Category Archives: Obama Nation

Mission Creep

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Art Stone

Around 9:30 PM on Sunday, during the first hour of the John Batchelor show, he had on a guest – former CIA analyst Pat Lang, who was involved in the targeting of Qadaffi in 1986.   A few of the comments give … Continue reading →

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As the Arab World turns

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Art Stone

http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=213007 The Arab League asked for a no-fly zone, not French planes taking agressvie offensive action bombing tanks on the ground. The UN (Britain and France) expanding the scope of the “no fly” zone at the last hour will likely … Continue reading →

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UN has the Libya Hot Potato

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Art Stone

The UN is “moving closer” to a vote to allow France to bomb Libya.  The vote should happen at 10 PM ET. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4044008,00.html Qadaffi has told Benghazi that his troops are coming to take the city tonight, and no mercy … Continue reading →

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Benghazi update….

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Art Stone

Two Benghazi tribes announce support for their leader Qadaffi http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/03/16/libya-tribes-tv-idUKLDE72F1YA20110316 Libyan airforce bombs the military airport in Benghazi, the flood of people fleeing to Egypt has started http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-benghazi-bombed-20110317,0,5729330.story?track=rss (The other day the Rebel “Air Force” was able to launch two … Continue reading →

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Hillary / Libya Update

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Art Stone

Transcript of News Conference The quick summary following her meeting with the Egypt interim government: We talked about Palestine, a lot Hillary met with the Libyan opposition in Paris and discussed humanitarian aid The United States is concerned about Egyptians … Continue reading →

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The 1-7 scale for nuclear safety incidents

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Art Stone

The IAEA Web Site The criteria for the various levels – Fukushima #1 is now at 6+ The manual explaining the scale is available here

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John Batchelor “gets it”

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Art Stone

I just listened to last night’s show (9 pm-1am ET).  He was basically covering the same news events I was blogging, live on the air.   John had relevant reporters and exports on the line, and was watching Twitter from reputable … Continue reading →

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What the financial markets are saying about Japan

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Art Stone

Japan’s stock market has lost about 20% in the past 2 days. Currency markets are very stable given the provocation.   The Bank of Japan is throwing everything that have to avoid a financial meltdown – very likely the Fed and … Continue reading →

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The Rain in Bahrain falls mainly on Hillary’s plane

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Art Stone

Bahrain has been having problems with protestors. Saudi Arabia is reported to now be sending troops in to protect Bahrain. Saudi Arabia is a member of the Arab League, which voted to urge the U.N. to create a no fly … Continue reading →

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Rushing to war crime trials was a bad idea

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Art Stone

I could have sworn I wrote this already – maybe it was on a web site. Prime Minister of Italy Berlusconi is repeating almost word for word what I wrote down – maybe I trashed it as being too inflammatory… … Continue reading →

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Indentured Servitude

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Art Stone

In addition to slavery, the 13th Amendment outlaws “Indentured Servitude”, something your public school teacher probably didn’t teach you about.   Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall … Continue reading →

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Prohibition, Arizona and Immigration

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Art Stone

This bizarre notion that Arizona can’t pass a State law authorizing its law enforcement to enforce Federal laws has an interesting parallel in the Prohibition era While looking for something else, I stumbled on this http://www.cobbledstones.com/2009/09/chesapeake-bay-played-large-role-in.html which covers the details … Continue reading →

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Time on Libya

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Art Stone

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2057622,00.html At least it includes some recognition of World War II history in the area, and a quote from George Patton… One of the best descriptions I’ve read so far. Libya also has a Navy – at some point, you … Continue reading →

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Tanks for the memories

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Art Stone

The dreams of the Press and Hugo Chavez are going up in smoke…   it takes time to move tanks and infantry 500 miles in the desert.   Sunday was a very bad day for the “rebels”.   Untrained volunteers on a pickup … Continue reading →

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February 2011 Electric car sales report

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Art Stone

Source Chevy Volt:  281   (down -13% from January) Nissan Leaf:  67 Those are national figures…   I’m surprised the government didn’t buy up a few thousand for use by the IRS In my snail mail, I just learned that my replacement … Continue reading →

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