Chilling. And I thought that the biggest problem with Canadian coins was that they were annoyingly similar to ours, yet wouldn't be accepted by vending machines.In a U.S. government warning high on the creepiness scale, the Defense Department cautioned its American contractors over what it...
Month: January 2007
The British Army? Not so much on the surging. According to Reuters, Britain will withdraw 2700 of its 7200 strong contingent by May 31. British forces are concentrated in southern.
If you believe that the "surge" will be effective, and if you believe that "rules of engagement" are the primary problem with the operation in Iraq, how can you not conclude that President Bush and his administration are among the most inept blunderers ever to...
Via The Bellman, we learn that the principality of Sealand -- one of the world's great micronations -- is for sale. Sealand celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and has.
Via Ben, Rick Perlstein performs a valuable service by preempting the inevitable attempts this weekend to claim MLK on behalf of reactionaries who hated him then and still oppose his.
If you have the time, please be sure to check out David Neiwert's ongoing treatment of Eliminationism in America, which is about halfway through its projected ten parts. For most readers the basic plot will hardly come as a surprise, addressing as it such grotesqueries...
Jason Zengerle's commentary on the TAP/Joe Klein feud is essentially vacant, but there's one paragraph that deserves some additional scrutiny, if only as a contribution to the "saying nothing in.
Marty Lederman argues (correctly) that the Constitution plainly gives Congress the formal powers to prevent the senseless escalation of the Iraq conflict. Matt brings up another question: would the courts.
I have finally finished my syllabi for Defense Statecraft and East Asian Security. This is the first time I've taught the latter, so it's a bit rough. I went with a state based approach rather than an issue based because it seemed easier to creative...
Well, the "Ethiopia would have attacked anyway" defense of US support for the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia is looking worse all the time, which leaves the "it was a good.
Above: Pajamas Media (#5)I urge you to read Eric Boehlert's meticulous decimation of the fake AP scandal, which does a particularly good job of nailing down the evasive goalpost-shifting now.