Pejman Yousefzadeh at Redstate on the various abuses of Mr. Spitzer as a prosecutor and governor.
Yes, I stole the title from somewhere else on the Web, but it seems to work for our purposes. In any event, it is finally over. And while I have a lot of sympathy for Eliot Spitzer's family, I don't have all that much for him. In fact, I daresay that this is karma at work.
Mind you, I am not a prude--though breaking the law is breaking the law. But what is especially noteworthy about all of this is the fact that Eliot Spitzer is being raked over the coals in much the same manner that he raked others over the coals when he was Attorney General for the State of New York. Only, the U.S. Attorney dealing with this case is actually being far nicer to Spitzer than Spitzer was to many of the people he persecuted.
Yes, that's right. I wrote "persecuted." Not "prosecuted." "Persecuted." There is a reason for this.
Read on . . .
read the whole thing. Just a reminder of what sort of person he was when he was away from the escort service.
Police yesterday pressed charges against former Jamaat lawmaker Shahjahan Chowdhury and 35 others in two separate cases--extortion and attempt to kidnap. Sub-Inspector (SI) of Satkania Police Station Niamatul Karim submitted the charge sheets to the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court, Chittagong.
Satkania upazila Jamaat chief Dr Nurul Haq, Satkania Jamaat Secretary and Chairman of Kanchana Union Parishad Maulana Muzaffar Ahmed, and Chairman of Madarsa Union Parishad and union Jamaat chief Faridul Alam are also among the accused. Of the accused, Shajahan Chowdhury, also the chief of Jamaat Chittagong South district unit, and Dr Nurul Haq are now in jail while the rest have been absconding since the filing of the case.
Nur Ahmed and Jamaluddin filed the two cases with Satkania Police Station on May 14, 2007. In his case statement, Nur Ahmed stated that the accused demanded Tk 5 lakh from him last year while Jamaluddin alleged that the accused demanded Tk 5 lakh from him and also "tried to abduct" him twice.
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A major security alert has taken place at Heathrow airport after a man with a rucksack scaled the perimeter fence and ran into the path of an aircraft. Eyewitnesses told the BBC armed police surrounded the man on the north runway.
Scotland Yard said a man was arrested and a controlled explosion of the bag found nothing suspicious. They later confirmed it was not terrorism-related.
Gordon Brown said everything was being done to ensure security at the airport, as some passengers experienced delays.
The BBC's Ben Ando said police received numerous 999 calls at 1405 GMT from members of the public. Reports were of a man of Asian or Arab appearance removing his shoes before scaling the airport's perimeter fence, he said.
Up to 20 emergency services vehicles were reported to have been sent to the scene. The rucksack was recovered and explosives officers called in as a precaution. A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said: "A man was arrested and is currently in custody."
The security breach comes a day before the Queen is due to open the new £4.3bn Terminal 5 building.
Norman Shanks, a former head of security at airports operator BAA, said it was not the first time a person had climbed over airport fencing. He said it often transpired they were drunk or mentally unstable, and occasionally they were protesters. "Who knows what category this person falls into?" he told BBC News 24.
He also said that - while it was possible to climb such barriers - airports also have patrols, surveillance and fast-response units in place.
Last month protesters opposing airport expansion plans breached security to unveil a banner on top of a parked passenger jet. Campaign groups Greenpeace and Plane Stupid both denied any involvement in this latest incident.
Aviation security expert Chris Yates described it as "extraordinarily serious" and said a lot of hard questions would now be asked of Heathrow's security.
The northern runway, also identified as 27R, was temporarily closed but is now fully operational. The southern runway remained open throughout the incident.
JAPAN would step away from its official pacifist position and put its military on alert if there was a serious incident in the Taiwan Strait, a senior official said today. In a highly unusual remark for a Japanese official, director general of the defence ministry's defence policy bureau Nobushige Takamizawa, said a contingency over Taiwan would be "a security matter for Japan". Japan would have to "take appropriate actions" in a cross-strait confrontation, he said.
That's just one step down from a diplomatic 'grave concern'. And I'm not kidding; the Japanese pulled out the Louisville slugger on this one.
The post-World War II Japanese constitution denounces war and bans Japan from ever using force to resolve international conflicts, leading the country to call its military the Self-Defence Forces.
