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Date: November 10th, 2008

Julie Meyers resigns as Asst. Secretary of ICE (Updated)

10 November, 2008 (18:48) | Politics | By: ricjames

Just heard: Julie Myers, the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has tendered her resignation. She’ll be gone November 15. More to come when I have a moment. Update: Here’s a link.

Polling!

10 November, 2008 (07:38) | Blogging | By: ricjames

Poking around the blog’s dashboard this morning, I noted that WordPress.com offers a polling feature now. Sounded interesting, so I’m giving it a go. Check it out over there in the sidebar. Today’s poll is your basic techie poll. I’ll put up others that are more pertinent to today’s events as I get used to [...]

Always faithful, indeed. Updated: Happy Birthday, USMC!

10 November, 2008 (07:06) | Human Interest, Military | By: ricjames

Our Marines, always ready and steady when the bad stuff goes down. Even when it’s California hotel on fire. A half-dozen off-duty Marines who raced through a burning motel on Sunday warning sleeping guests that it was on fire were hailed as lifesaving heroes. Everyone escaped the Americas Best Value Inn motel, including one elderly [...]