links for 2008-07-08

• Power Line: A Lion's Roar in Mosul
  It's too bad, as Andy McCarthy notes, that you have to look to the foreign press to learn about this significant victory. (GZE2 - The war is over? Damn near)
  (tags: iraq waronterror blogs)
• Olympic sailors find added adversary in Qingdao: pollution - Yahoo! Singapore News
  "You don't really want to go sailing around in pollution and I've never sailed in a place that's more polluted than this,"
  (tags: china olympics)
• The Hockey News: Headlines: Report: NHL finalizes deal for Blackhawks and Red Wings to play at Wrigley Field for '09-10 outdoor game
  (tags: hockey nhl)
• http://www.michaelyon-online.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1640:the-river-part-ii&catid=34:dispatches&Itemid=55
  The government does not appear to be making any effort to recover them. And so, once again these simple folk are victims of an ignominious fate, wrought upon them first by nature, and exacerbated by the failings of a corrupt and brutal government.
  (tags: burma weather blogs)
• Coming soon: Slimmer-looking goaltenders - NHL - Yahoo! Sports
  “Goaltender equipment really only needs to be large enough to provide safety and protection for the goalie,”
  (tags: hockey nhl)