"Because it would be a seriously significant matter for our country, the Self-Defence Forces would obviously step up their alert and surveillance activities before judging whether the contingency is happening in our so-called surrounding area," Mr Takamizawa told a gathering of ruling party lawmakers. "It is not an issue of the Japan-US defence alliance. It is a security matter for Japan," he said.
In 2005, the United States and Japan declared Taiwan to be a common security issue for the Pacific allies, angering China which considers Taiwan to be part of its territory.
Japan has been working since 2006 to repair relations with China, which have been tense over war memories.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura declined to directly comment on Takamizawa's remarks but said that China-Taiwan relations were unchanged. "Our position remains the same that the both parties directly involved should peacefully resolve the situation through dialogues," Mr Machimura said.
Domestic law allows the Japanese military to offer logistical help, such as providing fuel and supplies, to US forces in case of contingencies in vaguely defined "surrounding areas". Machimura said "surrounding areas" was not a geographical concept but referred to situations that could directly affect Japan's security.
The United States is committed to defending both Taiwan and Japan, where it stations more than 40,000 troops. China considers Taiwan a territory awaiting reunification, by force if necessary.
The sensible thing would be for China to unify with Taiwan. You can't blame the Taiwanese for being a reluctant bride Who wants to be part of the World's Largest Police State?
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How would the Chinese take it if Japanese maps [sorta like the Paleo map game] instead labeled the island Formosa?
Let's remember when everyone talks about how much military the Chinese have, it didn't seem to give the much smaller Japanese forces that much of a problem in the last go around.
PARIS: Bernard Kouchner, the foreign minister of France and a longtime humanitarian, diplomatic and political activist on the international scene, says that whoever succeeds President George W. Bush may restore something of the United States' battered image and standing overseas, but that "the magic is over."
Can't you just hear the sneer?
In a wide-ranging conversation with Roger Cohen of the International Herald Tribune at the launch of a Forum for New Diplomacy in Paris, Kouchner on Tuesday also held out the hope of talking with Hamas, the Palestinian faction that rules the Gaza Strip but has been ostracized by the West and by its Palestinian rival, Fatah, because it opposes peace talks with Israel and denies that Israel has a right to exist.
Asked whether the United States could repair the damage it has suffered to its reputation during the Bush presidency and especially since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Kouchner replied, "It will never be as it was before."
"I think the magic is over," he continued, in what amounted to a sober assessment from one of the strongest supporters in France of the United States.
U.S. military supremacy endures, Kouchner noted, and the new president "will decide what to do - there are many means to re-establish the image." But even that, he predicted, "will take time."
There isn't enough time in the world to 'repair' our image with the Y'urp-peon elites. And there certainly isn't sufficient motivation.
Kouchner began the 90-minute event with a speech that emphasized that "there is not just a new diplomacy; there is a new world."
Sounds like Chirac talking about a new 'multi-polar' world, a world in which France would be seen as important. The French intellectuals never change.
To those intimidated by or fearful of what seem to be the rising challenges of globalization, climate change, spreading disease or new technology, Kouchner had a simple message: "The great difficulty is to accept this new world."
"There are not more problems - please, have a little memory - than 35 years ago," he said, recalling how, in 1971, he co-founded Médecins Sans Frontières in response to the horrors of the conflict in Nigeria over Biafra.
The challenges may be daunting, he said, noting for instance that the world had decided to act to curb the AIDS epidemic, but asking, "Can we take charge of all the other diseases? I'm not sure."
Some of the most persistent diplomatic challenges emanate from the Middle East, and Kouchner was asked about approaches to Iran, whose president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has called for the destruction of Israel, or to Hamas, which has the same stated goal. Kouchner and other European diplomats have tried to talk Iran out of its controversial nuclear program, but officially rejected all contacts with Hamas, which is listed as a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union. Asked whether there is a way to engage Hamas, which is supported by a significant minority of Palestinians, Kouchner appeared to hold out hope of contact, saying: "I'm looking for a diplomatic way to say yes."
He then carefully couched this statement by noting that, in general, "we have to talk with our enemies," and that Fatah, which controls the West Bank, "always said they were in favor" of unity talks with Hamas. But after Hamas routed Fatah forces from Gaza in June, the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, has refused to deal with Hamas, which he accused of committing a coup. Kouchner, of the Socialist left in France, stirred controversy when he accepted the offer from President Nicolas Sarkozy, leader of the Gaullist center-right, to join his government last May.
