Time was being on the terrorist watch list and getting hassled at Airports (like Sen. Ted Kennedy) was a distinction. You could be a proud member of the Green party, a quaker or even a social activist nun when the US blocked you from boarding an aircraft for being a terrorist, even if the […]

Once again, Hale “bonddad” Stewart has all the horrifying details:
Goldman Sachs economists estimate that as much as $3 trillion in mortgages could be underwater by the end of the year, leaving 30% of the country’s outstanding mortgages in negative equity. Since there is roughly $1 trillion in subprime mortgages outstanding, that means a large […]

Up to 70% of US aid to Pakistan ‘misspent’
We’ve been giving General, President (whatever) Musharraf up to $80 Million per month to fight AQ in the remote “tribal” areas.
It’s now believed that up to $4 Billion has gone…who knows where. Surely, protecting UBL, and Dr. Khan while eliminating former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto couldn’t have […]

I know they call it The Doomsday Vault, but I think it’s a brilliant example of what a bit of imagination and globabl co-operation can achieve.
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway — A “doomsday” seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters opened Tuesday deep within an Arctic mountain in […]

This morning’s Op-Ed in the Washington Post from the Gang of Four (ie the four Democrats leading the House and Senate committees on Intelligence and the Judiciary) rip the Bush Administration for playing politics with the revised Bill, blaming the Democrats for the lapse that they themselves voted for.
If you’re at all confused over the […]

While most of America seemed to focus on the New York Times story yesterday linking Sen. “Saint” John McCain with a flirtatious lobbyist (If you somehow missed that story you can it read it here .
But aside from opening the door on the issue of Sen McCain’s hypocrisy when it comes to lobbyists […]

Why isn’t this deteriorating situation along the Turkish border a bigger source of worry?
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Iraqi Kurdish officials on Friday ordered 6,000 Kurdish militiamen to take up new positions in Iraq’s Dohuk province as hundreds of Turkish troops crossed the border in what Turkey said was an attack on Kurdish rebels who’d sought shelter […]

From prostitutes to Super bowl tickets, a federal probe reveals how contractors in Iraq cheated the U.S.
The Chicago Tribune has all the horrific details. It’s a mind-boggling expose and probably only begins to scratch the surface.
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Old age succeeds where Kennedys, Nixon, E Howard Hunt and a bunch of Watergate burglers could not.

CASTRO RESIGNS!!
Read all about it from Frances Robles in The Miami Herald
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Now, let’s see…they could open a few casinos for a start. If only Meyer Lansky was here to advise….
I’m sure we’ll see nothing […]