Category Archives: International Hijinx

China whines (again) about the dollar

Posted on June 26, 2009 by mcblogger

Symbiotic relationships are a bitch. You hate the other party but you need them so much you just can’t let go. Sounds like most of the marriages I know. China is still casting about for a new reserve currency, using … Continue reading →

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Jonah Goldberg : I want to cut off the Ayatollah’s head

Posted on June 26, 2009 by mcblogger

Jonah is also unhappy that Obama isn’t willing to ‘do more’ to aid the protesters in Iran. Of course, he doesn’t go into specifics, just assaults the President’s efforts to keep us out of a third theater of combat operations. … Continue reading →

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Iran : Did you really think this was a real revolution?

Posted on June 24, 2009 by mcblogger

A little bit about the Iranian election and subsequent protests… I think the election was fraud. The stupid thing is that it was unnecessary, Ahmadinejad would have won anyway. Stratfor has a very nice analysis piece on this and the … Continue reading →

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Curious about North Korea?

Posted on June 8, 2009 by mcblogger

Don’t be… there’s now a Google Earth complete map of all the high points. One has to wonder how much more or less information this provides than what the CIA already has. In other news, North Korea has sentenced two … Continue reading →

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Oh, how 2001

Posted on May 29, 2009 by mcblogger

OMG, the Taliban is detonating bombs in Pakistan and threatening more bombs to be detonated unless Pakistan’s military quits fighting them and gives them several provinces. And a Krispy Kreme franchise*. This has been going on for a few weeks … Continue reading →

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Oh, let’s all freak out…

Posted on May 25, 2009 by mcblogger

So, North Korea tests another nuke. Big fucking deal. It’s not like they can use it, since if they do they’ll be annihilated in minutes by American and Chinese forces. Sorry, that’s just the way it goes. So, again, rattle … Continue reading →

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Guess what… things aren’t going well in Pakistan

Posted on May 5, 2009 by mcblogger

Looks like our friends the Taliban (who were supposed to be all dead by now but, in a weird twist, aren’t) are pretty close to realizing their dream of taking over a second country. Oh, and the one about having … Continue reading →

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Earthrise in HDTV

Posted on December 7, 2008 by mcblogger

Courtesy of JAXA… Earthrise is about 1:40 in. Share on Facebook

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Russia says a-ok to preemption

Posted on July 8, 2008 by mcblogger

This is definitely great news… It’s always nice to know when a nuclear power changes its military posture from defensive to offensive. Share on Facebook

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People are shocked when Russians act like, well, Russians

Posted on July 2, 2008 by mcblogger

So, BP is having problems with it’s oligarch partners in it’s oil venture, TNK – BP. How shocking… especially when you consider that the synonym for ‘Russian Billionaire’ is ‘Gangster’. Lookit, Russia is not a politically stable country. Period. The … Continue reading →

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