At the end of the conversation, held in a glittering hall at the Académie Diplomatique Internationale, the IHT's partner in the new diplomatic forum, Kouchner denied that his activism had been curbed by the need to run the resplendent Foreign Ministry on the Quai d'Orsay and France's large diplomatic machinery around the world. But he conceded that practicing the new diplomacy - which he defined as being action that is more practical, multifaceted and realistic than mere protocol calls and visits - "is very difficult, and very time-consuming."
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Bernard Kouchner, the foreign minister of France and a longtime humanitarian, diplomatic and political activist on the international scene is a douche bag with cheese halitosis.
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They tried so hard to civilize zee Americans, who are nothing but a bunch of cowboy gangsters anyway. But zay still do not appreciate zee magic and artistry of Jerry Lewis.
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Must have been put on hold while calling Condelisa Rice.
On a more serious note, I didn't even know the magic had even started.
Al
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So at least we know who to go to for tips on how to deal with it, seeing how France has had about a ninety year headstart.
Whatever happened to that pretty man with the sash?
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I'm not sure the magic survived Chiraq and his anti-Anglo propoganda to prop up Gualism after the French WW2's shame. Since then it is not enough to be proud to be French, they must tear down others which is pretty pathetic. The French should define themselves on their own terms, and that is of course their love for Jerry Lewis.
I also think the same was probably said during Vietnam.
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The US and France are a lot alike, it seems to me. We sneer at them and they sneer at us. Here at the 'burg we may fool ourselves, but by and large, both France and the US are now pretty much dominated by an effete liberal leadership (political, educational and media) and their ignorant/bought/deluded followers. And we both enjoy good wine, from grapes grown at home.
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The biggest difference between France and the US is illustrated by our respective revolutions. The US started with the Declaration of Independence and ended with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The French Revolution is best known for the guillotine, Madame De Farge, and Robespierre. The US fought to establish the freedoms of man, the French to kill people they didn't like.
When ya use the guy's own words, is that "racist"? Obama's Pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Has a History of What Even Obama's Campaign Aides Say Is 'Inflammatory Rhetoric' Barack sez " he's just that crazy old uncle in the attic everybody's got", asks for usual mulligan.
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Bigotry knows no color. BHO's wife seems to reflect Rev. Wright's attitude so Perhaps BHO is just too smart to say these thing aloud (lately).
There probably would be some interesting research "results" between this and his connections to the Chicago political machine (and Rezko). But that is too much work for the "real" reporters.
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"Sen. Obama does not think of the pastor of his church in political terms."
Bridge. Brooklyn. 'For Sale' sign.
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Dang, this America must be a really sucky place. Rather than wallowing in that pit of brutal oppression, you'd think everyone would move to someplace nice like Mexico. Or Cuba.
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I can see it all now, ramshackle boats full of desperate Americans leaving out of San Diego harbor in a last ditch effort to make it out to the sea lanes in hopes of being picked up and rescued by a North Korean naval vessel. It's a life or death trip, but worth the risk.
After making racially-charged comments about Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, former vice presidential Democratic nominee Geraldine Ferraro stepped down Wednesday as a surrogate and a member of the finance committee for the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY. "She made the decision that she wants to continue talking about this and didn't want to do this in a way that would cause the campaign problems," a Clinton campaign source told ABC News.
The source insisted that the campaign did not ask Ferraro to leave. That does not mean, however, that the Clinton campaign had not asked her to shut up.
Good luck with that ...
Ferraro had caused the Clinton campaign embarrassment and controversy after telling a California newspaper that if Clinton's rival, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, "was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."
Spoken by a woman who, had she not been a woman, would never have been a vice presidential candidate.
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Spoken by a woman who, had she not been a woman, would never have been a vice presidential candidate.
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Shame of it is, she got forced out for telling the truth.
Were Obama a white female, he would be of no account based on his accomplishments.
Were Obama a white male, he would be of no account based on his accomplishments. He'd not be pulling 90% of the black vote, thats for sure, not against Hillary.
His only assets are that he is glib, and black - and the press covers for him in terms of not publicizing negatives and going along with "the race card" every time it is played by the Obama team.
The real, but unspoken, issue is that Blacks have decided to be completely racist and vote on skin color rather than substance.
And that's the ugly truth that nobody in the press will speak.
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In Liberal-Land its considered Progressive to vote for someone simply based on their age, race, or gender. But you are a bigot if they vote against someone based on those very same characteristics. Of course, unless your talking about Old White Men.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Wednesday he has begun the process of finding a vice presidential running mate and wants someone who shares his views and can take his place.
