Jan 13, 2010

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Failure as a Strategy

Some thinking on terrorism that may be of interest:The recent al Qaeda sponsored attempt to blow up an Northwest Airways flight is an example of an interesting, but likely inadvertent strategy:  failure.  Given the earlier example of 9/11, even failed attacks provide the following benefits:New and sweeping rules on airline passengers (most inane) and beefed up security.New...

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Jan 12, 2010

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You are in Control

There’s a great article in Time magazine by Amanda Ripley (I wrote a review of her great book, The Unthinkable in the City Journal) on one of the most under covered security lessons of 9/11:  that an aware citizenry can defend itself.  It ends with this telling para which depicts the government reasserting its authority to prop up its legitimacy:After the passengers...

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Jan 11, 2010

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Barefoot & Panty-Scanned:
Fred Reed on Airport Security

“Barefoot and Panty-Scanned”Fred ReedFred on Everything, January 31, 2009OK, this goofy guy gets on an airplane with an at least somewhat explosive jockstrap and the entire earth goes wacko and orders porn-scanners and everyone has to watch Obama being Leaderly for hours. He is becoming tiresome to watch. A mahogany president with large white teeth. He looks like a...

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May 14, 2009

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Air Travel in the Kali-Yuga

From The Occidental Observer, May 11, 2009I have traveled by air since the age of three, and since then I have averaged at least two flights a year, invariably to international destinations. I have lived in five different countries, both in the First and Third Worlds, located on both sides of the Atlantic. This means I have thirty-six years of experience as an international...

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