Daily Archives: March 10, 2007

The War We Have

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Gaius

You have to see this video. You really, honestly have to see it. It is in wmv format, however, so some people might have a problem if they are not using Windows Media Player. Pamela Hess, the UPI reporter who … Continue reading →

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Iran Fully On Board Democratic Agenda

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Gaius

Iran has formally and publicly endorsed the publicly stated Democratic party agenda to force an American withdrawal from Iraq. But Iran's deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, Abbas Araghchi, used the occasion to accuse the international forces in … Continue reading →

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Swindle

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Gaius

Courtesy of commenter Sean (which resulted in a longish battle with Google video to get it to post properly – Don't they own YouTube now? Get that little crimp worked out, guys.) here is the BBC program I mentioned the … Continue reading →

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Absolutely Disgraceful

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Gaius

Tigerhawk notes something that a lot of people have missed. The Democrats, in a naked attempt to buy enough votes to get their "force surrender in Iraq" measure passed have stuffed $20 billion in pork barrel spending projects into the bill. … Continue reading →

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Same Hoary Prediction

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Gaius

It seems that every, single time there is a law passed allowing handguns to be used or carried, there are dire predictions from anti-gun zealots. The streets, they say, will soon run ankle deep in blood as a direct result … Continue reading →

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Flash Computers?

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Gaius

Rumors are swirling in the technology industry that Apple is considering making a computer with no hard disk drive. Instead, the computer would use flash memory for data storage. This could spell real trouble for hard disk manufacturers. The maker … Continue reading →

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Winning Afghanistan

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Gaius

The British, who have a rather long record of failure in Afghanistan, actually have a chance at being on the winning side there for a change. The Times of London examines how to win in Afghanistan. The answer is in … Continue reading →

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A Brief History Of Nuclear Proliferation

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Gaius

Jeremy Bernstein, writing in the New York Times, offers a concise history of how uranium centrifuges and other nuclear weapons technologies proliferated since the end of of the Second World War. As he says at the end of his piece, … Continue reading →

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