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    No Permanent Bases in Iraq)

    "Gates also said there are no plans for a long-term U.S. presence: "We don't want permanent bases in Iraq." washington Post, page 2 of story. OK, so now we're prepared to leave without any permanent bases. On the positive side, Sadaam is gone. On the negative side: (1) Iraq is in shambles...
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    Bush Quotes on Need for Kosovo Exit Strategy

    I came accross this as part of an unnamed author's Ten Myths About Iraq. Sorry I can't give the author credit but here are a couple of Bush quotes on the need for an exit strategy -- in Kosovo -- not in Iraq. Author points to the ThinkProgress.org site for the quotes but I've used links to more...
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    Intel Core Duo

    Are these 32 bit or 64 bit processors? Assuming that the answer is 32, are 64 bit processors with dual cores available? Not so technical but I couldn't find the information at Intel, e.g., Intel Core Duo Specs
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    Blair Admits Iraq Invasion Has Been a "Disaster"

    Challenged by veteran interviewer Sir David Frost that the Western invasion of Iraq has "so far been pretty much of a disaster", Mr Blair said: "It has." Daily Mail. CNN (fuller Blair quote). London Times Try looking up "Blair" or "disaster" on Fox News. No luck as of 12:30 p.m. Pacific...
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    Quiz for Liberal/Conservative Scale

    The following link is to a quiz that asks 25 questions that you answer by picking the appropriate radio button choice. It has some questions that were very hard for me like, which do you trust more, the executive or the legislative branch? It then rates you on a liberal/conservative continuum...
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    NIE Terrorism Report Released

    The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has released portions of the National Intelligence Estimate that has been characterized as saying that the Iraq war has increased Muslim extremism. This report was prepared by the administration and can be seen at National Intelligence Estimate...
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    Army is Billions Short

    Los Angeles Times Interesting article. Some of the points: The army has refused to go through with the budget charade this year and has not submitted a budget request that was due August 15. They've requested a 41% increase over current budget spending for the 2008 budget. Both the White...
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    Audit Finds U.S. Hid Cost of Iraq Projects

    State Department Hides Iraq Costs Many costs were reported as "indirect costs" to bring the projects in on budget. The overruns were due, in part, to security risks from the people who were going to welcome our liberating army with flowers.
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    U.S. Seeks immunity from U.S. war crimes law

    Washington Post 7/28/06 I find this a little dismaying. A Republicans controlled Congress passed the War Crimes Act of 1996 because a Republican congressman was incensed that a Vietnam war veteran could not sue his abusers. The Republicans are now trying to pass a law granting U.S. soldiers...
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    Chemical Weapons in Iraq

    Woops, already posted (but a search of "chemical" didin't find it). Perhaps I mistyped the search term. In any event, see AH HA HA HA HA!! Santorum claims Saddam's WMDs have been found! instead of feeding this thread.
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    FBI Shoots It Out with Florida Prison Guards

    FBI was apparently coming to arrest guards. Ain't this a revoltin' development! Life of Riley, a '50's TV show staring William Bendix. 2 dead in Fla. detention center shooting
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    Rove Informs White House He Will Be Indicted

    Fresh news from Truthout.org See Rove To Be Indicted One can only hope.
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    Bush Says He Declassified Pre-War Intel

    Bush Says He Declassified Pre-War Intel http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060411/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cia_leak_57 Then what was all the stink about "I'll fire whoever leaked."?
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    Glowing Predictions About Iraq

    The link below is from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. It contains many, many exerpts from news media commentators at the start of the Iraq war about how easy this was and how successful it would be. My personal favorite is: Fairness & Accuracy site.
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    War Spending To Pass $400 Billion

    From The Associated Press Res ipsa loquitor. The thing speaks for itself.
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    Iraq effort doomed says top military historian

    Martin van Creveld is a professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and one of the world's foremost military historians. Several of his books have influenced modern military theory and he is the only non-American author on the US Army's list of required reading for officers. He writes in...
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    Army Goes After Wounded Vets for $$

    The army will dock your pay if you don't account for all your gear, even if you might have lost it getting blown up. This particular guy had his hand blown off but there are 331 other GIs in similar positions. From Washington Post Better have the buddy system so that if you get blown up, your...
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    Cold Heat Soldering

    "Cold heat" soldering devices are currently commercially available. How do they work? Is this a proprietary process? How does a vacum bottle (usually referred to as a "thermos" bottlle) know whether to keep something cold or to keep something hot?
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    Protection for LCD Screen

    I have an Averatec laptop with a 12.1' screen. I'm quite satisfied with it, BUT, the computer was packed fairly tightly on the last trip and I could see some impressions from the keyboard on the LCD screen. I can insert a piece of felt or something else between the screen (or, more...
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    Audio Copying

    Whoa! This went out a lot quicker than I intended. My wife does a lot of audio stuff. I'm thinking of getting her a small form factor computer. My understanding is that if I was doing a lot of floating point manipulation, P$ or whatever might be better than Celeron. Is there any difference...
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    Why do modern processors have so many transistors?

