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2010/11/30

Journal: AlterNet on “Beyond Madness”–Patraeus in Pakistan

‘Beyond Madness’: Obama’s War on Terror Setting Nuclear-Armed Pakistan on Fire Rather than seeking to stabilize Pakistan, General David Petraeus has been irresponsibly lighting matches with his shortsighted use of Special Forces and drone strikes by Fred Branfman EXCERPT 1: But rather than seeking to stabilize Pakistan, General David Petraeus has, incredibly, been irresponsibly lighting …

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2010/11/27

Review (Guest): Breaking the Phalanx

Douglas Macgregor 5.0 out of 5 stars Real Transformation, November 26, 2010 By Retired Reader (New Mexico) – See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) In 1997, Colonel Douglas Macgregor provided a well thought out blueprint for affecting a Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) within the U.S. Army, and to a lesser extent the entire …

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2010/11/192010/11/19

Reference: Paul Williams on America Now

VEGETABLES, ANIMALS AND POLITICS. At waking up, this morning, the sun almost hitting the solar panels,’ a mandala of a shining star of grass in my third eye. Happens whenever I pull weeds too. Or trim the zumac tree. Or in the old days, when I pulled the mustard after a rain. Tons of mustard. …

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2010/11/15

Journal: Pentagon Acquisition

Pentagon’s Favorite Jet Delayed as Costs Rise Yet Again By Spencer Ackerman November 1, 2010 | 5:50 pm | Categories: Paper Pushers, Beltway Bandits, Politicians Add another several billion dollars and years in delays to the military’s most important new jet. Nearly a year after Defense Secretary Robert Gates fired the head of the F-35 …

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2010/11/052010/12/09

Wikileaks Round II (Iraq) Rolling Update 20101105

NOTICE: Within DoD, at least all elements of the Army as well as the Marine Corps Reserve have been given direct, unqualified, written orders not to access the Wikileaks site or read the Wikileaks document via any Government **OR** non-Government computer. This Rolling Update complies with the DoD guidance. Friday 5 November 2010 WikiLeaks Incidents May …

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2010/11/052011/10/22

Reference: On the Issues from Abortion to War & Peace

I want to put this somewhat intellectual blog posting into perspective. Below is a quote from Matt Taibbi’s new book, Griftopia-Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America (Spiegel & Grau, 2 November 2010). Click on the title of the book to read my full review. QUOTE (32): What has taken …

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2010/11/042010/11/04

Journal: Chuck Spinney on Why Obama Failed…

How Obama’s Initial Personnel Decisions Hardwired the Wipeout Democratic Debacle By FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY, Counterpunch November 3, 2010 In trying to understand why the Democrats just crashed and burned, I think the first layer in peeling the onion takes the form of an admission to two crucial mistakes made by Obama before he took office. …

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