Alexey Tolstokozhev (btw, in Russian his name means Thick Skin), a Russian spammer, was found murdered in his luxury house near Moscow. He has been shot several times with one bullet stuck in his head. According to authorities, this last head shot is a clear mark of russian hit men (known as killers in Russia). Tolstokozhev was a famous spammer who sent millions of e-mail promoting v**gra, c**lis, p**is enlargement pills and other medications.
This is a second murder of a spammer in Russia. Another russian spammer, Vardan Kushnir, was assassinated in 2005. Didnt your momma tell you that sending spam is bad?
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You could not find in the U.S. a jury that would convict...
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"Mr. Alexey; I am the glad provider of news that you have won a lottery prize issued by Satan...all you have to do to redeem this prize is pay a small processing fee and stand still..."
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Tosotkozhev doesn't appear in the Spamhaus ROKSO (Register of Known Spam Operations). Likely it's a hoax
(2007-10-19) As the death toll climbed past 130, with nearly 400 injured, in a suicide-bomb assassination attempt on former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned the attack as symptomatic of fundamentalist Islams crusade against equality for women.
Rep. Pelosi, D-CA, said the fact that a prominent female politician was targeted has shaken her thinking about the war on terror.
This misogynistic massacre has finally got it through my thick skull what President Bush has been trying to tell us for years, she said. These terrorists have no legitimate political grievance, no conscience, and no place in civilized society. We must crush them wherever they are to prevent the spread of their poisonous ideology and brutal tactics.
Rep. Pelosi said that when news of the attack broke, she held a conference call with Senators Hillary Clinton, D-NY, and Barbara Boxer, D-CA. The three women agreed that if these evil men are willing to attack a beautiful, charismatic female politician overseas, theres not much to stop them from trying it on U.S. soil.
The three lawmakers plan to introduce legislation next week to increase funding for the surge in Iraq, to finish the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, and to remove barriers to eavesdropping by U.S. spies on suspected terrorist communications at home and abroad.
These woman-haters need to know that we mean business, Rep. Pelosi said. And to those who commit these atrocities against women, I say, we will no longer tolerate, we will no longer negotiate, and we will no longer be afraid. Its your turn to be afraid.
WARNING! SCRAPPLEFACE!
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Rep. Pelosi said that when news of the attack broke, she held a conference call with Senators Hillary Clinton, D-NY, and Barbara Boxer, D-CA. The three women agreed that if these evil men are willing to attack a beautiful, charismatic female politician overseas, theres not much to stop them from trying it on U.S. soil.
Pelosi, Boxer, and die Hilderbeast have absolutely nothing to worry about.
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Bhutto is trying to help keep Pakistan from collapsing and people like Pelosi are only making things more complicated for short term political Pelosi is shrill and little more than a left coast caricature. She needs to chill out in the wine country, take up gardening, write a book or something and leave us alone.
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Because of an editing error, an obituary yesterday about the photographer Ernest C. Withers . . . misidentified the person he photographed arm in arm with Elvis Presley at a Memphis club in 1956. It was B. B. King, not the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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"or Don King"
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"nor former Washington Nationals reliever, Ray King..."
A GROUP of Venezuelans shattered a glass monument to Cuban hero Che Guevara built by the Government of leftist President Hugo Chavez, an area mayor told state television. Jesus Espinoza, a municipal mayor in the mountain state of Merida, said on Wednesday night (a group) from outside of the municipality inconsiderately destroyed the monument to Che Guevara.
So certain he is that it was inconsiderate.
Local media reported that a group identifying itself as the Patriotic Command of the Plateau took responsibility for destroying the 2.4m-tall glass monument inscribed with a message to honor the Argentine-born icon of Cuba's 1959 revolution.
We do not want a monument to Che, he is not an example for our children, the group said in a note left at the scene of the monument shattered by six gunshots, according to the El Universal newspaper.
Government leaders and the Cuban envoy in Venezuela had dedicated the monument outside the mountain city of Merida on October 8.
