tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-95267442011-07-31T07:07:46.505-04:00Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.comBlogger4231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-23629104304000189142010-09-10T20:37:00.001-04:002010-09-10T20:37:00.320-04:00

This is spot on. The Sri Lankan ability to isolate their opponents was far more critical than the amount of force applied.  Small Wars Journal (@smallwars)9/10/10 20:14This Week at War: If Mexico Is at War, Does America Have to Win It? http://bit.ly/bTIQDN"Those who object to the coldblooded "Sri Lankan Way" remind us that the Soviet Union's brutal campaign in Afghanistan did not result in

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“Both sides have destroyed my life, the Western media and the Iranian intelligence.... But I still have the hope that at least the media will realize what they have done.”http://nyti.ms/9HORSx Posted via email from Team Frosick

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The dilemma: it takes a large footprint on the ground to develop the information and provide the infrastructure to support the Special Operations campaign. So, in the end, I don't think either approach can stand alone. From The New York Times: Targeted Killing Is New U.S. Focus in Afghanistan http://nyti.ms/cAPltk Posted via email from Team Frosick

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Ouch. That's some serious corruption:Mexican Officials Say Prisoners Acted as Hit Men - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/world/americas/26mexico.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimes Ballistics studies confirmed that four guns used in the shooting were the same as those assigned to jail guards, Mr. Nájera said. Posted via email from Team Frosick

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179507/Fake_i_femme_fatale_i_shows_so... Posted via email from Team Frosick

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How to Make an American Job Before It's Too Late: Andy Grove - Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-01/how-to-make-an-american-job-before-it-s-too-late-andy-grove.html Posted via email from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-72226653727744591742010-07-11T11:15:00.001-04:002010-07-11T11:15:37.292-04:00

Digital Domain - Computers at Home - Educational Hope vs. Teenage Reality - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/business/11digi.html?_r=1 I liked the article's finish, even if I don't like the results achieved from providing the technology:"When devising ways to beat school policing software, students showed an exemplary capacity for self-directed learning. Too bad that capacity didn’t

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-15121435232019794972010-07-07T22:07:00.001-04:002010-07-07T22:07:59.070-04:00

From the NYTimes:"CNN on Wednesday removed its senior editor of Middle Eastern affairs, Octavia Nasr, after she published a Twitter message saying that she respected the Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah."http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/business/media/08cnn.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rssInteresting to see the sort of trouble one can get in now that personal opinions can be

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...just the benefits of sharing its monopoly on the use of force. From the CSMonitor:“The cartels don't seek a failed state. Rather they want ‘dual sovereignty’ – that is, to pay off public officials in return for their closing their eyes to criminality” - George W. Graysonhttp://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/top/~3/kNzEHP2SyHY/

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From the NYTimes - http://nyti.ms/9PMIOH Posted via email from Team Frosick

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http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html"Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service." Posted via email from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-70991129475058292482010-05-08T19:47:00.001-04:002010-05-08T19:47:19.842-04:00

via fastcompany.com This was like my first childhood idea for an invention. The foam rubber car! Of course, I imagined it looking a bit more like the car-shaped pencil erasers I was using at the time... Posted via web from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-88224145729446501272010-05-03T06:48:00.001-04:002010-05-03T06:48:07.204-04:00

http://r.reuters.com/fem42k Posted via email from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-46140197160040957592010-05-01T09:14:00.001-04:002010-05-01T09:14:04.560-04:00

http://withoutmedia.wordpress.com/ I'd be curious to get a better perspective on the differences between demographics - although that might not be available from this study. This was a mostly white, upper middle class group of college students. Would the same apply for those from a less privileged background? How do those in the military from the same class/age/race compare? Is it substantially

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-64555787888169103092010-04-28T03:59:00.001-04:002010-04-28T03:59:22.083-04:00

As long as the Maoists are in 1 tiny collective surrounded by a giant capitalist market, of course: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/26/maostalgia?page=full Photo Essay: Maostalgia - By Tomas Van Houtryve | Foreign Policy Posted via email from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-17328280368156616682010-04-28T03:30:00.001-04:002010-04-28T03:30:45.882-04:00

http://bygonebureau.com/2008/08/25/the-problem-with-biking/"Basically, to become mainstream in America, biking needs to be normal. The easiest step to take is if cyclists realize that biking doesn’t make them special. They’re not better than drivers."True...but it leads back to the chicken and egg question. It takes a passionate base to start the movement and push it into the mainstream.

