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More of the Same for 2010?

More Reasons to Distrust China – The Cyber Cold War [Part II]

[Follow up to blog post, "China's 21st Century War to Destroy the U.S. | Wake up! We Are Losing!"] Something is very wrong. The number of press stories / pentagon reports / think-tank assessments and arbitrary Joe Geek office cube conversations revolving around Chinese Hackers continues to escalate and very little notice (publicly) appears to [...]

Texas Threats and Russian Savvy? Goodbye America!

Texas Governor Rick Perry stirred the stick of popularism yesterday with his war-cry of secession from the Union during the Texan-chapter of the not-so-great Tea Party rallies. Alas a firebrand pitchfork and torch march on Capitol Hill was not the reality hoped for by hundreds and the mainstream media added just the right measure of [...]

U.S. Military Spending | Versus the World

Source: Wikipedia Chinese Military Power Report

The World Smells U.S. Weakness. Dismantling Begins!

The scent of blood is in the water. The U.S. is on its knees and its enemies are taking bite-sized chunks out of the perception of the invincibility, stability, and confidence that has been the United States of America circa 20th Century. In the nine years that have passed since the millennium, the ‘beloved’ Bush [...]

China’s 21st Century War to Destroy the U.S. | Wake Up! We Are Losing!

Our beloved mainstream media reported today on China’s plans to increase its defense spending by a whopping 15%. Quote, “China is to increase official military spending by almost 15 per cent this year as it seeks to upgrade its smart technology and improve the living standards of its soldiers.” The story suggests the U.S. believes [...]

Obama, Putin, Iran’s S-300 Anti-Aircraft Missiles … and Loss of Face?

Based on President Obama’s rocking speech last night … an economic, social and foreign policy home-run… it is very easy to understand why foreign states – allies and adversaries – continue to celebrate the departure of Bush 43. Obama’s candid and unabashedly open-mindedness for talks with former Axis-of-Evil nations (Iran, Syria and North Korea specifically) [...]

A Silver Lining to Economic Crisis – a Quieter Introspective Russia?

With the daily avalanche of doom and hideous gloom battering us from every angle – it’s very difficult (neigh, almost impossible!) to find any silver lining strong enough to tug on with reasonable focus and interest. So when you trip over the odd headline here and foreign-correspondent article there (in quiet corners of the media [...]

U.S. Domestic Surveillance | a Lack of Intelligence?

Domestic surveillance of citizens and residents within the United States has and will always remain an uncomfortable and highly controversial practice. Outsourcing domestic surveillance and intelligence gathering to paid contractors based in the U.K. using Jordanian nationals? This should raise more red flags than a Chairman Mao Zedong anniversary parade! A reliable source has suggested [...]

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