Cross-posted verbatim to The Conjecturer
Defense & The War
- Thin solace, I know, but my piece on Ann Marlowe’s critique of the Human Terrain System (updated, too), got a link in the Small Wars Journal.
- Also, Bill Roggio followed up with some good analysis on what’s going on in Pakistan; his thoughts align largely with my own.
- Support the troops.
- Sharon Weinberger seems to think I am helping the debate over HTS descend into name-calling. I have done nothing of the sort, and if pointing out her lack of credentials to be discussing a topic counts as name-calling, then I’m not sure where the line of appropriate criticism stands.
Around the World
- Might Putin have accidentally given the communists more power than an election could indicate?
- Easter Eggs in the Google Maps mashup of the upcoming Australian election.
- Still looking at the mysterious explosion in Dushanbe.
- People keep plagiarizing me. Which is flattering, I guess, but it’s so not cool.
- Sarkozy stands firm against statist cry-baby unions. Go Sarko!
- Might emerging markets be Europe’s savior? It’s certainly worth a shot
- Well-known libertarian paradise Somalia is in bad shape—again. Meanwhile, David Axe freaking quit Defense Technology International to continue covering Somalia and Iraq. Frack. Go him, but that is freaking ballsy.
- Does the bomb Iran crowd have any credibility? Well, no, no they don’t. But that hasn’t stopped them.
Back at Home
- Are bloggers liable for libel?
- Wonkette Commenter Nick Farr has been made the official Wonkette Commenter General in the War on Paultards. Rock.
- I don’t care what the rest of this story says, I just think that picture is totes hillair.