RSS- 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.
- Declaration “Dignitas Infinita” on Human Dignity
- The situation and some possible courses of action … A Pat Lang post reposted from 26 February 2022
- HARPER: COL. W. PATRICK LANG R.I.P.
- A Note On Our Folly By Walrus
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Paulson’s Plan
I listened to Treasury Secretary Paulson a lot this morning as he explained the "plan." Under his concept, the federal government will buy a great deal of presently worthless securitized mortgage debt, hold it for years and then sell it … Continue reading
Posted in The economy
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Saving the Yuppies
"Sec. 8. Review. Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency." NY Times ——————————————————– What is … Continue reading
Posted in The economy
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All politics is tribal?
"Our brains tend to remember facts that accord with our worldview, and discount statements that contradict it. In one Stanford study, 48 students, half of whom said they favored capital punishment and half of whom said they opposed it, were … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells….
"Just like a child wishing for a Wii or an Xbox on Christmas Day, the market was hoping for some sort of RTC [Resolution Trust Corp.] type of arrangement, and there it was underneath the Christmas tree," said Owen Fitzpatrick, … Continue reading
Posted in The economy
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’29 = ’08 ?
"As for Wall Street, Mr. McCain blamed the meltdown on “unbridled corruption and greed.” He called for a commission to find out what happened and propose solutions. His diagnosis and his cure are misguided. The crisis on Wall Street is … Continue reading
Posted in The economy
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Massive new registration in Virginia
"More than a quarter-million Virginians have registered to vote since the beginning of the year, and jurisdictions that have traditionally voted Democratic are registering voters at the fastest pace, according to statistics released Tuesday by the State Board of Elections. … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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Open thread on the Economy
We are more or less standing on the edge of eternity in this economic and credit crisis. The institutions that are dying in New York are the "connective tissue," the infrastructure of modern life. It is time to declare an … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
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“An Existential Crisis” de Borchgrave
"Alarm bells suddenly went off in government offices from Washington to Ottawa to London to The Hague when Pakistan’s newly minted democratic government, after almost nine years of military rule, suddenly closed the border to all NATO resupply traffic to … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
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Put the VP back in the box!
"David Addington, the vice president’s lawyer, kept in his office controlling documents that gave strategic direction to the nation’s largest spy agency." (By Melina Mara — The Washington Post) *************************************************************** "Addington’s behavior with the NSA auditors was "a wake-up call … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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The SIOP and the Red SIOP
Her tutors really should tell Sarah about this soon. Maybe they don’t call it this anymore. I am getting out of date. Nevertheless, it still exists. There was also the "Red SIOP," or more formally the "Red Single Integrated Strategic … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art
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