Russia wants ‘red button’ rights for US missile defence system By Andrew Osborn, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8438045/Russia-wants-red-button-rights-for-US-missile-defence-system.htm A top Kremlin official has told the United States Russia wants “red button” rights to a new US-backed missile defence system for Europe, a move that would allow it to influence the shield’s day-to-day operational use. “Robert Gates, the US defence […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2011/04/09/pathetic/ It’s what passes for high drama in America’s most parasitic city: Washington, D.C., home of the takers, not the makers, lair of the folks that make dependency this country’s biggest growth industry. “Government shutdown averted at the 11th hour!” (Make that “shutdown,” in quote marks, since nothing would have, you know, actually shut down, […]