That didn't take long. Good.
Mr Chavez, the leader of Latin America's resurgent left, last week visited Cuba to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Guevara's death in Bolivia and boost cooperation with the Communist island.
Mr Chavez, who periodically describes Cuban leader Fidel Castro as a father has won repeated elections thanks largely to social spending backed by oil revenues. But polls show close to 40 per cent of the population opposes his self-styled socialist revolution.
It'll need to be 70 percent to dig Hugo out of office, and he'll only leave feet-first.
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We do not want a monument to Che, he is not an example for our children.
Yes! Even the Lefties are figuring it out: Che was no hero.
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mike i was gonna say the same thing. another thing is i'm tired of seeing the punks in the US wearing the Che shirts when 99% of them have no idea what he was or what he was about
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Mr Chavez, who periodically describes Cuban leader Fidel Castro as a father has won repeated elections thanks largely to social spending backed by oil revenues. But polls show close to 40 per cent of the population opposes his self-styled socialist revolution.
What bullshit....this jackass stole all the elections except the first one.
President Vladimir Putin has announced plans to build a new generation of nuclear weapons after accusing the United States of harbouring an "erotic" desire to invade Russia and steal its natural resources. Delivering one of his most belligerent anti-Western tirades, Mr Putin also suggested that America and its allies had concocted a fake assassination plot to prevent him from visiting Iran this week. Casting himself as a pugnacious but benign defender of national sovereignty, the president told his people during a live television phone-in that only Russia's military prowess had prevented the country from suffering Iraq's fate. But he delivered a relatively conciliatory message on America's plans to station a missile defence shield in Europe - proposals which Russia hotly opposes.
The subject of Western plots was first raised by Alexander, a mechanic in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk. Was it right, Alexander wanted to know, that certain American politicians considered Russia's refusal to share its natural resources "unfair" claims he bizarrely attributed to Madeleine Albright, the former US secretary of state.
"I know that such ideas are brewing in the heads of some politicians," Mr Putin replied. "I think it is a sort of political eroticism which maybe gives some pleasure but will hardly lead anywhere. The best examples of that are the events in Iraq, a small country that could hardly defend itself but which possesses massive oil reserves. Thank God Russia is not Iraq. It is strong enough to protect its interests within the national territory and, by the way, in other regions of the world. What we are doing to increase our defence capability is the correct choice and we will continue to do that."
On the subject of missile defence, however, Mr Putin was more measured. "The latest contacts with our American colleagues show that they have indeed given some thought to the proposals we made and they are looking for a solution to the problems and for ways to ease our concerns," he said.
Nearly eight years into his presidency, Mr Putin has grown steadily more assured and nationalistic in his public performances and the annual phone-in is clearly an event in which he revels. As questioners fretted about Western machinations and Russia's uncertain future when Mr Putin steps down next Spring, the president was always on hand, like a cross between an emperor and a deity, to grant petitions, answer prayers and dispense advice and encouragement.
Not once was an unsettling or controversial question asked a fact that drew scorn from the Kremlin's dwindling band of critics. "It was unbearably boring and openly narcissistic," said Yevgeny Kiselyov, a political commentator. "It was all staged from beginning to end. If he is a president and not the Tsar, why don't we hear the opinion of those who don't vote for him?"
Russia's already rapid rearmament would be stepped up even further, Mr Putin promised. Ambitious plans to bolster the country's nuclear arsenal as well as its conventional military hardware were well underway.
They include new missile systems, modernised nuclear bombers and submarines. "We have plans that are not only great, but grandiose," he boasted.
To drive home this message, the broadcast was interrupted to show a test launch of Russia's newest intercontinental ballistic missile.
"The anti-western rhetoric is aimed at voters, philistines who like to believe that Russia is surrounded by enemies intent on keeping the country on its knees," Mr Kiselyov said. "For them, Putin is the only man who can defend us from these vicious enemies."
