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In April of 2005, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, his longtime translator, Pavel Palazchenko, and his daughter Irina attended the Boston Software Council’s annual meeting at the Copley Marriot. I was involved with a firm that was associated with the BSC and was asked by them to serve as a “bodyguard” for Gorby while he […]
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Hub Blog is correct, The Legislature is the Problem I’m Sure Al Qaeda Appreciates It: U.S. releases secret nuclear list accidentally When Ralph Peters was with us last on Pundit Review Radio, he referred to Obama as “our awesomely naive president“. Hard to argue, Obama says Iran’s energy concerns legitimate LONDON — President Barack Obama […]
No more “war on terror”? I agree completely with Hillary Clinton, “The administration has stopped using the phrase, and that speaks for itself, obviously.” He didn’t get the memo. Pakistani Taliban Leader Pledges Attack on D.C. How is Iraq different from Afghanistan? Hamid Karzai signs law ‘legalising rape in marriage’ and prevents women from leaving […]
What a pleasure to watch the sustained and repeated mediagasms over the past few days. Imagine how bad it could have been if the media really went over the top, LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s inauguration generated an unprecedented 35,000 stories in the world’s major newspapers, television and radio broadcasts over the past […]
First thing, hats off to the Secret Service and everyone involved in law enforcement. An uneventful day from a secuirty perspective. As for the entire day, it was a great one for the country. We now have a black president and perhaps more importantly, a black first family. The Obama’s seem like the prototypical American […]
Getting Chilly for Global Warming Climate Change Fanatics: Even some at the the Huffington Post have had enough, Al Gore’s crime against humanity, Mr. Gore has stated, regarding climate change, that “the science is in.” Well, he is absolutely right about that, except for one tiny thing. It is the biggest whopper ever sold to […]