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-70565447101055715042010-04-25T07:10:00.001-04:002010-04-25T07:10:22.242-04:00

"The 1,200-tonne corvette Cheonan sank in what military officials said was likely a torpedo attack." I'm guessing they won't be fielding any joint sports teams in upcoming athletic events. Crazy turnaround from the attitudes toward the North, reunification, and their shared history that prevailed while we lived there in 2003-2005. Posted via email from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-83780437614467085992010-04-25T06:55:00.001-04:002010-04-25T06:55:19.379-04:00

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/24/AR2010042402411_pf.htmlInteresting snippet from a Washington Post article chronicling the Kyrgystani protests that pushed the government out of power:"By midday, the demonstrators were on the march toward the city center. Their ranks swelled as people called friends and relatives to join them, jamming mobile phone networks. Djumanaev

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-3572645238004271022010-04-21T14:53:00.001-04:002010-04-21T14:53:50.739-04:00

Without China, the BRICs are just the BRI, a bland, soft cheese that is primarily known for the whine that goes with it. via rothkopf.foreignpolicy.com Heh. I still remain curious as to why Russia is included for any reason other than adding another letter. Population shrinking, corruption increasing, manufacturing flat, and wealth poorly distributed. Without oil and gas, where would they be

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-5773600223251188702010-04-18T14:04:00.001-04:002010-04-18T14:04:19.633-04:00

From the Wahington Post: Emotional reactors and watchers create new video genre on YouTube "In the first five seconds, he looks perplexed, like a man who is trying to figure out whether the milk has gone bad. This expression is quickly replaced with dry-heaving nausea; then at the 30-second mark, he crosses his eyes and gently sways in place, as if this will make everything disappear. The

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Reminds me of the shots that show lights in different parts of the world. North America, Europe, parts of East Asia are masses of energy and modern activity and, beyond that, there are individual points that tie in: Posted via email from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-83584873810866006982010-04-10T10:44:00.002-04:002010-04-10T10:46:31.621-04:00

I was going back through my Instapaper account today and checking out old articles when I came back across this one. When I first read it, what struck me the most was the idea that Mexican drug cartels are expanding aggressively into other areas of the "black economy" - in this case selling illegally procured oil. On my second read, however, I was more interested in the Zetas and their ability to

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-15906806895229776582010-02-07T09:30:00.001-05:002010-02-07T09:30:20.258-05:00

A wee bit of snow Posted via web from Team Frosick

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via zee.posterous.com Posted via web from Team Frosick

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via youtube.com Posted via web from Team Frosick

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via youtube.com Posted via web from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-6588238436326350382010-01-01T11:21:00.001-05:002010-01-01T11:21:25.811-05:00

via foreignpolicy.com Posted via web from Team Frosick

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via ricks.foreignpolicy.com Posted via web from Team Frosick

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via flickr.com Posted via web from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-71668084219445888282009-12-13T14:14:00.001-05:002009-12-13T14:14:07.087-05:00

ROME -- Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was punched in the face at the end of a rally in Milan on Sunday, new reports said. The attack occurred as the 73-year-old Berlusconi was signing autographs near his car, state TV said. TV showed the stunned leader with blood under his nose and on his mouth as he was lifted to his feet by aides. Berlusconi was hustled into the back of a car

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-43981344402861178052009-12-13T14:09:00.001-05:002009-12-13T14:09:39.739-05:00

Drug traffickers employing high-tech drills, miles of rubber hose and a fleet of stolen tanker trucks have siphoned more than $1 billion worth of oil from Mexico's pipelines over the past two years, in a vast and audacious conspiracy that is bleeding the national treasury, according to U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials and the state-run oil company. via washingtonpost.com They field

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-3669225120653577462009-12-13T11:31:00.001-05:002009-12-13T11:31:21.575-05:00

Russians say we repeat their mistakes but they are wrong.  The Soviets employed true scorched-earth tactics—the same tactics that many armchair commanders at home would like to employ.  Every time the Soviets whacked the Afghan hive, more hornets raged out.  Soviets bullied their way around places like Hungary and Czechoslovakia, and were fantastically brutal in Afghanistan, using all the fire

