(TV/streaming video) New & Leftover Items, a Touch of 2024, and some Nostalgic Forensics

Being buried, bit by bit...

Most of you are familiar with the general "stop loss" tactics employed by the military to delay the departure of personnel from military service. It's the invocation of a contractual clause that's forcing members of the military to stay in the service months and more past their release date. Maybe you weren't familiar with all of the details, among them the 40,000 troops in Iraq who have been informed that their enlistment has been extended until December 24th, 2031.

Meanwhile, over on Tony Collett's blog he's made a point of two important bits of maneuvering going on in the US. One involves a special, until recently secret deal between Wal-Mart and the Department of Labor to essentially turn over employee complaints made to the DOL to Wal-Mart's corporate offices. The other involves a threat to cut PBS funding if they don't get more in line with the president's political ideology.

Finally, a couple minutes on the nightmarish subject of Condoleeza Rice.