NATO Supply Shipments Through Pakistan Resume With Payments to Afghan Taliban Instead of Pakistan
After US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued an apology to Pakistan on Tuesday, the first supply trucks entered Afghanistan from Pakistan this morning. Although there had been suggestions during the negotiations to re-open the supply lines…
Things Worth Fighting For
Before you head out for barbecue and blowing fireworks up, take a moment to reflect on the things that were once worth fighting for. Here are a few that--given Anwar al-Awlaki's death and the dismissal of Jose Padilla's torture lawsuits since…
SCOTUS Conservatives in Anonymous Disarray
I expressed skepticism about the part of Jan Crawford's story confirming John Roberts flipped his vote on ObamaCare that claimed Roberts had no role in writing the dissent.
Finally, there is Crawford’s not entirely convincing explanation…
Albright Attempts to Deflect Neutron Activation Issue at Parchin
On May 15, I pointed out that the claims associated with the cartoon published by George Jahn of AP purporting to depict a high explosives chamber used by Iran at Parchin (this is a new link for the cartoon, the AP link in the May 15 post no…
Complacency on Medicaid Would Feed Two Years of Ugly Race-Baiting
I'm with DDay. I believe liberals are far, far too complacent in their wonkery-based confidence that Red States will eventually come around and extend Medicaid under ObamaCare. (See this post too.)
I keep seeing these confident predictions…
The Invisible Hand-Job of Capitalism
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First we confirm what we long suspected--bankers were manipulating the LIBOR rate to benefit themselves, corrupting one of the "market" measures at the core of the financial system.
And now, in an Abu Dhabi…
Some Data Points on Minh Qhang Pham, AQAP's Graphic Artist of Mass Destruction
On Friday, the government indicted Minh Quang Pham for material support of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The indictment and the press release make it clear (though don't say explicitly--though this report confirms it) that Pham's primary…
Last Week in Deferred and Non-Prosecution Agreements: Arming China and Stealing Trillions from Municipalities
I'm so old I remember the time, four years ago, when Democrats hated Deferred Prosecution Agreements.
Back in the days when Chris Christie, former US Attorney, was challenging Jon Corzine, once and future bankster, to be governor of New Jersey,…
New Green on Blue Attack Kills Three British Troops in Afghanistan
Three British soldiers were killed today in Helmand province in Afghanistan, extending the rising trend of green on blue killings where Afghan security forces turn their weapons on NATO personnel. Because NATO systematically under-reports green…
The Real Blowback: Drone Instability
In addition to saying something I've said for a while--that our poor education outcomes are a bigger threat to our country than al Qaeda--Stanley McChrystal also had this story to tell at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
"I hope we won't be a country…
The John Roberts-Anthony Kennedy Smackdown
There are several fascinating details in Jan Crawford's confirmation that John Roberts did, indeed, flip his vote on ObamaCare.
Most interesting is Crawford's description of the desperate efforts on the part of Roberts and Anthony Kennedy…
John Roberts Fails to Dictate Another Presidential Outcome, John Yoo Cries
In this post, I suggested the reason Republicans are so angry that John Roberts apparently flipped his vote (note, Barton Gellman reminded today that Ramesh Ponnuru said at Princeton reunion this year that Roberts had flipped before June 1)…
Fat Al Gore Determined to Strike in US
Already, at least ten people were killed in yesterday's "derecho"--the massive, violent thunderstorm that traveled from Illinois to DC. That's before the 3 million people who lost power now trying to cope with today's 100+ degree weather. Reported…
Pakistani Drone Strikes! Now, with 10% More Enemies!
A few weeks ago, I noted a Pew poll that showed the rest of the world doesn't like our drone strikes (and that there's a big gender gap between men and women over drone strikes). I noted that Pew was holding off their results from Pakistan.
Maybe…
It Was All Going Swimmingly Until Morsi Committed to Freeing the Blind Sheikh
This is the kind of international landmine that I've been fearing could influence November's elections.
In his first public speech addressing tens of thousands of mostly Islamist supporters, [Egyptian President-elect Mohammed] Morsi promised…
Chief Justice Roberts, Flipped Votes, and the Naked Partisans
Yesterday Barack Obama discovered the one high-rankng Republican in the country who would help him raise taxes: John Roberts.
While the political (how will yesterday's ruling affect both the Presidential and lower ticket races in November)…
Black Holes and Mock Burial
The other day, I posted on black holes in Bagram and Somalia. This important story, describes the plight of Tanzanian fisherman Suleiman Abdallah, who was kidnapped and sold for bounty in Mogadishu then rendered to three different American prisons,…
The Next Honduras
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While I was off gallivanting in England, Paraguay had a coup.
Mind you, the oligarchs who staged the coup against populist Fernando Lugo cloaked it in legalistic niceties--though they're about as convincing…
The SCOTUS Healthcare Decision Cometh
[UPDATE:Okay, from the SCOTUSBlog "The entire ACA is upheld, with exception that federal government's power to terminate states' Medicaid funds is narrowly read." Key language from the decision on the mandate:
The money quote from the…
Our Other Assassination Program: Mafia Hitmen Hidden from Congress
As part of my not-yet exhausted obsession with the government's effort to obscure its drone assassination program, I re-read these two posts describing the assassination squads Dick Cheney set up but kept hidden from Congress. When Leon Panetta…