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Los Zetas and other such transnational private military forces may be much more dangerous to stability and legitimate governance than al Qaeda or religion-inspired terror groups. The multi-billion-dollar drug-smuggling business seems to buy far more military capability, foot soldiers, high and low-level government officials, and neighborhood support than religious exhortation does. It is

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via denverpost.com Interesting long-term project that demonstrates the power of different media to create an engaging story. Posted via web from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-12472836807730705092009-12-04T23:49:00.001-05:002009-12-04T23:49:32.782-05:00

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1205/p09s01-coop.html"Here is the great paradox of today's Europe: that the working class, who voted for generations for the left, now find themselves voting for right-wing parties because they feel that the social democratic parties are out of touch." Posted via email from Team Frosick

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COIN is a mindset, not a tactic, technique or procedure. via isaf-live.webdrivenhq.com Posted via web from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-48835727337916762242009-11-19T04:08:00.001-05:002009-11-19T04:08:59.202-05:00

Maersk Alabama thwarts Somali pirate attack: http://usat.me/?36832358"Maritime experts said it was unlucky but not unprecedented that the Maersk Alabama had been targeted in a second attack."I think I'd LIKE to see more such examples of "unlucky." And my guess is that Somali pirates would not.... Posted via email from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-19939803454616336882009-11-16T23:49:00.001-05:002009-11-16T23:49:53.834-05:00

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091117/wl_mcclatchy/3358245 Posted via email from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-35412938876224180072009-11-01T07:29:00.003-05:002009-11-01T07:29:26.749-05:00

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/31/AR2009103102365.html?hpid=newswell "Leaders of the Ryan White Planning Council had learned early on about Beale's felony conviction through an Internet search. At the time, Beale was working on paying more than $400,000 in restitution for her part in a real estate scheme between 1995 and 1997 that used bogus paperwork and inflated

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/31/AR2009103102365.html?hpid=newswell "Leaders of the Ryan White Planning Council had learned early on about Beale's felony conviction through an Internet search. At the time, Beale was working on paying more than $400,000 in restitution for her part in a real estate scheme between 1995 and 1997 that used bogus paperwork and inflated

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New Media Empowers All Forces In a U.S. Helsinki Commission hearing on new media in authoritarian regimes, Morozov last week warned that new media "will power all political forces, not just the forces we like." Despite efforts to encourage the growth of pro-democratic groups online, he said research into the blogospheres in Egypt, Palestine and Russia suggest that the Muslim Brotherhood,

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In interviews with teenagers between ages 13 and 19 living in poor and violent neighborhoods in St. Louis, Missouri, sociologist Jody Miller found that incidents of gang rape were alarmingly high. Of the 75 kids Miller interviewed, 45 percent of boys admitted to "running train" -- local slang for gang rape. About one half of girls reported being sexually assaulted and one-third said they'd been

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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/10/kerry_opposed_to_more_and_fewe.html?ft=1&f=103943429"In short, he appears to be against sending more troops or significantly reducing the current numbers there. But that doesn't mean he's for the status quo. He knows that's untenable."So...to summarize: he wants the problem to go away without his taking decisive action. But he wants to be able to claim

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http://www.cnas.org/blogs/abumuqawama/2009/10/pakistan-dispatch-bombs-and-see-saws.html"But while the military operation and the attacks away from the frontline are getting the headlines, it seems to Londonstani that the predictable see-saw of Pakistani politics is thinking of double backing on itself once more. There are whisperings amongst the English speaking super elite, the taxi drivers and

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-11251037164295173772009-10-23T08:56:00.001-04:002009-10-23T08:56:54.481-04:00

"President Daniel Ortega appears to have won the right to seek re- election in 2011, though opponents call the decision illegal and vow to fight it." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/world/americas/21briefs-Nicaragua.html Ortega, Chavez, and Zelaya seem to like democracy right up to the point at which they might actually have to step aside. Posted via email from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-44657808776400117412009-10-10T10:15:00.001-04:002009-10-10T10:15:47.485-04:00

