Landed Series Wandering

Rogue private military firms employed by the Pentagon outside of any form for normal control.

One wonders sometimes if regime change in Washington is just an illusion. The BP Gulf of Mexico catastrophe is a case in point. As Obama was making ready to be ‘mad’ at BP it is revealed that the White House colluded with BP to keep the full extent of the disaster from the public by [...]

Juan Cole on Obama Karzai tensions, the military operations in Marjah and Kandahar, and the current state of events in Afghanistan.

This article provides a clear explanation of the Democratic Party’s conservative behavior.

Added a Financial Crisis narrative.

The handling of its own nomination of Dawn Johnsen to head the Office of Legal Councel indicates that the Obama administration has no intention to deviate from the Bush/Cheney administation’s practices of maneuvering around Consitutional limits and around the law in order to assume power unto itself.

The U.S., Israel and the Palestenians and ‘as if’ peace negotiations in light of the Israeli Biden slap in the face .

President Obama called the ruling a “major victory for big oil, Wall Street banks, health insurance companies and other powerful interests that marshal their power every day in Washington to drown out the voices of everyday Americans.””

Baseline Scenario from Dec. 16, 09 takes up Paul Volcker’s “Wake up gentlemen. I can only say that your response is inadequate.” comment to Wall Street.

Causes number: loss of Somalia fishing income due to theft by European, Korean, etc.  fishing actiivity in Somalia waters lack of authority structure, which was not the case when the Islamic Courts held sway in the country, before Bthe ush posse teamed up with the Ethiopians to invade Somalia and chase the Islamic Courts away, [...]