Poindexter to Resign Following Terrorist Futures Debacle
WASHINGTON, July 31 — The Pentagon official who oversaw the development of a plan for the military to operate a terrorist futures-trading market is resigning under pressure, a senior defense official said today.
John M. Poindexter, a retired rear admiral who was President Ronald Reagan’s national security adviser, is stepping [...]

My ISP was being a pain yesterday and on top of it all the phone lines in the county were down. So I have some catching up to do with regards to news. Sheesh, the state’s burning up, bad internet connection…………..sucks to be in Montana.

Governor calls tax hike a Christian duty:
Alabama’s new governor is trying to persuade voters to approve the biggest tax increase in state history by telling them it is their Christian duty. And for a state in the Bible Belt, that might seem like a winning strategy.
A Republican…………wanting to raise taxes………….using religion to sell it. [...]

Pentagon plans terrorism futures market:
The Pentagon (news - web sites) is setting up a stock-market style system in which investors would bet on terror attacks, assassinations and other events in the Middle East. Defense officials hope to gain intelligence and useful predictions while investors who guessed right would win profits.
Two Democratic senators demanded Monday the [...]

‘I did not want to be a collaborator’
I feared my role with the reconstruction council was sliding from what I had originally envisioned - working with allies in a democratic fashion - to collaborating with occupying forces.
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Though we council members came from all over the world, we are all Iraqis. I accepted the fact that [...]

Does Israel target Children?
The numbers are staggering; one in five Palestinian dead is a child. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) says at least 408 Palestinian children have been killed since the beginning of the intifada in September 2000. Nearly half were killed in the Gaza strip, and most of those died in two [...]

First it was CIA Director Tenet.
Then it was Stephen Hadley, deputy national security adviser.
Now it’s looking like Condi Rice.
We’re getting closer to where the buck stops.

Pretty funny article on SUVs (or a review of a book about SUVs, more specifically)here.
According to market research conducted by the country’s leading automakers, Bradsher reports, SUV buyers tend to be “insecure and vain. They are frequently nervous about their marriages and uncomfortable about parenthood. They often lack confidence in their driving skills. Above all, [...]

Even with my earlier post about the Daily Howler’s coverage of the press coverage of the Niger story, I’m inclined to agree with them now, or at least today’s post. We know the Niger claim isn’t accurate, but there are 3 other African countries that are known to produce uranium. The impression I [...]