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"Vlad accuses U.S. of a erotic desire to invade Russia"
These clowns truely are insane.
Hey, Vlad-baby - here's a free clue. We don't want your mostly-frozen land.
Besides, Americans (and Brits and Canadians) regularly "erotically" invade more hospitable lands - like Caribbean islands, Cancun, etc. And they welcome us.
I think Vlad is projecting....
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What sort of idiot believes the US would want any part of a 2nd world hellhole like Russia? Cold, dreary, misbegotten land of alcoholics and losers beset by crime, corruption, and dreams of slavic grandeur and empire and surrounded by 3rd world hellholes filled with jihadi's.
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"...To invade Russia" > Putin is directly accusing accusing the USA of attempted assassination as per geopol order-diplomacy. IOW, PUTIN > USA HAS DIRECTLY/FORMALLY COMMITTED AN ACT OF WAR. IMO, appears RUSSIA = IRAN > building a case for a TERROR STRIKE AGZ DUBYA-USG + RUSSIAN INTERVENTION IN IRAN IN CASE OF US-IRAN CONFLICT. SUB-IOW, RUSSIA LIKELY BELIEVES A US-IRAN WAR WILL OCCUR BEFORE [ < EOY 2007]OR DURING 2008 [Jan-June 2008]US ELEX???
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President Vladimir Putin has announced plans to build a new generation of nuclear weapons after accusing the United States of harbouring an "erotic" desire to invade Russia and steal its natural resources.
No, we'll leave that one up to the Chinese. They're the ones with the growing appetite for resources. We're just in the [Wally] market for cheap trinkets these days.
The Turkish government has denied reports that scores of Armenian nationals living in Turkey have been arrested since the latest advance of an Armenian genocide resolution in the U.S. Congress, official Yerevan said on Thursday.
An Irish newspaper reported last week that about 100 Armenians were rounded up by the Turkish police in recent days and are facing deportation to Armenia. The paper suggested that the Turkish authorities ordered the crackdown in retaliation for the anticipated adoption by the U.S. House of Representatives of a resolution recognizing as genocide the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.
I have unofficial information confirming the fact of such arrests, Karen Mirzoyan, Armenias permanent representative to the Istanbul headquarters of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation organization, said on Monday.
The reports led Armenias Foreign Ministry to ask for an official clarification from Ankara. In a statement, the ministry said it has been told by the Turkish authorities that 542 foreigners have been arrested of late for breaking Turkish immigration rules and that only one of them is an Armenians citizen.
The Turkish government claims that at least 50,000 Armenians live and work in Turkey. Many in Armenia dismiss the figure as grossly inflated.
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UM, I hate to break the news to you but Armenians are for the most part theiving scum, it seems to be a cultural trait, the Turks know this as does the rest of Europe.
WASHINGTON - US Internet search engines in China were being hijacked and directed to Chinese-owned Baidu, analysts said on Wednesday, speculating that this may be retaliation for the White House award to exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama.
Analysts at Search Engine Roundtable, a website focusing on Internet search, said Chinese users trying to search on Google, Yahoo and Microsoft websites were being directed to the Chinese search engine. It seems like China is fed up with the US, so as a way to fight back, they redirected virtually all search traffic from Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to Baidu, the Chinese based search engine, the analysts wrote.
Hey Google, still think it's a good idea to do business in China?
The authors said it was not clear exactly how or why the searches were being redirected, but China is known for tightly controlling the Internet and using a variety of filters to screen out search results for issues relating to dissidents or the Tibetan spiritual leader.
TechCrunch analyst Duncan Riley also cited the hijacking and added, the redirects are more widespread than we first thought and the sites including YouTube and Live.com were being blocked.
There is some suggestion that the news of the Dalai Lama being awarded a prize by US President George W. Bush may be behind the move, but this is unable to be confirmed, Riley said. Ive written previously on the possibility that China may use its firewall as an economic tool as opposed to a censorship tool alone, and although censorship may be partially behind todays blanket ban of US search sites, the redirect to Baidu would indicate an economic motive.
