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NASA’s Not Cooperating?
Orlando Sentinel – NASA administrator Mike Griffin is not cooperating with President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team, is obstructing its efforts to get information and has told its leader that she is “not qualified” to judge his rocket program, the Orlando … Continue reading
Major China Imports/Exports Drop
NYT – Economists had expected exports to rise 15 percent and imports to be up 12 percent compared with November 2007. But the data showed exports fell 2.2 percent from a year earlier and imports dropped 17.9 percent. Note the … Continue reading
Wholesale Inventories Way Down
NYT – The Commerce Department says wholesalers, the companies in the supply chain between manufacturers and retailers, reduced their inventories by 1.1 percent in October, the biggest cutback since a similar drop in inventories in November 2001. The inventory decline … Continue reading
Nagl On New Think Tanks = Old Hat
John Nagl is, way, way off on his ‘new’ approach to think tanks. He’s calling for a Manhattan project type think tank to approach Islamic terrorism. Problem is, that won’t get at the structural problem, won’t generate new frameworks, and … Continue reading