Teheran raids Iraq in attack on Kurds. This is not good news. However, the fact that it has been sent down the memory hole by the MSM is telling. Iran wants to draw the US into a shooting war to give them cover to start lobbing missiles at Israel. Additionally, Michael Totten is reporting that Iran has taken front line positions in southern Lebannon. They positioned themselves there to lob rockets at Israel. So, when the crazed Iranian president says he wants to destroy Israel and being the apocalyptic war that will bring the world to an end, he's not kidding. He really is batshit crazy. Iraq is going to have to sort this out. The Kurds are very capable fighters but they don't have the armor that the Iranians have let alone the air capabilities. This is going to get worse before it gets better.
Quarantine 2008 has ended
Fair warning: possibly graphic post and not for the squeamish. So it all started Friday night. Wife and I had a long day (as usual) and had finally finished with dishes, laundry and the rest of the normal daily grind. The baby had been fussy most of the day and had spit up here and there. Mostly we thought it had been switching from formula to milk which can sometimes cause this type of thing. By the time kid #4 rolls around you tend to let these things slide. If this were #1 we'd have called in a medivac at the first sign of vomiting in a 1 year old. He finally calmed down and we got him off to sleep. We watched a bit of The Wire and retired (very) late. About 10 minutes later #2 wakes up crying complaining of a stomach ache. I ask if he has to go to the bathroom and he says no, it's not that. His stomach really hurts. OK, into my bed and I'll get the heating pad for a bit. We get him settled and he calms down. Knowing that he tends towards the dramatic, I s...
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