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Apr. 18th, 2011 04:38 pmJust because:
1) Just as an FYI, simply letting ALL the Bush tax cuts expire cuts the deficit in half (scroll down to the middle of the page for the graph). All this while returning us to the (not-so-) ruinous Clinton-era tax rates.
2) In military news, US Navy laser sets boat on fire. The laser is a 15-kilowatt solid state weapon. The Admiral running the program won't rest "until I get my megawatt death ray."
3) So, Louisiana wrongfully convicted a man, in part by the prosecutor's withholding evidence. Apparently, this is okay with the Supreme Court. It's not okay by me.
4) Several updates in the war on piracy:
1) Just as an FYI, simply letting ALL the Bush tax cuts expire cuts the deficit in half (scroll down to the middle of the page for the graph). All this while returning us to the (not-so-) ruinous Clinton-era tax rates.
2) In military news, US Navy laser sets boat on fire. The laser is a 15-kilowatt solid state weapon. The Admiral running the program won't rest "until I get my megawatt death ray."
3) So, Louisiana wrongfully convicted a man, in part by the prosecutor's withholding evidence. Apparently, this is okay with the Supreme Court. It's not okay by me.
4) Several updates in the war on piracy:
A) I recently read A Captain's Duty, the very excellent account of Captain Richard Phillips' captivity and rescue while on the Somali coast. Highly recommended.
B) Apparently somebody in the FBI is trying to work their way up the pirate food chain: We recently arrested a Somali pirate leader. The man is charged with being the on-shore negotiator for ransoms.
C) The Somali pirates are not happy about the Indian Navy's vigorous anti-piracy response. (Hint - pirates get either dead or jailed in large numbers.) So, they are refusing to release Indian hostages.
B) Apparently somebody in the FBI is trying to work their way up the pirate food chain: We recently arrested a Somali pirate leader. The man is charged with being the on-shore negotiator for ransoms.
C) The Somali pirates are not happy about the Indian Navy's vigorous anti-piracy response. (Hint - pirates get either dead or jailed in large numbers.) So, they are refusing to release Indian hostages.