Digital Market Blog said it was able to confirm the hijacking as well. In our office theres about 30 machines ... If you do a search on Yahoo.com (any search) you get redirected to Baidu (as shown below) and shown Chinese results, the analysts from the site wrote.
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Awarding the medal of honor to Tenzin Gyatso was the political equivalent of Queen Elizabeth knighting Salman Rushdie and it produced the same predictable results. Being incredibly thin-skinned is a shared trait of China and Islam.
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One step forward. But not so fast.
You need to work on the currency issue. you have time for this but not much if you think you need to persue taiwan.
You need to balance GDP with not only export but ability to support internal assets (like people).
You need maximal financial help and property rights to do either.
You need many, many things. None of which I AM beyond giving you.
I AM more interested in solving Chinas problems than I AM in just sitting on my ass here. Moreover, I prefer a long term solvency and sanity and peaceful solution than just democracy.
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So long as China remains a one-party system it will continue to be nothing but the usual communist farce of thugocracy in action. I sincerely doubt that the Politburo's elite have any intention of giving up their control of China and the economic advantage it brings them. If anything, I'd say this is merely ameliorative blather to lull the West as tensions build over Taiwan. Continued spewing of pap like this will help to avoid any significant retaliation like an Olympic boycott. All of this is especially pertinent now that China has engendered so much hostility over tainted goods shipped to America.
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Zenster: China is, and has long been an administrative train wreck. Communism has more than anything else, by its unwavering incompetence, kept China down. But if China improves its efficiency, it may collapse, much like the Soviet Union collapsed after perestroika.
And it is highly doubtful they will do so peacefully. And nobody does chaos like the Chinese.
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Why just blame the commies [other than their insatiable lust for power] for retarding economic and social growth? Just look at Massachusetts. Rather it is a one party state by law or by 'hook or crook', the results generate pretty much the same. All the Chicoms are doing now is searching for that Donk model that allows them to give just enough to satisfy the appearance of democracy while operating a government model after that of the mob. Mexico would probably be the best fit for them, although Siberia doesn't look as promising as a dumping ground for their unwanted, unskilled, and unemployed.
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Funny you should say that P2K, because there are a lot of non- and semi-documented Chinese immigrants in the Russian Far East. In a lot of places they outnumber the Russians.
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But if China improves its efficiency, it may collapse, much like the Soviet Union collapsed after perestroika.
A Chinese scientist I knew argued that China's gradual transition towards a true free-market capitalist economy was far more viable than Russia's abrupt conversion. In yet another odd parallel with Islam, I find it entirely conspicuous that communist governments are rendered fragile by prosperity.
Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has said hosting a U.S anti-missile shield could help protect Poland from possible threats from Russia.
And who would know better than a Pole?
Following this statement, Russia's Foreign Ministry has warned Poland not to provoke further political conflict between the two countries.
Mr Kaczynski said Poland wants to host the installation because it will boost the country's security, insisting Russia still considers Poland to be within its sphere of influence. Shortly after, Poland's Foreign Ministry seemed to backtrack saying the shield is aimed to prevent any threats from Iran - and is not designed to be aimed at Russia.
The plan, opposed by Moscow, is to put installations for the shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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He says it's good when opposites like him and Rush can come together and do good things for the American people.
That's why some folks voted for you, Harry. Too bad it's the only good thing you claim you've done for the American people, and you really don't deserve any of the credit. Nice try, though.
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Great. Now it's Nancy's turn to write a smear letter to Rush. Then Kennedy, then Stark, . . . .
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ENVIRO BLOG [forgot the name] > article claimed that LOUISIANA was losing land long before KATRINA-GATE [Mississipi-Loui Delta sinking into the Caribbean/Gulf of Mahico?].
Something remarkable happened at 44 Henry St., a grimy Chinatown tenement with peeling walls. It also happened nearby at a dimly lighted apartment building with trash bins clustered by the front door.