New Way to Tap Gas May Expand Global Supplies Huge new reserves of natural gas, especially in Europe, could alter the political landscape for energy, experts say. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/business/energy-environment/10gas.html Posted via email from Team Frosick

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Generally unedited interviews with two of COP Keatings defenders and an Apache crew that supported them throuhout the fight - despite having to change airframes after sustaining heavy damage: Posted via email from Team Frosick

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http://www.newsweek.com/id/217021"The Caucasus has been restless for a century and a half. But today's crisis shows up more than just the traditional problems of a faction-ridden society. Rather, the Kremlin's inability to pacify the region even after a decade of wealth and stability is a clear symptom of Russia's nationwide crisis of governance. The rising cycle of violence in Ingushetia,

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091009/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_stalin_s_grandson_lawsuit "Brilliant manager." Uh-huh. He was able to kill tens of millions and REMAIN in power. Hitler went and got his whole country occupied. I think that would make him an "adequate manager?" Poor Churchill didn't kill millions, didn't let his country get overrun, and didn't even die while in office. Clearly a "poor

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091009/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_afghanistan"Biden has argued for keeping the American force there around the 68,000 already authorized, including the 21,000 extra troops Obama ordered earlier this year, but significantly increasing the use of unmanned Predator drones and special forces for the kind of surgical anti-terrorist strikes that have been successful in Pakistan

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HE spends his days in a large house in the center of town, where he has rigged up a small command center with a laptop, his iPhone and an Internet connection. As chairman of Himan and Heeb Administration, the province where Adado is located, he often meets with elders on his living room carpet, and he has had to straddle a delicate religious line, respecting the conservative Muslim culture here

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-9512023040617000152009-10-07T06:28:00.001-04:002009-10-07T06:28:24.510-04:00

http://mobile.washingtonpost.com//rss.jsp?rssid=578819&item=http%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonpost.com%2fwp-syndication%2farticle%2f2009%2f10%2f06%2fAR2009100603847_mobile.xml&cid=1&spf=1 Posted via email from Team Frosick

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via ricks.foreignpolicy.com He is absolutely as serious as they come. I don't think the Administration has fully grasped just how serious he is. Posted via web from Team Frosick

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"The vice president, whom he sent to Afghanistan for some on-the-ground reporting even before taking office, is pushing for a complete strategic shift: from nation-building in Afghanistan to focusing more on special forces in the region to fight al Qaeda. And his new military chief on the scene, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, is advocating something completely different: a force increase of up to

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113290720&ft=1&f=1001"In the words of one former law enforcement official, it looked like the first time since Sept. 11, 2001, that the FBI was tracking a cluster of people who might have all the tools they needed to launch a terrorist operation in this country." Posted via email from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-650477930468220452009-09-19T09:33:00.001-04:002009-09-19T09:33:38.305-04:00

In recent years the U.S. has limited its actions in Somalia to attacks by long range missiles and drones. But this action was direct and put American troops, however briefly, on Somali soil. By successfully targetting Nabhan, the U.S. shows that it has precise strategic information. via globalpost.com US efforts in 1993 (admittedly aimed at a different target set and with a different overall

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http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/08/10/u-s-paratroopers-face-afghan-mob?icid=sphere_wpcom_inline   The roundabout march toward success. Tact can be as (or more?) important than tactics.... Posted via email from Team Frosick

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http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/09/10/the_next_osama?page=full"Attacks still matter to them, but in an era of increased counterterrorism pressure, al Qaeda is beginning to realize that it is a lot more effective at being a movement, an ideology, even a worldview. It is starting to see that terrorism is only one of many tools in its arsenal and that changing minds matters more than

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via ricks.foreignpolicy.com Great explanation of the difficulties associated with Afghanistan - and the often counterintuitive thinking required to succeed (or at least not fail). Posted via web from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-19540180472703294792009-09-12T07:18:00.001-04:002009-09-12T07:18:05.716-04:00

http://mobile.washingtontimes.com/quickPage.html?page=14140&content=20774779&pageNum=-1   The points Clifford Mays highlights regarding strategic 'momentum' are valid concerns.  The deeper US question, however, is what sort of favorable outcome can we forge that reduces that momentum without consuming too high a degree of US resources? Posted via email from Team Frosick

