Category Archives: American Politics

US Govermmemt assessment on Libya

Via Bloomberg: The U.S. director of national intelligence, James Clapper, said Qaddafi “will prevail” if the fighting goes on for a longer time

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Indentured Servitude in Saudi Arabia

In a story completely unrelated to everything else comes this “story” from the Phillipimes about how Saudi employers constantly beat their Filipino housemaids Story

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What are the markets telling us about the future?

We’re close to September 2008 territory when things were unraveling…. Coffee and Sugar futures are down over 5% in one day.  Every food commodity, oil, cotton, lumber, are down significantly.  Futures markets have daily trading range limits after which they close … Continue reading →

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NATO Meets…. “No” to “no fly” zone

France says “Yes, we think the Benghazi regime IS the government of Libya”. The EU is now pissed at France.    The news just reported that NATO voted “No” on a “No Fly Zone”.    Confirmed by Fox news.     Hillary Clinton says … Continue reading →

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Newt Gingrich – Catholic

Okay, I don’t read Time Magazine http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1916297,00.html Newt is in the news now as he is pondering running for President in 2012. I like Newt. I was one of those people who watched him on CSPAN at 1 AM talking … Continue reading →

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Lasharr Gullap’s two seconds of fame

WWJ-TV (owned by CBS) rents a TV tower in Oak Park Michigan.  It’s located on 8 mile road, just across the city line from Detroit, Michigan. Tower The tower stands 1063 feet, just a little shorter than the Empire State … Continue reading →

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Mark Dayton & the Three Generation Rule

George Draper Dayton (born 1857) bought a department store in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1902 after making money in banking.    George Draper Dayton had two sons – David Draper Dayton (born 1880) and George Nelson Dayton (born 1886).    Generation #1 George Draper was quite … Continue reading →

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The Lockerbie Bombing Chronology

So the leader of the Benghazi interim government says that Qadauphy personally ordered the bombing of Pan Am 103.   It might be true, maybe it is rebel propaganda.  What’s the proof? Just to be clear, I’m not suggesting that Quaddaffi didn’t order … Continue reading →

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NPR under assault

NPR loyalists are reported to be in disarray following a dastardly sneak attack by the Tea Party Freedom Fighters. Reliable sources state that the loyalist supporters are preparing defenses against the onslaught of their underground bunkers and are requested urgent … Continue reading →

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Qadaffi is a socialist

It’s not a coincidence or some accident that the “rebels” identify themselves by flying the flag of the “old” country of Libya. Libya is a country made up of around 140 distinct tribes of various origins.  The Senussi tribe of Eastern … Continue reading →

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Indentured Servitude

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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How are International Waters defined?

The conflict with Libya back under the Reagan era was partly a dispute over how much of the Mediterranean is sovereign Libyan waters. Look at the map of Libya – quaddaphy’s claim was that the entire gulf of sidra/sitre is … Continue reading →

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Prohibition, Arizona and Immigration

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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Civil Wars

Libya is refreshing our memories about the nature of Civil Wars and the question of how a leader can convince his military to fire on and kill a country’s own citizens (“unalienable right to life, etc”). Lincoln only won 38% … Continue reading →

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Tanks for the memories

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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