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An Open Letter to the Foreign Policy Establishment: If You See Something Disastrous, Say Something
Please feel free to send this to any appropriate people you know personally.
Dear Distinguished Reader:
You have spent years working for the interests of the United States and years thinking about international affairs. Perhaps you have served in the State Department, Defense Department, National Security Council, or intelligence. Perhaps you are a member of the Council on Foreign Relations or the Foreign Policy Association. Or maybe you are a university professor or work in a research center.
The time has come to speak out because the U.S. national interest is in danger and you know it.
You are reluctant, though, to say anything publicly about the perilous state of U.S. foreign policy today. Perhaps you are a Democrat or see yourself as a liberal (I know you don't see yourself as a radical or Leftist). Possibly you believe in always supporting the government publicly. No doubt many of your friends and the newspapers you read tell you that everything is going great. And then there's the matter of your prestige and, if you are still in government, of your career.
I understand all that but surely you see how bad, how mismanaged, is American diplomacy right now.
And it isn't as if you or your colleagues held back your criticism of President George W. Bush.
You know people from different countries who are friends of the United States. What are they saying to you in private? That they think their country is better off with the current U.S. leadership and its policies? No. That they aren't worried? No. That they see their enemies and those of the United States advancing? Yes.
Aren't they asking you for help?
I could talk about Asia, or Latin America, or Europe or Africa. Each region, each country, has special needs, problems, and complaints.
But let me speak to you about the Middle East since that's the area I work on.
First, though, let's clear the air. You know that I support Israel and you might either be neutral or hostile to that country. But that's not the issue here. Neither is being liberal or conservative, Democratic or Republican. Many of you have served presidents of different parties and put producing an honest analysis — and the well-being of the United States — above partisanship or ideology.
American policy has been built for decades on opposition to America's enemies (Communism, radical Arab nationalism, terrorism, revolutionary Islamism) and by building alliances with friendly states in the region (Morocco and Tunisia, Egypt and Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf emirates, Turkey, Israel, and others).
Many of you who work on the Middle East feel that Israel has gotten in the way of those relationships; made your job harder; stirred up anti-Americanism; and created unnecessary crises.
But this is not the key issue at present. The key issue is that revolutionary Islamism — anti-American to the core whatever soothing words are spoken — is advancing. And U.S. policy in this administration is helping.
76 Comments, 29 Threads
1. Fnord
Since I see that the sentence "Mubarak got tossed on the garbageheap" has become a viral meme in rightwing talking points, I would chalenge mr. Rubin to come up with an alternative actionplan that the administration should have followed during the Arab Spring. Should they have supported Mubarak in the face of his own people? Landed troops and started breaking civilian skulls? Should the US have sided with a dictator against his own people?
Mr. Rubin fears a Sunni-crescent, composed of Libya, Tunis, Egypt and possibly Syria with Turkey acting like a benevolent uncle. From a European pov, this is a development not to be feared but cheered, insofar as it opens up huge new markets for Europes failing economy to feed on, and in second degree effect this benefits the US too since it will give the market much needed stability. It will also make the battle against terrorism easier, insofar as these new governments actually know the people involved and so will be able to separate the dangerous ones from the merely crazy. And this *will* be in their interests, since the salafis without failure make themselves hated in any moderate muslim community. The only looser in the scenario is Israel, who will face a sufficiently strong block to have to change its slow annexation of the West Bank. The question for diplomats and experts alike must then be: Are you willing to sacrifice US and European interests for the sake of Israels settlements?
November 8, 2011 - 8:11 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
Benevolent uncle? Followers of Mohammad will be "benevolent uncles"? Kind of like Uncle Joe [Stalin]? Is this a joke? Where am I? Is this candid camera? Oh no, this is Oz, isn't it?
November 8, 2011 - 9:01 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
Like it or not, but Turkey is currently a NATO member and pulling their weight in Afghanistan. They are really well posed to act as mediators bewtween the new goverments in the region and the west. Of course, if you choose the path of equaling the muslim countries with the Soviet block you get a different picture, and not a very happy one either. Its a picture with little resemblance to reality, but its still a functionable dystopia if you want to blame it all on Obama and cry doom doom.
November 8, 2011 - 9:56 am Link to this Comment | Reply
Ceteris Paribus
How about we just minded our own business for a change?
November 8, 2011 - 10:23 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
Fnord, this administration was instrumental in "organizing" this "grass-roots" Arab Spring as well as the "grass-roots" occupiers. Communists, socialists, extreme leftists, nazis, and islamists are using each other as "dupes" at the peril of the world.
November 8, 2011 - 12:38 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Several decades from now, in a much different world, Islama-fascists will sing their songs about the hero who finally united all of the warring factions in the middle east and wiped the infidels from the face of the earth, and that hero will turn out to be our very own Barack Obama.
November 8, 2011 - 4:04 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
Should they have supported Mubarak in the face of his own people?
From what I read it seems that the US fomented the uprising against Mubarak and financed groups to oppose him.
The American government secretly backed leading figures behind the Egyptian uprisingThe US government has previously been a supporter of Mr Mubarak's regime. But the leaked documents show the extent to which America was offering support to pro-democracy activists in Egypt while publicly praising Mr Mubarak as an important ally in the Middle East.
In a secret diplomatic dispatch, sent on December 30 2008, Margaret Scobey, the US Ambassador to Cairo, recorded that opposition groups had allegedly drawn up secret plans for "regime change" to take place before elections, scheduled for September this year.
