Missing Links & the Gypsy Punk Revolt

Gogol Bordello ~ Think Locally, Fuck Globally

I came to NY to start gypsy punk revolt.
Now that it's rockin'...
so, why don't I just go home?

KURDS THINK US MAY TOPPLE OR EVEN PERISH AL-MALIKI
We should only show such balls!

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

A Proliferator

The U.S. Treasury Department accused Iran's national maritime carrier of helping the country's nuclear and missile programs

Quantum politics: India’s nuclear deal with America

Rice met with Indian Defense Minister A. K. Antony on Wednesday, with their talks focused on the U.S.- India civilian nuclear deal and bilateral military operation

India Seeks Nuclear Agreements With Russia, France

Black market nuke network had sophisticated info

The U.N. nuclear monitoring agency says a black market nuclear network operating from Pakistan had substantial and up-to-date information on how to make an atomic bomb. The International Atomic Energy Agency says much of the sensitive information was passed on to customers in electronic form.

The use of e-mail attachments or CD-ROMs to spread information about how to make nuclear weapons is alarming because it gives a potentially unlimited number of customers access to the material, whether they are governments or individuals.

The IAEA's information was contained in a restricted report on Libya and based on information collected since that country renounced its efforts to make nuclear weapons in 2003.

Gates: Air Force may consolidate nuclear control

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Air Force will consider consolidating under a single command all responsibility for management of its nuclear weapons arsenal.

Gates made the statement at a Pentagon news conference where an advisory group was releasing its recommendations on ways to improve the Air Force's handling of its nuclear weapons mission.

He said the advisory group, led by former defense secretary James Schlesinger, is recommending that a new Air Force command be created to consolidate the nuclear weapons responsibilities. Gates also said that while the Schlesinger panel makes a convincing argument for this, he is not certain about it. He said it will be a matter for Air Force leaders to consider and decide.

OK - Exactly WHO TF is James Schlesinger and why do we care?

Schlesinger devoted much attention to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, citing the need to strengthen its conventional capabilities. He rejected the old assumption that NATO did not need a direct counter to Warsaw Pact conventional forces because it could rely on tactical and strategic nuclear weapons, noting that the approximate nuclear parity between the United States and the Soviets in the 1970s made this stand inappropriate. He also rejected the argument that NATO could not afford a conventional counterweight to Warsaw Pact forces. In his discussions with NATO leaders, Schlesinger promoted the concept of burden-sharing, stressing the troubles that the United States faced in the mid-1970s because of an unfavorable balance of international payments. He urged qualitative improvements in NATO forces, including equipment standardization, and an increase in defense spending by NATO governments of up to five percent of their gross national product.

11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces

The United Nations (UN) is at the core of the framework of international organizations within which the Alliance operates, a principle that is enshrined in NATO’s founding treaty

NATO History Timeline

James Schlesinger
(1929–), economist, strategic analyst, secretary of defense, and first secretary of energy

Schlesinger served as secretary of defense during 1973–75, a turbulent period marked by the final stages of the Vietnam War, severe cuts in the defense budget, the end of conscription, and the beginning of the All‐Volunteer Force. A Phi Beta Kappa and 1950 summa cum laude graduate of Harvard College, he subsequently earned a Ph.D. at Harvard, then taught economics at the University of Virginia (1955–63). Next came service at the RAND Corporation as a senior staff member (1963–67) and director of strategic studies (1967–69). He entered government in 1969 as assistant director of the Bureau of the Budget, in 1971 became chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, and in 1973 was appointed Director of Central Intelligence.

Dr. James R. Schlesinger

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Dr. James R. Schlesinger currently divides his time between MITRE and the investment banking firm of Lehman Brothers, where he serves as senior advisor. He is also a consultant to the Departments of Defense, State, and Homeland Security, and a member of the Defense Policy Board, the Arms Control and Nonproliferation Advisory Board, and the Homeland Security Advisory Council.

Dr. Schlesinger is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy. He is a director for Peabody Energy, KFx, Inc, and Sandia National Corporation. He is also a counselor and trustee of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a trustee at the Atlantic Council, the Nixon Center, the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation, the Center for Global Energy Studies, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation.

Dr. Schlesinger was the nation's first secretary of energy, taking the oath of office one day after President Carter signed the legislation creating the new department. He served in this position from August 5, 1977 until 1979. In the previous year, President-elect Carter had asked Dr. Schlesinger to become assistant to the president, charged with the responsibility of drafting a plan for the establishment of the Department of Energy and a national energy policy.

All crises not created equal, Lehman learns

Treasury, Fed Said to Call on Wall Street Chiefs to Back Lehman

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the biggest U.S. securities firm, has no plan to buy Lehman without financial backing from the Fed or Treasury, a person briefed on the matter said Sept. 10.

Is it bad that I am cackling like a madwoman?
I'm all outta bubblegum!
ULULULULULULULULULULU!

American Tower to Speak at Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference

American Tower

Communacopia Conference

Outraged, even!

U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on Thursday said he was "outraged" by department workers who had sex, used drugs and took gifts from employees at regulated oil companies, while one senator called for a Bush administration official to resign over the scandal.

If No Common Values Exist, Then Common Interests Take Precedence

Decepto hoople babble: Basically, it means they are staying right the frig where they are, as Queen Condi said weeks ago:

It also means the "complete withdrawal of the Russian peacekeeping forces from the areas adjacent to South Ossetia and Abkhazia to their positions prior to the out-break of hostilities.

Suicidal Jewish Iftarians

OIC Intensifies Efforts To Help Palestinians In Gaza Strip

Meet Ingrid Mattson

U.S. Refuses to Aid Israel in Iran Attack

Gogol Bordello ~ Super Taranta!