D-Day- and beyond- Airborne site; one of the best I've ever seen

Trigger Time  This site has links for the researcher, the historian and for those just learning about D-Day, perhaps after viewing "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers". Those focusing on the upcoming anniversary of D-Day may find this of great interest. Just don't let the critique of the "Band of Brothers" series affect your appreciation of  it.

The site includes then and now photos of men and locations from England and France.

Among them is this photo of an Easy Co. reunion: Taken several years after WWII, this photo shows the following, standing l. to r.:Amos 'Buck'Taylor, Darrel 'Shifty'Powers, Herb'Junior' Suerth, Robert Rader, and Ed Tipper. Below l. to r.: Floyd 'Tab' Talbert, Wally Wentzel, Don Moone, and Walter 'Smokey' Gordon

Parachute infantry uniforms  Including advice for the collector.

 "This page offers examples of unquestionably original uniforms acquired directly from vets or their families BEFORE the insane prices started-up. My purpose in posting these is to inform collectors of what real stuff looks like (see also Insignia, Equipment, and Souvenirs pages), not to gloat about what I've got." Mark Bando.

Band of Brothers page in the site. A related site has this
critique of the BoB series by Mark Bando.

In addition, this TW post contains a wealth of information under this single link.

Photo from the Souvenirs page. Of a man presumably collecting a souvenir.

Huckabee’s Exit Paves Way for Bachmann

Bachmann

Commentary Magazine  "That may have disappointed those who voted for him in 2008 and would do so again next year. But it was music to the ears of the other Republican candidates. In a weak field, Huckabee, an outsider and ordained Baptist minister who would up being the runner-up in the 2008 primaries to John McCain, was a potential top tier 2012 candidate. His exit from the race potentially benefits almost all of the other candidates but some more than others." 
Later in this same article, Mr. Tobin has this to say about Gingrich:
"But whether they buy into Gingrich’s   attempt to portray himself as a redeemed sinner will be a fascinating test of conservative opinion. My guess is that social conservatives will consider his marital infidelity while leading impeachment efforts that were rooted in President Clinton’s similar behavior as something that is between the former speaker and his God. But they and other Republicans won’t forget the embarrassment they felt when his hypocrisy was revealed. The wonkish Gingrich can neither play the guitar nor push the right buttons with evangelicals. No sale."  Jonathan S. Tobin
I like Newt's intellect and his vision for America, but am afraid Mr. Tobin may be right.

Michael Barone: Obama's hypocritical rhetoric on immigration reform

President Obama gestures while speaking about
 immigration  reform in El Paso, Texas.-LM Otero/AP

Washington Examiner  "....Hypocrisy because while Obama complained about "politicians" blocking comprehensive immigration bills, he was one of them himself.

"In 2007, when such a bill was backed by a lame-duck Republican president and had bipartisan backing from Senate heavyweights Edward Kennedy and Jon Kyl, Sen. Obama voted for union-backed amendments that Kennedy and Kyl opposed as bill killers."



The New Transparency: White House Bans Reporter After She Uses Cell Phone To Record Protest

Crooks and Liars   "Marinucci was granted a press pass last month to cover an Obama fundraiser in San Francisco. During the fundraiser, a group that called themselves Fresh Juice Party stood up to sing a protest song against the treatment of Bradley Manning, after paying $76,000 for a table at the fundraiser (tangentially, Nicole Sandler interviewed Naomi Pitcairn of Fresh Juice, and I'm not entirely clear that Pitcairn is clear about what she was protesting). Marinucci recorded the event and uploaded the video for her online column. And that's where the trouble begins."
 
Update: Chronicle responds after Obama Administration punishes reporter for using multimedia, then claims they didn't    "Update: In a pants-on-fire moment, the White House press office today denied anyone there had issued threats to remove Carla Marinucci and possibly other Hearst reporters from the press pool covering the President in the Bay Area.
"Chronicle editor Ward Bushee called the press office on its fib:

Sadly, we expected the White House to respond in this manner based on our experiences yesterday. It is not a truthful response. It follows a day of off-the-record exchanges with key people in the White House communications office who told us they would remove our reporter, then threatened retaliation to Chronicle and Hearst reporters if we reported on the ban, and then recanted to say our reporter might not be removed after all.

The Chronicle's report is accurate.

A plague on both your houses  Don't feel too infatuated with the protestors, however. Here is what they were protesting:

Marinucci was covering the event when about a half-dozen protesters who paid a combined $76,000 to attend the breakfast broke into a song chastising Obama for the government's treatment of Pfc. Bradley Manning, an Army intelligence analyst suspected of illegally passing government secrets to the WikiLeaks website.

They were supporting the traitor.

The Lutheran Church and the War Between the States

Via The Freedomist:

From: Unsettled Christianity  "The national politics of the 1860s was represented in the Lutheran church split. The Lutheran church was bitterly divided by theological and political issues; the same issues that divided a nation in a Civil War."

Ahmadinejad: Bin Laden’s Death Was a Political Stunt – That’s Why They Didn’t Show Pictures

Gateway Pundit  "Iran’s Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi had also earlier announced that Tehran had genuine intelligence showing that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had died of disease long before the United States’ alleged raid."....
“If the US military and intelligence apparatus have really arrested or killed bin Laden, why don’t they show him (his dead body) why have they thrown his corpse into the sea?”

…US officials claimed that they have dropped bin Laden’s body in the Arabian Sea after conducting the necessary postmortem examinations and DNA tests to make sure of his identity.
Yet, a US official later announced that bin Laden’s hasty burial was in accordance with the Islamic law, requiring burial within 24 hours of death.
However, burial at sea is not an Islamic practice and Islam does not have a timeframe for burial.

...."Once again, it looks like Barack Obama created an international clusterfark by trying to appease the Islamists."


Ahmadinejad greets Israel-hating Jews at the conference

Former Dem Rep. Cynthia McKinney Blasts US Policy at Tehran Peace Conference

McKinney wearing head covering

“As an American, I am upset with the policies of my country, but the measures adopted by the first Afro-American president of the United States has ashamed us all,” she said.

“If there is no truth, there won’t be any justice, and today the US policies are rooted in lies, injustice and war,” she continued.

"Noting the United States’ aggravating economic conditions, she said the high rate of infant death toll in the United States is even worse than the European Union."  FARS News Agency
If the Iranians take her hostage, what will she say about the SEALs who rescue her?  Just asking.