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silveradeptInternational materials, yo. the top United States general in the Middle East says that the Afghan people need to fight the Taliban for operations to be successful. Which makes a lot of sense - after all, it’s hard to free someone who willingly puts the chains back on when you turn your back. As things are, it may become the Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict, as the same commander seems disinclined toward borders between the two countries when ordering up strikes against millitants.
North Korea says they're ready to talk with a President Obama. Of course, that assumes that they're being sincere about the weapons inspection thing in the first place. And apparently, Hezbollah thinks that the Obama administration is better for them, too. And, then, of course, the President-elect needs to speak strongly about the commitment to NATO and missile defense against a resurgent aggression by Russia... wait. At what point did we agree that the new adminstration will behave exactly as the old one did? After all, isn’t this supposed to be the administration that takes 7 November as a sacred holiday?
And besides, it’s a new era. China is telling the developed world that they need to fight global climate change, which can be interpreted either as a “Hey, dingbats! You’ve got the technology and the research, how about letting us have it?” or a “You should keep fighting WHILE WE POLLUTE AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”, depending.
The United Kingdom appears to be continuing with their desire to build and use a giant Internet traffic collection device. Combined with the idea that authorities will investigate and arrest at a mad-scientist themed party, the UK is looking to be Airstrip One as fast as it can.
A pilot who suffered a blinding stroke while he was flying was safely guided down to the ground by the RAF, keeping him alive. In other saving measures, a firefighter was successfully able to cut a steel pipe away from a man's penis after the man had gotten it stuck.
In Silverton, Oregon, the United States's first openly transgender mayor, elected after having served two terms as mayor beforehand, but closeted.
Lieberman's head is on the chopping block fo committee chairship, which should be no surprise, considering he didn’t exactly caucus with the Democrats this election cycle.
Advice for the President-elect on his Chief Technology Officer, as well as recognition that this campaign signals the Internet as the dominant medium for politics, although television is still very important.
Looking for a Bradley effect, where white voters say they will vote for the black man and then don't, appears to be turning up null. For Larry Elder, the Obama victory is not a sudden revelation that African-Americans can succeed and do anything, because he feels that through hard work, even in a system rigged against you, anyone can succeed. Laura Hollis declares that institutional racism is dead, and that success or failure is now solely determined by effort and willingness, because the sytem works, and Obama proves it. Which leads to wondering about the enormous potential of President Obama and whether he can successfully navigate history and create for himself the right presidency where he is liked and gets things done. A good starting point might be to take charge, provide a rudder for the civil service, and then to let them do their jobs.
A quick reality-check on the high-flyingness of the Obama administration, even if the end result will likely be positive. And besides, it’s not like the current administrator is sitting on his hands. He intends to do as much damage as possible before his ouster. But, returning back to the realm of idealism, the ACLU has presented a transition paper for President-elect Obama on how to best reverse the damage and return the country to a nation that respects the rights of its citizens.
And, of course, one quick cheap joke - Obama elected, Hell freezes over. Which would be better if it were, say, Michigan, where there is indeed a Hell to freeze over.
Advice for Governor Palin from the WSJ on how to remake herself into the viable candidate for 2012, including at least one unspoken admonition - “Fire all the bums who worked on this campaign and don’t rehire them.” After that, learn a few more things to become a more well-rounded candidate, be inclusive instead of divisive, and she’ll be a great candidate for the next time around. Even if she doesn’t budge an inch on all of her socially conservative policies. (Although, Rupert, claiming that the media scrutinizes and hazes new GOP more than new Democrats is rather misleading, considering that Ms. Palin was doing as much as she could to invite that scrutiny.) On more generally, advice for the Republicans to capture victory: return to being the party of small government, fiscal conservatism, and the free market, the place that they came from. I wonder if the economic wing of the coalition will be the dominant one for a while. If the economy impoves, though, maybe the social conservative part will reassert their primacy. Either way, It sounds like the Republicans have a lot of shedding of dead weight and rebuilding to do.
Last out of this section, what may very well be the most juvenile comment on the election I’ve seen so far - Ben Shapiro says the United States took a giant step backward by electing Barack Obama, embracing someone who is a cipher, a liar, and composed of fluff, preferring the vapid message of unity and hope instead of engaging in the important debate that comes our of “hostile politics” that would have told us all we needed to know as to why the President-elect was unfit, a radical that hates America, and totally without the record that needs to accompany a Presidential candidate. At least he didn't bite anyone when he found out Obama won.
