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Clerics in Iran call the election a fraud despite the official sanctioning of the results. The split in Iran isn't going away.

The Organization of American States (OAS) lives up to it's deadline and suspends Honduras. Honduras's interim government plans to block ousted president from re-entering the country. Let this guy go live with his leftist, extremist buddies, Hugo, Fidel and Barack.

Italians protests US military bases. Why do we need bases in Italy? Italy and its European neighbors can defend themselves. That's just welfare for Italians. Close those bases and bring those troops home.

Federer passes Sampras with win at Wimbledon. And he did it so fast.

It's good to see Doug Bandow from Cato finally entertaining a military strike on North Korea's nuclear facilities. I'm sure my arguments have nudged him along. ;) I'm all for China denuclearizing North Korea. I'm also for teleportation, and I think we'll see teleportation first. Obama should already be reviewing the Pentagon's plans to take out North Korea's nuclear facilities and South Korea should be preparing for retaliation. Making it clear to China that we are going to strike North Korea would be the best way to prompt China to act anyway. While Bandow's position has improved, he still doesn't seem to grasp the whole picture. Here's an example:

"[T]he United States should indicate that it is willing to share the cost of caring for any refugees who end up over the border in China (or Chinese humanitarian activities in the North in the aftermath of a collapse)."

How would we do that? We would have to borrow money from China to give money to China to help pay for the refuges. Bandow and US aristocrats probably think that makes sense. I'm Chinese aristocrats do not.

I want to thank Cato for this wonderful essay, the introduction to which lays the facts right on the table, examining the real agenda behind the global warming movement's support in Congress.

"Why did a bare majority (219-212) of the members of the U.S. Congress vote for the largest tax increase in American history this past Friday, under the claim it was a vote to save the climate?

Before you answer the question, consider the following facts. The proponents claim this tax bill will reduce U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, which are purported to cause global warming. First, despite the claims of President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and many in the media, there is no consensus in the scientific community about how much climate change, other than the normal cycles, is taking place, nor how severe it will be, and how much man-made CO2 is responsible. None of the climate models predicted the unexpected global cooling of the last decade.

It is known that the legislation will have a negligible effect on global CO2 emissions, particularly since the big polluters, such as China and India, are not playing ball. It is also known that the "cap and trade" system that the legislation calls for has been a failure in Europe, where it has been in operation for the last few years, in that it has proven to be far more costly than envisioned, has not met the CO2 reduction targets, and has been highly susceptible to corruption and abuse.

In addition, because the legislation requires Americans to use more inefficient energy (wind and solar) sources, it cannot help but raise costs for American businesses and citizens, and hence will kill jobs rather than create them (as contrasted to what Mr. Obama and Mrs. Pelosi have incorrectly claimed).

In sum, serious people understand the legislation will hurt the U.S. economy, reduce the standard of living and yet not accomplish its claimed intent; therefore, why were so many members of Congress willing to vote for it?

Are they idiots, or do they have another agenda?"

It's on to the agenda from there.