Headlines below the fold, with spin

Blogfather links to michaelyon-online.com
and others about the ongoing battle in Iraq:

This is a serious battle, and much more important that the news is making out. My guess is that most media have little idea of the consequences or magnitude of the Battle for Baqubah, and so it's slipping by.

MudvilleGazette has lots of links HERE

The IHT (NYTIMES EUROPE) already says it's a failure, citing a recent car bomb at a mosque.

So I guess the recent bus bombings in the Philippines prove the war here is a failure?
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When Ehrlenmeyer flasks are outlawed, only outlaws will have Ehrlenmeyer flasks...
Make magazine reports that although you can buy a gun in Texas without registering it, you can't buy chemistry equipment without filling out forms...

It's to stop the Meth labs, of course.
My way to stop the drug use epidemic is to have preachers preach against such use. But in Oklahoma, only the Assembly of God church had an active outreach to help addicts. The Catholic church sponsored AA...and never preached against drug/alcohol abuse...