November 8, 2011 - 1:17 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
It is impossible to clean up the US foreign policy establishment. The only thing that would help would be to shut it all down and start over, on a much smaller scale, without the leftist/pro-Islam cabal that is running things now. All intelligence should be under the military.
November 8, 2011 - 4:07 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
You are right. The US played an important out of sight role in enabling the Arab Winter. What the US has done is the biggest strategic mistake of the West in its last five hundred years. The effect will vastly dwarf the effect of Carter enabling the establishment of the Iran Islamic Republic.
November 9, 2011 - 2:42 am Link to this Comment | Reply
Menachem Ben Yakov
Fnord, You are digging your own grave.
Zechariah 14;12 וְזֹאת תִּהְיֶה הַמַּגֵּפָה, אֲשֶׁר יִגֹּף יְהוָה אֶת-כָּל-הָעַמִּים, אֲשֶׁר צָבְאוּ, עַל-יְרוּשָׁלִָם; הָמֵק בְּשָׂרוֹ, וְהוּא עֹמֵד עַל-רַגְלָיו, וְעֵינָיו תִּמַּקְנָה בְחֹרֵיהֶן, וּלְשׁוֹנוֹ תִּמַּק בְּפִיהֶם.
And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.The neutron bomb melts (dissolves) its victims just as HaShem warned 2500 years ago. Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths. This was unimaginable in prophet Zechariah's (zs'kl) day.
November 8, 2011 - 4:32 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
Actually, the administration SHOULD have supported Mubarak. What you have now is the same regime, but a different ruler.
You want to hope that there won't be any elections in Egypt, since that would bring the Muslim Brotherhood to power.November 8, 2011 - 8:01 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
white tiger
Fnord, sweetie, bless your little heart! The new governments ARE the Evil Ones, baby! The entire middle east is being taken over by islamic jihadists while y'all with chamberlainist tendencies pretend to rationalize the growing internationalization of that vicious, filthy, islamic movement. What you are saying is: " Lets not incarcerate murderers, rapists, dope peddlers, child molesters, robbers- because, if we do, there may be fewer customers for our candy store."
And, as to your question: We must not help the Islamothugs take over, as we did in Libya. We must make it clear to the emerging powers in the disaffected countries that Israel is our ally, and any attack on Israel is an attack on us. If the fools living in those countries want to live under Sharia, let them do so. If they attempt, by any means, to implant their evil notions here, we will make them wish they had never been born.
As to the Nuke aspect: Oscumbag needs to call Ahmadinejad and ask him whether he prefers to disassemble Irans' nukes today- or have us do it tomorrow.Then we need to do it tomorrow.
November 8, 2011 - 10:01 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
THIS admin CREATED THE ARAB SPRING! WAKE UP AND WISE UP!
November 9, 2011 - 1:40 am Link to this Comment | Reply
2. FeralCat
"Revolutionary Islamism"? What the Hell is that? A revolution by Muslims against Mohammad's teachings? Never heard of such a thing.
November 8, 2011 - 8:56 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
3. alex
The problem is US foreign policy in the Middle east was geared to fail since we struck a bargain with Saudi Arabia in 1971, the Petro Dollar System. This system sells petroleum in US dollars regardless who is buying.
Saudi Arabia funds most global terrorism through their system of Wahhabi Schools, and each time Saudi Arabia sells petroleum in US dollars, we are funding those same schools of terror. The fact that most of the Terrorists that attacked NYC on 9/11 were Saudi seems to be overlooked with willful ignorance.
In addition Saudi Arabia has a Bounty on Israeli soldiers heads of 1 million dollars to be used in prisoner exchanges.
Why we remain Saudi Arabia's friend is difficult to determine.As far as the Arab Spring, this was the result of overthrowing Iraq, something President H bush understood and refused to do in the First Gulf war. It is interesting that the same people supporting the invasion of Iraq as the lynch pin to freedom and democracy in 2003, are now frightened by the results of that invasion.
Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.
November 8, 2011 - 11:26 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
4. Ellen
Thanks, Mr. Rubin, for alerting the dim light bulbs in our intellectual elite who thought that the Arab Spring would bring better government to the Arab world. It won't, except perhaps in Tunisia. Elsewhere it will bring new forms of chaos, persecution of nonfavored groups, and economic decline in the nonoil states. The two beneficiaries from all of this will be Israel and perhaps Turkey in the short term. This must be a Zionist plot.
The Europeans won't benefit from anything except a little petro-related business in Libya. They are far beyond the point of being able to benefit from anything in the Middle East. The horrible political order that has been preserved in formaldehyde for 60 years, let us recall, was created by them for their advantage. This order is now going down in flames, just as they are going bankrupt. A nicer confluence of events could not have been wished for.
November 8, 2011 - 11:46 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
Umm, youre aware of the fact that these days we live in a globalized economy? So that Europes ruin will also be shared by the US?
November 8, 2011 - 2:38 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
"A friendly and moderate government in Lebanon has been thrown out by Hizballah and other clients of Syria and Iran. What are your Lebanese friends telling you?"
This is what bothers me most. We actually, had a chance to put into place a working, western-style, democracy and through horrible lack of support from the west we literally threw this chance away. We abdicated our responsibilities in working with this government to Hezbollah, and now Lebanon is just another failed Islamic state, only this one is actually on the border with Israel and armed to the teeth with Iranian and Syrian weapons.
