Anticipating Aurora and Beyond

“What time is it?” ~ Dr. John Watson “Dawn.” ~ Sherlock Holmes ~ The Return of Sherlock Holmes, “The Man with the Twisted Lip,” 1986. What is next in our dawns? As I have mentioned before, Aurora means “dawn.” Unfortunately, I must predict a copycat outburst for Friday, July 27th. More on that in a [...]

US troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014: Panetta

ShareThis US troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014: Panetta 15 Mar 2012 The Pentagon chief says he is ‘confident’ that the United States and Afghanistan would work out a treaty allowing the US military to stay longer in the country beyond the withdrawal deadline of 2014. Speaking to reporters after talks with Afghan President [...]

Beyond Guantanamo, a Web of Prisons for Terrorism Inmates

ShareThis Beyond Guantánamo, a Web of Prisons for Terrorism Inmates 11 Dec 2011 It is the other Guantánamo, an archipelago of federal prisons that stretches across the country, hidden away on back roads. Today, it houses far more men convicted in terrorism cases than the shrunken population of the prison in Cuba that has generated [...]

Nuclear contamination found beyond Japan no-go zone

ShareThis Nuclear contamination found beyond Japan no-go zone 05 Oct 2011 High levels of radioactive contamination have been found in soil in the capital of Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, a study showed Wednesday, prompting calls to make the area a voluntary evacuation zone. Some 307,000 becquerels of caesium per kilogramme (2.2 pounds) of soil was detected [...]

Obama mulls tax cuts beyond Republican plans

By Hans Nichols and Margaret Talev, Bloomberg.com President Barack Obama may press Congress for tax cuts that would exceed his past proposals as well as some of the offerings from House Republicans to strengthen his hand in talks on measures to boost the U.S. economy, according to a person familiar with the discussions. With Obama [...]