And again not too far away, at 88 E. Broadway beneath the Manhattan bridge, where vendors chatter in Mandarin and Fujianese as they hawk rubber sandals and bargain-basement clothes.
All three locations, along with scores of others scattered throughout some of the poorest Chinese neighborhoods in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx, have been swept by an extraordinary impulse to shower money on one particular presidential candidate -- Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton. Hu'd a thunk it?
Dishwashers, waiters and others whose jobs and dilapidated home addresses seem to make them unpromising targets for political fundraisers are pouring $1,000 and $2,000 contributions into Clinton's campaign treasury. In April, a single fundraiser in an area long known for its gritty urban poverty yielded a whopping $380,000. When Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) ran for president in 2004, he received $24,000 from Chinatown. Famous Chinese Generosity....no Buddhist monks?
At this point in the presidential campaign cycle, Clinton has raised more money than any candidate in history. Those dishwashers, waiters and street stall hawkers are part of the reason. And Clinton's success in gathering money from Chinatown's least-affluent residents stems from a two-pronged strategy: mutually beneficial alliances with powerful groups, and appeals to the hopes and dreams of people now consigned to the margins.
Clinton has enlisted the aid of Chinese neighborhood associations, especially those representing recent immigrants from Fujian province. The organizations, at least one of which is a descendant of Chinatown criminal enterprises that engaged in gambling and human trafficking, exert enormous influence over immigrants. The associations help them with everything from protection against crime to obtaining green cards. Perhaps Sandy Burglar is the reachout guy?
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Like many who traveled this path, most of the Chinese reported as contributing to Clinton's campaign have never voted. Many speak little or no English. Some seem to lead such ephemeral lives that neighbors say they've never heard of them.
Geez, it's almost like..."someone else" might be fronting them the money.
I wonder who that might be?
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this scumbag beeoch needs some serious Looking into, the chinese funded the clinton pres bid the first time around and now it looks like, afer the HU bust, they've figured out a way to just transfer cash to poor immagrants and them threaten them into giving the cash to The Hildabeast, this is illegal and almost treasonous, does she think the Chinese are just begnign little yellow men from afar, think again, their government is one of the scourges of the 21st century
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Senator Clinton isn't interested in their motivations, so long as they give her lots of money. I don't think she's one to stay bought... or even rented.
From the blog, In from the Cold, a clear, detailed analysis and news so far about the the accidental transfer of six nuclear-tipped cruise missiles from North Dakota to Louisiana this past August. Useful companion piece to the news item below on the USAF response.
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The Minot-to-Barksdale flight was the first by a nuclear-armed aircraft (without required authorization) in more than 40 years.
As I noted in the other thread about this, 40 years is a very long time between significant incidents. However alarming this situation wasand make no mistake that it was indeed disturbingall of us should take heart over the infrequency of such events.
Making matters worse, the presence of nuclear weapons on the missiles was missed by munitions technicians at Minot who routinely handle the devices. Then, the nuclear-tipped cruise missiles sat on the B-52 at Minot (without the required level of security) for 25 hours, before the bomber departed for Barksdale. After that, it would take ground crews another nine hours to discover the error. All told, the six warheads were officially "missing" for 36 hours.
All in all, a fairly major breach in security and one deserving of the punitive measures being considered. As the linked article notes, the personnel selection criteria and vetting procedures probably need some hefty retooling. From all appearances, the Air Force is taking this very seriously and not looking to sweep it under the carpet.
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But...I thought the whole thing was a warning to Iran?
The other explanation by the Usual Suspects was this had been a coup inside the US armed forces, preventing the neocons from hijacking a nuke to use in a Conus false flag mega-terror attack, to then be able to attack (and nuke) poor, defenseless iran.
Because, you know, that makes much more sense than a screw up. Plots within plots, wheels within wheels.
