2010 2:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

Soldier's Mom In A Race

Regulars here will remember that Soldiers' Mom recently fought a battle with cancer. She won, and is now working to take the fight home against the enemy by participating in the Nebraska Race for the Cure. In her own words: As a *** cancer survivor...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 7:13 PM by BLACKFIVE

New Iranian protest anthem- Another brick in the wall

There are plenty of reasons to love the Floyd, but you can add a big one now. Roger Waters gave permission to a couple of Iranian brothers in Canadia to re-record the the song as "Another brick in the wall (Hey Ayatollah, leave those kids alone)...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 9:52 AM by BLACKFIVE

Guest-Hosting Secure Freedom radio

I sat in for Mr. Gaffney today and had a fun show. Jim addresses the Administration’s lack of a Grand Strategy for dealing with militant Islam and provides his solutions to the security issues created by these clashing cultures. Next, Jim talks with documentary...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 5:45 AM by BLACKFIVE

Parting Shot

GEN McChrystal's PAO posts up on the Yon and Rolling Stone aftermath: http://www.quattozone.com/2010/07/return-of-crazy-monkey.html Posted via email from blackfive's posterous

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 4:18 AM by BLACKFIVE

Free Military Track Membership Offered To Military

NOTE: A little birdie has told me that the illustrious Greyhawk has agreed to be the host/MC for the military track at Blog World... A free pass to the military track at this year's Blog World and New Media Expo (http://blogworldexpo.com) is being...

Published Thu, Jul 29 2010 7:48 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Weblogs, Web/Tech

Following in the footsteps of Rogers’ Raiders

This month, Lt. Col. Tom Mullikin traveled to Europe to understand the experiences of his father Charlie Mullikin, a veteran of World War II. The elder Mullikin landed at Normandy, and fought his way across Europe as a member of a special reconnaissance...

Published Thu, Jul 29 2010 3:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

The face of our ally as made by our enemy

The cover of TIME magazine this week is tough to look at, but that is all the more reason to do so. This 19 year old Afghan girl had her nose and ears cut off as punishment for fleeing an abusive forced marriage. A Taliban commander made the determination...

Published Thu, Jul 29 2010 2:08 AM by BLACKFIVE

Questions for Julian Assange on hearing him claim to have offered Obama administration an opportunity to redact

So it turns out that, according to Andrew Napolitano, that Julian Assange claims to have offered early access to the trove of documents leaked to him earlier and which he published just a few days ago. We are supposed to assume that because of this, any...

Published Thu, Jul 29 2010 1:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Treason

I understand that Wikileaks probably thinks it is doing the right thing, and that they have an internal ethic that says they are on the side of the angels. We can sort that out in the traditional manner, and may God defend the right. Yet there is someone...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 11:21 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs

J'accuse: Assange Meurtrier

In 2007, in no small part because of the generosity of the readers of this site, I was fortunate to do two embeds in Iraq. One of the lessons I came away with was how important a good translators and sources were to operations. As sources are a sensitive...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 6:30 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

To Survivors of the Fallen- Get Ye A Banker!

Just when you think things could not get worse financially for some of the families of the fallen: The package arrived at Cindy Lohman’s home in Great Mills, Maryland, just two weeks after she learned that her son, Ryan, a 24-year-old Army sergeant, had...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 4:50 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Caring For The Defenders

Going Too Far?

UPDATE: The father of an Illinois soldier who died in Iraq has made a deal with a cemetery for the right to keep the 10-foot flag poles that bookend his son's memorial, MyFoxChicago.com reports. We've all heard the stories- old vets not being...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 4:40 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Caring For The Defenders, Fallen But Never Forgotten

For Gallantry...

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, congratulates U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brent A. Schneider, of Amarillo, Texas and pins the Bronze Star for gallantry during a firefight in Afghanistan. DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley U.S....

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 12:33 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

WikiLeaks Aiding Collateral Murder

Perhaps there has been too little disgust launched at reprehensible Julian Assange and and WikiLeaks. Initial looks at the huge pile of classified documents seemed to show that no major security breaches had been made. Well tell that to the Afghans who...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 12:14 AM by BLACKFIVE

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