Mini-Me: Pakistan closes Afghan border ahead of drones protest — Updated with photos and maps

Huh? Pakistan closes Afghan border ahead of drones protest Islamabad, Nov 23: Pakistan on Saturday closed its border with Afghanistan ahead of protests against US drone attacks, official sources said. Thousands of people will begin a protest sit-in on the main NATO supply route in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, later on Saturday. …

Mini-Me: NYT Discussion of Cutting Military Flag Officers + Meta-RECAP on Flag Waste and Corruption

Huh? Weighing the Brass New York Times, 5 November 2013 One of the hardest-hit areas being discussed in federal budget talks is the Pentagon, which would take an automatic $20 billion cut in January under sequestration. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel proposed a 20 percent cut in his own office’s budget, but command headquarters around …

Mini-Me: 2 Million, Not 800,000, Involuntarily Furloughed

Huh? 800,000 is the number of federal employees involuntarily furloughted. The total number is much, much worse. Over 800,000 contractors, perhaps as many as 1.2 million, were subjected to various forms of involuntary leave, furlough, and outright firing.  The best companies are offering some work-arounds, such as posting hours to the last authorized pay period …

Mini-Me: Afghanistan in Transition – Regional Water Authority Emergent Centered In, Of, By, and Through Afghanistan

Huh? 2013-08-26 Pakistan, Afghanistan mull over power project on Kunar River ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan are moving towards joint management of common rivers starting with construction of a 1,500MW hydropower project on Kunar River — a major tributary of Kabul River contributing almost 13 million acres feet (MAF) annually to Pakistan. 2013-08-21  Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan …

Mini-Me: Reliable Teleportation at Quantum Level

Huh? Teleportation: Behind the Science of Quantum Computing Researchers were able to reliably teleport information between quantum bits. Melody Kramer National Geographic, August 14, 2013 It might seem like something straight from the Star Trek universe, but two new research experiments—one involving a photon and the other involving a super-conducting circuit—have successfully demonstrated the teleportation …