Tag Archives: al Qaeda

Assassination in Islamabad

1. Senior Pakastani Military Official Assassinated by Islamist Militants – In Pakistan’s Capital.  In Broad Daylight.  They seem to be bringing the fight to the Military. (From the International Herald Tribune) 2. Got Bailed out?  Cut your executive’s pay – Well there goes trying to hire the best of the best to rebuild these companies.  (From The [...]
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Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

1. President Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize? – Nominations for the prize he just won would have been due two weeks after he became President.  Not to be debbie downer, but… seems like the committee is jumping the gun.  The White House has reacted with surprise, the media is reacting with surprise, and the [...]
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1. 8 Years since the U.S. took on the Taliban – Eight years ago today the United States launched air strikes against targets in Afghanistan.  President Obama is currently facing one of the biggest Foreign Policy decisions in the last decade, and it can be summed up in two words:  “Now what?” (From Global Post) 2. Joe [...]
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U.N. meeting on Climate Change

1. U.N. Climate Change Meeting Looks to Pick up the Pace – Is the clock really ticking?  How can the world’s governments move faster?  Are we really at a tipping point?  Is there enough data?  How can we overcome the economic impact?  How much is this going to cost?  How much will it cost if [...]
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8 years

1. Eight year anniversary of the September 11th Attacks - President Obama speaks at the memorials, and he and the first lady stepped outside of the White House this morning to observe a national moment of silence.  (From the NY Times) 2. Meanwhile, the Coast Guard fires off a few rounds on the Potomac? – What [...]
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Torture produced faulty Iraq / Al Qaeda link?

1. Maybe Torture Wasn’t the last Resort - And just as bad if not worse: “Interrogators employed the techniques, which are notorious for producing bad intelligence, to get detainees to make statements linking Iraq and al-Qaida.” So if Mr. Cheney’s justification for water-boarding is that it gave us intelligence that prevented another 9/11 style attack, [...]
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Newsflash: American Cars aren’t awful

1. So Maybe American Cars don’t stink? – Jim Harbour explained on NPR this morning that the Big Three U.S. Automakers are now cranking out cars that are just as “good” as Toyotas, Hondas, and Nissans.  Or as he puts it, Niss-ans.  But yeah, good luck changing the public perception of American Automobiles.  He also [...]
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