Heh.When, on CNN, Alexander M. Haig Jr., the former secretary of state for President Ronald Reagan, belittled the report as the product of liberal journalists, Richard C. Holbrooke, the United Nations ambassador under Mr. Clinton, said it was an astonishing thought that the nation’s entire...
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The Imperial Japanese Navy was not completely satisfied with its first effort at super-dreadnoughts, the Fuso class. Japanese naval architects slightly modified the design to include more protection and a.
Friday Cat Blogging... Starbuck and Nelson
Defense News:An independent assessment of IEDs in Iraq, obtained by Defense News and based on British military intelligence, said, "Based on current usage, there are enough stocks of illegal explosives to continue the same level of attack for 274 years without re-supply"See also Billmon's discussion...
Yglesias calls out Saxby Chambliss for what seems like the 912th nostalgic reference to the Confederacy this year alone. Loomis has some appropriately caustic commentary on the subject. On the.
I agree with Erik that the King's decision to back the coup has essentially ended the political crisis. Thaksin doesn't have a snowball's chance of finding his way back into.
Make sure to read PTJ's analysis of the Pope's speech in Germany. The real target, according to PTJ, were Western secularists and non-Catholics. A selection:Hence the irony: Benedict wasn't attacking Islam; he was ignoring it, and in particular ignoring its claim to be a rival...
I'm with Mr. Trend; however you feel about A-Rod, this from Jason Giambi is absurd and uncalled for. The garbage about "getting the big hit" is just that; undoubtedly Jason.
I have no particularly deep commentary on the Gerber and Malhotra study discussed by Kieran and here by Kevin Drum. Bitterly fought battles over the relative value of different political.
Still in the grip of a tantrum, the Sooners have decided to take their ball and go home:Oklahoma would consider canceling its game at Washington in 2008 if the Pacific 10 Conference doesn't change its rule requiring league officials to be used at its home...
Bangkok:The Thai military launched a coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday night, circling his offices with tanks, seizing control of TV stations and declaring a provisional authority pledging.
Ron Moore hints at it on the 40th anniversary of Star Trek:Kirk, for me, embodied an American idea: His mission was to explore the final frontier, not to conquer it..