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Albino animals are always worth a look
More mayhem in Ferguson, Missouri.
More on the more mayhem in Ferguson.
Update on the more mayhem in Missouri ... ok, folks, shooting other people IS going to draw the cops out with guns blazing. You don't like that, then stop idiots from shooting at people, and then police, and you will see a remarkable drop in police shooting people. Plus I fail to see how breaking into private businesses, beating up and robbing reporters, and basically running wild looting actually helps your cause. So, my suggestion to the "peaceful" demonstrators in Saint Louis County: Sit on the thugs, disarm them if possible and protect business from being trashed and looted, again by sitting on the miscreants if necessary
Yet another update on Ferguson ... all I can do is shake my head at the stupidity of it all. Protesters: You want a violent reaction from cops ... then let the idiots, agitators and thugs among you run amok ... and you will get your wish.
Question: Has China's "war" with the United States already begun? Ah .... eh-yup. Been going on for a while now, on a host of different fronts, just we don't want to recognize it. Same with Iran, Russia, Islamic Jihadis ... they all basically have declared war on the US and we just dance around it ... because we are afraid to fight back because if it goes dark, well, a lot of people are going to die ... and we just can't have that on our consciences
Another example of China's "war" ... or is it a war ... but note that Hillary's private e-mail server was most likely penetrated so everything on it (whatever it was) is compromised
I hope this guy gets the crowd-funding support he needs to save this plane for this museum ...
The level of incompetence at the EPA seems to have hit a new level ... wonder what political motive was behind this fubar
North Koreans playing with fire again ... of course, I really doubt the South Koreans will respond with much, just like our President shies away from responding to all the provocations he faces ... he fears the consequences of standing up and responding vigorously
This looks like a good book to get and read ... and I have to admit, MREs were an improvement over C-rations in cans. Still, not quite better than hot As. Although the shelf-stable bread was pretty tasty, and the shelf-stable milk, if chilled enough, was passable.
ISIS v. Al Qaeda ... Taliban leader's demise is not good news for Al Qaeda, according to this analysis. Of course, according to the analysis (although it doesn't say so), a decapitation strike taking out the Caliph really would put a crimp in ISIS ... but those are tough, even with drones
More on the North Koreans - it seems they are facing famine ... and this commentator is advising everybody else to leave providing relief to the Chinese because any other aid will be seen as an endorsement of the regime of China's ally.
This commentator says that Russia is sliding back toward the way it was governed in the Middle Ages ... not a good prospect.
Another aspect of China's "war-fighting" capabilities. This makes separating the sheep from the wolves pretty hard to do, which is why the Chinese are doing it. It is part of the new aspects of warfare being fought in host of different dimensions and symmetries
This an interesting perspective on global politics and the role the US military plays in it. I happen to agree that the US is losing its edge ... but then a lot of it has to do with the gold-plated procurement process ... as well as the political dunderheads we have in Washington.
China-Iran oil for fighters deal ... this could be a game changer in the Persian Gulf.
Ain't this the truth ... Iran flouts the sanctions ... and everybody just turns a blind eye ... and we are supposed to trust the Iranians, much less the Russians.
This article is aimed at the academic community, but I know a lot of journalists who would pay heed to follow some of these guidelines
Can history save the world? Yes and no, because it really is chaotic out there and therefore history never really repeats itself. History has many lessons, but the question is which ones should we learn.
This will be interesting: Just how far does the rule of law extend in the Middle East?
Another good piece by Paul Greenfield ... this time on abortion in light of the Planned Parenthood revelations
Mr. Paulson here points out in his commentary a point I have tried to make for ... well, a very, very long time. A) You can't have success without failure ... so if you try to eliminate failure, then there will be no success stories. You have to accept that failure is part of life and the best thing each of us as individuals can do is to learn from our failures, as we pick ourselves up and move out again. B) Government, by subsidizing failure, removes the incentives to succeed. In addition by penalizing success through taxes, etc., you disincentivize success. Why work hard when what you receive in reward is taken away from you to support people who for one reason or another are not succeeding.
Just in case you forgot that there are people in the Middle East who are at war with us ... the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul was attacked Monday. Now, I have to say the new consulate looks nothing like the old one I visited back in the summer of 1972 to call my fiancé at the time.
Another reminder that the war in Afghanistan goes on with Americans on the front lines. I pause to salute this Top Sergeant who fell doing what sergeants do best, leading troops.
This has been a problem with the reserve forces for as long as I can remember: Ghost Soldiers. People on the rolls but not making drill ... and those making drill who possibly are non-deployable because of physical limitations. Under normal circumstances the former a real pain to deal with and hard to track down ... and the latter, in a major war, the non-deployables are liable to be deployable because they are needed and they WANT to go.
Personally, I think political tracking polls are a bunch of crap ... but this is interesting ... still, folks ... it is a long way to the convention in Cleveland next August.
Cruz's first five things ... well, at least they are promises he probably can keep ... since they require no congressional action ... although I suspect the entrenched bureaucracies inside the Beltway will resist kicking and screaming all the way
This sign is a hoot
Interesting and quite appropriate commentary on the evolution, or devolution, of the freedom of religion in the US.
A dissident voice from the inside of Planned Parenthood explains the process
Iraq seems destined to splinter ... but as everything in the Middle East, it seems to boil down to oil and money and who gets what and how much.
And this was long ago and far way in a different world than we live in now.
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