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ARTICLE: Clinton Arrival in Pakistan Met by Fatal Attacks , By MARK LANDLER and ISMAIL KHAN, New York Times , October 28, 2009 With the Obama team continuing Bush-Cheney's lack of strategic imagination in regionalizing the solution set on Afghanistan (no worries, as the Chinese solution plugs along--investment by investment--in both sides of the ...
NEW YORK — In his last month as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei finds himself at the explosive crux of the world’s nuclear politics, ferrying messages between the Obama administration and Tehran. “They are talking through me,” he says.
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ARTICLE: In North Korea, the military now issues economic orders , By Blaine Harden, Washington Post , November 3, 2009 Important story on NorKo: if it does indeed contain almost $6T in mineral wealth, then I guess I would expect China to allow Kim's kleptocracy to continue concentrating itself on that flow, meaning no hope that China will do ...
ARTICLE: Obama seeks study on local leaders for troop decision , By Scott Wilson and Greg Jaffe, Washington Post , October 29, 2009 Would have thought McChrystal's review would have included such an a province-by-province analysis, but since it didn't, this call makes sense to me--as in, worth the "dithering" time.
...with some fantastic, rare, and one-of-a-kind items end this weekend (many today). If you can't find something for yourself, you'll probably find something for someone on your Christmas list - and 100% of the proceeds goes to help wounded troops through project Valour-IT. Browse and bid here....
 
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Michael Scott alerts us to a recent paper by professor and copyright expert Jessica Litman about "Real Copyright Reform." While there's been some chatter here and there about doing real copyright reform, there seems to be no real effort behind it. That's for a few reasons, including the fact that many people still remember what a pain the last ...
From one of the many deployed soldiers with family at Ft Hood:I've been deployed to Iraq for the past four months, and I've figured out how to cope with the stress that comes from being thousands of miles away from my family. But I wasn't prepared for what happens when violence intrudes on my loved ones, who are supposed to be safe at home while ...
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Fort Hood Shooting - Aftermath
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First, Soldiers' Angels is gathering cards for the families of the fallen and the wounded. SOLDIERS' ANGELS STANDING BY FOR FT. HOOD-- Collecting cards and NEW stuffed animals for the families and children of the fallen/wounded heroes. Please send cards and stuffed animals/blankets/anything NEW that may brighten the life of a child to: Soldiers' ...
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The hero cop who ended the bloody rampage at Fort Hood had been directing traffic moments before she confronted the gunman and pumped four bullets into him despite being shot herself.
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A number of people I have talked to claim that they do not engage in filesharing because “it’s wrong,” a sentiment that seems deeply rooted in the idea that sharing files involves taking something that doesn’t belong to you; that is, stealing. These people believe they are taking the “moral high ground” by ...
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Nicolae Ceausescu's "Palace of the People," now the Romanian parliament building, Bucharest Bucharest, Romania, in the rain Bucharest, Romania Old City, Bucharest, Romania Old City, Bucharest, Romania Transylvania, Romania Medieval clock tower, Sighisoara, Romania – birthplace of Vlad the Impaler Brashov, Romania Kiev, Ukraine Kiev, ...
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Home from the East
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I'm home again from an absolutely fascinating tour of post-communist Eastern Europe and can start writing about it as soon as I get my interviews transcribed. After leaving Romania, I was supposed to visit Chernobyl and the apocalyptic ghost city of Pripyat outside Kiev, Ukraine, but the trip was cancelled at the last minute. The Chernobyl ...
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Is Rupert Murdoch flip-flopping on paywalls again? Way back when (i.e., two years ago) Murdoch was a big believer in the idea that news should be free online, and that he could more than make it up with other business models. But, then, earlier this year, he did a complete flip-flop , declaring that all his publications would put up paywalls, ...
I had to do it. Went down to the Verizon store in El Cerrito and put down $350 and bought the $99 per month unlimited texting plan. Took it home, fell in love. It really is beautiful. I'm an iPhone user who loves the esthetics of the iPhone. The DROID is different, but also very nice.
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I believe that this young man is a medic with someone's blood on his shirt. Words do not describe the pride I feel or the gratitude that we have such people in our military: A first responder to a lone gunman's attack at Fort Hood Nov. 5 renders honors at retreat after aiding his fellow soldiers. U.S. Army photo More photos of the incident below ...
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Of the Troops, For The Troops....
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I work with quite of few former infantrymen, and I get quite a bit of crap from them. Yesterday though, I only heard one thing from them as they watched the news coming from Fort Hood. Thank God for the Military Police Corps... There are going to be recognition of the heroes and inevitable recriminations from what happened at Fort Hood. The US ...
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Here in a bit more friendly video format is the keynote I gave to the Munich Media Days (in English) a week ago, which I linked to earlier. I decided to be blunt and tough and tell them I was worried about the protectionist talk I’ve been hearing from Germany and that they need to [...]
Jeff Jarvis: Why Google is not the enemy in a link economy, why protecting the media’s old business model will not work, why the future of journalism is entrepreneurial, collaborative and about process.
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Saw this greeting me whilst on Twitter.com today (gotta love WiFi on a plane): Nice to see Twitter rolling out so many new things, like Lists, which seems to be taking off (though I find the lack of a discovery interface vexing, for now). Retweeting is integrated in an elegant...
 
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The CIA Factbook estimates Afghan literacy above the age of 15 at 28.1% (43.1% of males, 12.6% of females) — so it’s worth noting that the Taliban (Mullah Omar’s outfit, aka the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) is now using social bookmarking on its website: Note the little line of social bookmarking icons across the bottom [...
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