Morning Links

- $7 million in jewels stolen - what was interesting is at the end of the column they speak of past robberies in the Diamond District but they never mention if the various criminals were ever caught

- Heh Heh - I got a good poker chuckle out of this - H/T FARK (and from that same thread - a Phil Hellmuth chat from ESPN.com)

- US women in battle - ooh rah!

Those seven Americans (with the three wounded) killed in total 24 heavily armed enemy, wounded 6 (two later died), and captured one unwounded, who feigned injury to escape the fight. They seized 22 AK-47s, 6x RPG launchers w/ 16 rockets, 13x RPK machineguns, 3x PKM machineguns, 40 hand grenades, 123 fully loaded 30-rd AK magazines, 52 empty mags, and 10 belts of 2500 rds of PK ammo.

Of the 7 members of Raven 42 who walked away, two are Caucasian Women, the rest men-one is Mexican-American, the medic is African-American, and the other two are Caucasian-the great American melting pot.

H/T Instapundit

- The Cold Hard Football Facts on Bo Jackson - they don't think he was any great shakes

- The latest on the NHL and the Players Association - my guess is the NHL loses on this one. Being in the Players Association and accepting benefits comes with responsibilities - main among them not being a scab

- The slow painful death of originality continues - imitate your favorite comedian? What ever happened to Open Mike nights?