This should be seen, shown and talked about.
1% of Americans...
It always should have been, but it has never been the way of the 99% to do so.
a heartfelt thank you to Blackfive for highlighting this.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Good on you, lads
Looks like the new Rules of Engagement are working just fine...
Royal Navy in firefight with Somali pirates.
Now to figure out what to do about the captives on shore and the ships under occupation.
None the less, good on you, lads. Well done.
Royal Navy in firefight with Somali pirates.
Now to figure out what to do about the captives on shore and the ships under occupation.
None the less, good on you, lads. Well done.
NATO MAP for Ukraine -- two views
The recent NATO conference in Tallinn, Estonia, has yielded mixed messages on the future membership of Ukraine.
There are statements the Ukraine will become a member.
There were no indications that the meeting would speed Kyiv's membership bid.
The deep divisions between the France-Germany-Spain-Italy camp (no MAP) and the U.S.-Eastern Allies (Ukraine in NATO is a fundamental issue) are still there, and getting noisier.
Russia watches, and likely smiles a little.
There are statements the Ukraine will become a member.
There were no indications that the meeting would speed Kyiv's membership bid.
The deep divisions between the France-Germany-Spain-Italy camp (no MAP) and the U.S.-Eastern Allies (Ukraine in NATO is a fundamental issue) are still there, and getting noisier.
Russia watches, and likely smiles a little.
Fox gives testimony re: Henhouse disaster
This is considered valuable insight into the Global Economic disorder of late:
G. Soros testifies before U.S. Congressional committee.
Later in the week, expect bears to be invited to testify as to the losses in honey stockpiles this autumn.
G. Soros testifies before U.S. Congressional committee.
Later in the week, expect bears to be invited to testify as to the losses in honey stockpiles this autumn.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
So where are they, Gerry?
The next time some idealist states that the Provisional IRA were the good guys, or even a good cause, or in any way respectable, one need not bring up car bombs, communist sponsorship, or Libyan shipments of Semtex.
Just ask them where the 'Disappeared' are.
At least Jean McConville can rest now, but no thanks to your lot.
Just ask them where the 'Disappeared' are.
At least Jean McConville can rest now, but no thanks to your lot.
Verification unverified
It may simply be another round of North Korean gamesmanship, or it could be a serious indictment of the conduct of the latest round of negotiations...
North Korea says they never agreed to any sample-taking.
Sure glad we got that in writing before letting them off the List of Terror Supporting Nations, right?
...right?
North Korea says they never agreed to any sample-taking.
Sure glad we got that in writing before letting them off the List of Terror Supporting Nations, right?
...right?
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The Day the Guns Fell Silent
It was supposed to be, at least symbolically, the moment of the end of civilization's last war.
It was the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918.
It was, and remains Armistice Day, although it is celebrated in addition to Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth, Veteran's Day in the United States, and by a host of local names and traditions in many countries.
This is the commemoration of the best of hopes for mankind, that somehow all the lives lost in the battles collectively called The Great War (later, World War I) should have bought us all something... lasting peace between nations.
It took only 2 months for some of the worst traits of mankind to begin to make a lie of all that.
That latter is worth remembering, too, and may we all have learned something from the mistakes then and thereafter.
***
In Remembrance:
"In Flanders fields the poppies blow..."
"Ich hatt' einen Kameraden..."
It was the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918.
It was, and remains Armistice Day, although it is celebrated in addition to Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth, Veteran's Day in the United States, and by a host of local names and traditions in many countries.
This is the commemoration of the best of hopes for mankind, that somehow all the lives lost in the battles collectively called The Great War (later, World War I) should have bought us all something... lasting peace between nations.
It took only 2 months for some of the worst traits of mankind to begin to make a lie of all that.
That latter is worth remembering, too, and may we all have learned something from the mistakes then and thereafter.
***
In Remembrance:
"In Flanders fields the poppies blow..."
"Ich hatt' einen Kameraden..."
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