Daily Archives: August 7, 2006

40 To 1

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Gaius

The Prime Minister of Lebanon has just revised his initial claim of massive civilian deaths in an Israeli strike on a town. Initially, Fuad Saniora announced that 40 civilians had been killed, generating screaming headlines this morning. It turns out … Continue reading →

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Beaten, Not Stirred

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Gaius

A popular new bar in China has a tough staff. How tough? If you pay them, you can beat them up. The trendy Rising Sun Anger Release Bar actually allows customers to pay for the privilege of whacking the heck … Continue reading →

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Poor Planning

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Gaius

The Baltimore Sun has an article detailing problems with electrical power at the National Security Agency headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland. The problems have been apparent since at least 2000 when a blackout occurred. Agency officials anticipated the problem nearly … Continue reading →

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Hezbollah Continues

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Gaius

To try to set a world record for war crimes totally ignored by the world's press. Over 80 rockets were launched by Hezbollah into civilian areas on Monday with absolutely no attempt whatsoever to target anyone but civilians.  At least … Continue reading →

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When The Circus Comes To Town

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Gaius

Well, Cindy Sheehan is taking time off from her romance with Hugo Chavez to attend the grand opening of the new Sheehan Circus and Sideshow® in Crawford, Texas. She and a huge crowd of supporters. all 50 of them, marched … Continue reading →

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One Reason

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Gaius

I've seen a lot of "Conventional Wisdom" in the past couple of days that pretty much says Lieberman will lose the primary. I wrote a while back that I personally would not count an old pro like Lieberman out too … Continue reading →

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Peretz On Lieberman

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Gaius

Martin Peretz, the editor of The New Republic, writes about Lieberman and Lamont in today's Opinion Journal. He echoes many of the same themes I have posted about over the months I have been writing about this primary. Yes, Mr. … Continue reading →

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Proportion And International Law

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Gaius

Writing in the Opinion Journal, Orde Kittrie, a professor of international law at Arizona State University and alumni of the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. State Department from 1993 to 2003, discusses the concept of proportionality, and it's … Continue reading →

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Prudhoe Bay Oilfield Shut Down

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Gaius

The operator of the Prudhoe Bay oil field, BP, is in the process of shutting down the field completely due to pipe wall thinning in the pipelines used to transport oil. This is, of course, not really good news at … Continue reading →

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The Chavez World Tour

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Gaius

Jackson Diehl, writing in the Washington Post describes Hugo Chavez's tour around the world last week. As he points out, most people did not pay any attention to the words of the Venezuelan Castro understudy. I noted his appearance in … Continue reading →

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