BlackHat's Journal: ...got sucked in a hole/now there's a hole in the sky...

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Lossing tells us of the imprisonment of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, in the following language: "Suffering and woe held terrible sway after Cornwallis and his army swept over the plains of New Jersey. Like others of the signers of the great Declaration, Richard Stockton was marked for peculiar vengeance by the enemy. So suddenly did the flying Americans pass by in the autumn of 1776, and so soon were the Hessian vultures and their British companions on the trail, that he had barely time to remove his family to a place of safety before his beautiful mansion was filled with rude soldiery. The house was pillaged, the horses and stock were driven away, the furniture was converted into fuel, the choice old wines in the cellar were drunk, the valuable library, and all the papers of Mr. Stockton were committed to the flames, and the estate was laid waste. Mr. Stockton's place of concealment was discovered by a party of loyalists, who entered the house at night, dragged him from his bed, and treating him with every indignity that malice could invent, hurried him to New York, where he was confined in the loathsome Provost Jail and treated with the utmost cruelty. When, through the interposition of Congress he was released, his constitution was hopelessly shattered, and he did not live to see the independence of his country achieved. He died at his home at Princeton, in February, 1781, blessed to the last with the tender and affectionate attentions of his noble wife."

We have gathered very little information about the British prisons in the south, but that little shall be laid before the reader. It repeats the same sad story of suffering and death of hundreds of martyrs to the cause of liberty, and of terrible cruelty on the part of the English as long as they were victorious.

Mr. Haltigan tells of the "tender mercies" of Cornwallis at the south in the following words: "Cornwallis was even more cruel than Clinton, and more flagrant in his violations of the conditions of capitulation. After the fall of Charleston the real misery of the inhabitants began. Every stipulation made by Sir Henry Clinton for their welfare was not only grossly violated, but he sent out expeditions in various sections to plunder and kill the inhabitants, and scourge the country generally. One of these under Tarleton surprised Colonel Buford and his Virginia regiment at Waxhaw, N. C., and while negotiations were pending for a surrender, the Americans, without notice, were suddenly attacked and massacred in cold blood. Colonel Buford and one hundred of his men saved themselves only by flight. Though the rest sued for quarter, one hundred and thirteen of them were killed on the spot, and one hundred and fifty more were so badly hacked by Tarleton's dragoons that they could not be removed. Only fifty-three out of the entire regiment were spared and taken prisoners. 'Tarleton's quarter' thereafter became the synonym for barbarity. --Danske Dandridge

Dandridge's collection about prisoners of the revolutionary war are instructive to readers of any age. Tho he may be a bit more so just at this point in time.

News:
David Blunkett is doing so much "lefty" good-works the Vicar is going to have to sideline him in the next shuffle. Can't have the Vicar shown up, don't'cha know. While Prescott is still playing house.

Things Condi' never told Bush about Putin's eyes.

Richard Ingrams sets his flamethrower on 'Wide'.

Iraq vs USA, score still very much in American favour but gap closing. Overlapping attack points are often a sign that you are facing multiple threat sources. Sun Tzu is available for free at your Gutenberg mirror of choice.

3G IPO. Three Gorges filling and filing.

The MCI Fix is in & = 36 cents. All the silver-platter deals and moving the debt off to friendly banks looks to have worked. Now just keep the rest of the skeletons safely in their closets and they may not be mentioned on FuckedCompany again for a few months.

All this 'Bolstering' of Hamid Karzai might give the impression that some kind of control of the situation has been achieved. Just needs some pillows to finish, hmmm? The Helen stops by to see what kind of bolster would be suitable.

Texttoon:
Fumetti : Stock photo of Helen Clark walking with troops in Afghanistan[img]. Overlayed speech bubble has her saying to the Afghan just ahead of her; "Did'ya see that? Blew his face clean off!" and reply bubble has him saying; "Is that a problem?"

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There's a NZ story on k5 right now that may be of interest [kuro5hin.org]