    Clearly a great deal of effort has been made to put more transistors onto silicon. But I don't understand why. Instructions can be presented to a processor only so quickly. Each transistor makes a very basic type of decision. Then why are more transistors desireable? Are the extra transistors...
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    Belkin Wirless G Router $9.99 AR at Home Depot

    First, this really is HOME Depot; it is not OFFICE Depot. Second, this is a bricks and motar only offer, the offer isn't good through a web site. Third, purchase must be made by 12/31/04. The router is now priced at $49.99 with a $40 rebate. Belkin Rebate Open "Promotions," go the the...
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    LEDs for General Lighting

    Is it feasible to use LEBs as general household or office lighting? By that, I mean, would it be efficient. I think there are two contexts here. Lamps and overhead or wall lighting, as in most kitchens.
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    Britain Reduces Troops in Iraq

    Iraq couldn't work from the start. "The main British combat force in Iraq, about 5,000-strong, will be reduced by around a third by the end of October during a routine rotation of units." How's that democracy in Iraq coming? Guardian
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    NY Times mentions the sad state of Iraq Aide

    Not really for discussion, just an indicator of which way the wind is blowing. Lots of talk about rebuilding. Not much spending. NY Times The Iraq Reconstruction Fiasco Published: August 9, 2004 READERS' OPINIONS Things have gone so obviously wrong with America's approach to rebuilding...
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    Saddam Reported To Be Dying

    Serious illness and possibly impending death. According to the British newspaper Daily Mirror, with reference to the attorneys of former Iraqi leader, Hussein has had a heart attack. Arab press does not provide 100% accurate diagnosis; however, they also claim that Saddam Hussein is in...
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    Can posting news be nuetral

    On of the members, Todd33, posted an article from Reuters pointing out that consumer spending had declined sharply. He asked that the discussion not be political. Crimson then alleged that of course it was political. The Thread is here. I've been surprised at times when I posted news and...
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    Operation Summer Pulse

    The following story originally appeared in Straits Times, a major Singapore paper. The link appears below but that copy of the article has been archieved and is available only to subscribers. This reproduction came from Link.. I've bolded some of the material. This story is essentially...
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    US Controls for Iraq after Turnover

    This is a Washinton Post article that goes into quite a bit of detail about how the U.S. will attempt to maintain controll over the new Iraq. The chief mechanism seems to be having the Interim government appoint ministers whose tenure will last for five years. And, of course, the interim...
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    Fahrenheit 9/11 Advertising Ban

    According to The Hill, which I would characterize as a trade publication for Washington D.C. government, "Michael Moore may be prevented from advertising his controversial new movie, ?Fahrenheit 9/11,? on television or radio after July 30 if the Federal Election Commission (FEC) today accepts...
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    Iraqi Governing Council President Killed

    "BAGHDAD, May 17 -- The president of the Iraqi Governing Council was killed early Monday in a huge explosion set off by a suicide bomber outside the headquarters of the U.S.-led occupation authority here." Outside U.S. Headquarter, no less. The United States does not have the skill, resources...
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    Bremmer criticized Bush Administration before 9/11

    Partial quotes from the Guardian. Link "BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq, said he regrets a statement he made more than six months before the Sept. 11 attacks that the Bush administration was ``paying no attention'' to terrorism. "At a McCormick Tribune...
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    Oil & Gas, an interesting CNN report

    A CNN article Link quotes OPEC sources as saying that the problems with gas prices in the U.S. aren't due to OPEC production but are rather related to U.S. laws. The article has some interesting observations. Among them are: "There has not been a refinery built in America in the last 20 years...
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    A Call to Get Out ;)

    Why are we still there? It's time to reevaluate our involvement. Every day there are news reports about more deaths. Every night on the TV are photos of death and destruction.. Why are we still there? We occupied this land, which we had to take by force, but it causes us nothing but...
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    Charges Dropped Against Jame Yee

    All charges dropped against the Guantanamo Chaplain, James Yee. Army claims it's because they don't want to reveal classified information. Yee's lawyer says, BS! CNN Link There will be an administrative hearing about adultry and pornography.
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    Pew Survey, Distrust of America Increases

    The first few paragraphs of an LA Times article. LA Times Article By Sonni Efron, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON ? A year after the Iraq war, mistrust of the United States abroad has intensified, and the ill will toward America has spilled over into declining levels of support for the...
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    McCain 'Would Entertain' Being Kerry's VP

    This is a McCain quote made on television. "John Kerry is a close friend of mine. We have been friends for years,'' McCain said Wednesday when pressed to squelch speculation about a Kerry-McCain ticket. "Obviously I would entertain it.'' AP Wednesday March 10, 2004 10:46 PM WASHINGTON (AP) -...
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    Blix states that Bush & Blair Overstated Danger

    Blix does not accuse Bush and Blair of bad faith, but he does say that they knew they were overstating the danger and that the people in their administrations could have avoided some of the mistakes if they had relied on critical thinking. Yahoo Monday 3/8/04 9:07 PST
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    Shiites Refuse to Sign Iraq Constitution

    The title says it all. This is as of Friday, March 5, 11:30 Pacific Standard Time. Yahoo Link It's a little amusing really, there was an audience assembled in an auditorium to watch the signing ceremony. No ceremony as of now.
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    Persistence of Flash Memory

    Are there any figures on how long flash memory can be expected to remain reliable, i.e., when it starts to degrade?