Monday, May 17

Bangkok crisis: Um, there's no TV in the Red Shirt camp

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Communication: it's a wonderful thing when it's done right : ... "Immediately vacate the area that is considered dangerous,...

The New Normal

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The New Tax Collectors Audits? We don't do no stinkin audits! Crime syndicates and terrorists in Mexico, India , Pakistan, Brazil , Leba...

Ayad Allawi's Victory. That's A-l-l-a-w-i. ALLAWI.

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I could use a laugh after spending hours following the grim events in Thailand (see the previous post ) and this News York Times report just...
Sunday, May 16

Bangkok: Red Shirt leaders need to stand down. Now. (UPDATED 6X)

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UPDATE Monday May 17 6:30 PM EDT Frankly I am shocked that Fox News Cable and CNN have not mentioned the Bangkok crisis during the first hal...
Saturday, May 15

The Bangkok melee: what are its roots?

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See May 16 post for updates May 16 and 17 on the Thailand crisis and additional background report. Saturday, May 15, 2010 Voice of America ...
Thursday, May 13

Fears that Gulf Oil leak much larger than estimate

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On May 12, 2010 at 6:31 PM a RBO reader with the screen name "The Destructionist" left the following comment at RBO blog's cro...

"Pakistan arrests suspect who says he was accomplice to Times Square bomber"

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UPDATE 12:55 AM EDT Colleague just informed me that the situation with the suspicious vehicle near Union Square subway is "all clear....

Americans get smelling salts, beer, or paper bag before reading

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Paper bag is for types who prefer to hyperventilate instead of faint or get plastered at really bad news. Uppity Woman asks , "So what...

"All roads do seem to be leading to Pakistan"

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Dan Riehl at Riehl World View is tracking FBI arrests of Pakistanis that seem related to suspected terrorism plots. Details on the arrests ...

YouCut: vote online or text to vote on cutting wasteful federal spending

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YouCut was unveiled yesterday. Here's how YouCut works and where you can go to vote, from Greta Van Susteren's interview last night ...
Wednesday, May 12

U.S. scramble to placate Pakistan about Times Square bombing case echoes 9/11 Commission's capitulation to Pak lobbyists

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Yesterday saw a scramble in Washington to downplay the Time Square Bomber's alleged association with a Pakistan terror group. The scramb...
Tuesday, May 11

Obama can save the day in Afghanistan if he faces realities in Pakistan

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Two U.S. think tank denizens, the Middle East Institute's Marvin Weinbaum and Rand Corporation's James Dobbins , weigh in on the ...

Kilcullen on COIN

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I was just visiting Mark Safranski's ZenPundit blog and saw he's finally able to squeeze in time to read David Kilcullen's The A...

Al Qaeda undermines Mullah Omar's authority over hostage deal

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More news about crazy people Pakistan's military is trying to negotiate with 'good' Taliban to avoid a war in N. Waziristan. Me...
Monday, May 10

Pakistan: Rawalpindi's frankensteins dig into Karachi

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Karachi, Pakistan, one of the world's megacities Today's Washington Post features a report that Militant factions with global aims a...

Mullen and McChrystal to Kayani: No pressure

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Yesterday, on the same day Hillary Clinton and Eric Holder told national news shows that the Times Square bomber had deep ties to the Paki...