Tag: barack obama
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Benefits of The Donald
I missed the first Democratic debate of the 2016 election. I wanted to see it and being stuck on an airplane, with CNN, while it was on, seemed a fine coincidence. Except my Virgin America flight from LA to Boston was missing a quarter of the channels it was supposed to have, including CNN. And […]
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How Political "Red Meat" Works (and Isn't Necessarily Bad)
What do we call left-wing “red meat”?
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Merkel's Telephone: How Secure Does She WANT it to be?
The news that the NSA has been listening in on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone had me wondering, as a techie who has paid some attention to computer security, how would I recommend the Germans secure her phone? It is an interesting puzzle to think through. And part of my approach would involve other European […]
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Susan Rice is Bad Choice for Secretary of State–at the Moment
When I heard what Ambassador Rice had to say about Benghazi, what she said repeatedly on all those Sunday shows that day, I was startled but I withheld judgement, I figured she knew something I didn’t. Well, it seems she knew less than did an informed member of the general public. We need a Secretary […]
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To Release or Not Release bin Laden Photos: A Most Productive Argument
Nice to have a few things go right. Sure, the initial reports of the raid on bin Laden’s hideout were a bit confused and got corrected, and will get further corrections, but, if I may parrot others in this cliché, that’s why they call it the “fog of war”. Even when things go stunningly right, […]
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The '00s Are Over!
Culturally the ’60s didn’t begin until about 1963 and lasted until about 1973. A powerful decade even with sloppy dates. The ’00s have more precise dates: September 11th 2001 to May 2nd 2011. Not everything in that decade is so tidy. Obama’s Cairo speech on June 4th, 2009, was a preview of the ’10s just […]
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Obama Not Entirely Honest about Birth Certificate — and Will be Reelected
Let me tell you the truth about this: the White House is not being entirely honest here.