Friday, February 25

Libya: Regarding CNN's attempt to take over the job of the U.S. Dept. of State and Mike Huckabee's attempt to score against President Obama

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CNN and Huckabee are not the only offenders but those two happened to catch me on a bad day last night. The final straw was when I heard Huc...
Thursday, February 24

A little more about the threat to Libya's oil wells

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I added an update to yesterday's post , which featured John Batchelor's mention that Gadhafi had threatened, among other things, to ...
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Wednesday, February 23

John Batchelor's latest analysis of Libya crisis: financial markets haven't yet priced in worst of worst-case scenarios for Arab revolt

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UPDATE January 24 2:00 AM ET Reporting last night for NBC television news from Tobruk (which is under the control of the rebels), veteran ME...
Tuesday, February 22

Libya

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According to Fox News Cable about a half hour ago: al Jazeera has reported that Libya's Interior Minister has defected and called for th...
Wednesday, February 16

Notes on the Egypt post

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Coffee house in Cairo, "the city that never sleeps" From Ten Great Reasons to Visit Cairo : Forget New York, Cairo literally never...
Monday, February 14

Now that the Gamalists have been toppled, how does Egypt's old guard plan to stanch the country's brain drain? Cut to the sound of chirping crickets.

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February 17 updates to this post are at the end, after the "Notes" section " All politics is local " -- Tip O'Nei...
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Note

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Although I've given no indication of this on my blog, since January 28 I've focused considerable attention on the Egyptian protests....
Saturday, February 12

Just when we'd learned to spell to 'Bárdarbunga'

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Further to my February 9 post, Just when we'd learned to spell 'Eyjafjallajokull' , and which opened with a quote from the (U.K....
Wednesday, February 9

Just when we'd learned to spell 'Eyjafjallajokull'

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Update See my followup post , Just when we'd learned to spell to 'Bárdarbunga' , which discusses the complaint of the scientist ...
Friday, February 4

And now a word from Malaysia

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Placards outside U.S. embassy in Kuala Lumpur today; Reuters photo
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Thursday, February 3

Um, maybe Pew should ask Egyptians what they mean by democracy

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From Canada's Globe and Mail : Egyptians reject radical Islamists, but want Islam to play a large role in politics and think democracy i...

Mexicans in northern Chihuahua state flee cold, snow

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Hace frío aquí! Mexicans Flee Snow, Cold to Shelters Coldest weather in 60 years brrr-ies Chihuahua By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff Posted...
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Tuesday, February 1

How Beer Saved the World, Part 2: Now cometh the essayist.

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Yesterday I sent Baron Bodissey at Gates of Vienna my post on the Discovery Network's hour-long documentary, "How Beer Saved the ...
Monday, January 31

How Beer Saved the World

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The Awesomer website cautiously announced ahead of the hour-long documentary's premiere on January 30, "We're not sure if the...
Wednesday, January 26

What Pentagon, State Department, U.S. and other civilian NATO leaders could learn from Tabatha Coffey's lessons in hair salon management

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I refused to watch "Tabatha's Salon Takeover" reality series on Bravo cable TV during its first two seasons. "It's a...
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