Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Almost Famous Part LXIX
Foreign Policy Online's "The Best Defense" by Tom Ricks features yours truly as an especial correspondent hot on the heels of kind commentors throwing me name in Weenie Hut Juniors "Wittiest IR Scholar"
With Theo Spark, Wings Over Iraq, The Watchers and Prince Arthur Herald all belt notched, this delightful spot on FoPo Online leaves only American Power and The Daily Gut to get their collective cherries popped.
submitted by a shameless self aggrandizing siren at GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD
Monday, 9 May 2011
COIN Allstars
Columbia Journalism Review by Columbia University (a climate controlled environment chock full of smart people) just pubbed their Counter Insurgency All Star List, and of course, WoI scored in the Top Ten.
Congrats Starbuck!
Ten COIN Blogs to Read
submitted by those COIN groupies at GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD
News...........
IDF Nabs Hamas and Islamic Jihad Leaders
Canadian Colin MacKenzie Rutherford Taliban Hostage Video
Phelps Wannabes Try To Mar Michael Murphy DDG-112 Dedication
To be a SEAL
Sunday Book Review: A War it Was Always Going to Lose
Iraqi al-Qaeda leader 'among 15 dead in jail mutiny' (but there are no Al-Qaeda in Iraq!)
Syrian authorities continue military crackdown on protesters
Somebody’s Shipmate
The 640th ASB finds helicopter parts, saves big money
Gates Visits Littoral Combat Ship USS Independence
The War Continues
Peres, Gantz honor nation’s fallen soldiers
Now Muslim militants target Prince Harry: Outrage after extremists post chilling online hate video
Workers in the public sector are more than 40pc better off
Nuclear power 'cheaper option than offshore wind farms'
Osama bin Laden dead: neighbours vow raid won't disrupt their wedding
Ayman al-Zawahiri the world's 'number one terrorist'
Israel's former spy chief says Iran strike would be 'stupid'
Europe to spend £225million on army of 1,000 spin doctors to promote EU
Britain calls for Syria to be refused place on UN Human Rights Council
Al-Qaeda group claims Osama bin Laden triumph in Arab revolts
Two Muslim leaders asked to leave US flight over 'security fears'
Interview with Head of German Intelligence: 'Al-Qaida Faces Difficult Times Ahead'
CDR Salamander: Smear, sideline, marginalize - dismiss
COIN Challenge
As Great Satan pursues and maintains her world power stats as only she can (being hot, funny smart and deadly bears certain costs - nicht wahr?).
The four pillars of American hyperpuissance exist counterminiously in the space time continuum. They are: will power, staying power, fire power and brain power.
Small Wars Journal - the ultimate mind candy for Great Satan's New Millennium Warcraft - features simply the best expertise from an incredible cadre of Great Satan's and Allied Combat Rock Stars and pushes the envelope of the battle in the savage Small Wars fought on multiple fronts around the globe.
Small Wars Journal is doing the 501(c)(3) gig and offers up a chance to flash you support for this most especial endeavor -
"...Challenge coin -- you know, those little things the Army has been flinging around for many years and the Marine Corps eventually glommed onto as well, and now they're everywhere. Well, they're finally here now, too
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"...For your donation of $50, we'll send you a freshly minted SWJ Challenge Coin as a thank you gift. Wield it with the vigor and flair appropriate to its magnificence. For those interested in such details, these are 1 3/4" coins, the perfect size, not too tiny and not too big. Just like most wars.
"...The front image is called Tracking Bin Laden and was painted by U.S. Army Center of Military History, Museum Division's staff artist Sergeant First Class Elzie Ray Golden, U.S. Army. The back image is called After the Battle and was painted by Michael R. Crook; Tan Hep, Vietnam, 1967. Both paintings are part of the U.S. Army art collection.
"...For your donation of $50, we'll send you a freshly minted SWJ Challenge Coin as a thank you gift. Wield it with the vigor and flair appropriate to its magnificence. For those interested in such details, these are 1 3/4" coins, the perfect size, not too tiny and not too big. Just like most wars.
"...The front image is called Tracking Bin Laden and was painted by U.S. Army Center of Military History, Museum Division's staff artist Sergeant First Class Elzie Ray Golden, U.S. Army. The back image is called After the Battle and was painted by Michael R. Crook; Tan Hep, Vietnam, 1967. Both paintings are part of the U.S. Army art collection.
Do it! Take advantage of this chance to become a COIN carrying member of the COINdinsta cadre.
