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China's ally in the new Cold War of Terror, Russia, decided to resume Cold War era long range bombing runs. This new Cold War is looking more and more like the old one, but the pussies in Washington are afraid to confront this terrible alliance. This is stupid, because the longer we wait, the more costly in blood and treasure it will be to confront them. We need to address their new Cold War aggression head on now, while we can overcome them without firing a shot.

Because the Iraqi government is failing disastrously to reconcile the nation, Bush praises local, grassroots, reconciliation. 4 and half years into the Iraq war, Bush has finally realized that reconciliation and political progress starts at the local, grassroots level. That's where we should have started building the foundation of a self-governing Iraq, instead of rushing to national elections that were guaranteed to empower warlords and feudal leaders instead of the statesmen that would have risen to the top in a grassroots-up rebuilding effort.

Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are leading to an ammunition shortage. Sounds to me like an opportunity for some ammo manufacturer to make more money.

I don't see how decoupling the gasoline or diesel engine from the drive train helps fuel efficiency. Because of the laws of thermodynamics, transferring energy from the engine to a battery to a drive train is guaranteed to be more inefficient than transferring it directly from the engine to the drive train.

Las Vegas is running out of water. Like the Katrina levies, designed only for a category 3 hurricane, the government at all levels will screw around and wait until this becomes a crisis before it acts.

US military personnel subject to discharge and denial of benefits because of genetic conditions. This is socialized medicine in action.

Retail weakness might signal economic problems.

Reason on cyber-warfare.

Reason discusses the space race between NASA and private companies.

How physics can help us understand the economy. Last decade, it was predicted that this decade would be the decade of synthesis. While it certainly hasn't been that dramatic, this is a good example.

Edwards calls Ann Coulter "she-devil" in an attempt to drum up support for his failing campaign. I'm sure Ann Coulter appreciates the publicity, and she'll get a nice boost in her book sales.

American Airlines sues google over displayed ads when searching for trademarked keywords. This is interesting. I don't see why the trademarked keyword wouldn't be allowed to call up ads for other companies. I would say American Airlines would have more success suing the companies that are including it's trademarked keywords to trigger their google ads.
PC magazine editor dumps Vista, considers moving to Linux.