Remember the Cedar Revolution when the Lebanese even stood up to the Syrians? All of that is gone now and Hezbollah has a stranglehold on the country. There even was a good Christian minority that was openly pro-west. What are to become of these people now? They will probably be slaughtered by Hezbollah or certainly forced to leave the country. This was a shameful display of neglect on the part of the United States and it certainly did not have to end up this way. This was the same country that just a few short years ago actually fought al Qaeda troops in Lebanon and defeated them. This was a horrible failure on our part and if this is a display of Obama's "Smart Power," he really is dangerous to not only Israel, but to this country as well.
November 8, 2011 - 11:59 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
Maybe my memory is wrong here, but didn't the UN get involved in the Cedar Revolution days and send observers who observed Syria's arming of Hizbollah?
November 9, 2011 - 10:54 am Link to this Comment | Reply
6. Islamist in Londonistan, Saudi Britannia, Eurabia
The Arab Spring is the beginning of the end for the Crusaders, Zionists and Infidels in the Middle East. For several decades the Great Satan and the Little Satan have installed and propped up illegitimate stooges to repress us and cooperate with them. That is now coming to an end. We are now overthrowing the pro-Western and pro-Zionist puppets that you decadent infidels have installed and propped up for the last few decades.
A New Middle East is emerging. The pro-Western and pro-Zionist illegitimate dictators are being overthrown, one by one. And in their place we are establishing Islamic states ruled by the Sharia, from Egypt to Yemen, from Turkey to Somalia, from Libya to Syria, from The Land of the Two Holy Mosques to Sudan, from Tunisia to Gaza, from Jordan to Lebanon, from Indonesia to Pakistan, from Iran to Bangladesh, and many other places (and one day in Europe, and eventually in America).
It is our time now. This is the Great Awakening for Islam. We are returning to our roots. We live in Muslim countries, and our laws will reflect our religion — that's natural. You infidels are dying. You infidels are retreating. You decadent infidels are bankrupt and your fraudulent economic system will soon collapse. Your fraudulent financial and banking system are destroying your countries, with their haram loans with interest which brings about exploding debts which you can never pay off. Your societies are collapsing. Islam is spreading throughout the world. We are on the march. Islam is on the rise. Christianity is dying. We have lots of children. You decadent infidels kill your children. We will rule over you.
We are also taking over Europe. We don't even need to use nuclear bombs to conquer you decadent infidels. We already have nearly 50 million of our brothers and sisters in the infidel nations of Europe, who are growing rapidly in number, while the infidels are aging, shrinking, and dying, and are turning it into Eurabia. Our women's wombs are our greatest weapon. We are conquering you in the maternity wards and kindergartens. You can't stop it. Your grandchildren will be living under Sharia. It is inevitable. Your granddaughters will wear the burqa. Your infidel lifestyle has proven to be a total and absolute failure. We have the answer. You degenerate Westerners way of life is collapsing all around you. You are unable to solve your own problems. We have a better way of life. You will join us. Either voluntarily, or against your will.
We defeated the Soviet Union in Afghanistan…and we have now defeated you imperialist American infidels in Iraq and Afghanistan. We are gaining strength every day, while you infidels are becoming weaker and weaker. You are no match for us. We will defeat you easily. You are not ready for what is coming. You don't stand a chance. It's not too late. You can still join us. Time is running out for you infidels.
We will soon overthrow the American-backed dictator in The Land of the Two Holy Mosques, and we will cut off your infidels oil supply, and your economy will come crashing down. We are going to take on the fake illegitimate Zionist regime…and when we are done with them, we will come for you imperialist Americans, on U.S. soil, and we will fight you in the streets, house to house, neighborhood by neighborhood, city by city, until the Sharia is established and you decadent infidels are subjugated. Allahu Akbar!
Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Koran is our law. Jihad [holy war] is our way. Dying for the sake of Allah is our highest hope.
November 8, 2011 - 12:03 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Ceteris Paribus
Some of us are too scared to turn your countries into glass.
November 8, 2011 - 12:20 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Islamist in Londonistan, Saudi Britannia, Eurabia
Islam is rising. Christianity is dying. Zionists are an endangered species — and will soon be extinct.
You Infidels in America and Europe, your decadent nations are collapsing, while our population is exploding. You decadent Infidels are aging and dying out. We will enter your countries, and take over through our sheer numbers, and impose the Sharia — God's Law. Our women's wombs are our greatest weapon. We are conquering you in the maternity wards and kindergartens. Your Infidel lifestyle has proven to be a total and absolute failure. We have the answer. You degenerate Westerners way of life is collapsing all around you. You are unable to solve your own problems. We have a better way of life. Allah's laws are for all nations, all countries and for all time. All other laws are man-made and must submit to the will of Allah. It will be hard for you at first, but once you get used to it, you will be much better off.
We defeated the Russians and the Americans. Allah is on our side! Our victory is inevitable. Time is on our side. Every day we get stronger and stronger, while you decadent Infidels get weaker and weaker. We are ascendent. You are declining. Now is our time. This is the Islamic Great Awakening. We are winning all over the globe. You Infidels are dying. You Infidels are retreating. You decadent Infidels are bankrupt and your fraudulent economic system will soon collapse. Your societies are collapsing. Islam is spreading throughout the world. We are on the march. Islam is on the rise. Christianity is dying. We have lots of children. You decadent Infidels kill your children. We will rule over you. Time is running out for you Infidels.
