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One finds it hard to long lament Rachel Corrie, 23, the flag burner at top, and the red splotch on the ground at bottom. It seems a fitting end. What's alarming -- truly, truly shameful -- is that I had to pick through the hateful comments of LGF in order find out anything other than paeans to a new saint, which is all you'd have found anywhere else. Which is why LGF, for all I've ever said about it, is still not only worth having around, but absolutely necessary in today's world.

FEELING THEIR OATS? Meanwhile, Bill

FEELING THEIR OATS?

Meanwhile, Bill Quick and coy are spending their 48 hours til war advocating the right of gun owners to end fistfights they get into by killing the other guy.

SEE, HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE I've

SEE, HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE

I've noted with interest the move in American blogland to note employers who give benefits to their reservist employees. I would love to tell you about the comparable list of Canadian companies. Unfortunately the Canadian Forces Liaison Council has yet to have the idea occur to them of promoting those companies by listing them. (They have a list, actually, but it doesn't distinguish between those who offer vague expressions of support for the military from those who actually do anything about it, so I'll pass on linking it.)

PS to the CFLC: Some of the links on your "Message from the Chair" page are broken.

THAT WOULD BE CANADIAN VICTIM

THAT WOULD BE CANADIAN VICTIM NO. 27

Canadians killed in Sept. 11 attacks: 24.
Canadians killed in Bali attack: 2
Canadians killed in today's Yemen attack: 1.

GOOD WARTIME READING Robert Wright's

GOOD WARTIME READING

Robert Wright's take.

Fareed Zakaria's take.

Paul Glastris' take.