Monday, November 14, 2005

Time magazine discovers pirates

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Time discovers modern piracy here . Just a few comments on a first read: (1) Fact confusion- While asserting that the worst area for modern...
Sunday, November 13, 2005

Ignorance on parade

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Best coverage of an embarassing collection of ignorant US senators trying to find a clue about oil prices is this Econbrowser post (hey, Je...

A IMO meeting on pirates

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Set out here , the International Maritme Organization will be addressing piracy soon... Kenya seems to be getting concerned about its cruise...
Saturday, November 12, 2005

Royal Navy to take down Somali pirates?

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The Royal Navy (yes, the British fleet) has reportedly announced it will go after the Somali pirates: The Ministry of Defence told the Sund...

Somali pirate attack map

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I've plotted the approximate locations of the last seven attacks by Somali pirates for which I have information (yes, they are very appr...

More on Somali pirate "Mother Ship"

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CNN says : Since November 5, when pirates tried unsuccessfully to attack a 440-foot cruise liner operated by Seabourn Cruise Lines, at least...

Kenya imposes anti-pirate security measures

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Reported here : The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) in conjunction with the Kenya Navy and the Kenya Police have jointly put up stringent securi...

Cardboard Box Added to Toy Hall of Fame

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Cardboard Box Added to Toy Hall of Fame Maybe it's because I grew in a military family and we moved frequently (26 times before I left ...
Friday, November 11, 2005

Awesome:"The Military Applications of Silly String"

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Thanks to the Carnival of Cordite for pointing to The Military Applications of Silly String . So simple. So smart.

Somali pirate Mother Ship confirmed

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The International Maritime Bureau has confirmed the presence of a "mother ship" being used by the pirates off Somalia in this repo...

It's about time...Pres says "Stop the lies"

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Sometimes the truth hurts, and I hope the truth told here hurts the Democrat spinners of fiction: "The stakes in the global war on ter...

Building a regional defense

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With regional cooperation, piracy and terrorism (sea-going and otherwise) is bumping into a new zone defense as reported here : The Philippi...

The DMZ War: Korea 1966 -1969

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On this Veterans Day, as CDR Salamander reports , there are millions of individual stories that need remembering. And there are the larger ...

Veterans Day

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A salute to Veterans: Today we honor those who have served in the armed forces of this great country during times of war and peace and tho...
Thursday, November 10, 2005

Haze gray and underway: life on a modern destroyer

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The more things change, the more they remain the same. Almost any surface sailor for the last 60 years can identify with this article about...

Pirates strike again off Somalia, kidnap crew of 26 from Thai ship

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Pirates off Somalia strike again as reported here : Pirates have hijacked a merchant ship off Somalia, kidnapping its 26 crew, in the fourth...

Happy Birthday, Marines!

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Today is the 230th birthday of the US Marine Corps. To all Marines, Happy Birthday! Birthday of the Corps The Marine Corps was founded by th...

StrategyPage take on Somali pirates

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StrategyPage analysis on Somali pirates here .
Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Oil Industry Hurricane Update from Platts

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Wondering how the energy and refining industry is recovering from the recent spate of hurricanes? Platts puts out an daily Update . So does ...

Sen. Cornyn asks the right question of the Dems: "What are you for?

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Senator Cornyn says rage at the president is not an agenda . Shh! Don't tell Pelosi, Reid and Dean.