Archive for June, 2008
Preparing the Battlefield
Seymour Hersh is the investigative reporter who broke the My Lai and Abu Ghraib stories. Now, in this month’s The New Yorker magazine, Hersh talks about the Bush administration’s covert activities in Iran. All the more shocking for the non-sensational way he presents the information, he reveals that we have been funding terrorist groups such as the Mujaheddin-e-Khalq in Iran. Bush and Cheney have built multiple chains of command that report to them, not to commanders in the field…
Algorithm determines ‘ideal’ VP candidates for Obama, McCain
It turns out the ideal vice presidential candidate for Sen. John McCain is the same person as the ideal vice presidential candidate for Sen. Barack Obama, according to a sophisticated online survey based on technology developed at MIT. Mr. Ideal? Colin Powell.
McCain at foreign policy crossroads
McCain has assembled a diverse group of advisors for his campaign, but should he win the presidency this fall, he will have to choose between two markedly different approaches to guiding America in the world.
Dick Cheney ‘tried to block North Korea nuclear deal’
Vice President Dick Cheney fought furiously to block efforts by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to strike a controversial US compromise deal with North Korea over the communist state’s nuclear program.
Hagel floats possibility of a new third party, says GOP has ‘come loose of its moorings.’
Senator Chuck Hagel declined to endorse his party’s likely presidential nominee, John McCain, and said he would consider serving as secretary of defense in a Barack Obama administration.
On Bloomberg TV this weekend, host Al Hunt asked Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) whether he is considering changing parties. “I don’t know forever, but right now I’m not [...]
Arizona joins 13 other states rejecting Real ID scheme
The Real ID law requires states to adopt new procedures by 2010 for making driver’s licenses more secure. Opponents say the new licenses will become de facto national identity cards. They will contain unique identifier numbers which may be used in place of the Social Security number, a number that has been thoroughly debauched. The cost of implementing the requirements of Real ID are about $3.9 billion nationwide.
Washington candidates wary of “Republican” label
Fox News reports several Republican candidates in the state of Washington are taking advantage of a new election law to remove the designation “Republican” from their name on the ballot
Barclays warns of disaster as Fed loses all credibility
Barclays Capital has advised clients to batten down the hatches for a worldwide financial storm, warning that the US Federal Reserve has allowed the inflation genie out of the bottle and let its credibility fall “below zero.”
A Brief Reprieve on FISA: What Now?
From the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Tim Jones:
Thursday evening, Senator Reid officially delayed a final vote on the FISA Amendments Act until July 8. That gave us just twelve days — now, eleven — to change the political calculus and avoid a Congressional seal of approval on illegal wiretapping.
With the clock counting down, here are three [...]
International Monetary Fund undertakes audit of U.S. financial system
Inflation is going up and up, and this year’s average will likely top 4 percent. But this time Mr. Dollar is also Mr. Powerless. He can raise interest rates in the fall, or he can pray, which would probably be the better choice. At least prayer would not prevent the US economy from growing, a highly likely outcome if interest rates go up.
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