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Happy Tuesday, folks. Today is the day before New Year's Eve, so before I get to the news, I'm curious: what are your resolutions, if any, for 2009? What do you want to accomplish? Post them in the comments.
Remember how I mentioned that special forces and intelligence folks are using Viagra as a bargaining chip with Afghan tribal leaders? Well, in case you wanted to read more about this story, Danger Room has a post about it, which points to a corresponding Washington Post article.
The big news over the last few days has been the Israeli assault against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and there are a few items worth sharing. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has pledged to stand by Hamas, and the BBC reports that Hezbollah has put its fighters on alert - so much for the mistaken media idea that Shia and Sunni don't work together. In among all of the anti-semitic screeds on the various British websites, I was surprised to find a pro-Israeli one at the Times of London: Hamas has precipitated this confrontation. As if there's any doubt - Hamas has turned Gaza into a wasteland, and either done nothing to prevent, or actively promoted, the relentless rocket attacks on Israeli civilians that led to the present engagement. The Wall Street Journal also has an op-ed titled Palestinians Need Israel to Win. One of the really interesting stories I read is from the Israeli paper Haaretz, and it details the excellent operational security and wildly successful deception operations that contributed to what has, at least to this point, been an overwhelmingly successful campaign for Israel.
The BBC has yet another pro-communist op-ed disguised as real news in which the "journalist", Michael Voss, extolls the virtuous wonder that was the Cuban Revolution. The Guardian has an article about how pre-marital sex in Iran is up, as is the average age at which people are getting married. Speaking of Iran, there have been conflicting reports in recent weeks as to whether or not the Russians are preparing to sell S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Iran. I don't know if they're selling to Iran, but they're apparently selling S-125 Pechora-2M batteries to Libya, Syria, Venezuela, Egypt, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Turkmenistan. I'm not that concerned about Egypt or Turkmenistan, but the rest of them have some pretty dirty laundry. Finally, the AP has an interesting story about the Mormon welfare system.
Remember how I did a review of Quantum of Solace? Well, apparently Maddox the Great pretty much agrees with me.
Today's satellite image is the Baikonur Cosmodrome (spaceport) outside Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Today's video, in all its hilarity, is Guy from Nickelback: Private Eye.
Awesome. That's it for today. Check back tomorrow for more, and don't forget to post your 2009 resolutions in the comments.
Happy Tuesday, folks. Today is the day before New Year's Eve, so before I get to the news, I'm curious: what are your resolutions, if any, for 2009? What do you want to accomplish? Post them in the comments.Remember how I mentioned that special forces and intelligence folks are using Viagra as a bargaining chip with Afghan tribal leaders? Well, in case you wanted to read more about this story, Danger Room has a post about it, which points to a corresponding Washington Post article.
The big news over the last few days has been the Israeli assault against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and there are a few items worth sharing. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has pledged to stand by Hamas, and the BBC reports that Hezbollah has put its fighters on alert - so much for the mistaken media idea that Shia and Sunni don't work together. In among all of the anti-semitic screeds on the various British websites, I was surprised to find a pro-Israeli one at the Times of London: Hamas has precipitated this confrontation. As if there's any doubt - Hamas has turned Gaza into a wasteland, and either done nothing to prevent, or actively promoted, the relentless rocket attacks on Israeli civilians that led to the present engagement. The Wall Street Journal also has an op-ed titled Palestinians Need Israel to Win. One of the really interesting stories I read is from the Israeli paper Haaretz, and it details the excellent operational security and wildly successful deception operations that contributed to what has, at least to this point, been an overwhelmingly successful campaign for Israel.
The BBC has yet another pro-communist op-ed disguised as real news in which the "journalist", Michael Voss, extolls the virtuous wonder that was the Cuban Revolution. The Guardian has an article about how pre-marital sex in Iran is up, as is the average age at which people are getting married. Speaking of Iran, there have been conflicting reports in recent weeks as to whether or not the Russians are preparing to sell S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Iran. I don't know if they're selling to Iran, but they're apparently selling S-125 Pechora-2M batteries to Libya, Syria, Venezuela, Egypt, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Turkmenistan. I'm not that concerned about Egypt or Turkmenistan, but the rest of them have some pretty dirty laundry. Finally, the AP has an interesting story about the Mormon welfare system.
Remember how I did a review of Quantum of Solace? Well, apparently Maddox the Great pretty much agrees with me.
Today's satellite image is the Baikonur Cosmodrome (spaceport) outside Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Today's video, in all its hilarity, is Guy from Nickelback: Private Eye.
Awesome. That's it for today. Check back tomorrow for more, and don't forget to post your 2009 resolutions in the comments.
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