Might I venture to suggest former Maryland lieutenant governor Mike Steele? Mike is handsome, witty, articulate, well-qualified and... ummm... blacker than the O'Bama. And I like his Mom.
Speaking to reporters on his campaign plane, the expected Republican nominee said he had seen news reports that a defeated rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, had expressed interest in the job, but he offered no comment one way or the other on whether Romney would be a candidate. "I got that impression watching the interview last night," McCain said of Romney's interest in the No. 2 slot on the Republican ticket in November's election.
Romney'd be a pretty good choice, except that McCain having pretty well trounced him, it's hard to see what would stop Madam Clinton or the O'Bama from doing the same.
Plus the two men really, really don't like each other.
Romney told Fox News Channel's "Hannity and Colmes" on Tuesday that "any Republican leader in this country would be honored to be asked to serve as the vice presidential nominee, myself included."
Mike's a Publican leader, too, y'know. For that matter so's his old boss, Bob Ehrlich, another true blue conservative who fought the good fight against a legislature run by the machine.
Romney endorsed McCain in February after the Arizona senator defeated him in an often caustic campaign battle. McCain will face either Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York or Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in November.
Possibly both of them. I saw McCain's current campaign commercial the other night and it struck exactly the right note for me: pure patriotism, starting out with Winston Churchill refusing to surrender to the forces of evil. Neither the Madam nor the O'Bama appeared in it that I can recall, and they would have been out of place had they done so.
At a town-hall meeting in Exeter, New Hampshire, McCain went out of his way to praise Romney and other vanquished Republican candidates. "He fought well. I believe that Gov. Romney has earned a place in our Republican Party and I believe he is part of the future of our Republican Party," he said.
Make him head of the RNC. We can use the fund-raising prowess. Pick Mike as VP.
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This word is for Mccain. Romney should be President.
A Man of class like that stating this in the respectful what he has, I know you don't like him, but he IS more than qualified.
Shoot your choices there, see what a veep could get you. Hard to swallow pride, but easier to run countries without it. Why not, Clinton had no morals, pride, fortitude, or scruples.
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Governor Romney can run for president in 2012; he need feel no pressure to get into the White House just now. I like Fred's idea of making him chairman of the Republican National Committee. It gives him the chance to work with the key Republicans at the national level, both on the fund-raising side and amongst the non-governor politicians. Truly it would be a growth experience, and would help him navigate his next attempt at the presidency.
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Conservatives' tempers are still smoldering over the McCain-Huckabee double-teaming job they did on Romney. A nod for Gomer Pyle for VP would not be a shocker.
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If McCain takes Huckabee, it is a guaranteed loss for the Republicans this year. I could vote for McTraitor if he took a solid conservative for VP. But if he takes a liberal-light there is no way I'm voting for him.
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From my recollection of what I read a while back --
Problem with putting Mitt in charge of the RNC is that when he was governor and chair of the Republican Governors' Committee, he went around to help other Republican candidates. He was willing to do it but the quid pro quo he asked for was too open and too out front. He ended up upsetting a lot of people, and they didn't forget.
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Fred, I really like your suggestion. I think it is critical that the Repubs get out front on demonstrating the inclusive nature of our party. A true conservative black man as VP would be an IDEAL way to do that. I don't think either Romney or Huckster would be good choices and I don't think either of them would improve McCain's chances of being elected.
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Fred is right on and so is remoteman. Romney and Huckster-bee have shown that they do not have what it takes to win. Why recycle things that do not work. Mike Steele has good credentials, and he can add breadth to the ticket. Obama has no substance other than changechangechange. Shrillary, well look what hubby bill did to the country in 8 years. Moral fiber......heh. The trunks need some dynamic candidates, and McCain can ride to victory on a Salt and Pepper ticket. And McCain is old, and it would be prudent to have a good backup. No jesting on this. Image and substance, a very unusual combination in corrupt Wash DC.
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Plus, McCain has shown every indication of waging a "high road" campaign. But Steele could give it a little "personality" without being a hitman.
And then there are all those Maryland electoral votes at stake.
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Michael Steele would be an excellent choice. Smart, a good natural politician, solidly conservative, young, has executive experience (as Md. Lt. Gov.). It gets even better if (as a lot of people are speculating) McCain might not want to stay in for more than one term. That would make Steele the presumptive nominee in '12.