We don't want your filthy decadent Western culture coming into our societies, and poisoning the minds of our children. We don't want to have anything to do with your sick poisonous culture — the sexual immorality, pornography, prostitution, divorces, broken families, filthy movies, homosexual marriage, drugs, alcohol, gambling, consumerism, materialism, hedonism etc. We want nothing to do with your decadent culture.
The fake illegitimate Zionist regime will cease to exist very soon. The demise of the phony Zionist entity is rapidly approaching. The Little Satan's end is near.
The Jihad and the Sharia are unstoppable! Allahu Akbar!
Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Koran is our law. Jihad [holy war] is our way. Dying for the sake of Allah is our highest hope.
November 8, 2011 - 12:26 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Claudia USA
Hummm, actually we don't want anything to do with your decadent Islamic culture either. The sooner Muslim immigration is stopped everywhere the better off we will all be. Islam is only a destroyer of civilization, it builds nothing good. It will be stopped because we know what you are.
Rubin is right.
November 8, 2011 - 2:12 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
Nice anti-muslim trolling. You forgot the part of wanting to use our children for your blood-rituals though. Since youre mirroring the old anti-semite cliches, I mean.
November 8, 2011 - 2:39 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
The evidence would seem to support that islamists use their own (muslim) children in blood rituals. I must assume the entire muslim community finds this acceptable, as there have been no mass demonstrations against suicide bombers.
November 8, 2011 - 8:09 pm Link to this Comment
Oh Islamist, my 97 year old gran would agree with you about:
the sexual immorality, pornography, prostitution, divorces, broken families, filthy movies, homosexual marriage, drugs, alcohol, gambling, consumerism, materialism, hedonism etc.
Kindness and grace is her objective, God is her leader and the Bible & Constitution are her law.
BTW, She is fine with all of you dying for Allah!November 8, 2011 - 4:24 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
islamist. it sure is good to know you damned IDIOTS revere a damned pedophile. or do you even care? no as a islamist you wouldn't care because you are all pedophiles and just outright IDIOTS,
November 8, 2011 - 5:28 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
Sayan Neviot
Thanks for informing us that jihad means [holy war]. We would have been utterly lost without your thoughtful explanation.
Just a couple of things, though.
"Christianity is dying."
No, actually Muslims are working hard to murder it, but there are still many more Christians than Muslims worldwide, and despite the statistics so often fabricated by the Brotherhood, and groups like CAIR, Christianity is growing as fast, or faster than Islam in places like China, India and South America. Nice bit of false bravado, though."We defeated the Soviet Union in Afghanistan"
No, wrong again, mate. Actually, WE defeated the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, and we used the Mujaheddin, and the ISI as paymasters, to do it."We will soon overthrow the American-backed dictator in The Land of the Two Holy Mosques, and we will cut off your infidels oil supply, and your economy will come crashing down."
Yes, that's nice… except we get more oil from Canada and Mexico than from Saudi Arabia, and at best, you would only provoke us to use our massive untapped shale oil and natural gas reserves."We are returning to our roots."
Now on that, we are in agreement. Inside of 20 years, the Arab nations who have benefited from western largess – and petrodollars – will return to the squalid, barren wastelands they were in the early 20th century, and all you will have left is your impotent rage, your sexual frustration and the deep-seated inferiority complex that drives your every action.But again, nice bit of false bravado there. If one didn't know better, you sure would be, um, scary or something. Now if only you didn't sound so cliché, perhaps I could convince myself you are not just another Internet troll, and not even a real Muslim.
November 8, 2011 - 12:49 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
Don't you mean killing for the sake of allah is your highest hope? An awful way of life you propose for women and children, both boys and girls. God bless America, the home of the free and the land of the brave.
November 8, 2011 - 12:51 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
It's nice that you've found a paying gig.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf2iquFlmT0&feature=pyv&ad=5594705200&kw=jeff%20dunhamNovember 8, 2011 - 1:03 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
Be careful what you pray for. You may get it.
November 8, 2011 - 1:43 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
I see the same divide between a Judeo-Christian culture and civilization versus a satanic cult invented by an evil rapist, child molester, plundering bandit whose values are evident in the Koran, Sunnah, Hadith, etc. Just don't count us out yet, remember Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Dresden, Hamburg, and others. I believe we can destroy you all, don't you think so?
November 8, 2011 - 4:15 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
Charlie Griffith
You! Again?
You message is crackly and static laden, just like an old 78rpm recording of the Horst Wessel Song.
You're tiresome.
November 9, 2011 - 6:27 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
1 Keep not thou silence, O God:
hold not thy peace,
and be not still, O God.
2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult:and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people,and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation;that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent:they are confederate against thee:
6 the tabernacles of Edom, and the Ish'maelites;of Moab, and the Hag'arenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Am'alek;the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assur also is joined with them:they have helped the children of Lot.
