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According to a military official, detainees at a Wisconsin National Guard camp in Iraq are using Brett Favre as a manner of getting at the guard troops there.

"They know Favre by name," said First Lieutenant Tim Boehnen, who is from New Richmond, Wis. 

"One of the big words they know now is shenanigan.  They'll constantly talk about 'Favre shenanigans,' 'He's so good for the Vikings,' and 'The Packers have got to really feel bad about that one.'  "

According to Boehnen, it started when troops there started decorating their camp in Packers colors.

The last time a Manhattan federal jury faced such a choice was July 2001. It spared two men convicted in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed 224 people. Seven of 12 jurors decided that, if executed, one defendant 'will be seen as a martyr and his death may be exploited by others to justify future terrorist acts.'"

Well, good to see that effort helped ensure no further terrorist attacks in Manhattan in 2001.

In an interview in the Chinese capital with Major Garrett of Fox News, Obama said he was "not disappointed" that the Guantanamo deadline had slipped, saying he "knew this was going to be hard."

"People, I think understandably, are fearful after a lot of years where they were told that Guantanamo was critical to keep terrorists out," Obama said. Closing the facility, he added, is "also just technically hard."

I remember when President Bush alluded to the fact that he was making "hard" decisions, liberals pounced, calling him stupid and inept.  And now that this liberal president has 1) broken his promise, and 2) blaming it on difficulty, I don't hear any of that good 'ol liberal outrage. 

Despite the slow trickle of prisoners out of the facility, Obama insisted in the interview that the facility will be shuttered eventually.

"We are on a path and a process where I would anticipate that Guantanamo will be closed next year," he said. "I'm not going to set an exact date because a lot of this is also going to depend on cooperation from Congress."

PS--I'd just like to give a little pat-on-the-back to those of us who predicted and warned this promise would be broken when it was made.

The non-profit organization that partially owns a 36-story tower at 650 Fifth Avenue is a front for the government of Iran, according to a complaint filed yesterday by the U.S. government. The group, called the Alavi Foundation, also owns four U.S. mosques and has been funneling money back to the Iranian government, the complaint said. The government is looking to seize all of those properties, though they will remain open as the case moves through court. Tenants at 650 Fifth Avenue include Citigroup, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, and a Juicy Couture retail store, Bloomberg reported.

Finger-pointing, blame-shifting, and at the top, a leader who offers inspiring rhetoric but a certain vagueness about a fundamental question — why did [Hasan] pull the trigger? — suggest that the perception of basic competence under this administration may be on shaky ground.