Foreign Affairs
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Venezuela: Oh, peachy, now the Obama admin's cozying up to Maduro
Now that Hugo Chávez doesn’t need to be sworn in to start his new six-year term, there’s this from The…
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It's a trifecta!
To all right wing-nut conspiracy freaks: you have just been proved completely and utterly wrong. President Barack Obama has nominated,…
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Venezuela: Twitter raid
A raid has been conducted on the home of a Twitter user who is suspected of telling tales out of…
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This week in hypocrisy: Al Gore
This past week, the web was abuzz over news that former Vice President Al Gore had emerged from his not-so-carbon-neutral…
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Al-Qaeda offers 6.6 lbs/3 kgs of gold to kill U.S. Ambassador
When 72 virgins just isn’t enough… The terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has offered a reward to…
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Cuban regime orchestrating Venezuelan transition
The power struggles in Venezuela are on, and Raul Castro and his cronies are stepping in: Today’s Nuevo Herald reports…
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Argentina: Diplomacy by advert
Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez took out an ad in the UK’s Guardian and the Independent basically telling UK Prime Minister David Cameron to…
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Chavez on life support
Anthony Bond writing at the UK’s Daily Mail reports that Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez is in a coma ‘only kept…
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Mexico: 120-yard tunnel near the Nogales entry into Arizona
CBS Houston reports: Mexican authorities have discovered a sophisticated smuggling tunnel equipped with electricity and ventilation not far from the…
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Where will Assad go?
A little while ago, I was asking, Assuming Assad asks asylum . . . will he go to Cuba, Venezuela,…
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Benghazi: 4 Still on the payroll, resignations were fake
Benghazi penalties are bogus: The four officials supposedly out of jobs because of their blunders in the run-up to the…
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Argentina: Squeeze and "creativity"
Following last week’s looting of supermarkets, and facing currency exchange restrictions and 20% annual inflation, Argentine Firms Get Creative Many…
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Syrian rebels: Nazi-style Einsatzgruppen 'Special Police' terrorize civilians
As reported on Dec. 23 by the Associated Press via MSNBC, Syrian Christians are fearing for their lives in the…
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We must be nuts
For reasons I have great difficulty understanding, U.S. policy has supported the rise to power of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.…
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You don’t have to be Jewish to oppose Hagel for Defense
The rightosphere has responded viscerally to Chuck Hagel’s potentially receiving the nomination for secretary of defense. If you didn’t know better,…
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Obama Administration grants immunity to Mumbai Massacre suspects
“Serious disappointment” in Obama’s decision… Despite the Indian government’s long alleging to have proof that the Pakistani state intelligence service…
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Scientists warn of Egypt’s ‘Arabization’ of education, science, and knowledge
According to Islamic law, Mickey Mouse should be killed in all cases.
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Failed politician: Israeli 'death squads' responsible for Sandy Hook Massacre
“Connect the dots” only proof offered… The deaths of over two dozen innocent adults and children in the recent Sandy…
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Venezuela: Chavistas take all the states except 3
Capriles is still governor of Miranda, but Venezuelans voted heavily for Chávez allies in regional elections Allies of Venezuela President…
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Post-Chavez Venezuela: Corruption and chaos
Andres Oppenheimer writes about the most corrupt countries in our hemisphere (emphasis added): Among the world’s 20 least corrupt countries…
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Bankrupt Obama-funded green company bought by Chinese
Behold your future and your fate, America. China, a nation that holds 8 percent of all publicly held U.S. debt,…
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Promising the good life in Syria
In case you missed it, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke in Dublin on December 3 about the need to…
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Iran, Syria, and sanctions-busting fakery
Inevitably, Iran and Syria are gaming international maritime communications. Both nations are under sanctions. Both appear to be faking registry…
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Maybe gun control is a good idea after all
Yes, like many of you, I don’t really want to abandon the Second Amendment. But just think about it for…
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The dog that didn't bark
One of the many mysteries still swirling around the September 11 attack in Benghazi is why the U.S. government seems…
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Assuming Assad asks asylum…
…will he go to Cuba, Venezuela, or Ecuador? The embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is considering the possibility to claim…
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Cuba: US won't swap 5 spies for Alan Gross
Alan Gross, the American prisoner held in Cuba, won’t be released soon; he was arrested on December 3, 2009, and…
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Assange: Freedom of expression for me, but not for Ecuadorians…while he hides at the Ecuadorian embassy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, possibly [language warning] the most annoying and arrogant person in the whole world, is still hiding…
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About that video, Ambassador Rice
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) reportedly emerged dissatisfied from her interview with Amb. Susan Rice, potential nominee for Secretary of State.…
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There’s a new Pharoah in town
Eyes on the ball, folks. In strategic terms, the most important thing that has happened in the last 10 days…
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The Palestinians’ self-perpetuating nightmare
The presumed “imminent” ceasefire in Gaza is imminent no longer. According to The Guardian, negotiations collapsed at the eleventh hour last…
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Gaza: Least likely place to use US Marines to rescue American citizens?
Why are we sending an amphibious readiness group (ARG) with a Marine expeditionary unit (MEU) embarked to sit off the…
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