The Secret History of the Nuclear Bomb

Lets take a look at how nukes got around..........

"How do you find direction in the quagmire of soft power multilateralism?"

Via those scamps at ¡No Pasarán!

EU's satellite navigation system loses its way

BRUSSELS: Talk to satellite officials in Brussels and the mood is one of frustration and bitterness. The reason is that the European Union's most ambitious technological project, a satellite navigation system designed to provide users with unprecedented accuracy, faces disaster.

Galileo, as it is called, was supposed to have challenged the Pentagon's Global Positioning System. There were even hopes it would eventually provide a crucial security component for Europe's defense ambitions. Galileo, alas, has become mired in vicious disputes among the eight companies chosen to build and operate the system.

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Al-Qaida in the Mahgreb

Text: Al-Qaida Claims Suicide Attacks in Algeria, Possible Links in Morocco
By Evan Kohlmann @ Counterterrorism Blog

"We bring good news to the larger Islamic nation and, in particular, to our mujahideen brothers concerning the execution of special type of an operation for the very first time... We say to the apostates and their lords among the crusaders: behold the young Muslim men who are coming to you, behold those who cherish death more than life itself, and cherish martyrdom the same way that you cherish your corrupt lifestyle. We shall not put away our swords and we shall never live in peace until every last Muslim land is set free from the crusaders, the apostates, and the collaborators... O’ Allah, attack the Jews and Christians and their apostate collaborators and bring victory to the mujahideen everywhere."

Read it all, especially the link from: If accurate, this would be the first official indication that the GSPC is actively seeking targets outside the borders of Algeria.

Enlightening analysis from Dr. Phares

Admedinijad's "Plan B" - The Circus Continues
By Walid Phares, Counterterrorism Blog

With the decision to release the 15 British sailors, the Ahmedinijad Circus resumes its tales. Morphing from a “long story” to a “sensational scoop” the powerful Khomeinist propaganda machine has produced a better end to the hostage crisis: release them now and invest heavily in their “merciful liberation.” Hence the new debate worldwide as of the first hours of this day is about the Mullahs “freeing” the British personnel, not anymore about their “abduction”, and certainly not the other crucial stories, from UN sanctions on the nuclear standoff, the Iranian operatives arrested in Iraq, or the domestic opposition to Ahmedinijad. The war of images is on, powerful, and still in the hands of Tehran, or rather in the sophisticated “PR machine” at the service of the regime.

The abrupt change in direction operated by the Khomeinist decision-makers, from long-lasting crisis to blitz-solution is the product of a strong advice given by the “PR machine,” most of it based in the West, realizing how catastrophic would have been a stretching of the hostages’ crisis in time. Ahmedinijad wanted time but his advisors realized that the operation has been exposed in the world court of opinion, and hence had to cease and morph. But why did the “advisors,” mostly (Western-hired) ask the Mullahs to release the British at once and “use” the decision to the advantage of the regime? Here are the very objective and heavy reasons....

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Too true

"Main Gate" For CVF/Pa2 this Spring

This story offers a great example of developmental hell. Pa2 sounds like it'll be a lot more capable than CVF. This could all turn into one giant cluster fuck if the leftists win in France. In general, I'm all for more world aircraft carriers.

I love the Czech Republic

Václav Klaus on Catastrophic Global Warming

"Luboš Motl, a Harvard professor and physicist recently translated a refreshingly frank interview with Václav Klaus, second president of the Czech Republic, on his view of the alleged threat of global warming [HT: Drudge Report]. The original interview appeared in Hospodáøské noviny, a Czech economics daily

Q: On Wednesday, the European Commission has approved carbon dioxide caps for new cars. One week earlier, the U.N. IPCC climate panel released a report that has described, once again, the global warming as one of the major threats for the whole civilization. The Stern report about similar threats was published before that. And you suddenly say that the global warming is a myth. Try to explain, how did you get this idea, Mr President?

A: It's not my idea. Global warming is a myth and I think that every serious person and scientist says so. It is not fair to refer to the U.N. panel. IPCC is not a scientific institution: it's a political body, a sort of non-government organization of green flavor. It's neither a forum of neutral scientists nor a balanced group of scientists. These people are politicized scientists who arrive there with a one-sided opinion and a one-sided assignment. Also, it's an undignified slapstick that people don't wait for the full report in May 2007 but instead respond, in such a serious way, to the summary for policymakers where all the "but's" and "if's" are scratched, removed, and replaced by oversimplified theses. This is clearly such an incredible failure of so many people, from journalists to politicians... If the European Commission is instantly going to buy such a trick, we have another very good reason to think that the countries themselves, not the Commission, should be deciding about similar issues.
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Q: Don't you believe that we're ruining our planet?

A: I will pretend that I haven't heard you. Perhaps only Mr. Al Gore may be saying something along these lines: a sane person hardly."

Read it all all @ Capitalism Magazine

I couldn't pass this up

From the Jerusalem Post, via Jihad Watch:
Report: Assad flips out at Ahmadinejad on phone

Ein Volk, Ein China, Ein Fuhrer!!!!!!

Looks like the DPP is really low in the polls. And I know that President Chen wants to get attention away from corruption charges. Too bad he decided to do it during a Chinese Parliament. Chen seems to do something like this everytime he gets in trouble.