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Maybe we could rename Iran someting like, "U.S. nuke proving grounds"
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Iff the USAF is indeed going to can = end the careers of several officers + very prob senior NCO's, etc. for this, then it is likely not PC disinformation to intimidate IRAN + respond to Putin-renewed Russ strategic bomber flights. The US-USSR Cold War is supposed to be over, correct! IFF WILFUL IMPROPER HANDLING DID OCCUR, QUESTION > HAS THE USAF BECOME TOO REGULATORY/BUREAUCRATIC FOR ITS OWN GOOD, AS PER SAFE TRAINING/PEACETIME OPERATIONS??? USAF-USDOD NOW HAS SO MANY RULES AND CHANGES NOT EVEN SENIOR OFFICERS KNOW WHICH WAY = WHAT TO DO ANYMORE? Safer and more convenient [read -saving careers/pension plans] to be political and "pass-the-blame" to others???
The US Air Force plans to relieve at least five officers of their commands for allowing nuclear-armed missiles to be mistakenly loaded on a B-52 bomber and flown across the United States, the worst known violation of nuclear security in decades.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is to be briefed Friday on the plan to fire the officers and other results of a six-week Air Force probe into the Aug. 30 incident. No one noticed for hours that the weapons were aboard the eight-engine bomber, several Defense Department officials said.
One said the investigation found long-established procedures for handling the munitions were not followed, and it recommended that five or more officers be relieved of their duties. All spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record. Two also said parts of the report were being reviewed by senior Air Force officials, and it was unclear whether any changes were planned.
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Perhaps not, Skidmark, but all other officers in similar commands will now be a lot more attentive to inventory control and ops training hereon out. Obviously, things were allowed to loosen up a little too much at Minot AFB.
I also think that America should be very proud if this represents the worst slip-up in our handling of nuclear weapons. Fewif anyother nations with our size of arsenal can boast of such a sterling track record. The Soviet Union is absolutely porous by comparison. As the only country to actually use nuclear weapons in a time of war, it is absolutely imperative that we maintain a spotless record in our handling of them.
The time is soon arriving where we will most likely be forced to use them once again. I want America to enter such a situation firmly situated on the moral high ground. These actions against the responsible officers are a valid part of maintaining that position.
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In the good old days, SAC would have had these guys counting penguins in Antartica the very next day.
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The officers didn't do the loading.
Ir's called accountability. It's still alive in the military. You want the job, then do it, do it right. There's zero tolerance when dealing with nukes.
One said the investigation found long-established procedures for handling the munitions were not followed
Which means no one in that chain has done a single walk through on his/her tour. They've parked themselves at their desks or buried themselves in paperwork to give themselves an excuse not to go out on the line. There's a reason there are procedures. It doesn't take a lot initiative to have them in hand and watch the crews go through their actions, step by step. It takes time. No one is really comfortable doing it. However, as demonstrated, it is necessary.
There is no substitute for 'Management by Walking Around'. I think we've seen it with General Petraeus in Iraq.
The letters in the 'official files' kill any future advancement and, as eluded to, plush assignments to Kiska or ROTC duty at a California university are in their future.
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The essence of Strategic Air Command was responsibility. Every officer was responsible for the performance of his duties and for the performance of everyone reporting to him. Even though the organization charts have changed, the ethos is the same. In this case, the squadron commander of the Munitions Squadron, the squadron commander of the Maintenance Squadron, the squadron commander of the Bomb Squadron, and the wing commander of the Bomb Wing should all be relieved of command with the possibility of dereliction of duty charges against some of them.
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Which means no one in that chain has done a single walk through on his/her tour.
Yup. That's what led to Abu Ghraib - Karpinsky didn't walk through or mandate them by the battalion commanders. One LTC kept his unit to standard, the others .... didn't.
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..RW speaks considerable wisdom. When I served in a SAC weapons storage area, everyone from the wing commander on down to the OIC Munitions Flight was a daily expected visitor.
