war on terror semi-officially over

The War on Terror is over, says Secretary of State Hillary.  Or, more accurately, the expression is “just not being used”.

It’s often tempting to think that politicians are all the same and that the Obama administration in…

least reassuring statement ever

FYI:

[W]e have no current plans to accumulate massive armaments on our neighbours’ borders.

- regards, Russian Foreign Ministry.

Thanks for letting us know.  Is it perchance time to stop devoting 100% of our resources to chasing criminally…

kidnapping, bounty hunting completely fine by U.S.

Confirming that the United States still regards the phrase “war on terror” to mean “license for continuing and willful insanity”, a lawyer representing the U.S. in a high profile case in England has indicated that the U.S. view is that…

I would say, sir, that there were something dreadfully wrong somewhere

You might have seen this: the US military ‘lost’ five or six live nuclear warheads and ended up mistakenly flying them across the country. The mistake was not discovered for three and a half hours, when the B-52…

just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you

If you are the somewhat paranoid type, at least when it comes to governments, why not scare the hell out of yourself and read this little piece by Paul Craig Roberts (Assistant Secretary of the…

two thoughts on nuclear power

There are increasing signs that Australia is going to go nuclear in the medium term.

First Thought

One way of looking at the benefits of nuclear power versus the risks is to consider the worst…

how to undo 61 years of progress

This is a heartwarming little story – the process put in place to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay lacks some of the essential elements of fairness that were afforded even to the senior Nazis tried at Nuremberg. That is according…

stuff you should know about: America’s (not so) secret war in Africa

The US has established “Africa Command” on the Horn of Africa – a military group with a mission including fighting Islamist militants and, it seems, getting involved in local conflicts in the process.

Some relevant details:

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