gimme a booster

Now the bastards are trying to get deuterium gas.


Marc posted this at 29.7.04 | Permalink

john, we hardly know ya
News flash.  John Kerry's cousin is Mayor of Saint-Briac (Ille-et-Vilaine).  Okay, being French, or living in France, or being Mayor of Saint-Briac (Ille-et-Vilaine) isn't necessarily a crime.  But does the FEC know about the Frenchmen visiting the Democratic National Convention?  Hat tip to EuroSavant for the painful and lengthy story of Kerry's "French Connection" (pun regrettably unavoidable). 

Marc posted this at 28.7.04 | Permalink

calm down, chuck

OK.  As any poor unfortunate who's stumbled across this page knows, I'm no mullah-booster, nor a Foggybottom softie where nukes are concerned.  But "Give'm Hell" Chuck Krauthammer apparently wants to start bombing Natanz, which I can't believe is a good idea.  No question that something has to be done about the Iranian nuke program, and, as I've noted before, decisive action from the IAEA is not, I'm sorry, in the offing.

So what to do?  The answer, as I've also noted before, is to support the Iranian student/opposition movement with some concrete steps, such as, oh, I don't know, saying repeatedly and loudly that we support them.  Hope I'm not going too far out on a limb here.  Then perhaps they could pull an un-revolution and get back to being the rich and cultured country they once were before the Shah tried to steal everything and the mullahs tried to supermoralize everything.

Just a thought.

Marc posted this at 23.7.04 | Permalink

i love seattle, really...

...but I have to agree with Atlantic Blog here, where he notes that Seattle is full of lefty conspiracy theory nuts (nuts of the far opposite persuasion are also in abundance, incidentally).  It should be noted, however, that my first recollection of an "July/October Surprise" theory came not from the Left Coast or even the New Republic but from Georgetown (and I'm not talking Guyana):  Madeline Albright herself noted back in December that she thought that ol' beardface was waiting around for Dubya to spring him at the right time.

Marc posted this at 22.7.04 | Permalink

please, jimmy, go away.
 
Alan K. Henderson carries a hysterical graphic lampooning Ex-(but not Ex enough) President Carter for his continued meddling in US-Iranian relations.  Check it out.

Marc posted this at 16.7.04 | Permalink

not your father's myers-briggs

If you've ever suffered through the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator (I'm ENTP), try this one. Lord knows how accurate it is, but the results are far more entertaining. (courtesy of Horologium)


Marc posted this at 15.7.04 | Permalink

terrorists: 1, philippines: 0

This latest development, the apparent intent of the Philippines to retreat -- yes retreat -- from Iraq in the face of blatant terrorist threats, is even more appalling than the decision of Spain to remove its troops after the March 11th train bombing. At least the Spaniards had plausible deniability -- "Why no, our troop withdrawl had nothing to do with the bombing," (though everyone knew exactly what was going on).

Now to be fair, we're talking less than 50 troops here, hardly a drop in the ocean of US and other military might wandering around Iraq. But there is a principle at stake here, and if President Arroyo doesn't recognize that, she's got bigger problems.


Marc posted this at 14.7.04 | Permalink

blog lietuva

I'm now blogging officially from Lithuania, where I'll be living for the forseeable future. Take a look at my newest project, the European Weblog Review. I'll be editing it and asking others to join in an effort to capture some of the better content from European-based English language blogging.


Marc posted this at 13.7.04 | Permalink

saber rattling

Tehran is now engaging in some gratuitous saber rattling against the United States. Note particularly the phrase, "If anyone invades our nation, we will jeopardize their interests around the world." If this isn't a reference to terrorist actions around the world, what is?

Marc posted this at 6.7.04 | Permalink