The Dutch get Ghurka support in Afghanistan

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Monday October 01, 2007 · 9:02 AM PDT

2007/10/01 · 09:02

It so appears that things in Afghanistan do not go as swimmingly as expected and the British Army Ghurkas are once again assigned to one of the most nettlesome problem-areas that appears to give the Dutch troops there significant headaches.

Kalong

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Friday November 24, 2006 · 1:43 PM PST

2006/11/24 · 13:43

Every twenty minutes one or more of the presently 100 Million abandoned, and useless landmines claims one or more victims.
The United States is not lifting a (bloody) finger to improve on that horrid situation.

Stronger still, The United States continues to develop, market, sell and deploy land-mines that for the better part will mostly claim innocent civilians as their victims.

Imagine if that same landmine threat would exist here in our states, our counties and our neighborhoods as it does in gigantic stretches of South Central Africa, the Far East and South America.

More after the flip

Kalong

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Wednesday November 22, 2006 · 9:47 AM PST

2006/11/22 · 09:47

Now that congress and senate have been scrubbed and scoured of the debilitating stigma of Republican and NeoCon majorities, it is high time to give full thrust to measures that reflect the true spirit of America.
The time is well overdue to weigh in on those issues that might restore some of our so severely tarnished image in that fabulous place that we know as ROW (Rest of World).

One of the most egracious matters that presently exists is the fact that of the modern civilized nations, the United States is one of the very few that has not retified the 1997 Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty which essentially states that landmines are a useless threat to life, property and freedom of all people.

America continues to manufacture, market and deploy landmines at a steady clip and at obscene profits and at likewise obscene cost in suffering and death of local populations.

More after the flip.

Kalong

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Tuesday November 21, 2006 · 11:23 AM PST

2006/11/21 · 11:23

Well, apparently not the United States. Most civilized nations have decided to cease and abolish production, trade and use of landmines by ratification of the 1997 Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty, which essentially states that landmines are a useless threat to life, property and freedom of all people.

For full text see: http://www.un.org/...

More after the flip

Kalong

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Friday September 08, 2006 · 10:16 AM PDT

2006/09/08 · 10:16

In 2004, Andy S. Tanenbaum (Look him up in the Wikipedia) started the Electoral-Vote analysis website, which provided on the whole excellent info in a very accessible fashion.
After the election the site went dormant, but as from Sept 6 it has been revived with improved features and sound underlying logic. Read More

Kos get off your keister!

Kalong

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Thursday September 07, 2006 · 7:53 AM PDT

2006/09/07 · 07:53

(and I mean that in the most pleasant sense of the word.)
WWW.Electoral-Vote.COM is up and running again and Daily Kos is missing from the list of Political Blogs.
Do something about that already! Read More

Portgate. The REAL reason (and we're missing it.)

Kalong

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Wednesday February 22, 2006 · 11:09 AM PST

2006/02/22 · 11:09

After the somewhat stunning news of the seeming willingness of the Bush administration to hand (or 'sell') UAE DP the handling of several of our major ports, I started thinking.
Why in the name of Your-Higher-Power-of-Choice does this administration violate and compromise its own one and only perceived strong position, that of National Security? They can't be (and sofar have not been) that stupid.
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Carefully keeping track of things.

Kalong

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Tuesday July 26, 2005 · 7:58 AM PDT

2005/07/26 · 07:58

In today's newspaper, I noticed that the daily Doonesbury was a recycled one from roughly a month ago. Now this sounds fairly trivial, but little things like this can idicate that something is amiss, so I checked the web and found that the real daily Doonesbury; 'Brain Drain' was (in my view) pleasantly critical of the present administration in context with the Wilson/Plame scandal.
Following (below the fold) is the message that I sent to the newspaper in question and I'll just see what happens. Read More

Worth remembering.

Kalong

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Saturday June 11, 2005 · 3:50 PM PDT

2005/06/11 · 15:50

In spite of all the focus on the present state of afairs, I would like to ask all of you to remember and dedicate a couple of moments to those who have fought and suffered to allow us to have the present freedoms that we all (myself included) normally take for granted. Read More

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Continuing to bang the drums on Landmines.

Who gives a RAT about Stinking Landmines?

Andy Tanenbaum's Electoral-Vote website is active again.

Kos get off your keister!

Portgate. The REAL reason (and we're missing it.)

Carefully keeping track of things.

Worth remembering.