Canada gets serious.The Canadian navy is drafting a plan to acquire two large amphibious assault ships capable of transporting thousands of troops and dozens of tanks and trucks across the seas. The idea, which merited a passing reference in last spring's defence policy statement, is...
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I'm not the sort of man who avoids fried food. Nevertheless, I must admit to being really, really disturbed by Burger King's Chicken Fries. I haven't tried this abomination, but.
Alert reader Cathy points us to this report on the use of bioweapons in World War II:Ken Alibek, a former top Soviet bioweapons scientist, contends that an outbreak of tularemia.
That was impressive.And I can't agree with Tbogg; walking Pujols isn't a solution. Sanders is more likely to get a single than Pujols is to hit it 1200', or however far that ball went.
You know, somebody should write a dissertation about cooperative training between military organizations. In fact, somebody should pay some enterprising young scholar to write a book about it...Matthew Yglesias, commenting.
I think that Turkey should be part of the EU. My reasons? Asia Minor has been a critical part of the European world since ancient times, and Islamic Turkey since.
I haven't said much about the Times article about Miller--like you, I get my news from firedoglake and other fine sources--but I do want to highlight this gem from Greg Mitchell:During the July 8, 2003, talk with Libby, he told her that Plame worked on...
It is rare indeed that a favorite blogger will use the phrase "The best commentary I've yet seen comes from Mickey Kaus." But that's nothing; via Edroso, I present my.
I was planning to start the week discussing this baffling post by Kos, but fortunately The Editors save me the trouble:I agree that this is a great proposition, and I.
I think Kevin Drum's post about shield laws is generally sensible--particularly the point that any such laws should protect activities, not professional identities--but I think there's one point that's worth adding to this: At the same time, I agree with both Glenn and Atrios that...
I love Amanda. Nevertheless, I'm sad to see Jesse go. He's been there as long as I've been blogging.Fare thee well.
That was one hell of a call.