9 Do unto them as unto the Mid'i-anites; Judg. 7.1-23as to Sis'era, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: Judg. 4.6-22
10 which perished at En–dor:they became as dung for the earth.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Ze'eb: Judg. 7.25yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmun'na: Judg. 8.12
12 who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
13 O my God, make them like a wheel;as the stubble before the wind.
14 As the fire burneth a wood,and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
15 so persecute them with thy tempest,and make them afraid with thy storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame;that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever;yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
18 that men may know that thou,whose name alone is JEHOVAH,
art the Most High over all the earth.November 11, 2011 - 3:59 am Link to this Comment | Reply
8. zeprin
I am sorry. And as a Grandfather very afeared. The world is not a faculty lounge. And wishful thinking will not make it so. But there comes a time in human events, when the 'Horsmen' appear on the horizon with the "CRY HAVOC!" And let slip the dogs… And nothing that has gone before will remain the same.
I hear hoofbeats.November 8, 2011 - 12:54 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
9. Peddler
If, as you say, "We don't want to have anything to do with your sick poisonous culture — the sexual immorality, pornography", etc., then why was Been Laden huddled like a rat under his blanket watching his rather extensive library of pornography?????
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10. Arkady Polishchuk
In September I had several conversations with a highly intelligent and pro=western retired professor from Ankara.In his and his friends opinion prime-minister Erdogan and president Abdullah Gul are the worst thing that happened to his country in many years. He strongly believes that one day they will be gone because nowadays it is easier to imprison two hundred pro-western officers than to eradicate anticlerical and anti-Arab feelings in Turkey.
November 8, 2011 - 1:36 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
11. PattyMor
These aren't foreign policy "mistakes"; but willful policies. Why? Probably because George Soros and his One World Government wants it. And to what end: to make money above all else. They make money on the collapse of currencies and by the investments they make. They have the inside knowledge and always place their bets so they can win. And win big they do; all the expense of citizens and investors on the other side of the bet.
November 8, 2011 - 1:48 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
12. Denver Bob
This piece is accurate, but not useful, following the neo-marxist line of trying to manage conflicts, which are really not manageable at any sort of reasonable cost. This lust to interfere, cultural and ideological should be avoided.
I think the policies in place now are the best available, given the West's political situation.
1. No matter the situation, there is still going to be a lot of conflict, even among Islamist states. I think they are like domestic disputes: both sides turn against outsiders. We should leave well enough alone.
2. Historically the West has waited until the threat is severe enough to justify extreme measures. Vietnam is an example of failing to follow that line of thought, but there are others.
3. There is a real lack of resources: these countries receive enough aid, that reducing it would hurt, though perhaps not enough to gain our ends. Nancy Birdsall has made that point on Pakistan: soft power can only do so much.
4. Remember Mussolini bragged of 12 MM bayonets? Well Islam might have a billion angry Muslims, but deploying them might be an issue. The issue is local so should be dealt with by the locals, especially Israel. A lot of countries there have the same interests.
5. The West wants to wait until it can fight its war. Islam like raiding and hit and run, terrorism and so forth: fight and run to safety. The West like to totally crush an enemy. A califate would be just the thing: large enough to appear a threat, weak enough to be beaten.
Finally the mindset in the article is embarrassingly left. Rather than hectoring his betters, time might be better spent in understanding the reasons.
November 8, 2011 - 1:51 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
13. Jane Air
"The government of Egypt, America's most reliable ally in the Arab world, was tossed on the rubbish heap by the White House even as the State Department tried to manage a smooth transition that would maintain a stable, friendly government there."
This has been stated in different ways over and over again. Can someone please tell me exactly what mechanism the US could have employed to change a single thing that occurred as a result of the Egyptian revolution?
To me, the idea that we have that kind of sway in that type of situation one way or the other is pure fantasy. The problem was millions of people in the streets and they weren't going anywhere until placated. How would we have talked to them?
November 8, 2011 - 2:08 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
We now know that the US was the enabling hand behind the Arab Winter in Egypt and elsewhere.
November 9, 2011 - 2:49 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
Jane Air
Yes I know; I've read it a thousand times. I asked exactly what mechanism which I have yet to hear even one time. Strange to hear over and over again a thing taken for granted to have occurred without a single journalist speaking to how America could have affected the Egyptian revolution one way or the other.
The same is blithely stated about Syria, Yemen, etc. Exactly how can we control mobs and how is it a failure or success on the part of the U.S. to do so?
The fact is that once things get to the point they did in Tunisia and Egypt there's not a damn thing we can do short of invasion. We didn't throw Mubarak to the wolves; we were helpless bystanders whose words one way or the other meant nothing to millions of Egyptians on the street when it came to returning to their homes.
The suggestion that we DID or do have such influence is ludicrous.
November 9, 2011 - 9:26 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
The "mobs" were the sideshow, designed to deflect attention from the real backstage negotiations. Mubarak had already said he would not run for re-election long before the Arab Spring mobs appeared on the streets. The machinations for who would take over started long before the demonstrations as well. The main actor was the Army who owns much of the real estate and resources in Egypt. According to the Egyptian blogger called Sandmonkey, some challengers to the Army's power like Mubarak's son wanted to remove the power of the Army over the economy. The Army did not like that. The Army's alliance with the Muslim Brotherhood, supported by the US, assured that the Army would remain in power. So the so-called "revolution" was really a means to maintain the status quo in Egypt. The danger is thinking that the Muslim Brotherhood can be kept under control as was Mubarak all those years.
November 9, 2011 - 5:31 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
14. Bob From Virginia
Professor Rubin, Aren't you assuming our foreign policy experts can read?
