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Another Caucasian, Gary

Okay folks, we are back. If I could trouble you, oh friends of wonk, please pass the word around. Send e-mails, bring it up over white russians, what-have-you. Friend of Wonk Allen Thomson wins a prize for big catch—the Missile…

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Wonk Outage

Greg here – I apologize to everyone for the extended outage. We had a series of badly timed events which all occurred about six hours before I sailed away to Bermuda for seven unplugged days. We’re back online now and…

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Eloise at the Security Council

Friend of Wonk Jacqueline Shire sends this dispatch from the UN Security Council as the members-states consider what to do about North Korea: Eloise at the Security Council I’ve often wished that Kay Thompson were alive so that she and…

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Taepo-Dud

So who looks more foolish here? A. Kim Jong-Il for staging a July 4th fireworks display that blew up in his face; B. William Perry and Ash Carter for hyperventilating that we had to blow up this missile on the…

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Well well well …

CNN is quoting “a senior State Department official” as saying North Korea conducted “an apparently unsuccessful test” of the Taepodong 2 “that failed in flight.” Can’t wait for the details. (I guess this means the Dear Leader isn’t watching the…

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Perpetuation of a Hoax

How did they do it? How exactly did Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Hadley and other senior officials get the intelligence agencies to twist the evidence to fit their war plans? Larry Wilkerson knows. And now he’s talking. Testifying before The Senate…

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Cold Case?

Thanks to Jeff, I get to grab the controls of this fine sports car of a blog while he is doing something in Paris that he has convinced his funders is of vital importance. Let me start on a serious…

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Just Saying

I think it’s reasonable to believe that countrires’ adherence to a treaty at least suggests that they agree with its basic tenets. By that measure, here is the number of countries, apart from India, who believe that New Delhi should…

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The Fine Art of Hotel Expressionism

Friends, I will be in London and Paris for the next two weeks, beginning with a display of the fine art of hotel expressionism showing at the Swissotel in London. If any of you, dear readers, are available for a…

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HIRC Markup, US-India Nuclear Deal

Possible demise of the NPT being broadcast now… Just remember that the NPT doesn’t include the phrase “unless the US says so.” Update I forgot to mention that comments containing the phrases “nuclear apartheid” or ”[reference to arms controllers] ayatollahs”…