RSS- 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.
- Declaration “Dignitas Infinita” on Human Dignity
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Bill Clinton: I should have better regulated derivatives
"Former President Bill Clinton: I think that the only thing that our administration did or didn't do that we should have done is to try to set in motion some more formal regulation of the derivatives market. They're wrong in … Continue reading
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Nationalize the Beggar Banks
"The U.S. banking system is close to being insolvent, and unless we want to become like Japan in the 1990s — or the United States in the 1930s — the only way to save it is to nationalize it." Washpost. … Continue reading
Posted in The economy
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Contractor Corruption in Iraq
"Court records show that last month investigators subpoenaed the personal bank records of Col. Anthony B. Bell, who is now retired from the Army but who was in charge of reconstruction contracting in Iraq in 2003 and 2004 when the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
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Open Thread
There are a number of interesting topics available for comment today but I am going to pass on all of them and leave them to you. pl
Posted in Open Thread
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“Dead Dogmas of the Past” Richard Sale
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Posted in Uncategorized
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Aaron David Miller – Envoy to Iran
I have been listening to this gent for a while now. I met hin several times when times were good. He was Ross' deputy for a long time but he seems to know whom he is, and that is a … Continue reading
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Kiracofe on US/Israel relations
"the inevitable Israeli test of Barack Obama's independence from AIPAC pressure" Yes indeed. So for openers Team Obama should: 1. Task the intelligence community for a fresh NIE on Israel which includes counterintelligence issues. 2. Justice Department puts prosecutions on … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
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Israel Moves to the Right
"Livni, 50, is a relative newcomer to Israeli politics and would be the second woman to become prime minister. A lawyer in private practice and a onetime agent in Paris for Mossad, an Israeli intelligence service, she was first elected … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
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National Journal Blog – Iran
"The structure of the question implies a situation in which the United States has more or less complete freedom of action in which to pick and choose among options. That is not the case. As Paul Krugman has pointed out, … Continue reading
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What do we want in Afghanistan?
"The Obama administration is conducting a high-level strategic review of the war in Afghanistan and says it will unveil the results before NATO holds a 60th anniversary summit in early April. Petraeus, who also serves as commander of U.S. forces … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
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