November 8, 2011 - 2:30 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
True dat. Barry, could you please forward this letter to the American electorate and/or have someone read this to each of them who can't read? We haven't had an administration for at least a couple decades now who are/were capable of forming a strong foreign policy. And, the electorate doesn't seem to notice or care as they busy themselves with Facebook, American Idol or even PacMan. We're getting the foreign policy we deserve, and to hell with thousands, if not millions, of others who will die to pay the price of civic complacency.
November 8, 2011 - 7:17 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
15. tanstaafl
A "foreign policy establishment" is, ipso facto, between a rock and a hard place, its members torn between protecting their personal fiefdoms within said establishment and airing their frustrations and concerns to (so called) higher ups.
I would surmise that the current head of America's FPE, Hillary Clinton, is not exactly open to subordinates speaking their true minds, on the subject of the rise of Islamism or any other subject on the planet. In her own public remarks, she seems to be one of the worst placaters, even sycophants, as in referring to Syria's Assad earlier this year as a "reformer".
Political correctness and personal posturing are antithetical to the truth, and official FPE's throughout the world are as much integral to the problem as they could potentially be to the solution.
You can't have bold action when your major concern is protecting your own little preserve.
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16. Islamist in Londonistan, Saudi Britannia, Eurabia
Islam is ascendant. Christianity is dying. Zionism will soon be extinct, Insha'Allah. We are growing…you decadent Infidels are dying. Our Holy Warriors have defeated you Crusaders in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our Holy Warriors are defeating and conquering you Crusaders and Infidels in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kashmir, Palestine, Chechnya, Paris, Londonistan, Dearborn, Minneapolis, Patterson etc…
Your decadent Western Civilization is on the brink off collapse. Where your decadent Western Civilization came out of — Athens and Rome — is where it will die. Just look at the headlines. Athens has a debt that is 160% of their GDP, and is paying 27.9% interest to service their debt & Rome has a debt that is 120% of their GDP, and is paying 6.7% interest to service their debt.
When Athens and Rome default on their debt — your whole civilization will come tumbling down…and that is when we will make our move…
November 8, 2011 - 3:58 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
There is a lot truth in your analysis. But don't ignore China; they have ambitions, too, which may not be the same as yours. You wouldn't last a week against a million man army from China if they see you as a peril to their huge need for oil…….
November 8, 2011 - 4:08 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Islamist in Londonistan, Saudi Britannia, Eurabia
We have invaded the homeland of the Crusaders and Infidels, and we are waiting for the decadent nations to collapse…we will then make our move. We are ahead of schedule. We knew that one day your decadent societies would collapse, but we didn't think it would happen this soon. We are here, and when your rotten civilization comes tumbling down — which it will as soon as Athens and Rome go bankrupt and default on their debt, that will send the snowball rolling down the mountain, as you infidels say, and we will make our move…
We have our Holy Warriors present in Atlanta, Chicago, Dearborn, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Patterson, Philadelphia etc. ready to take action when the time is right…
Our Islamic Invading Armies are defeating and subjugating you Infidels in
Amsterdam, Berlin, Birmingham, Brussels, Bradford, Hamburg, Leicester, Londonistan, Luton, Malmo, Marseille, Moscow, Paris, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Vienna etc…China is with us — for now. We'll deal with them when the time comes…
Allah is on our side! Our victory is inevitable. The Jihad and the Sharia are unstoppable! Allahu Akbar!
Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Koran is our law. Jihad [holy war] is our way. Dying for the sake of Allah is our highest hope.
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Jane Air
That's weird: I thought YOU were the Crusaders and Infidels. I guess that leaves us even.
Except I don't have to leech onto a culture like a remora in order to have even a ceramic toilet. I guess that kinda breaks the tie.
Have fun playing with your magic cell phone. It's not really magic y'know.
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LovelyEarth, why do you have to be such an obvious troll?
November 8, 2011 - 8:05 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Jane Air
Her mother was a cricket and thence the droning/flatline.
There hasn't been a pulse in months.
November 8, 2011 - 9:05 pm Link to this Comment
Yes, please die and put yourself out of your misery.
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I interpret "Islamist in Londistan, Saudi Britannia, Eurabia" as a joke, a satire of islamist pretensions. "Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Koran is our law." What does that mean? Allah – God? – is your objective?? Mohammed is "the prophet," – he got revelation from the angel Gibreel – how did he know that it was true? How does anybody know that this is true? Mohammed said so? – do you believe me when I tell you I had a revelation that the moon is made of green cheese? Why is the Koran your law? What reasons do you have for accepting it as law? Is it law at all?
November 9, 2011 - 3:22 am Link to this Comment | Reply
17. historianMI
Let's "cut to the chase." Islam has hated the U.S. ever since Jefferson sent a squadron to the Mediterranean to stop the Muslim piracy, which had captured our ships, enslaved (literally) our seamen, held Americans for ransom, and showed no inclination to stop. The pirates were defeated, piracy ended and the leaders of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey lost a lot of loot.
But Christians were considered enemies of Islam from Mohammad's time and considered "infidels' subject to whatever brutalities the Muslims could invent. The Jews were similarly, even more fiercely, hated from the early days of Mohammad's conquests because they not only refused Islam, but even derided it as inaccurate in its mentions of Hebrew prophets and principles.