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http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1921758,00.html"The sobering reality for bin Laden is that even among those dedicated to resisting the U.S. and its allies, his ideology of global jihad against the "far enemy" (the U.S.) has failed to supplant the more pragmatic Islamist movements such as Hamas, Hizballah and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, all of whom limit themselves to clearly

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via foxnews.com Which would be more (disturbingly...) interesting? A day inside Chavez's head, or a day inside Stone's? Posted via web from Team Frosick

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6823431.ece  Doesn't bode well for the legitimacy of either the election or the national government. In the end, that affects the ability of ISAF to complete its mission. Posted via email from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-55632961825821840982009-09-05T16:24:00.001-04:002009-09-05T16:24:04.918-04:00

via timesonline.co.uk There aren't enough security folks within State to cover current obligations. I got it. It's better to outsource the work than add a large number of employees who won't be needed a few years down the road...I got that too. But State has GOT to show the ability to manage its contracts and select contractors who are capable of operating in politically sensitive

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112530364&sc=fb&cc=fp   Pointless cowardice. The story will leak to Russia and GQ will also damage their reputation in the West. Lose, lose. Posted via email from Team Frosick

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via npr.org Posted via web from Team Frosick

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http://us.m.yahoo.com/w/ynews/article/topstories/13?url=http%3A%2F%2Fxml.news.yahoo.com%2Fus%2Fnews%2Frss%2Frichstoryrss.html%3Fu%3D%2Fap%2F20090831%2Fap_on_go_ot%2Fus_cia_secret_program&_ts=1251796931&.intl=us&.lang=en   If you're still sober enough to play a second round, try downing a shot each time Blackwater brings on a CIA official responsible for giving them work.  The program wasn't "

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-38609612781819045122009-08-30T19:58:00.001-04:002009-08-30T19:58:55.166-04:00

The only hypothesis that can begin to explain the continued military presence in Afghanistan is the theory that defense of the homeland begins at the Hindu Kush; we fight them there so we don’t have to fight them here. The immediate corollary being to prevent another ‘strategic shock’ like the events of 9/11, we must secure and stabilize the ungoverned, radical breeding ground from which they

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via theworld.org The whole podcast is good, but fast-forward to around minute 28 to hear Warren Kozak talk about Curtis Lemay, his place in history, and an interesting perspective on morality in war. Posted via web from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-35352377942551158432009-08-23T15:07:00.001-04:002009-08-23T15:07:14.875-04:00

Iraqi Suspect: It Cost $10,000 to Pass Checkpoints Suspected bombing mastermind says attackers paid $10,000 to get past checkpoints in Iraq By SINAN SALAHEDDIN The Associated Press Associated Press Writer Sameer N. Yacoub contributed to this report. via abcnews.go.com ...but the cooperation between AQ and Baathists is a growing concern. Posted via web from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-41287093461529640392009-08-23T00:09:00.001-04:002009-08-23T00:09:27.088-04:00

From The New York Times:FAIR GAME: What the Stress Tests Didn’t Predict“'The stress tests said that through the two-year cycle, big banks had to have enough capital plus earnings to withstand a 9 percent loss rate,' Mr. Whalen said. 'But what we’re seeing with the levels of stress in the industry is that we are there now and we are not at peak of cycle yet.'”http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/

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"The Limited Contingent maintained relatively little force among the rural population in Afghanistan at any time--most of its efforts were focused on securing the lines of communication and the major cities. Most Afghans encountered the Soviets only through the Limited Contingent's deliberate terrorist campaign, waged both from the air and from the ground.For all of these reasons, there is

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-60324951097282616722009-08-20T22:58:00.001-04:002009-08-20T22:58:08.194-04:00

Blackwater employees assigned to the Predator bases receive training at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada to learn how to load Hellfire missiles and laser-guided smart bombs on the drones, according to current and former employees, who asked not to be identified for fear of upsetting the company. via nytimes.com Couple of oddities here. Why hire a contractor to do work that CIA felt

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-8181592314688842402009-08-19T13:50:00.001-04:002009-08-19T13:50:00.660-04:00

How America Lost the War on Drugs : Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/17438347/how_america_lost_the_war_on_drugs/print The lesson of U.S. drug policy is that this world runs on unintended consequences. No matter how noble your intentions, there's a good chance that in solving one problem, you'll screw something else up." (via Instapaper)Chasing after supply without

