Reuters
The scientists who mind the Doomsday Clock on Wednesday moved it two minutes closer to midnight — symbolizing the annihilation of civilization — adding the perils of global warming for the first time to acute nuclear threats.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which created the Doomsday Clock in 1947 to warn the world of the […]
centcom:
Due to the insurgent uprisings around the last week of October, the majority of the Sinyah’s police officers, the mayor and the entire city council resigned.The uprisings resulted in the complete destruction of the police station and left the city without security.
However, the city of Sinyah has not given up.
After the devastating blow, a new […]
Anne Applebaum at washingtonpost.com (via Ilya Somin of the Volohk Conspiracy)
Yet by far the most depressing aspect of the Afghan poppy crisis is that it exists at all — because it doesn’t have to. To see what I mean, look at the history of Turkey, where once upon a time the drug trade also threatened […]
This is an interesting comparison (via Generic Confusion)
I don’t agree with all the conclusions necessarily, but I do think that some very important points are made there.
Instapundit
And here’s a video report from Baghdad on Hot Air. Folks at CNN, et al., should be trembling.
Also check out this report by Bryan Preston and the great stuff from Michael Yon and of course Michael Totten. I expect that most of my readers have already read this stuff, but if you haven’t, perhaps because […]
Michael J. Totten interviews a moderate Shia cleric, Sayyed Mohammad Ali El Husseini, in a Hezbollah section of Lebanon. You definately need to read the whole thing, it is a breath of hope for those of us desperately looking for a successful and peaceful Middle East. Here aree a few quotes:
“First of all,” he said, […]
The Seattle Times
Democratic Sen. Barack Obama said today he is taking the initial step in a presidential bid that could make him the nation’s first black to occupy the White House.Obama announced on his Web site, www.barackobama.com, that he was filing a presidential exploratory committee. He said he would announce more about his plans in […]
Reuters.com
The Pakistan army launched an air strike on Tuesday killing up to 25 to 30 militants living at a camp close to the Afghan border, in a tribal region regarded as a hotbed of support for the Taliban and al Qaeda.”The operation was carried out at around 6:55 a.m. (0155 GMT) in Zamzola in South […]
The Anchoress has a thoughtful post on Iraq, and why she still believes in our struggle there. (this other post of hers also deals with this topic, from a slightly different dimension.)
Like the Anchoress, I remain firmly convinced that Iraq was the right choice and that our struggle there continues to be worth it, and […]
washingtonpost.com
Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro has had at least three failed operations and complications from an intestinal infection and faces “a very grave prognosis,” a Spanish newspaper reported Tuesday.A Cuban diplomat in Madrid said the reports were lies and declined to comment.
Whether this current report is true or not, Castro won’t be around too much […]
