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Archive for September, 2009

Photos Of The Day: The Ghost Fleets And The Decline Of World Trade

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, September 21st, 2009. Filed under Business, Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics

Last week, I ran across an article about what’s happened to the hundreds of cargo ships that used to ply the world’s oceans filled with the products of international trade. Rather than writing about it, this is a situation where pictures tell the story in rather chilling detail.
The photo above, for example shows hundreds of [...]

Yes, Orly Taitz Is As Dumb As I Thought

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, September 21st, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Dumbasses, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

She’s decided to respond to a Federal Judge’s threat of Rule 11 Sanctions by engaging in yet more sanctionable conduct:
I will respond to Judge Land’s outrageous attack and threat of sanctions. This is very similar to what I have seen in the communist dictatorship in the Soviet Union. When judges refuse to hear the cases [...]

Decision To Abandon Missile Defense Plan Reflected Military Concerns, Not Political Ones

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, September 21st, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Europe, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Politics, Russia

As the days go one, it’s becoming ever more apparent that the President’s decision to forgo construction of a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic was probably the right one:
Call it another revolt of the generals. More than 13 years ago, the nation’s military leaders told civilian defense officials they wanted [...]

Obama Open To Bailing Out Newspapers

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, September 21st, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Business, Economics, Internet, Media, Politics, Technology

Is there any industry that Barack Obama won’t bail out of it’s own incompetence ?
Apparently not:
Saying he is a “big newspaper junkie,” President Obama expressed hope on Friday that newspapers can find their way through the financial crisis most are now mired in.
In an Oval Office interview with editors from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The [...]

Is Conservatism Dead ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, September 21st, 2009. Filed under Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

Reason.tv talks to San Tanenhaus, author of the new book The Death of Conservatism:

New York Governor Says He’ll Run For Re-Election Despite White House Pressure

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, September 21st, 2009. Filed under 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, Elections, Politics

Only hours after a report appeared in yesterday’s New York Times that the President was quietly (or maybe, not so quietly considering it appeared in the Times) trying to get New York Governor David Paterson to forgo running in 2010, the New York Governor told the press that he was running in 2010 amid hints [...]

McChrystal: More Troops In Afghanistan Or We’ll Lose The War

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, September 21st, 2009. Filed under Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Politics

The Commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan is painting a bleak picture of the war if he doesn’t get additional troops:
The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warns in an urgent, confidential assessment of the war that he needs more forces within the next year and bluntly states that without them, the eight-year conflict [...]

Chinese Flag Raised In Public Park Outside White House; World Doesn’t End

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, September 20th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, China, Foreign Affairs, Politics

Over the summer, several conservative blogs such as Gateway Pundit and Wizbang picked up on a report from the Chinese media that the Chinese flag was to be raised “on White House grounds” on Septembe 20th to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
As I noted earlier this month [...]

Mitt Romney Was For The TARP Bailout Before He Was Against It

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, September 20th, 2009. Filed under 2012 Election, Credit Crisis, Economics, Elections, Mitt Romney, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Dave Weigel notices some flip-flopping from presumed 2012 candidate for President Mitt Romney:
Mitt Romney at the Values Voter Summit this morning:
When government is trying to take over health care, buying car companies, bailing out banks, and giving half the White House staff the title of czar – we have every good reason to be alarmed [...]

The “Cash For Clunkers” Bubble Has Popped

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, September 20th, 2009. Filed under Auto Industry, Business, Economics, Politics

After a month of spectacular sales numbers in August, it’s looking like the auto industry is headed for a very bad September:
When Congress gave away $3 billion for buyers to trade in their “clunkers” and buy new cars in August, lawmakers thrilled as buyers swamped showrooms to take advantage of the big discounts. “Cash for [...]

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