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Generator Man
NYT – Grassroots response to the dismal Iraqi electricity grid – Iraq has three sources of electrical power. At the low end is the frail national grid, which provides only about one hour of electricity every four hours — a … Continue reading
India’s Affirmative Action
UPI – Clash of capitalist and government rulesets: India’s government plans to double the number of lower caste students admitted to universities in its latest move to break up the country’s Hindu caste system. The announcement has prompted protests by … Continue reading
Musharraf Continues To Dance
BBC – The tribe’s aren’t a fan of Musharraf and his selling out to the US – BBC’s Jonathan Beale in Washington says that, in the CBS interview, Gen Musharraf was deliberately distancing himself from the White House in the … Continue reading
Co-Chairman Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
This managed to fly under my radar – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross is now the Co-Chairman of the Counterterrorism Foundation. Daveed “is one of the brightest young stars in the counterterrorism community” and I’m proud to count Daveed as one of my … Continue reading
More Stolen USG Laptops
CNN – The Commerce Department has lost 1,137 laptop computers since 2001, most of them assigned to the Census Bureau, officials said Thursday night. The Census Bureau, the main collector of information about Americans, lost 672 computers. Of those, 246 … Continue reading