Tuesday Quick Hits

No luck tonight in Hold'em. On with the goodies.

I read Stan Goff's book Hideous Dream a few years ago. The guy's a decorated combat vet with a three-time combat veteran son. However, he has some very interesting views on the Marines in Haditha. For some reason, his rant reminds me of something Zarqawi might write. Don't forget what Rep. Murtha said was the real reason behind the slaughter: Bush.

A boy in China was born with a third arm. Though neither of his two left arms work, he's definitely lucky he wasn't the result of a poor Chinese domestic policy regarding an abundance of people.

TUAW has an awesome picture of a G4 Mailbox.

Anti-war protesters found out about a shipment of an Iraq-bound convoy of Stryker Armored Vehicles in the port of Olympia, Washington. They made a human chain and chanted, "Out of Olympia, Out of Iraq" while attempting to stop the shipment. Some were arrested, others pepper-sprayed. Let's clear something up. These fools don't want supplies to reach the troops which help save American lives and destroy enemies of the armed forces. Please, someone call that patriotism. At least Joel Stein can be honest about his convictions: those who oppose the war, but support the troops are just "covering their ass." Well said.

One of my favorite beach-reads is The 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America by Bernard Goldberg. Jack Huberman counters the book with his own The 101 People Who Are Really Screwing Up America. Spoiler: Bush is #2, trumped only by the evil, evil Dick Cheney. I'm definitely adding this to my queue. Oh, and God is on the list.

Finally, RedState has a good piece on comparing Haditha to My Lai.