If, contemporaneously, Obama is crushed beneath the wheels of the Hillary juggernaut at the convention, leaving black voters disillusioned with the Democratic Party, so much the better!
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I kind of like the idea of Steele - but then I used to think C. Rice was pretty sharp.
Sadly, race will be an issue (probably THE issue) if Obama gets the nomination. And sadly, I suspect there are a lot of Bubbas who would stay home or vote for McCain rather than vote for Obama, just on the basis of race, and these same people would also stay home rather than vote for a ticket with Steele as VP.
I wonder how Steele would fare as a 'life insurance' policy for McCain, should they get elected? You want somebody your worst enemies hate even more than you. Hmmm.
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Steele is great. Can you imagine Steele/Jindal 2012? The Donks' heads would explode!
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This may shock some of ya, but conservatives want a conservative President. McCain has a gapping hole in his cridentials....McCain/Feingold. We have been fed a long string of puppets since Reagan. We, and I speak as a conservative, want to pick our own candidate or we ain't gonna play. Stupid McCain has yet to make amends, and he is far to arrogant to. So, lose you ass. The Republican Party has sold it's soul to the special interests. Maybe McCain can be elected by the racist donkeys crossing over. Years ago, I was among the masses leaving the donkey party because they didn't represent me any more. Now I am among the masses poised to abandon the trunks. This country is spiraling into third world status no matter which party has the watch. The rude awakening is that they really don't care. They make bullshit excuses for globalism, while those of us with a brain realize that globalism means decline for the US for the advancement of the rest. Remember the UN ? Well, that is an example of who benefits from our losses. Having saved them a number of times, we owe them nothing. Now our 'leaders' are selling us down the river to cury favor among those scum. There's no logical reason to commit such suicide.
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wx - so vote for the candidate more conservative than McCain. You can't, dumbshit, cuz there isn't one. If you stay home to pout like a little girl, you just avoided cancelling a vote for the Donk/Socialist candidate because your feelings are hurt. I preferred Hunter. He didn't win. I got over it. You should too. I'm tired of listening to you piss and moan. Man up or shut up
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I was waiting for Jesus to come back. Think how bad *I* feel. But like the man said, you go to vote with the candidate you got. (and yes, McCain/Feingold bites the big one)
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Steele is good. Solid conservative record, solid conservative credentials, and well liked in almost all areas of the party. He is erudite and well spoken without sounding elitist or condescending.
Not to mention I think he was Chair of the RNC for a while, so he is "connected".
McCain-Steele 08.
McCain retires declining a second term
Steele-Jindal '12
Jindal 2020!
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I don't believe McCain will choose Huckabee. His advisers can look at the demographic numbers. McCain already has the non-black southern vote sown up. Huckabee would be redundant. Michigan born Romney made his name and fortune in the Northeast where McCain is weak. It's all about luring the tottering states into McCain's vote column.
There's one other thing I like about Romney. I believe he is the most intelligent of all the candidates. He knows how to evaluate risk-reward and follow the course to achieve the most gain. In one video I saw Romney wanted to beat an abusive reported to death. I could see it in his eyes, but he kept his cool, his words kind, but was slightly menacing at the same time. I like that. The cool, even cold, demeanor is a welcome contrast to McCain's public hothead image.
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Check the bit at the end of shi speech about "Hope" and change. Certainly cuts to the core of Obama. Actions, not words.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday stressed on the national consensus on the Kashmir issue and reaffirmed the commitment of the Army to the Kashmir cause.
How about a commitment against the suicide bombers attacking Rawalpindi?
A military statement said General Kayani highlighted the national consensus that exists on the Kashmir issue and reaffirmed the commitment of Pakistan Army to the Kashmir cause in line with the aspirations of Pakistani nation. He made these remarks during a visit to forward locations near the Line of Control.
I'm not a Pak military genius but shouldn't the General be visiting the western border instead? I would think the counterinsurgency/anti-Taliban/anti-Al Qaeda operations would be occupying General's Kayani's time. I would think the activities of suicide attackers would be of concern. Not the LOC and India.
They come a few days after Pakistan Peoples Party leader Asif Ali Zardari told Indian television that India and Pakistan could agree to disagree on Kashmir, and that Kashmir should not be allowed to hijack the improvement of trade and other relations between the two countries.
