Mildly sarcastic (Anti) Swift Boat Rating System (v1.0) for measuring applicability and acceptability of 2008 Presidential candidates.
Domestic surveillance of citizens and residents within the United States has and will always remain an uncomfortable and highly controversial practice. Outsourcing domestic surveillance and intelligence gathering to paid contractors based in the U.K.
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When the American mainstream media does throw a quick glance at Iran - which on the rare occassion it does - it paints such an abstract simpleton's view of the problem as to be completely void of merit. Now is not the time for jingostic bravado and bull-headed pride.
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That politically savvy news platform 'The Hill', reported today that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's (DCCC) all-powerful Democratic Caucus Chair, Representative (IL) Rahm Emanuel, has forbidden freshly elected Democratic members of Congress from appearing …
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First let me quickly state that I am indeed a recovering European - a newly naturalized U.S. citizen - and I've come to a wholly different conclusion about Americans and their view of the world and of themselves.
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You've got to love Chris Matthews - the weekday host of MSNBC's Hardball. Wednesday (February 28th), the day after the hideous 4% drop in the Dow Jones Industrial - triggered by a 10% sell off in China - Chris Matthews asked the questions seemingly neglected by the masses.
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If it wasn't for the disgusting scale of destruction, death, and general chaotic carnage that is Iraq (circa 2007) it would be almost a pleasant and welcome distraction to be glib about the Iraq Oil Law.
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The term 'Crazy Ivan' was made famous by Tom Clancy's first novel - 'The Hunt for Red October' - published in 1984 and the subsequent blockbuster movie starring Harrison Ford and Sean Connery.
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Virgin's Sir Richard Branson, the highly successful multiple entrepreneur of activities ranging from airlines to trains, record companies to hotels, mobile communications to space travel, today announced "a $25 million price for the first person to come up with a way of scrub …
The annual Munich Conference on Security Policy is this and so much more.
And I'm not referring to a touchy-feely sit down with Iran - over sushi or skewered mutton! I'm talking about the most severe military engagement with Iran and the use of weapons systems that will put the Iranian regime out of action, permanently. Before I'm labeled anothe …
Reading the front page headline of the New York Times, "Iranian Reveals Plan to Expand Role in Iraq", might I thought, at least enable me to spin some satisfaction from the knowledge that other nations besides the U.S., and the coalition of slightly-less-willing nations, have …
There are many (many!) other changes - obviously - from then to now - but perhaps the biggest and most startling difference. In 1985 we had security in the homeland and now in 2007 we have a Department of Homeland Security. What are the odds? Oh, Go Bears!
Does history not teach those in power anything? Is President Bush comfortable placing his gut instincts (thus far proven rudimentary to say the least!) in a covenant with evil? Can the U.S.
In a nutshell, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a rabid believer of Shi'ite Muslims' "hidden" 12th Imam, seeks to "pave the way for his return" by eradicating the Jews (Israel) with a soon-to-be-built nuclear bomb built with the assistance of fellow evil-doers North Kor …
What people don't realize is the US is already significantly less dependent on OPEC oil producers - and whilst we are 'addicted' to oil like Lindsay Lohan is to Red Bull - at least our 'oil/crack' dealers are, for the most part, USA-friendly and our national security in …
As we all know - annual conferences are a great venue for peacock pride, barrel-chested bravado, and well-worn speeches full of optimism and strategy yet hollow on truth and outcome. The annual Munich Conference on Security Policy is this and so much more.
President Bush has clearly jumped the shark.
... One can argue quite easily that the quagmire that is Iraq, the Iranian 'threat', the failed Israeli peace-accords, the Taiwan / China defiance, and so on and so forth are results of the contradictions in the U.S.
... In a nutshell it reports on a BBC interview with Colonel Lawrence B. Wilkerson - the former chief of staff to the former Secretary of State, Colin Powell.
British Channel 4 Television's investigative reporting program 'Dispatches' broadcast a documentary earlier this week entitled 'Undercover Mosque'.
This may sound offensive but this Dispatches television documentary - which is a VERY mainstream Channel 4 production (compares to 60 Minutes or 20/20) is terrifying.
As per my early (5am) morning routine - courtesy the new year's resolution - I wander, feet shuffling and bleary-eyed to the kitchen to light the kettle for a nice wakey-wakey 'cuppa tea'.
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Reported Released by the National Defence Intelligence College : Intelligence Science Board entitled 'Educing Information : Interrogations - Science and Art (Foundations for the Future)
Isn't it wonderful how the mighty mainstream media in the U.S. aids and comforts the nation's blissful ignorance of so many growing threats around the world?
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