Category: News

Rumsfeld should go. With all the turnover in President Bush's cabinet, I find it very hard to understand how Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld survived. It is now clear to any impartial observer that the occupation of Iraq has been poorly planned and executed…. [ProfessorBainbridge.com]

Canny Brits cashing in on weakened dollar. Thousands of Britons are cashing in on the weakness of the dollar by snapping up a host of cheap goods in the United States. [The Scotsman]

Bye-bye, Bernie. The White House tried to slip the Bernie Kerik story into the news black hole that is late Friday night, and yet it's Monday and everyone is still talking about it. For the Bush administration, the first major botch of a second-term Cabinet pick — unless you consider choosing as attorney general the… Continue reading Bye-bye, Bernie

Lenovo steps up to buy IBM's PC division IBM agreed this week to sell its PC business to Chinese computer company Lenovo, formerly known as Legend. Lenovo is the dominant PC maker in China, and the IBM deal extends its reach globally. The company will be the #3 PC seller worldwide, after Dell and Hewlett-Packard.… Continue reading

Lenovo steps up to buy IBM's PC division

IBM
agreed this week to sell its PC business to Chinese computer company
Lenovo, formerly known as Legend. Lenovo is the dominant PC maker in
China, and the IBM deal extends its reach globally. The company will be
the #3 PC seller

Why ask why?. The woman next to me on the flight had thin, sharpened spikes, two of them, eight inches long. They're called knitting needles, and they're allowed on the plane. The guy on the other side was bemoaning the fact that they took away his nail clippers. The little kid in row 8 had… Continue reading Why ask why?

LOL. Kerik proves there is money in Homeland insecurity. He made millions (an interesting twist for someone that was so bad with money) but lost a shot at the top shot. Of course, it's probably a good thing that he isn't going to take the job. Given his job performance in Iraq working for Bremer,… Continue reading proves

Reuters. An acute fuel and electricity shortage in Iraq is the key to a legitimacy crisis for the government (and likely any elected government). The cost of paraffin for heating has risen fivefold in the capital and bottled cooking gas tenfold, causing serious hardship for the many Iraqis without jobs or regular income. Lines several… Continue reading Reuters

Are we Over-extended?. I don't claim any great military expertise, other than whatever rubbed off from growing up in an Army household and being an amateur student of military history, but this sounds about right to me: The essence of the administration's existing plan to win that war is this: Through the application of overwhelming… Continue reading Are we Over-extended?

Friedman wishes for something that will never happen… The right way to improve U.S. intelligence is to get more people on the ground who speak the languages we need and who can think unconventionally. If that sounds blindingly obvious to you, it is, but it is precisely the shortage of such people that explains to… Continue reading Friedman

“The enemy is operating in smaller cells with every bit as lethal capabilities as we have, but they can turn on a dime,” Mr. Rumsfeld says in an interview. True, but does Rumsfeld or his crew know why? Not likely. [John Robb's Weblog]