Something else that should be kept in mind, but has not gotten much play: Minot had just recently FAILED its nuclear surety inspection, which in the Old Days had been a cause for instant termination of careers up and down the chain, general officers included. Barksdale had done well on its NSI, but the total failure of the folks on that end to notice what was going on suggests that the wing leadership was 'teaching the inspection' - they brought themselves up to speed in time for the NSI and then went back to routine afterwards. That tells me that the bomber culture in ACC is now, 'screw the nukes, the close support side of the house is where the tickets can be punched."
Mike
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Counting penguins!!?!?? If LeMay were in charge, you would see summary executions out on the taxiway. I'm not sure I'm exagerating.
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Ever see a fellow wearing a sport coat with a bulge in the heat of the summer? I personally think it was intended as a subtle strategic reminder. Just saying.....
I keep wondering how much Soros, et al, have to do with this. There's more than one way to tank an economy ...
NEW YORK - Oil prices surpassed $90 a barrel for the first time Thursday as the falling dollar drew new foreign investors and speculators to dollar-denominated energy futures. Light, sweet crude for November delivery hit $90.02 in electronic trading Thursday evening before returning to around $89.60. Earlier, prices had risen $2.07 to settle at a record $89.47 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
While oil prices have risen sharply in dollar terms in recent days, the steadily weakening dollar means oil futures are seen as a bargain overseas. Data released in recent weeks shows speculative buying of oil futures is on the rise. Buying by foreign investors sends prices up, which draws more speculators into the market. "It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy," said Brad Samples, commodities analyst at Summit Energy Services Inc. in Louisville, Ky.
Many analysts feel that the underlying fundamentals of supply and demand do not support oil prices of $90 a barrel. On Wednesday, the Energy Department reported that oil and gasoline supplies rose more than expected last week, countering suggestions that supplies are tight. "Fundamental reasons, we're kind of running out of them," said James Cordier, president of Liberty Trading Group in Tampa, Fla. "The main driving factor today is ... the dollar making an all-time low against the euro," he said.
However, crude supplies at the closely watched Nymex delivery point of Cushing, Okla., fell last week. And several reports in recent days have predicted oil supplies will tighten in the fourth quarter.
Thursday was the fifth day in a row crude prices have set new records. Despite the gains, the price of oil is still below inflation-adjusted highs hit in early 1980. Depending on the adjustment, a $38 barrel of oil in 1980 would be worth $96 to $101 or more today.
November gasoline rose 3.85 cents to settle at $2.1851 a gallon, while Nymex heating oil futures rose 3.04 cents to settle at $2.3493 a gallon. November natural gas futures fell 8.4 cents to settle at $7.374 per 1,000 cubic feet as investors shrugged off an Energy Department report that inventories rose by 39 billion cubic feet last week, less than analysts had expected. Supplies are high by historical standards.
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So why is it that my cousin (north of Billings where they have 3 refineries) can't get more that $20/bbl for her oil?
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3dc,
Your cousin may only be getting $20 because the oil was contracted at that price under some previous 'futures' contract. Or the operator of the wells and the buyer of the oil may be in collusion and 'rigging' the price to their mutual benefit and your cousin's loss - courts have found in the past that 'reasonable and normal' practices which caused even pretty small price disparities in situations like that were illegal, and they fined the oil companies big bucks for it.
Or the wells may be extremely expensive to operate, and $20 is the appropriate 'net after expenses' - this would be the case with very low rate wells (on the order of one barrel per day) with lots of associated contaminants (like H2S or CO2.)
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
A GROUP of Venezuelans shattered a glass monument to Cuban hero Che Guevara built by the Government of leftist President Hugo Chavez, an area mayor told state television. Jesus Espinoza, a municipal mayor in the mountain state of Merida, said on Wednesday night (a group) from outside of the municipality inconsiderately destroyed the monument to Che Guevara.
WASHINGTON - US Internet search engines in China were being hijacked and directed to Chinese-owned Baidu, analysts said on Wednesday, speculating that this may be retaliation for the White House award to exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama.