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-24718341544245167072009-08-17T09:56:00.001-04:002009-08-17T09:56:03.384-04:00

"The humiliating removal of a four-star general for being too conventional reveals the ferocious intensity Gates and Mullen share over a growing war that will soon enter its ninth year."http://mobile.washingtonpost.com//rss.jsp?rssid=453&item=http%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonpost.com%2fwp-syndication%2farticle%2f2009%2f08%2f16%2fAR2009081602304_mobile.xml&cid=1&spf=1 Posted via email from Team

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111721655&sc=emaf Posted via email from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-73022070634987925612009-08-16T13:32:00.001-04:002009-08-16T13:32:30.477-04:00

via mashable.com Posted via web from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-18571878416119814272009-08-16T00:42:00.001-04:002009-08-16T00:42:09.660-04:00

By Aug. 20, we could be back to pre-clunker sales levels, Edmunds.com says. via businessweek.com Good thing all the auto companies are in the middle of ramping up production. Think of all the economic stimulus generated when dealers rent out parking lots to store excess inventory. Posted via web from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-11626763975232250362009-08-16T00:15:00.001-04:002009-08-16T00:15:43.973-04:00

Palestinian Islamists Hamas struck back at an al-Qaeda challenge to their hold on the Gaza Strip by storming a mosque in battles that left the leader of the "Warriors of God" splinter group among up to 28 dead. via reuters.com Yeah, you read that right. HAMAS attacked a group (supposedly) allied with Al Qaeda in the Gaza Strip. Interesting due to the level of violence involved in the attack,

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-85057394734376981652009-08-15T22:12:00.001-04:002009-08-15T22:12:02.459-04:00

via nytimes.com Posted via web from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-58401018228807970902009-08-14T01:18:00.001-04:002009-08-14T01:18:14.416-04:00

If your objective is to get 500 people to do the Thriller dance in Grand Central Station, Twitter, with its penchant for all things viral, is your best friend. The NYPD (which also Twitters, by the way) might even decide to let you get away with it.  But if you're trying to overthrow a tyrannical government somewhere in the Middle East, you may want to think twice. via foreignpolicy.com ...

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“How the hell are you going to rob someone in broad daylight?”http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/nyregion/14shoot.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimesMy guess would be: not like this. Posted via email from Team Frosick

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A U.S. soldier arrested in connection with the killing of a Mexican drug cartel member in El Paso, Texas, allegedly worked as a hit man, court records say. via cnn.com Posted via web from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-91546442880389140802009-08-12T00:17:00.001-04:002009-08-12T00:17:27.891-04:00

Car buyers flocking to trade in their clunkers have stripped dealerships of inventory over the past two weeks, giving automakers a signal they have eagerly awaited: It's time to make more cars.via washingtonpost.com ...and those cars will arrive just in time for the "cash for clunkers" program to end, re-filling all those dealerships with cars they can't move without heavy discounting. My guess

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-80720912302332373972009-08-11T21:07:00.001-04:002009-08-11T21:07:12.407-04:00

via foxnews.com ...what exactly led anyone to think she had diplomatic skills in the first place...? Posted via web from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-70252992781798643402009-08-11T14:13:00.001-04:002009-08-11T14:13:53.184-04:00

Stuff blows up. Lots of it. Most of the actors are hot-looking, and the ones who aren't do cool things with swords. via startribune.com Posted via web from Team Frosick

Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17031456558380534991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-152233758319806872009-06-13T22:09:00.001-04:002009-06-14T16:06:53.288-04:00

"There can be no question that the June...Iranian presidential election was stolen."How do we know this? "Dissident employees of the Interior Ministry...have REPORTEDLY issued an open letter saying as much." Don't ask to see the open letter, of course.Not convinced? How about this:"Government polls...that were leaked..." (don't ask who leaked them - and don't ask to see the exact numbers) "

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Interesting. The NY Times presents Sotomayor as an example of "Identity Politics" based largely on a single statement and one case over which she presided. At the same time, the WaPost links to a little bit more research and finds..."Of the 96 cases, Judge Sotomayor and the panel rejected the claim of discrimination roughly 78 times and agreed with the claim of discrimination 10 times," he

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Toll Rises as Iraq Slows Surge - WSJ.com: "Iraqis worry that insurgents and sectarian militias may be regrouping and appraising an Iraqi force that lacks the money and will to replicate tactics the U.S. used to quell violence."But wouldn't it stand to reason that those who have to actually live - every day - with the outcome of their actions would have MORE will to "quell violence?" 

