May 31st, 2007
Rochester New York is unique in many ways and this is one of its most unique and best kept secrets. The City has a river and a riverine gorge running through it. Below the fold are photos I took today at lunch. The City is on either side of the gorge but you wouldn’t know it in many places.
You just can’t make this stuff up.
Buffalo News
ames O’Neill calls it the most amazing thing he has seen in 23 years as a Buffalo firefighter.
Sunday, while investigating a fire, O’Neill found a man living in a six-footdeep underground bunker in an isolated area of the northern section of the city.
The bunker has heat, lights, insulation, [...]
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of Multi-National Corps – Iraq, left, greets Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) at Baghdad International Airport, May 30, 2007. Lieberman was visiting Iraq to tour a Baghdad market and meet with American and Iraqi military leaders. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2007 – Officers from the U.S. Army battalion that freed 41 prisoners from an al Qaeda in Iraq hideout May 27 provided details on the operation yesterday.
U.S. and Iraqi soldiers were conducting operations in a town south of Baqubah when a local man approached them with information about [...]
May 30th, 2007
Saw the cardiologist today. The wife has lost 85 pounds since February 27. She wanted to lose some ugly fat but I’m not really that ugly.
They’re upping her blood pressure meds, now that time has past. The BP was a delicate balance between neurology and cardiology. The N guys wanted it higher, to prevent additional [...]
Glenn Reynolds posted Michael Yon’s report on this yesterday.
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
The district police chief of Hit, Hamid Ibrahim Jazaa, along with his brother and 14 bodyguards were apprehended by Coalition Forces today in Hit approximately 275 km northwest of Baghdad May 29.
The apprehensions were the result of an investigation which [...]
Two Iraqi girls stand by the front gate of their house in the southern Rashidiya area May 26. The gate was hit by shrapnel from an insurgent attack on their neighborhood the day before. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division
Biz Law Blog
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in McNamee v. IRS, No. 05-6151 just affirmed a federal trial court’s determination that the owner of an LLC (limited liability company) can be held personally liable for unpaid payroll taxes. This is a significant decision, which may well be appealed to the Supreme Court.
Go [...]
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Coalition Soldiers detained two suspected insurgents, found a cache, and seized a local vehicle after a small-arms attack Today near Az-Zaidon, Iraq, west of Baghdad.
Soldiers of the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment ‘Wolverines’, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., were conducting counter improvised explosive [...]