RSS- Supreme Court oral arguments to be heard on April 25 about presidential immunity for official acts
- Nasa’s Voyager-1 sends usable data from deep space
- The Wondrous Oak
- Three Seas Summit: Vilnius 2024
- Tit for tat until it all goes boom
- Deadly H5N1 avian influenza strain detected on mainland Antarctica
- “BYD is launching its next-gen Blade EV battery soon with more range and even lower cost”
- Iran launches air attacks on Israel
- ISW on the developing Ukrainian defense industrial base and Russias strikes on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure
- Britain? Kaput! By Walrus.
Monthly Archives: November 2007
How “imminent” is the Iranian nuclear threat?
"Israel and its chief ally the United States charge that Tehran is using its civilian nuclear programme as a cover to develop atomic weapons — claims that Tehran flatly denies.Senior Israeli army intelligence officer Yossi Beidetz told parliament’s foreign affairs … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
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Tom Friedman, David Brooks and the Church of the “What’s Happening Now!”
"The BBC reported that the pope “admired the statue but merely touched the sword.” I think it is a great thing these two men met, and that King Abdullah came bearing gifts. But what would have really caught my attention … Continue reading
Posted in Religion
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Waterboarding Is Torture.
"A former Navy survival instructor subjected to waterboarding as part of his military training told Congress yesterday that the controversial tactic should plainly be considered torture and that such a method was never intended for use by U.S. interrogators because … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
51 Comments
“Al-Qa’ida in Iraq, a study” Bergen and Cruikshank
“So what sort of force should the United States leave behind in Iraq to contain AQI? Colonel Pat Lang, a former top official at the Defense Intelligence Agency who is a critic of the Bush administration (and an Arabic speaker), … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
12 Comments
Annapolis- A Second CD2?
"Israel and the Palestinians are still at odds over a joint document for the conference, which would serve as a launch pad for negotiations on core issues such as borders and the fate of Jerusalem and millions of Palestinian refugees. … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
29 Comments
“Who will raise our children?
The State Department has been having a tough time getting enough of its people to go and serve in Iraq. Because of this "the department" is thinking of giving its employees the choice of accepting such assignments or losing their … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
67 Comments