Pundita

Turning the ship before it hits the iceberg

Sunday, September 19

Amrullah Saleh lights a fire under David Petraeus and Hamid Karzai

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"We do not want the Taliban to come and cut the noses off our women. We don't want the Taliban to destroy what is left of our histo...
Saturday, September 18

BREAKING NEWS: DNC DUMPS OBAMA

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And they have the new logo to prove it. No wonder Uppity (a Democrat until the DNC stabbed Hillary Clinton in the back) is in such a good m...
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Friday, September 17

Why I love Uppity Woman

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Uppity Woman asks, "Where oh where is Barack's huge army?" then breaks into fits of laughter. Very undignified behavior for a ...
Thursday, September 16

Peaceful sneaking, Part 3: China and the Cuba connection. And a few words about China's role in the slave trade

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¡Estamos aquĆ­ ayudar! September 2009 , McClatchy : When a Chinese legislative delegation flew to Havana earlier this month, among the report...
Sunday, September 12

Basel III: Uh oh. Are the Lords of the Craps Table pulling a fast one on Tea Partiers?

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Bank for International Settlements, Basel Jack Ewing at the New York Times reports today on the agreement reached at the summit known at Ba...
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Saturday, September 11

Finally, some good news from Mexico: On Thursday only 25 slain in one border city and only 85 prison inmates escape in another border city

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But first some good news from the U.S. side of the border: President Barack Obama has taken bold, decisive action in response to Mexico...
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Friday, September 10

Stephen F. Cohen, author of "The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag After Stalin," talks with John Batchelor about today's Russia

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Sergei Venyavsky's report for AP on the terrorist attack yesterday at a crowded central market in Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Oss...
Thursday, September 9

Two reasons to take up Buddhism

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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, 'Ground Zero' Islamic Cultural Center Reverend Terry Jones, Dove World Outreach Center
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BREAKING NEWS: U.S. State Department finds Mexico on a map

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You remember Mexico; right? That place on the far side of the moon ? Will wonders never cease; the United States Department of State has not...
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Er, in case you haven't noticed, Sri Raman, the USA is at war with India

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Wolves in panda drag My only complaint about B. Raman's excellent analysis of China-India relations is that it studiously overlooks the...
Wednesday, September 8

Afghans are not broken toys, Mr Blankley

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In his September 7 editorial for the Washington Times titled Bring the Troops Home Tony Blankley repeats the earlier call he made: In Nove...
Tuesday, September 7

And the American Right stands silent

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It was cleverly done. Team Obama knew that the American Right would not want to make an issue about the prosecution of the Afghanistan War w...
Monday, September 6

Peaceful Sneaking, Part 2

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Do we look like we can pronounce "Gilgit-Baltistan?" B. Raman is having fun with this. 6. Under the heading “China Withdraws Refe...
Friday, September 3

On the need to replace Washington's defense hawks with defense Peregrines

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This is nothing against hawks -- or humming birds. But when a raptor takes on the qualities of a humming bird, which sustains itself by fli...
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Sunday, August 29

Solar Cycle 24

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Earth hit by solar storm, August 2010 - NASA photo UPDATE August 30, 5:00 AM ET Last night John Batchelor asked science writer and space ex...
Saturday, August 28

Peaceful Sneaking

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This is nothing against Sebastian Gorka's discussions of asymmetrical warfare, which seems to be his area of expertise. But each time ...
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Friday, August 27

The Vladimir Putin Reality Show rolls on

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I scooped up this story of Putin's latest explois from Dan Riehl's Riehl World View . Dan and the Associated Press, which reported ...
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One brave lady: Venezuelan beauty queen's seven-star protest against Chavez regime

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So what's brave about Stefania Fernandez, the outgoing 2009 Miss Universe, holding up her country's flag during the 2010 Miss Univer...
Thursday, August 26

For the benefit of a naive American named Walter Russell Mead: Pakistan and the art of the con

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The laying on of hands: Pakistan's President comforts a flood survivor The "con" in con games derives from the word "conf...
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