You have to wonder: did the thieves stake the box out and wait for the right time, were they filming it for the funniest video show, were they drunk, ran over it and then thought “road kill rules” applied to dead mail boxes. | U.S. Post Office box stolen from Hamilton street corner |
Kilgour said the whole mailbox and concrete slab it was bolted to was taken. |
“They probably took it someplace and opened it up looking for people mailing Christmas money … and credit card information.” |
Seems Israeli Border Police are either too big of fans of Microsoft, or current political leadership is encouraging or tolerating US-style “cowboy” antics and “intimidation.” I don’t think the Mac laptop was intimidated - surprised maybe but not intimidated. |
Police shoot U.S. student’s laptop upon entry to Israel
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Army suicides set to hit new high in 2009 |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Suicides in the U.S. Army will hit a new high this year, a top general said on Tuesday in a disclosure likely to increase concerns about stress on U.S. forces ahead of an expected buildup in Afghanistan. |
The findings, released as President Barack Obama inches toward a decision to send up to 40,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, show the number of active-duty suicides so far in 2009 has already matched last year’s record of 140 deaths. Read more at www.reuters.com |
Selective memory, is seems is closely related to wannabe-famous-all-of-the-time syndrome and spontaneous bouts of self-delusion virus.
Memory loss: Sarkozy’s Berlin Wall blunder
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Most Europeans remember where they were the day the Berlin Wall fell. It seems, however, that French President Nicolas Sarkozy has become a little forgetful. Critics accuse him of trying to rewrite history. |
The fastest growing sector in federal contracts is information and communication services with the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and the intelligence community (sixteen government agencies including DOD intelligence agencies and DHS intelligence apparatus). |
Top IT and Systems Integration Federal Contractors, 2009 ___________________________________________________
1 Lockheed Martin Corp. $14,983,515,367
2 Boeing Co. $10,838,231,984
3 Northrop Grumman Corp. $ 9,947,316,207
4 General Dynamics Corp. $ 6,066,178,545
5 Raytheon Co. $ 5,942,575,316
6 KBR Inc. $ 5,467,721,429
7 SAIC $ 4,811,194,880
8 L-3 Communications Inc. $ 4,236,653,555
9 Computer Sciences Corp. $ 3,435,767,906
10 Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. $ 2,779,421,015 |
Scan the more than 250 bills introduced this term in to the US House Natural Resources Committee and the 49 members of the committee and you begin to understand how difficult it is to enact large strategic changes in policy and why Congress might spend time building target shooting facilities on public lands or in wilderness sites. Consider what states have representatives on the committee and those that do not. Earmarking or “pork” then starts to become clear: “Give you a new energy policy? Sure - give me a new pier for Santa Monica.” grin/groan. House Committee on Natural Resources |
I have seen loads of advice, all of which seems to be forwarding an agenda that will bring fame to the adviser, benefit a particular group or party but little that will help the people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the US, and especially US troops in harms way. A To-Do List for Afghanistan |
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — As President Obama considers what to do about Afghanistan, it is important that he hear perspectives from all sides concerned about that critical region. In Riyadh, it is clear that the Taliban is weak in Afghanistan. Their record in government is well remembered by Afghans, including large numbers of Pashtuns, all of whom suffered greatly at the hands of Mohammad Omar’s Taliban cohorts.
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At first blush, the story sounds win-win: China “invests” in Afghanistan, hires out of work Afghans, helps stabilize economy. US troops make it safe for Chinese “private” company to exploit mineral resources.
Exploit is the right word. Two thirds of the economies in the developing world are still structured by past imperialistic dictates to supply North America, Europe, and Japan with raw materials to make products for themselves and to sell worldwide are greater profit. So Afghan copper profits will go to Chinese banks and when copper runs out, what do Afghans have? In a number of African nations who have sold such rights to Chinese, they did not get the jobs either; the Chinese brought in Chinese workers. Imperialism 21st century style is no kinder than it was in 18th century. | IN Afghanistan’s Logar Province, just south of Kabul, the geopolitical future of Asia is becoming apparent: American troops are providing security for a Chinese state-owned company to exploit the Aynak copper reserves, which are worth tens of billions of dollars. |
| By exploiting Afghanistan’s metal and mineral reserves, China can provide thousands of Afghans with jobs, thus generating tax revenues to help stabilize a tottering Kabul government. Just as America has a vision of a modestly stable Afghanistan that will no longer be a haven for extremists, China has a vision of Afghanistan as a secure conduit for roads and energy pipelines that will bring natural resources from the Indian Ocean and elsewhere.Read more at www.nytimes.com |
Maybe it’s the wrong question. How about this one? Will Pakistan be comfortable with a strongly independent and united Afghanistan without a guarantee that it would not threaten their northern border? Is there such a promise on the table? Nope. What about the other neighbors of Afghanistan? Don’t they have the same concerns? Yes. What’s on the table for them? Nada.
If you agree that the Afghanistan problem needs new thinking, then maybe you ought to say so before we have something noone wants or will support.
October 17, 2009 Afghanistan action day. | 40th Anniversary of the Vienam Moratorium |
OCTOBER 17, 2009 - A National Day of Action
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| Growing numbers of anti-war organizations and activists are joining a call to organize anti-war events in local communities on Saturday, October 17, 2009 to demand an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Vietnam Moratorium. |
| people are still dying and suffering in a devastated Iraq, more US troops are being sent to war in Afghanistan, and billions of dollars are spent on both wars while social services are slashed at home during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.Read more at iraqmoratorium.com |
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Nobody noticed the Mail Box in the back of a truck?
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