This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Bawdy Silvio Berlusconi may return as Italy’s Prime Minister U.N. claims immunity in Haiti cholera compensation case U.S. deploys 100 troops to Niger to operate drone base Al-Qaeda ‘tip sheet’ for avoiding drones found
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) on Fox’s “Happening Now” Friday morning….
An al-Qaeda document listing 22 ways for avoiding drones has been found inside a manila envelope in a building in Mali. The associated press found the document in Timbuktu after Islamists fled from a French military assault. The document reveals
At President Obama’s Google+ “fireside hangout,” Kira Davis, a video blogger and stay-at-home mother:
(AP) FAA moves toward creating 6 drone test sites in USBy JOAN LOWYAssociated PressWASHINGTONIn a major step toward opening U.S. skies to thousands of unmanned drones, federal officials Thursday solicited proposals to create six drone test sites around the country.
On Feb. 13, Sec. of Defense Leon Panetta announced the creation of a new medal for indirect combat roles–the Distinguished Warfare Medal. This medal is designed for those who operate drones and thereby have a direct impact on combat without
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) said on FOX News this morning that he is going to block John Brennan’s nomination to CIA over the Obama Administration’s use of domestic drones
In response to “Good Hate” Goes Unnoticed in Sweden, Just as it Does Here: John, your post reminded me of the profoundly flawed reasoning behind MSNBC’s Krystal Ball’s recent defense of Obama’s drone policy. She dismissed the notion of liberal
On Feb. 11, VP Joe Biden wrapped up a round table discussion on gun violence by reflecting on recent conversations with world leaders whom he claims didn’t want to discuss drones, Afghanistan, or terrorist attacks in Mali–rather, they “importunely” asked him
Just when you think the mainstream media will not be able to plumb deeper depths in their attempts to attack America and its values, they prove you wrong again. Boston Globe columnist James Carroll wrote a piece that the the
I bet you voted for Obama, didn’t you? I bet when he said the Cambridge Police Department acted stupidly, you cheered. I bet when Eric Holder dropped the charges on the Black Panthers, you laughed all the way to your imaginary
Rand Paul appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union”
TINA BROWN, EDITOR NEWSWEEK/DAILY BEAST: I mean, he’d be impeached by now for drones if he was W. Bush. MAHER: Impeached? No. BROWN: Yeah, don’t you think? I mean, don’t you think… MAHER: Impeached for… BROWN: Well, I think… MAHER:
In response to Nick Gillespie’s brilliant insight about journalists’ hypocrisy on drones: I added a few thoughts about Gillespie’s fine piece here. (Special guest appearance by Ace, because I thought immediately of something he wrote the other day when I
In response to Nick Gillespie’s brilliant insight about journalists’ hypocrisy on drones: Someone commented on Twitter, I think maybe Kirsten Powers, that libertarians seem to be the only ones with any consistency on this subject. We expect partisans to be
Nick Gillespie has written a brilliant essay on how the media, which once considered Bush/Cheney to be fascist-dictators-in-waiting because of the powers they assumed to fight terror, is now eager to give Obama’s greater and more brazen powers a pass.
The Charlottesville, VA City Council is calling on Congress to pass legislation barring the introduction of information gathered by drones into a Federal or State court. Charlottesville is therefore the first city to pass an anti-drone resolution. Councilmember Dede Smith
The nomination of John Brennan for Director of the CIA has uncovered that the Obama administration, after ostensibly withdrawing from Saudi Arabia to pacify Muslim outrage, still has a secret base in the country from which it operates drones. The base
Comparing waterboarding — which is so harmless journalists have volunteered to do it — to assassinating American citizens is like comparing a Nerf ball to an uzi. Comparing involuntary detentions at Guantanamo Bay — where the greatest threat to prisoners
On January 9th of this year the State Department confirmed that the United States was in favor of the United Nations using drones for video surveillance to ensure and monitor “peacekeeping” missions in countries around the world. The State Department
US Attorney General commenting on a leaked memo in which lawyers argue that the President has broad legal powers to kill US citizens suspected of links with al-Qaeda who present an “imminent” threat to the country.
In reply to Ace: I’m not sure what Chuck Hagel has against Jews, but I’m gonna go out on a limb here and guess it has something to do with a grade curve. L’Affaire Hagel – and the whiny butthurt
When Breitbart News’ Kerry Picket asked Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) about the reported FBI investigation into allegations that the senator used a house of prostitution populated with underage girls in the Dominican Republic his response was that he “wasn’t going
There is another classic case of the UN trying to emasculate the United States’ power. The UN is launching an investigation into the use of drones for strikes in warfare. The drones are highly successful in striking opposing forces without
(AP) Pakistan says US drones kill senior Taliban figureBy RASOOL DAWAR and ISHTIAQ MAHSUDAssociated PressPESHAWAR, PakistanTwo U.S. drone strikes on northwest Pakistan killed a senior Taliban commander who fought American forces in Afghanistan but had a truce with the Pakistani
