The Mystical Art of Confusion-2nd try
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If
I had a wonderful 9th grade English teacher. He taught Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘If’ as something really over the top, full of self-satisfaction, lacking nuance. Until 2020 I agreed. The poem’s premise seemed totally outlandish–until now. Kipling won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907. Did he have a time capsule for 2020? IF “If…
Wikileaks fallout: Why are we continuing to support Pakistan? and only 33% of Americans are happy with Obama’s handling of the war/ The Guardian
When we seem to be providing the operating expenses for those who bomb and shoot our children, what is the point of this war? From the Guardian: … The leaks have focused attention on Afghanistan at a time when the Obama administration would rather concentrate on the economy – the main issue among voters –…
Blackout: Military Personnel Banned From H1N1 Vaccine Sites/Huffington Post
By Huffington Post’s Allen McDuffee: …Mandatory vaccine programs are a sensitive subject in the military, so it’s not a huge surprise that swift and visceral reactions to the [swine flu vaccine] program gained speed. With a vaccine that was so new and little known about it, like many Americans, troops were heading to the web…
Kleptocracy Nation: Retired Generals and Admirals working for defense contractors/ Boston Globe
From Bryan Bender at the Globe: Former officers and specialists say the defense industry’s political might is getting a new boost from an accelerating flow of retired generals and admirals. The Department of Defense… runs an exclusive job service to teach soon-to-retire generals how to land jobs in the defense industry. And military firms routinely…
Draining the swamp: moving in the right direction/ Reuters
From Reuters came a short piece on a new Executive Order, without much commentary to put it into perspective re how things worked in former administrations. President Donald Trump on Saturday put restrictions on the kind of lucrative lobbying gigs his White House aides and other administration officials can accept after they leave government. Trump,…
Anthrax report casts doubt on scientific evidence in FBI case against Bruce Ivins/ WP
From Jerry Markon at the Washington Post: A panel of prominent scientists is casting new doubt on scientific evidence that was a key part of the FBI’s case against Bruce E. Ivins, the deceased Army scientist accused of carrying out the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks. The National Research Council, in a report issued Tuesday, questioned…