But with huge resources of petroleum and the singleminded dedication to Jihad, plus
Europe's dependence on Arab oil for heating and internal combustion engines, they see a future of increasing power and influence over the West. The West's increasing hedonism and decreasing population, combined with increasing Muslim minorities confers another advantage to Islam, perhaps even the hoped for renewal of the Empire or Caliphate.
If they ally with the ambitious China, A new super empire could emerge which might rule the planet for several centuries. Not probable, perhaps, but possible. .November 8, 2011 - 4:03 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
May I add that the division of Islam and Judea may have begun with the division of the children of Abraham. Also add that Islam would never accept the Chinese or Russians as any one other than infidels. And thirdly add the current practice of Jihad is a corruption of Islam, of which the other 90% of Muslims have not sufficiently denounced. The ranting guy that keeps showing up on these pages is not entirely incorrect about the decadence of the Western Empires.
November 8, 2011 - 6:30 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
18. Benton H Marder
Some points to think about.
Words and ideas have consequences. Obama seems not to grasp this. Or, does he?
Witness his Cairo speech several years ago. Witness his class warfare rhetoric "There is a dry wind blowing in the East, and the parched grass awaits the fire. Whence cometh that wind, think ye?" This was written in 1916. Obama and Hillary are political animals. They never, never let facts get in the way of their pre-conceived notions, ever. The USA, the UK, the EU are all broke, period. Wars are always far more expensive than we ever realise. The political systems of the USA, the UK, the EU are seizing up. Bad trouble.November 8, 2011 - 4:06 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
19. Arkady Polishchuk
"Islam is ascendant. Christianity is dying. Zionism will soon be extinct, Insha'Allah." I wouldn't waste my time on this prolific ignoramus but unfortunately he obviously escaped from his beloved Muslim world or even was born at the despicable West or grew up on British welfare or has numerous children supported by our welfare systems and that is a problem for our security, economic stability and cultural traditions. I don't know what he calls Islam. i am afraid he also doesn't. There are many different Islams in the world and they hate each other more than they hate Jews and Christians and in this century they do not intend to stop mutual annihilation. He is certainly aware that Muslims for centuries keep killing each other in great numbers. And yet I feel sorry for his impressionable children, he is endangering their lives and hopes for better future.
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20. Ken Besig, Israel
Since Obama agreed with Sarkozy that Netanyahu is a "liar" I realize that the West has simply thrown in the towel with anything resembling sensible diplomacy and has decided to let down their allies and let the devil take the hindmost.
November 8, 2011 - 5:54 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
The only thing keeping the situation in check is the knowledge that Israel probably has "The Sampson Option."
The Leaders of various Arab Countries may be utterly evil (Assad, for example), but they're not stupid.
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Social Engineer
But wasn't it a fine remark from one conman to another?
November 8, 2011 - 8:04 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
21. ExtraStout
"Radical Arab Nationalism" has never been an enemy of the USA. The opposite is actually true, as our government has often befriended nationalist Arabs over the years.
However, Arab Nationalism is a potential threat to Israel, therefore dishonest Zionists like Barry Rubin are trying to make Israel's enemies into America's enemies.
Unfortunately, with the help of the traitors who are funded by AIPAC, the Zionists are succeeding.
November 8, 2011 - 8:46 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
white tiger
Radical Arab Nationalism, aka Islamic Jihad, is, in fact, Americas chief enemy; and also the most fearsome enemy of every country in the world. We are not referring to handfulls of criminals here and there who want to illegally and violently go on a killing spree that results in taking political control of theat country and establishing a new, secular dictatorship. We are referring to a worldwide islamic conspiracy to take over all countries and subject their inhabitants to enslavement or death, as per the koranic dictates. They have made plain their intent by, word, by deed, by the history they have established. Why won't y'all believe them?
November 8, 2011 - 10:26 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
22. white tiger
Islam is an international criminal conspiracy to overthrow the existing sovereign states of the world by whatever means necessary, and impose koranic rule, via sharia, on all men, everywhere. Islam, the psychosis of a murderer, robber, rapist, child molester and magalomaniac, poses as a religion but is actually a criminal institution of gigantic proportions.
We must fear it, attack it, and utterly destroy it- or it will destroy us.
When will men learn that no compromise with evil is possible?
If we let the snake in the tent it will bite us, because that is its nature. The declared mission of the islamist is to enslave or kill all unbelievers.If you wish to be enslaved or killed; no problem. If you have better things to do, you need to get ready to fight. At all levels. And the very first battle is to get the wannabe Grand Caliph out of the White House and into prison for life.
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23. Truth be known
Hey Islamist, you forgot one thing…….Jesus Christ, the Lord God Almighty! As was prophesied and promised to Israel as stated in the bible-And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee……Genisis 12:3. Bless Israel and God himself will bless you, but curse Israel and God himself will curse you! Allah is no match, you Arabs cannot even handle a small country like Israel!
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24. 2discern
Islam is the threat by their very doctrine. A cursory glance through the Quran confirms the hatred for all that are NOT Muslim. Immediate tension exists if followers obey the Quran. Peace has never been an outcome of Islam.
