This morning the grand daddy of web news, the Drudge Report, carried the story of a possibility of Japan using it’s ballistic missile defense (BMD) weapons to intercept and destroy the upcoming North Korean launch of a Taepodong-2 rocket. This story is published by the UK Guardian and quotes Takeo Kawamura, the chief cabinet secretary […]
First cut for a Friday (the 13th! again!) morning . . . Be sure to keep up to date with the North Korean missile launch via Henderson’s posts. Obama went to Germany during the election, and they return the love: “Obama Fingers“. Wait! I thought the idea was to nationalize health care, not throw veterans […]
Word from the Arms Control Wonk that the Norks have set a date range between April 4th and April 8th for their Taepodong-2 test launch. “Lending a degree of credibility to Pyongyang’s pledge to stage a rocket launch, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) said it had been contacted by the North about its plans. “We […]
I am depressed I did not think of this first. Hat tip to the amazing climate science blog, Watts Up With That, and of course Joy of Tech.
Fresh, hot cup o’ links for you. . . .now with morning update (new links at the top)! The bad news is that we’re only a year away from the next election cycle. The good news is that the Democrats fear a looming train wreck. And speaking of panic . . . . One of […]
Seems that Ace has picked up the story now. He cites a source (which sites a South Korean news outlet) that says there is a sizable Aegis presence in the Sea of Japan for the ongoing Key Resolve/Foal Eagle joint military exercises. Sadly none of the sources cite which ships they are describing. There is […]
It is forgivable, really. The economic shock during October and November pushed the global economy into a significant recession. Then America elected their “Hope and Change” ticket, with fantasies of a quick fix to what was a deep rooted systemic fault in the financial systems of the modern world. By throwing vast sums of money […]
First off, don’t miss Henderson’s analysis of the pending missile shot by the North Koreans. Opposition within Congress to the cram-it-through legislative approach of the Democratic leadership: “The process by which these changes have been forced upon this body is so deeply offensive to me, and so deeply undemocratic, that it puts the omnibus appropriations […]
Headlines on multiple news sites point to a possible Taepodong-2 missile launch in the next day or two. As documented earlier, this will be another in a line of tests of intermediate range North Korean rockets. While the North has described this as a satellite launch, it is actually the means to test the missile, […]
Thursday throes
We aim to please (most mostly we aim to hit) . . . MID-MORNING UPDATE: The FBI raids the office of the DC Chief Technology Officer, who is (or was) Vivek Kundra, who is now the new CTO for the Obama Administration. However, it appears that the focus is not on Kundra, but on two […]
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