Via Der Spiegel: Last October, the German research satellite Rosat plunged into the Bay of Bengal, more than 20 years after it had been launched into orbit. But had it remained aloft for just seven more minutes, it would have landed in Beijing instead, new calculations show. It was a proud day for German science [...]
The Shafia Family Honor Killings
January 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By Aaron Goldstein on 1.31.12 @ 12:21PM This story didn’t receive much attention here but it has dominated the headlines in Canada since October when the Shafia Family trial began in Kingston, Ontario. Mohammad Shafia, his second wife Tooba Yahya and his son Hamed Shafia were accused of [...]
President Obama’s Civilian Soldiers
January 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Everybody is outraged and disgusted by our divisive politics, from Jewish bubbies in Florida to AT’s own Rick Moran. The rest of us just think that President Obama is incompetent. “Obama doesn’t have the experience, character, or personality to be president. To put it flatly: he’s in over his head.” That’s Barry Rubin. And if [...]
Lessons from Haditha’s Quiet Denouement
January 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Six years ago, in Haditha, Iraq, in the wake of a deadly insurgent attack on their convoy, a Marine quick reaction force raided several houses from which they were taking fire. At the conclusion of the action it became clear that a number of Iraqi civilians had been killed, which was duly reported up the [...]
Poof: MF Global Customer Money Might Never Be Found
January 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Via New York Post: Nearly three months after MF Global Holdings collapsed, officials hunting for an estimated $ 1.2 billion in missing customer money increasingly believe that much of it might never be recovered, according to people familiar with the investigation. As the sprawling probe that includes regulators, criminal and congressional investigators, and court-appointed trustees [...]
Michelle Malkin Endorses Rick Santorum
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Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By W. James Antle, III on 1.30.12 @ 12:06PM Newt Gingrich has effectively called on Rick Santorum to drop out of the presidential race, yet the former Pennsylvania senator continues to poll in the double digits and shows no sign of quitting. Why are so many conservatives dissatisfied [...]
Media Blackout in Obama Georgia Ballot Eligibility Case
January 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Last week, I noted that Obama turned his back not just on Arizona’s Governor Jan Brewer, but also on the laws of the State of Georgia. I closed my column, “Georgia Ballot Challenge: Obama Walks on By,” with the observation: “And most of the media has followed along right behind him.” At the time, I [...]
Incomes up strong 0.5 pct., consumer spending flat
January 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In this Nov. 9, 2011 file photo, shoppers walk past a clearance sign at the New York & Company outlet store at the Dolphin Mall, in Miami. Consumer spending was flat in December while incomes rose by the largest amount in nine months. But even with the December income surge, incomes for the whole year [...]
A Prayer for Isabella
January 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By Reid Smith on 1.29.12 @ 1:18PM Putting aside politics for a moment, I hope we can send our collective thoughts and prayers to the Santorum family. Rick Santorum’s 3 ½ year old daughter, Isabella, is seriously ill — she suffers from the genetic disorder Trisomy 18, also [...]