Unqualified Offerings

Writing about the latest big bombings in Iraq, von at Obsidian Wings informs us that “The true audience for such attacks is, of course, the US electorate.” Of all the narcissistic, unestablished hoohah. In about its one billionth unestablished rehearsal.
Look, the first and main “audience” of any guerrilla war is the local one. It’s far [...]

M. IOZ on the antiterrorism policy that dare not speak its name.
Bonus Tim Hardaway gossip from Dennis Perrin. Via Power of Narrative.

XM and Sirius to merge! Must credit Unqu – ah, never mind. The deal has been blocked before on the dubious grounds that “satellite radio” constitutes a market for the purposes of antitrust regulation. In truth, satellite radio makes a great example of the limits of “monopoly” pricing, even with only one provider. “Xerious” (”SM”?) [...]

Spencer Ackerman explains how “we find ourselves in a comparable situation to the unhappy 1998-2001 era” regarding al-Qaeda. It turns out the Jamestown Foundation’s Chris Quillen has also speculated – as I did – that al-Qaeda may have a sanctuary deal with Pakistan that restricts the kinds of operations it can take against the US [...]

It’s on!

By Thoreau
(cross-posted from Inactivist)
Sunday morning I flew out of town for a job interview.  My flight connected through Denver.
1)  While walking around in the allegedly secure area, the area that the TSA supposedly keeps guns and bombs away from, I noticed a place to change currency.  That business establishment has bullet-proof glass, and all transactions [...]

By Thoreau
(cross-posted from Inactivist which is newly active, or inactive, or whatever)
According to the latest Economist, the Indian capital city Delhi is plagued by monkeys:
They have been known to terrorise food-sellers, get drunk on stolen whisky and break into public buildings—including the Defence Ministry, which they ransacked one night. Workers next door at the Foreign [...]