Tim F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00365924083630956974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-45439130928967750922009-04-28T12:49:00.000-04:002009-04-28T12:49:20.172-04:00

Really? You've already talked to "most of the Pennsylvanians who voted for Specter in 2004?" In 2004 he apparently collected about 20% of the democratic vote and has since seen 200k former Republicans in PA also switch to the Democratic party. Sounds to me like he's following his constituency."Most of the Pennsylvanians who voted for Specter in 2004 did so, in many cases reluctantly, on the good

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Apple reports strong returns in the middle of deep recession while maintaining its higher price point. What does this mean to David Goldman? "Time will tell if Apple can maintain its strong growth when the economy begins to turn around. As a company whose business is mainly consumer oriented, a lot will depend on new consumer trends and the quality of Apple's new products."Okay. Seriously. It's

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Turns out I DO have something in common with Ms. Dowd. I'd "rather be tied to stakes in the Kalahari Desert, have honey poured over me and red ants eat out my eyes" than listen what she had to Twitter about anyway.

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"As Dr. Ikle' observes the reason that crews have not already been armed is that the shipping companies have been advised not to by lawyers and by their insurance companies."Is that REALLY the only reason crews have not already been armed? Do armed crews really change either the "cost of entry into piracy" or the "prospective rewards?" Pirates already have enough weaponry to inflict a great deal

Tim F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00365924083630956974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-87746380142065279382009-04-13T09:49:00.000-04:002009-04-13T09:49:14.471-04:00

Talk about jumping to conclusions. Pirates collect ransom. Pirates come from Somalia. Somalia has some connections to Islamic terrorism. Therefore, ransom money is funding terrorism. You think he could at least TRY to offer a bit of proof here:"And worse than this ongoing demonstration of cowardice is the financing of terrorists that results from the huge ransom payments these pirates are allowed

Tim F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00365924083630956974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-22379833344695406802009-04-10T09:38:00.000-04:002009-04-10T09:38:43.208-04:00

Dude writes an article about Boeing and can't even figure out he's got the wrong nomenclature for their "new flagship?" And this is in TIME?"The impression among investors who follow Boeing is that boneheaded management had allowed poor labor relationships and a slowdown in the launching of the company's new 777 flagship, which has been set back by well over year, to undermine the tremendous

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Ouch. Another example of companies and employees doing the exactly WRONG thing in response to hard times. Workers are going to be paid less, transportation costs are still likely to rise in the mid-to-long term, commuting will continue to waste the time of employees, and physical infrastructure will continue to be a substantial burden for companies that haven't figured out how to harness the

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The sort of adversarial relationship that's only likely to get worse. Two cops get shot during a traffic stop and "The Associated Press reported Saturday that people lingered at the scene of the traffic-stop shooting. About 20 bystanders taunted the police."

Tim F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00365924083630956974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9526744.post-10912958308072741742009-03-20T09:20:00.002-04:002009-03-22T02:32:44.194-04:00

Militarily speaking, Israel gained next to nothing from the Gaza incursion. As in Lebanon, they did, however, seek to differentiate themselves from their opponents through careful documentation and highlighting of both the immoral actions of their enemies and the risks they were willing to take to maintain the moral high ground. Now even that is slipping away.In Lebanon, Israel let Operational

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Http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_7736/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=Frsq5hkFThe problem affecting the entire industry is overcapacity. But the individual companies struggling for survival are all interested in maintaining or expanding their own capacity - even if that means building false demand by making dealers sit on cars they can't sell.I think this is called the "bailout shuffle." Step 1:

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...but I think the problems with the bailout may run deeper. Demand for vehicles in the US has been artificially inflated for years by easy credit. I think it's logical to assume those days of easy credit are gone for the foreseeable future.With demand reduced and unlikely to grow, money spent to artificially prop up supply seems pretty damn stupid. Does that mean the next step is federal dollars

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