Feb
17
2009
 An interesting bit of news has come out on the hunt for Bin Laden. Some researchers at UCLA decided to apply some statistical models to the problem of determining where Bin Laden may be hiding out, and have concluded he may be hiding in one of three possible buildings in a large town near […]
Feb
17
2009
The Brave New World of President Obama has some disturbing trends to it. The worst is the attempt to go back to a pre 9-11 delusional state that a violently oppressive form of religion can co-exist with modern, open, western societies. We humans spent the 1990’s pretending that blood lusting jihadis in Afghanistan and Pakistan […]
Feb
17
2009
Someone in the US Intelligence Community (at times an oxymoron, to be sure) has decided to blow covert efforts by Israel – our supposed ally -Â by exposing them in the news media: Israel has launched a covert war against Iran as an alternative to direct military strikes against Tehran’s nuclear programme, US intelligence sources have […]
Feb
16
2009
Lot of noise about what appears to be a meteor entering the atmosphere over Texas today (story and video here). This You Tube video below provides some clues as to what this probably wasn’t. The runners are in a Marathon, in the morning. Given their shadows they appear to be running East-by-Southeast. The reentry seems […]
Feb
16
2009
The Washington Post has printed complete lies about Global Warming as facts, even though the lies are so obvious anyone with a HS Earth Science class education could find them. Here are the lies: The pace of global warming is likely to be much faster than recent predictions, because industrial greenhouse gas emissions have increased […]
Feb
16
2009
I have been conflicted with the administration’s plans to open talks with Iran. I am well aware Iran could be just playing team Obama as dupes, buying time to obtain nuclear weapons so they can roll the world on their terms. I am also aware of the fact we cannot negotiate alternative scenarios without actually […]
Feb
16
2009
We’ve had another predator strike in Pakistan, as the Pak’s negotiate a deal with religious extremists to allow them to impose Sharia law on what once was a western tourist mecca: Pakistan agreed on Monday to restore strict Islamist law in the Swat valley to pacify a revolt by Taliban militants, and a suspected U.S. […]
Feb
15
2009
This is a good idea: Stretched thin in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American military will begin recruiting skilled immigrants who are living in this country with temporary visas, offering them the chance to become United States citizens in as little as six months. Immigrants who are permanent residents, with documents commonly known as green cards, […]
Feb
15
2009
Update: Lord Save Us! Despite the enormous size of the $787 billion stimulus plan, some economists worry that it won’t make a big enough dent in unemployment and that lawmakers will have to work on another stimulus in short order — something members of Congress are loathe to discuss.
Feb
15
2009
 US forces – now known to operate out of Pakistan thanks to a big mouthed US Senator – have  successfully targeted a large group of al Qaeda and Taliban militants: A US missile strike killed 32 people, most of them Uzbek nationals in South Waziristan on Saturday. According to sources, US drone planes fired […]