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CTuttle commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Shatner Sings
Sweet dreams, Suz…!
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CTuttle commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Shatner Sings
Sweet dreams, bg, and Happy Trails…!
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CTuttle commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Shatner Sings
Ted Dwane, one of Mumford & Sons, just had surgery for a blood clot on his brain this past Thursday, and they had to bow out of Bonnaroo, too…!
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CTuttle commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Shatner Sings
You’re only as old as you feel, M’dear…! ;-)
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CTuttle commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Shatner Sings
Pleasant dreams, wmd…!
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CTuttle commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Shatner Sings
Dayam, I love the title, PolicyBear…! ;-)
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CTuttle commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Shatner Sings
*heh* One piping hot Latte incoming…!
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CTuttle commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Shatner Sings
He’s at Raw Story these days, and on FB a lot…! ;-)
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CTuttle commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Shatner Sings
Right on, wmd…! We’ve certainly got a plethora of Bikers and Dive Shops here…!
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CTuttle commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Shatner Sings
*heh* A Canuck f*ck thread even…! ;-) Pretty decent day here in Hilo town, any sunshine in your hamlet…?
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CTuttle commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Shatner Sings
Holy F*ck, a f*ck thread…! It’s been ages, Suz…! ;-)
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CTuttle commented on the blog post NSA: New Sexy Attitude!
*heh* It’s against the law here in Hawai’i, to ‘molest’ the Dolphins, be it Fappy, or not…! ;-)
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CTuttle commented on the blog post The Roundup for June 18, 2013
So much for that much bally-hooed ‘Zero Problem’ FP for Turkey…
Realpolitik is no answer to the challenges posed by the Arab Spring.
…Though these principles were by no means static, they have since inspired our institutional foreign policy approach. Together, they formed an internally coherent set of principles — a blueprint, so to speak — that both guides our approach to regional crises and helps Turkey reassert itself as a preeminent country in the international system.
It is with this fresh and innovative thinking that the AK Party government has also delivered numerous domestic reforms to expand the scope of democratic freedoms at home. Without a stable domestic order that meets its citizens’ demands for liberties, after all, Turkey cannot pursue a proactive foreign-policy agenda abroad…
Fancy that, eh…? ;-)
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CTuttle commented on the blog post The Roundup for June 18, 2013
Maliki: Turkey’s events result of its interferences in other countries’ affairs…
Ain’t Kharma a b*tch…?
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CTuttle commented on the blog post The Roundup for June 18, 2013
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CTuttle commented on the blog post The Roundup for June 18, 2013
I was disappointed that MFI did leave FDL, but, he did it on his own volition, tuez…! 8-(
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CTuttle commented on the blog post The Roundup for June 18, 2013
Hopefully, Russ will rein in some of Africom’s grand designs, mafr…! ;-)
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CTuttle commented on the blog post The Roundup for June 18, 2013
Hmmm… Page Not Found…?
Taliban fighters shrug off NSA surveillance revelations: ‘We knew’
Kevin Sieff, WaPo, Jun 14 2013KABUL — Like the rest of the world, Taliban officials learned last week of the US government’s large-scale surveillance program on citizens and foreigners, which included access to a massive amount of information gathered from online communications. The Taliban was not surprised by the news. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told the WaPo:
This news will have no impact on our activities. We knew about their past efforts to trace our system. We have used our technical resources to foil their efforts and have been able to stop them from succeeding so far.The US military and the NATO-led ISAF haven’t tried to hide their efforts to keep track of Taliban activity. Floating, blimp-like aerostats use cameras to keep an eye on all activity below. For years, US soldiers and their Afghan counterparts have listened in to Taliban radio communications. The Taliban, knowing their conversations were tapped, would often attempt to mislead snooping listeners, discussing ambushes that never materialized. Even the Taliban spokesman who spoke with the WaPo this week routinely changes his phone number to deter prying intelligence agents. The Taliban, which maintains a Web site and an active presence on Twitter, is a frequent victim of hackers, which insurgent officials have long assumed are working for the US government. For them, the surveillance revelation only justified their anger at US meddling online. “They have hacked our site and used a forged site as if it was ours,” Mujahid said. If the NSA is trying to keep tabs on foreign individuals involved in terrorist activities, the Taliban leaders, some of the world’s most prominent al-Qaeda sympathizers, are obvious targets. Some Afghan analysts also said they weren’t surprised by the Taliban response. Daud Sultanzoi, a political activist and former Afghan parliamentarian, said:
I don’t think it will disturb them. They’re like the energizer bunny. They keep going and going. -
CTuttle commented on the blog post The Roundup for June 18, 2013
Mahalo, EF…! I just signed it…!
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CTuttle commented on the blog post The Roundup for June 18, 2013
*ouch* “Assad foes cannot set conditions for Syria talks: Russia” Reuters…
…Morning Joe Scarborough, the dumbest man in morning television, said today that the Syrian government is “one of the two worst enemies of the United States in the Middle East.”
Say what?
Joe has been living in New York City for a long time now. I guess there is something in the water… No, Joe, Syria is viewed by ISRAEL as one of its two greatest enemies in the Middle East. Israel and the US are two different countries, Joe. Separate sovereign countries usually have at least some differing interests. Tell me. Joe, how is Syria a major threat to the US? Terrorism? When was that? Where was that? Remind me.
In any event, Russia has made it clear now that it will not accept a phony conference in which the Syrian government show up to surrender Sounds like “check” to me. “Mate” is coming…
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