Technology says more progress in invisibility research, the increasing use of computers to provide sound and verified mathematical proofs, because they can kick out the calculations fast enough to try most general and special cases, YouTube to receive ad-laced feature-length films, and really big things tugging at us from beyond the flow of space and time.
And that’s all, folks!
North Korea says they're ready to talk with a President Obama. Of course, that assumes that they're being sincere about the weapons inspection thing in the first place. And apparently, Hezbollah thinks that the Obama administration is better for them, too. And, then, of course, the President-elect needs to speak strongly about the commitment to NATO and missile defense against a resurgent aggression by Russia... wait. At what point did we agree that the new adminstration will behave exactly as the old one did? After all, isn’t this supposed to be the administration that takes 7 November as a sacred holiday?
And besides, it’s a new era. China is telling the developed world that they need to fight global climate change, which can be interpreted either as a “Hey, dingbats! You’ve got the technology and the research, how about letting us have it?” or a “You should keep fighting WHILE WE POLLUTE AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”, depending.
The United Kingdom appears to be continuing with their desire to build and use a giant Internet traffic collection device. Combined with the idea that authorities will investigate and arrest at a mad-scientist themed party, the UK is looking to be Airstrip One as fast as it can.
A pilot who suffered a blinding stroke while he was flying was safely guided down to the ground by the RAF, keeping him alive. In other saving measures, a firefighter was successfully able to cut a steel pipe away from a man's penis after the man had gotten it stuck.
In Silverton, Oregon, the United States's first openly transgender mayor, elected after having served two terms as mayor beforehand, but closeted.
Lieberman's head is on the chopping block fo committee chairship, which should be no surprise, considering he didn’t exactly caucus with the Democrats this election cycle.
Advice for the President-elect on his Chief Technology Officer, as well as recognition that this campaign signals the Internet as the dominant medium for politics, although television is still very important.
Looking for a Bradley effect, where white voters say they will vote for the black man and then don't, appears to be turning up null. For Larry Elder, the Obama victory is not a sudden revelation that African-Americans can succeed and do anything, because he feels that through hard work, even in a system rigged against you, anyone can succeed. Laura Hollis declares that institutional racism is dead, and that success or failure is now solely determined by effort and willingness, because the sytem works, and Obama proves it. Which leads to wondering about the enormous potential of President Obama and whether he can successfully navigate history and create for himself the right presidency where he is liked and gets things done. A good starting point might be to take charge, provide a rudder for the civil service, and then to let them do their jobs.
A quick reality-check on the high-flyingness of the Obama administration, even if the end result will likely be positive. And besides, it’s not like the current administrator is sitting on his hands. He intends to do as much damage as possible before his ouster. But, returning back to the realm of idealism, the ACLU has presented a transition paper for President-elect Obama on how to best reverse the damage and return the country to a nation that respects the rights of its citizens.
And, of course, one quick cheap joke - Obama elected, Hell freezes over. Which would be better if it were, say, Michigan, where there is indeed a Hell to freeze over.
Advice for Governor Palin from the WSJ on how to remake herself into the viable candidate for 2012, including at least one unspoken admonition - “Fire all the bums who worked on this campaign and don’t rehire them.” After that, learn a few more things to become a more well-rounded candidate, be inclusive instead of divisive, and she’ll be a great candidate for the next time around. Even if she doesn’t budge an inch on all of her socially conservative policies. (Although, Rupert, claiming that the media scrutinizes and hazes new GOP more than new Democrats is rather misleading, considering that Ms. Palin was doing as much as she could to invite that scrutiny.) On more generally, advice for the Republicans to capture victory: return to being the party of small government, fiscal conservatism, and the free market, the place that they came from. I wonder if the economic wing of the coalition will be the dominant one for a while. If the economy impoves, though, maybe the social conservative part will reassert their primacy. Either way, It sounds like the Republicans have a lot of shedding of dead weight and rebuilding to do.
Last out of this section, what may very well be the most juvenile comment on the election I’ve seen so far - Ben Shapiro says the United States took a giant step backward by electing Barack Obama, embracing someone who is a cipher, a liar, and composed of fluff, preferring the vapid message of unity and hope instead of engaging in the important debate that comes our of “hostile politics” that would have told us all we needed to know as to why the President-elect was unfit, a radical that hates America, and totally without the record that needs to accompany a Presidential candidate. At least he didn't bite anyone when he found out Obama won.
Technology says more progress in invisibility research, the increasing use of computers to provide sound and verified mathematical proofs, because they can kick out the calculations fast enough to try most general and special cases, YouTube to receive ad-laced feature-length films, and really big things tugging at us from beyond the flow of space and time.
And that’s all, folks!
