Dated picture, yes, but the sentiment is there, as the campaign talking points heat up.

hat tip reader coberly Fresh Air from WHYY IraqIn Iraq, Tactical Theory Put Into PracticeLt. Col. John Nagl wrote the textbook on counterinsurgency — literally. Nagl was part of the team that drafted a U.S. Army field manual on counterinsurgency. Having completed his tour in Iraq, Nagl talks about how military theory was put into […]

reader Laurie sends this great comment (lifted cactus style): My sister-in-law ***************************(director of a system in the US). Here’s the Q I sent her: How do taxpayer subsidies for private transportation (roads etc) compare to subsidies for public? Here’s her answer:Good question. Local roads and highways get much more than transit; the question is how […]

Hat tip to MG CBS – Senator Obama video and interview transcriptJuly 22, 2008 CBS – Senator McCain video and interview transcriptJuly 22, 2008

Hat tip to CoRev, who sent this two weeks ago. I owe you one sheesh. Update: Link to map is at IMF.(link fixed) The map is a rough sort of picture to consider the impact of bio-fuel development on food supplies. But then Jib in comments reminds us of additional complexities of trade in food.

by rdan The federal Appeals Court in Richmond, Virginia, ruled 5-4 on July 15 that Bush had the right, while prosecuting the “war on terror,” to hold Qatari citizen (and Peoria, Illinois, resident) Ali al-Marri indefinitely as an “enemy combatant.”….. “A citizen, no less than an alien, can be an enemy combatant,” administration lawyer David […]

by cactus So we’re moving into a new apartment and given its past 1994, we want/need internet access. We called Time Warner. They gave us an appointment for Saturday, from 8 to 10. At 10:30, after sitting in the new and still empty apartment for 2.5 hours, I called. They told me the appointment was […]

Hat tip to ataxingmatter on paying a fair share for services provided in the land of the free and brave: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will hold a hearing tomorrow on the way foreign banks have facilitated US taxpayers’ tax avoidance through structuring accounts offshore to avoid IRS notice. […]

by rdan During 2006 and 2007, DOI reported millions of dollars in contracts to Fortune 500 corporations such as Dell, GTSI, Home Depot, John Deere, McGraw-Hill, Ricoh, Sherwin Williams, Starwood Hotels, Waste Management Incorporated, Weyerhaeuser, World Wide Technology and Xerox Corporation as small business contracts. The DOI Office of Inspector General’s report is the latest […]

by ilsm This week I expand upon my response to 2Slugbaits’ comments to the excellent post Army navy air force Marines Budget; Peace in our Timesby Robert Waldmann.2Slugbaits’ comment revolves around the fact that the Army, a situation common to the other services, is in a contractor trap. The result is despite spending huge, budget […]