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Archive for September, 2009

Why China Will Never Agree To Real Sanctions Against Iran

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, September 29th, 2009. Filed under China, Foreign Affairs, Iran

It all comes down to a three letter word:
Figures from January to May 2009 indicate that China, the remaining major adversary to sanctions, relies on Iran for more than a half a million barrels of oil per day – about 15 percent of their portfolio.
China has a diversified portfolio, with sources that range from central [...]

Ron Paul: The Real Reason The Fed Is Afraid Of An Audit

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, September 29th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

If the Fed gave its actual arguments against a full audit, they would not have mentioned anything about political independence or economic stability. Instead they would admit they don’t want to be audited because they enjoy their current situation too much. Under the guise of currency control, they are able to help out powerful allies [...]

PPP: McDonnell Maintains Slim Lead Over Deeds In VA Governor’s Race

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, September 29th, 2009. Filed under 2009 Attorney General's Race, 2009 Governor's Race, 2009 Lt. Governor's Race, Bill Bolling, Bob McDonnell, Creigh Deeds, General, Jody Wagner, Ken Cuccinelli, Politics, Steve Shannon, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Public Policy Polling is out with a new poll of the Virginia Governor’s Race and, as with the other polls we’ve seen recently, it shows that Bob McDonnell’s once substantial margin is much, much slimmer:
Creigh Deeds has now pulled to within five points of Bob McDonnell in the race to be Virginia’s next Governor, and [...]

Captain Sully Headed Back On The Job

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, September 29th, 2009. Filed under In The News

America’s most famous commercial airline pilot is headed back into service:
Capt. Chesley Sullenberger, the US Airways pilot who brought Flight 1549 to a safe water landing in the Hudson River in New York in January without a single fatality, will return to work as a management pilot and will join US Airways’ flight-operations safety team, [...]

Whoppi Goldberg Defends Admitted Child Molester

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, September 29th, 2009. Filed under Celebrities, Dumbasses, In The News

“I know it wasn’t rape-rape. It was something else but I don’t believe it was rape-rape. He went to jail and and when they let him out he was like ‘You know what, this guy’s going to give me a hundred years in jail I’m not staying,’ so that’s why he left.”
Yes, Whoppi, it was [...]

If Iran Talks Fail……Here’s Obama’s Plan B

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, September 29th, 2009. Filed under Foreign Affairs, Iran, Middle East

If, as seems increasingly likely, Iran does not voluntarily agree to end it’s nuclear weapons program, the United States has plans in place for wide-ranging economic sanctions:
The Obama administration is laying plans to cut Iran’s economic links to the rest of the world if talks this week over the country’s nuclear ambitions founder, according to [...]

Richard Cohen: Obama Needs To Act Like He’s President

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, September 29th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Politics

Richard Cohen pretty much slams President Obama in an Op-Ed today in the Washington Post:
Sooner or later it is going to occur to Barack Obama that he is the president of the United States. As of yet, though, he does not act that way, appearing promiscuously on television and granting interviews like the presidential candidate [...]

Roman Polanski Trying To Dodge Justice Again

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, September 29th, 2009. Filed under Celebrities, In The News

Not surprisingly, admitted child molester Roman Polanski, who is also apparently a director of some note, is asking a Swiss Court to release him from jail rather than extradite him to the United States:
PARIS — Roman Polanski, the Oscar-winning movie director jailed in Switzerland as a fugitive from American justice, filed an application Tuesday with [...]

A Contrarian View On Iran From Ron Paul

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, September 29th, 2009. Filed under Foreign Affairs, Iran, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Taliban Finding Refuge In Pakistani Border Region

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, September 29th, 2009. Filed under Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, War On Terror

U.S. military analysts are saying that the Taliban are taking refuge in a previously forgotten area of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border:
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — As American troops move deeper into southern Afghanistan to fight Taliban insurgents, U.S. officials are expressing new concerns about the role of fugitive Taliban leader Mohammad Omar and his council of lieutenants, who [...]

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