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Jury sentences Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for marathon attack
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In the long run, wars make us safer and richer
Ian Morris op-ed in WaPo. An interesting read for a Saturday. Hat tip to the Puppy Blender...
A view into the twisted, depraved thoughts of the Ivy League tenured. Yes, the ones whom seldom serve, or experience 'real life' outside the walls of their lofty, hallowed sanctuaries.
Nevertheless, the point is that nation states with logical rules that restrain behavior in the end are less awful than tribalism. The observation of Adam Smith, that order allows trade therefore allows enrichment without plunder, is perhaps the most astute observation since the Bible.
Posted by: Steve White || 05/16/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  War is an observable fact. Peace is a theoretical construct of philosophers.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/16/2015 5:44 Comments || Top||

#2  War is an observable fact. Peace is a theoretical construct of philosophers.

If only that could be engraved in six foot high letters somewhere...

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 05/16/2015 7:04 Comments || Top||


Southeast Asia
“Bangsamoro” is a real conundrum
Posted by: ryuge || 05/16/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Obama: That Chlorine Gas Syria Is Using, Well I'm Fine With It
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 || 05/16/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Barrel Bombing
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/16/2015 0:48 Comments || Top||

#2  In ten years or so, perhaps less, the media will be insisting Syria's Assad actually possessed no such weapons. We will learn that 'Red Line' was the result of failed intelligence, and ignoring the 'Red Line' the strategy of a genius.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/16/2015 2:17 Comments || Top||

#3  I've said it before. Assad is just trying to get his swimming pool ready for summer, and sometimes he has to chlorinate until people's eyes water, sometimes as much as 200 miles downwind.
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/16/2015 8:28 Comments || Top||

#4  You would think: Chlorine = chlorine bleach = whiter whites = obooboo upset. No rhyme, no reason...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/16/2015 8:39 Comments || Top||

#5  This is why most of the gulf states did not attend, Obama is delusional.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 05/16/2015 10:03 Comments || Top||

#6  Per source, NOT photoshopped:

Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 05/16/2015 13:25 Comments || Top||

#7  Though Sheiky did offer the left hand after a good ball scratching.
Posted by: Eohippus Thigum6400 || 05/16/2015 15:25 Comments || Top||

#8  Obama evaded defining it as a “weapon,” noting that it has many other non-threatening uses

The Progressives elected a moron.
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/16/2015 16:23 Comments || Top||

#9  And then they elected him again.
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/16/2015 16:24 Comments || Top||



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