Following criticism of his remarks from sections of Kashmiris and Pakistanis, the PPP clarified his remarks and said it stood for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute and normalisation of relations on the basis of respect and honour.
The party said it would not give up the U.N. resolutions unilaterally, but reiterated as the PPPs view Mr. Zardaris remarks in the interview about not letting any single issue hold hostage the relations in the South Asian subcontinent.
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During a Jan. 31 test, the newly developed 1,000-pound-class warhead set a record when it punched through 19 feet, 3 inches of a 20-foot, 330-ton, steel rod-reinforced concrete block rated at 12,600 pounds per square inch compressive strength. In fewer than 10 milliseconds, the explosion delivered into the target more than 110 million foot-pounds of energy via a high- velocity jet of molten metal.
Raytheon's large shape-charged test was the first against a target built to withstand more than 10,000 psi. Most conventional weapons in the same weight class as Raytheon's precursor warhead cannot penetrate targets rated at more than 6,000 psi.
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This should make things interesting for those designing, paying for and relying on deep, hardened bunkers. Three or four of these in one spot should make an interesting hole. How many of those could a flight of stealth fighters (F-22, 35) carry?
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I think a 'tuned' array of shaped charges could be very effective. If a charge can be designed with a blast focussed forward and laterally, and not backwards (and it can), and if a second shaped charge can be set up to hit exactly the same spot in 'harmony' with the first charge, (and so on and so on) then one could 'burrow' one heck of a hole. For an analogy, think of pushing your kid on a swing set - a series of well-timed small pushes can really get that swing moving. The key is timing (and aim); make a 'string of pearls', connected by chain or rod of appropriate length and have a series of shaped small blasts really knock on the door.
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"How many of those could a flight of stealth fighters (F-22, 35) carry?"
Um well lets see at 1000lb thats roughly the same weight warhead as a mk84 at 945lbs with a 2000lb launch weight. So since it would most likely be in the 2000lb JDAM class the answer would be zero internally and probably up to 4-6 externally at best.
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guys, this is the "kick the door down" with F-22s and F-35s achieving air supremacy against the enemies Integrated Air Defense and then the B-52s come in with the 2,000 pound JDAMs or whatever else you want. Although I haven't checked lately, I think an H model as currently configured can carry 27 2000 pounders.
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Interesting idea but there is no real mention of where the water would come and water can be a killing matter out West. In addition, the idea still requires people for enforcement but at least they wouldn't be driving thru a 60'Wx10'D canal.
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The proposal seeks to restore a stretch of the West's greatest waterway, the Colorado River.. The plan seeks to create a broad water barrier while also restoring a fragile wetland environment that once thrived in the area.
Basically they'd flood what used to be a marsh. It's a very large area, and currently a migration route for illegals.
The environmentalists opposed to the fence don't seem to worry about all the trash and impact of all the people trudging through the desert.
You left out the corpses. The area in question is also a dumping ground.
What idiot came up with this idea as an idea for dissuading illegal immigrants? This guy doesn't know where the term "wetback" came from?<
I'm sure he does. Likely he's closer to the problem than you are.
Besides, ever try to cross a marsh?
The idea is to force them to either pick another route, or slow them down trying to find a route.
Note the word is 'dissuade', not 'eliminate'. That's the job of the Federal government.
Real ID verification and SERIOUS penalties against those who hire illegals are the only things that will stop this flood.
Agreed. Again, that's the Federal government's responsibility. Arizona has a law in place. But verification-and-penalties is a level of responsibility far above the local gov't.
You could fill it with acid instead? Or maybe some kind of permanent dye so that anyone swimming it is bright pink and dies three days later?
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if it wasn't geographically near-impossible, I'd like to moat it with the New River - full of toxins, poisons, and pollutants, and flowing north into the U.S. from Mexico. Google it - it'll only make you slightly sicker than wading in it
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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A major security alert has taken place at Heathrow airport after a man with a rucksack scaled the perimeter fence and ran into the path of an aircraft. Eyewitnesses told the BBC armed police surrounded the man on the north runway. 
PARIS: Bernard Kouchner, the foreign minister of France and a longtime humanitarian, diplomatic and political activist on the international scene, says that whoever succeeds President George W. Bush may restore something of the United States' battered image and standing overseas, but that "the magic is over."
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Wednesday he has begun the process of finding a vice presidential running mate and wants someone who shares his views and can take his place.
