There is a new weapon of mass destruction – a data dump. The latest from WikiLeaks has staffers all over Washington and beyond pouring over the result of the latest data dump. What a distraction. First Bristol Palin on Dancing with the Stars and now this. We’ve had enough distractions, thanks. The story of 6… [Read more…]
November 29, 2010
In Darien Center, New York (near Buffalo) the late Sam Henry was born. He has been missed. Finally, there was a drive over to the kennels called Labs Landing a couple days ago to see Beth about one of Sam’s relatives. Beth breeds Brown, Black and Yellow English labs. I love the “chunkier” English variety… [Read more…]
November 29, 2010
As governments plan actions to bring WikiLeaks to heel, the discovery has been made of a large, encrypted “insurance file” on the WikiLeaks site. The huge file, posted on the Afghan War page at the WikiLeaks site, is 1.4 GB and is encrypted with AES256. The file’s size dwarfs the size of all the other… [Read more…]
November 29, 2010
“Diplomats for all nations do the same thing.” AMEN. This from the State Department’s spokesman, P.J. Crowley following the latest round of document releases from Wikileaks. The cable in which Hillary was supposedly asking for intelligence from US diplomats around the world actually asked for the following: Basic biographical data such as diplomats’ names and… [Read more…]
November 26, 2010
SamHenry is fed up with name calling in general and that being done among the politicos on the right in particular. The Tea Partiers are out there labeling Republicans as RINOS (Republican In Name Only) who have but a mere ounce of liberalism. The “regular” Republicans look down their noses at the Tea Partiers because… [Read more…]
November 26, 2010
In the coming year, Republicans will not just have their counterparts in Congress with whom to contend but it is hoped that they will keep an ear to the ground for the whisper of a White House power grab via use of executive powers Obama is constantly researching. The key will be to leave… [Read more…]
November 25, 2010
Political correctness doesn’t take a day off. We probably ought to be terribly careful and say “Happy Holiday” in case someone is celebrating something else somewhere in the world today. With globalization, we can’t just stop the PC at our borders. And this isn’t the holiday my Jewish friends eat at Chinese restaurants. How did… [Read more…]
November 25, 2010
During election 2008, Sarah Palin repeatedly took a tack that saw her running against Michele Obama or some other non-elected DC “celebrity.” She was in a fight for the Presidency/Vice-Presidency not for head of a commission on lifestyles or eating habits. She’s still at it having recently taken off after Michelle’s program “Get Moving.” Why? … [Read more…]
November 24, 2010
Sarah often misspeaks – many of us do. In a recent interview on Glen Beck’s Radio Show, she said North Korea was our ally; she then said we had to protect them because we signed a treaty with them. What she meant to say was that South Korea was our ally and that in 1953… [Read more…]
November 24, 2010
Sarah Palin needs to practice further how she can avoid overreacting to adversaries no matter who they are when it is obvious they are trying to put her in the corner or on the defensive. When Barbara Bush, the ole gray fox herself, said in a Larry King interview last week that she thought Mrs.… [Read more…]
November 24, 2010
SamHenry has, for a variety of reasons, been alone on several holidays. It can actually be quite beautiful for its peace and reflection that builds inner strength and peace; for happy memories of holidays past, peopled with those you love; and for the realization that the state of being alone is the basic human condition.… [Read more…]
November 22, 2010
There is no truer phrase these days than “it’s a small world.” Cultures globally are bumping into one another, trying to either resist change or to influence one another either of which often has led to all out conflict. In the wake of all of these encounters, our institutions are changing. Like it or not,… [Read more…]
November 22, 2010
Bristol Palin has come a long way on Dancing with the Stars. She has become more graceful, more able to look at herself critically and consider changes and has been better able to hang loose. But a dancer she is not. She is also not ready for prime time. She’s just too young. Whenever she… [Read more…]
November 21, 2010
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has sought to make it so expensive to try to prevent an attack that it will take down the air line industry, the shipping industry and thousands of jobs. They aren’t out to kill a lot of people or spend a lot of money – just send a package… [Read more…]
November 21, 2010
By 2011, China’s economic and strategic power will have increased exponentially. Currently China has a corner on the market in production of electronics (TV, cell phones, etc.) and small appliances. They have the needed minerals for manufacture; they have plentiful cheap, skilled labor. They could demand any price they wanted for the finished product. In… [Read more…]
November 30, 2010
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