Posts that were originally on Morgan’s Reality Check blog
Or maybe they’d be better called “mill stones.”
November 2, 2003 — the second deadliest day of this fiasco for American troops. Sixteen dead per the Iraq Casualty Count, topping the 30 deaths on March 23.
May all the gods grant that by next year’s Day of the Dead, we can comfort ourselves in the knowledge that the pointless deaths have stopped. We have no such comfort this year.
(by Morgan, Mon, 3 Nov 2003 12:00 PM)…
As of the 27th, October has the highest hostile casualty count since “major combat operations” ended — 29 to July’s 28. It looks like July will continue to hold the overall post-Lincoln casualties/month record with 46, since October is currently at 38. At least, we can hope and pray.
(by Morgan, Tue, 28 Oct 2003 12:00 PM)…
Between Real Life and posting more opinion-oriented bits on the Justice Log, there’s not been much to say here. The spin goes on, as do the casualties. I may not be posting here, but I’m trying to keep my casualty calendar up to date. It’s an almost daily task, more’s the pity…
(by Morgan, Fri, 24 Oct 2003 12:00 PM)…
Watching early election returns, it strikes me that it takes a special kind of idiot to vote for someone who publicly pulled out of the race.
At 8:38pm, with 10.6% of the precincts in, Arianna Huffington has 20,226 votes, Peter Ueberroth has 6,183, and Bill Simon has 2,209. They’re running 5th, 6th and 8th respectively.
I weep for my state.
(by Morgan, Tue, 07 Oct 2003 8:51 PM)…
While we wait to see what the results of today’s voting are, I’m playing catch-up on the various email updates I get from some of my favorite sites. David Corn, the man who originally brought the Plame leak to our attention (even if it took the mainstream media several weeks to catch up) has a wonderful analysis of the lies that are catching up with the Bush White House.
Rather than add a lot of commentary, I’m mainly doing my bit on this by compiling a list of relevant articles. I think I have everything up through MSNBC bringing the story into the limelight, but after that I’m picking and choosing. There are so many, they get redundant after a while. However, I’m making a concerted effort to stick to facts. They, in the long run, will speak for themselves.
(by Morgan, Tue, 30 Sep 2003 10:01 AM)…
Not much to add to this one, but here’s hoping this is the one the Bushies won’t be able to sweep under the rug :-).
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…But how much flesh is another story.
A reminder of which coalition member nations have sent troops into Iraq (link was to apnews.excite.com/article/20030926/D7TQ81V00.html):…
…they’re using mass e-mail marketing to recruit. Received in my inbox today:
…Are you in good physical condition? Age of 18 and older? If so, click here for incredible jobs and careers in today’s United States Military! Free money for college! Free travel! Free ‘on-the-job’ training! Your FREE Information will be mailed to you ASAP! Click here now!
The Iraq Coalition Casualty Count changed their categories, so I had to make a few changes to mine. The main change seems to be to count accidents caused by hostile fire as hostile, rather than just accidents. My calendar has been updated to show those accidents as hostile deaths as well.
Other changes I noticed: The two homicides are now listed as “hostile”; three of the nine “friendly fire” deaths are accounted under “hostile,” and I can’t account for the other six; the three possible suicides are counted under other categories.
(by Morgan, 21 Sep 2003 9:10 PM)…
