The Politics Of War

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

feeds@yuku.com (MAddCAff04) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:14:16 GMT

No matter who you are, where you are or what you do, I wish you a Very Merry & Blessed Christmas to you and your family!

"Freedom has never been free, there will ALWAYS be a price for Liberty!"

Pope knocked down at Christmas Eve mass

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:09:31 GMT

First the Italian prime minister. Now the Pope. Sheesh. At least no one threw a shoe these times:

Pope knocked down at Christmas Eve Mass

Pontiff uninjured after woman lunged at him at St. Peter's Basilica

VATICAN CITY - A woman jumped the barriers in St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI as he walked down the...

When are you liberals going to run the numbers?

feeds@yuku.com (Gabriel Miller) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:16:24 GMT

Universal Healthcare
Massive Debt repayment
Carbon Credits
Pet programs beyond count

When are liberals going to do some honest math and explain how the country is going to prosper economically, get out from under the historic debt, and pay for heathcare? Really I want someone to tell me. How is all of this going to be paid for? We already tax corporations beyond imagine. Hillary herself just recently bragged that the our government taxes everything that moves and...

Welcome home

feeds@yuku.com (NoOneFamous) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:53:20 GMT

One year, two months and 18 days ago, Army Spc. Steven Gibson tied a yellow ribbon around the maple tree in his parents' front yard in Pine Grove Mills.

Then the 19-year-old went off to war, serving a year in Iraq with the 643rd Vertical Engineer Company.

On Tuesday afternoon, he returned home to a family - and a yellow ribbon - waiting.

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Now that is a museum I would love to visit

feeds@yuku.com (NoOneFamous) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:43:16 GMT

As Kansas City's Liberty Memorial has gained acclaim with its World War I museum, the flow of donated artifacts has also greatly increased.

But officials are reeling from the immensity of a recent gift from the widow of a lifelong collector. A semi-trailer truck was needed to haul in the roughly 1,700 items, most of them related to the ferocious machine guns of that era.

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UK's Prince William spends night on streets of London...

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:59:56 GMT

...to support homeless teens.

Very admirable of him.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/091222/world/eu_britain_prince_william

LONDON - A cold alley in central London is a far cry from a palace - but it was the spot Prince William chose to sleep to highlight the plight of homeless British teenagers.

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Jordan sends SF troops to help Saudis quell rebels

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:20:43 GMT
Iranian backed proxy groups are an extreme threat to the stability of the region. Unchecked they will topple the pro-western governments of the region.

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2009/me_jordan0940_12_04.asp

Saudis 'in a...

Giant "Triangular UFO" filmed over Kremlin

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:06:06 GMT

Why do I have a feeling someone whose breath was reeking of Vodka just photoshopped this pic or doctored the film?

Hovering ominously over the city, this video of what appears to be a triangle-shaped UFO has left...

Senate health bill may pass

feeds@yuku.com (Gabriel Miller) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:15:03 GMT
This should be interesting. The little I have read suggests that the Senate bill is radically different from the House Bill. So even when it passes then the two Bills will have to be reconciled and then both sides will have to vote on it again.

The who abomination has lurched forward another step but I can easily see problems in reconciliation. If it takes more than a month to reconcile it will get way too close to election time and that may kill the Bill. Even if its done quick...

Getting pregnant in Iraq could get you in trouble

feeds@yuku.com (NoOneFamous) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:56:49 GMT
They should do this for all of the military.

An Army general in northern Iraq has added pregnancy to the list of reasons a soldier under his command could be court-martialed.

The new policy, outlined last month by Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo and released Friday by the Army, would apply to both female soldiers who become pregnant on the battlefield and the male soldiers who impregnate them.

Civilians reporting to Cucolo also could face criminal prosecution under the...

Obama orders cruise missile strike on Yemeni terrorist sites

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:48:10 GMT

Wow.

Cruise Missiles Launched Thursday Hit Two Suspected al Qaeda Sites; Major Escalation of US Efforts Against Terrorists
On orders from President Barack Obama, the U.S. military launched cruise missiles early Thursday against two suspected al-Qaeda sites in Yemen, administration officials told ABC News in a report broadcast on ABC World News with Charles Gibson.

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A Yemeni official at the country's embassy...

Losers of the world Unite!

feeds@yuku.com (xtvpry) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:15:39 GMT

Losers Of World Unite - In Denmark

Postehttp://www.investors.com/.../Article.aspx?id=515696d 12/17/2009 07:46 PM ET

Update:Iranian forces withdraw from Iraqi oil well

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:22:59 GMT
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Given the history here, I keep my fingers crossed that this won't lead to renewed open hostilities between the two neighbours -

Update:Chavez alleges US flyovers, threatens shootdowns

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:10:35 GMT

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Chavez really is paranoid.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091217/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_venezuela_us_netherlands

COPENHAGEN - Hugo Chavez accused the...

report:Watery "Super Earth" found 40 light years away

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:08:19 GMT

The latest find by astronomers.

The latest exoplanet find is hot and heavy, but probably has liquid water, and resides close enough to Earth that we're likely to be able to characterize its atmosphere using existing observatories.
Our collection of exoplanets continues to expand and, in recent years, some dedicated hardware like CoRoT and Kepler have joined the search in space. But the latest discovery comes from some pretty...

Iraqi insurgents hack into US drone aircraft

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:26:02 GMT
Yikes.

Insurgents in Iraq have hacked into live video feeds from unmanned American drone aircraft, US media reports say.

Shia fighters are said to have used off-the-shelf software programs such as SkyGrabber to capture the footage.

Update:family of Mexican Marine hero killed by gunmen

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:12:46 GMT

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Some good news for once in Mexico's Drug War.

Two hundred sailors raided an upscale apartment complex and killed one of Mexico's top kingpins in a two-hour gunbattle Wednesday, one of the biggest victories yet in President Felipe Calderon's drug war.

China building world's longest sea bridge

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:01:17 GMT

First, the world's largest dam- the 3 Gorges Dam. Now this.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/15/worlds-longest-sea-bridge

Much of the bridge will be fabricated offsite and will be...

NATO Chief asks for RUSSIAN help in Afghanistan?

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:08:25 GMT

Aren't the Russians already supplying ANA forces with T55 upgrades and so forth? I remember a report back in 2001 which talked about the Russians supplying the then-Northern Alliance with upgraded T55s to supplement those they were already using back then.

MOSCOW (Reuters) Wed, Nov 16, 2009--
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen asked Russia on Wednesday to give the Western military alliance more help in Afghanistan but failed to get...

Losers/Wannabes rejected for Jihadist training

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:56:26 GMT

Well that's got to suck. You and your pals pack up for Jihadi school, leave a propaganda video for mom & dad, get to Pakistan.......and no terrorist group wants you.

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