Pic - "Small Wars Journal" with those hyperpuissant hoochies at GrEaT sAtAn"s gIrLfRiEnD
Sunday, 8 May 2011
Memo to Reps (and Dems): Don't Count Jon Huntsman Out..........by Dan Friedman
Huntsman forms committee ahead of possible 2012 bid
[Jon Huntsman may be a Republican unknown today and a latecomer on the nation political scene, but if this lengthy 2010 interview with Charlie Rose is any indication, he has many qualities that could quickly make him a strong contender for the Republican nomination.
Some pundits say Jon Huntsman will have to explain his willingness to serve as Ambassador to China in Obama’s administration. But if Huntsman gains the Republican nod it will be Obama who will have to explain why he trusted the former Utah governor to serve in such an important and sensitive post. df]
Dan Friedman
NYC
Amusement........
A young man moved out from his parent's home and into a new apartment, all his own.
He went proudly down to the lobby to put his name on his mailbox.
While there, a stunning young lady came out of the apartment next to the mailboxes wearing only a robe.
The boy smiled at the young woman and she started up a conversation with him.
As they talked, her robe slipped open, and it was obvious that she had nothing else on.
The poor kid broke into a sweat trying to maintain eye contact.
After a few minutes, she placed her hand on his arm and said, 'Let's go to my apartment, I hear someone coming.'
He followed her into her apartment; she closed the door and leaned against it, allowing her robe to fall off completely.
Now nude, she purred at him, 'What would you say is my best feature?'
Flustered and embarrassed, he finally squeaked, 'It's got to be your ears.'
Astounded, and a little hurt she asked, 'My ears?!?!?'' Look at these breasts; they are a full 38 inches and 100% natural.
I work out every day and my ass is firm and solid. I have a 28 inch waist.
Look at my skin - not a blemish anywhere.
How can you think that the best part of my body is my ears?'
Clearing his throat, he stammered... 'Outside, when you said you heard someone coming... That was me.'
The Sunday Best.........
VBites' World Domination Plan
Thousands attend anti-Taliban rally in Afghanistan
Violence erupts in cairo as muslims attack a coptic church ... a few killed, scores injured ...
David Beckham, rule 5 and a half
Abbottabad residents pretty content to see bin Laden meet justice
Saudi newspaper claims Zawahiri gave up bin Laden to take over AQ
Overlooked news this week
A blogger's New Testament Quote
Curious Choice
Retention « Neptunus Lex
Ring State Vortex « Neptunus Lex
Whisper: Syrian AOB « Neptunus Lex
Syrian tanks and troops 'enter flashpoint Baniyas city'
Arrests show Ahmadinejad under increasing pressure from Iran’s clerics
Ahmadinejad on the Ropes in Clash with his Supreme Leader
Analysis: Row between Iranian leaders comes to a head
Libya: RAF Tornados destroy Libyan missile launchers
Desk Guilt
By FIRST LT. TROY PETERSON
Gaddafi planes raid Misurata, destroy fuel tanks
U.S. WWII tank deployed in Czech zoo
Bin Laden directed al Qaeda's global operations from 'command center' in Pakistan
Not Sure If Real « Neptunus Lex
Confirmed: Border Patrol Agents Fired Beanbags Against ATF-Enabled ARs
The forgotten frontline in Libya's civil war
SAS to help US hunt down al-Qaeda leaders
Royal family braced for cut in funding
Shale gas could solve the world's energy problems
US-Pakistani Relations: A Forced Marriage Plagued by Ever-Deepening Distrust
Outdated Ideologies: Does Bin Laden's Death Mark the End of Jihadism?
and finally........
Doc's Computin' Tips: Windows 7 review (redux)
Nice day of fishin'
Golf Wisdom...............
These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.
~ Sam Snead
I was three over today: One over a house, one over a patio and one over a swimming pool..
~ George Brett
Actually, the only time I ever took out a one-iron was to kill a tarantula. And I took a 7 to do that.
~ Jim Murray
The only sure rule in golf is - he who has the fastest cart never has to play the bad lie.
~ Mickey Mantle
Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if you're not good at them.
~ Kevin Costner
I don't fear death, but I sure don't like those three-footers for par.
~ Chi Chi Rodriguez
After all these years, it's still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf tour. Like the time I asked my caddie for a sand wedge and he came back ten minutes later with a ham on rye.
~ Chi Chi Rodriguez
The ball retriever is not long enough to get my putter out of the tree.
~ Brian Weis
Swing hard in case you hit it.
~ Dan Marino
My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered.
~ Lord Robertson
Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.
~ Jack Benny
Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.
~ Jack Nicklaus
The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf. It's almost a law.
~ H. G. Wells
I never pray on a golf course. Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere except on the course.
~ Billy Graham
If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
~ Bob Hope
While playing golf today, I hit two good balls. I stepped on a rake.
~ Henny Youngman
H/T Shelly
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