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Yes. Apparently. “@Galrahn: US killed INNOCENT Americans w/out due process using drones. But inYemen so no big deal!? http://t.co/Vme6SV3KM7 @DrLeoStrauss I have no idea what you’re talking about, buddy.
- @KevinRothrock Kevin, think about the fundamental premise of the metric and example selected as a baseline. It's not even an extrapolation.
- Typical analytical errors but interesting.
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Iranian Nukes And The Drumbeat For War 2: Armed & Fabulous
After two failed wars, a decade, thousands of deaths and a trillion dollars gone, you’d think the American political class would give the war franchise IP a rest. Hollywood studios, which are really just IP arbitragers, might have counseled it. But things change. And Hollywood could tell any White House 2012 is an eon away [...]
Brits Say The Funniest Things (Pt. 1 of a Series)
Outgoing British Ambassador to the U.S. Sir David Manning hints that rumors of the death of American power have been greatly exaggerated. While not Churchillian in his buck up, suck up utterances, Manning managed not to blame us for stealing all the good BBC shows and often ruining them. Or for exporting the worst of [...]
Fox Hunting
And so it goes. Those addicted to the War on Neocons read signs and portents in the forced resignation of CENTCOM’s Admiral Fallon. We don’t think Iran has much to worry about yet. Admiral Fallon’s fall is simply another example of a non-political person speaking to a journalist with his or her own agenda. In [...]
Even The Cherry Blossoms Know . . .
Despite re-touched postcards, D.C. is truly beautiful for about 38 days a year. 18 come in what now counts as Spring. The remaining 20? Scattered across the Fall. These are glorious days. Otherwise, because our Founders wisely selected swamped land for their capital, days are by turns staggeringly humid or clammy, oppressive and cold. We [...]
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Hi, thanks for the kind words. Likewise, your blog is a terrific read. All should check it out. http://www.correntewire.com/
Currently am about 3/4 of through ‘The Terror’. It reminds me of what a friend once said to someone complaining that ‘War and Peace’ was overlong – the length of the novel was a dimension of the French experience. Haven’t made it to ‘Olympos’ yet and probably have to re-read ‘Illium’ first.
dan simmons lost me with the whole “sword of allah” sub in the new books. other than that, i say to this blog, “wow/fun.”
Dear Slate:
We said it first here.
http://slatest.slate.com/id/2250880/entry/4/
Woolsey – “not really a musician” – but not really much of a spy. Classic NYT puffery:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/a-spy-takes-the-spotlight/?src=twt&twt=CityRoom
Now, now, we know it is very serious business. We keed, we keed because we love.