In response to white tiger above, removing the liar-in-chief by "if you see something, say something"- see- http://www.thepostemail.com/2011/10/19/if-you-see-something-say-something%E2%84%A2/
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25. annonymous
Beautifully written letter. Articulate, heart felt, and right on the mark. I felt somewhat heartbroken reading it as it seems like an act of desperation. I think many of us feel at a loss as to what to do, how to wake up the masses before it is too late (maybe it is already too late). We don't have the bull horn and lack access to the mainstream media. We are informed, angry, and profoundly worried. Many days it feels surreal as I wonder, what more can I do? How can I keep this ship sailing off the cliff? Selfishly, I simply think, how can I save myself….And so, Mr. Rubin's eloquent letter struck me as a creative, if not also desperate act in putting forth something to save our republic, the west, and our individual lives. I do fear we are losing the battle and see little hope on the horizon for things to turn around. (Sorry to be so grim.)
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26. Anaximanders Other Sandal
That 'Islamist' person is not an true Islamist, he/she may be just another Islamic jihadi maniac or puerile Islamic indoctrinated imbecile, but I very much doubt it.
In my view, She/He is an agent provocateur, the give away is the use of the word "londinistan", no Islamic maniac would use such a word as it draws attention to the book of the same title by Melanie Phillips.
In my view this person is a phony, this faux haji woman/man is pretending to be an islamist lunatic by using Islamic lunatic, jihadi/Islamist aspirations to gird you into a state of anger, i have spent a lot of virtual time engaging with real Islamic maniacs and the one constant that all islamist computer jihadis exhibit is the overwhelming urge to lie and to try to convince their virtual interlocutor, time and time again, that they are really really nice and peaceful.
All islamists, without exception, want to impose Sharia law on every single civilization on Earth, any that say they don't, are liars. All Islamic theocratic lunatics are happy to lie because Islamic holy scripture "says" it is OK to lie to non believers.
So here we have the paradox, true islamists will Always lie about their delusional intentions to subjugate the world to the barbarism of islamic sharia law, the only others who would express such aspirations are the imbecilic, the totallly deranged Islamic maniac, or, the Agent provocateur,.
A true Islamist would never speak honestly about their aspirations to return the world the dark ages because a 'true' Islamist is by definition, a liar.
Oh yes and the one other dead give away for this "Islamist" person not being an 'islamist'?
Islamists tend to not call themselves "islamists", especially on line.
So which are you "Islamist in londinistan"?
Islamic maniac? Idiot child? Or neo national socialist?
Answers on a postcard from londinistan, written in crayon naturally.
PPS, Islamic fascism is increasing exponentially and we, the west, are all going to have to unite to defeat it, but don't fret, we will and we will, we simply haven't the collective "will" to do it yet, but trust me, we will shortly.
Islamic fascism is fated to go the way of national socialism, it will be long and bloody, but it will be defeated.
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27. ploome
Why are you surprised?
Barak Hussain and the Iranian born Valerie Jarrett know full well what they are doing!
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29. fkawau
This is the reverse Rubin Reports » An Open Letter to the Foreign Policy Establishment: If You See Something Disastrous, Say Something blog for anyone who wants to move out out about this subject. You mark so much its nigh tiring to represent with you (not that I real would want…HaHa). You definitely put a new protract on a topic thats been typewritten active for years. Overnice sundry, but major!
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Government of India Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Rare Materials Project Yelwal, Mysore-571130
Last dates for receipt of applications: 24.03.2008
Applications are invited for Stipendiary Trainees Category i & II for training in RMP / BARC, Mysore
The reservation (replacement roster point) for the Cat. I & II Trainees are :
Category I- SC-04, ST-02, OBC-02
Category II-SC-04, ST-03, OBC-02
One post of Category I (Electronics Discipline) is reserved for Candidates with Hearing impairment with loss of Sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.
For Category I:(i) Those candidates who have passed M.Sc / Degree in Engg / AMIE / equivalent or appearing for M.Sc / Degree in Engg / AMIE / equivalent (final year) will not be considered, and hence need not apply.
For Category II:Those candidates who have passed B.Sc / Diploma in Engg / AMIE / Degree in Engg / equivalent or appearing for B.Sc / Diploma in Engg / AMIE / Degree in Engg / equivalent (final year) will not be considered, and hence need not apply.
Age limit:Minimum 19 years and maximum 24 years (as on 01 / 01 / 2008) for Category I, and minimum 18 years and maximum 22 years (as on 01 / 01 / 2008) for Category II, Relaxation of five years in age is admissible to SC / ST and three years to OBC candidates.
Note:Relaxation in the upper age limit of 5 years for persons who had ordinarily been domiciled in Kashmir division of the state of Jammu & Kashmir during 1st January 1980 to 31sl December 1989. A certificate from the District Magistrate in the Kashmir division within whose jurisdiction he had ordinarily resided or any other authority designated in this behalf by the Government of J & K to the effect that he had ordinarily been domiciled in the Kashmir division during the above period is required to be submitted.
Relaxation in upper age limit (Hearing impairment Cat-I) :Relaxation in upper age limit up to 10 years (15 years for SC, ST and 13 years for OBC).
Physical Standards:Minimum Height: 160 cms. Minimum Weight: 45.5 kgs. (Relaxable if the candidate is otherwise medically fit)
Total duration of the Training Period:One year for Category-I. and Two years
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Stipend during Training:Rs.6, 500/- p.m. for Category I, and Rs.4000/- p.m. for 1st year and 5000/- p.m. for 2nd year for category II.
Selection:A written test of one-hour duration will be conducted. Successful candidates will be interviewed on the following day. Option to answer either in English or Hindi will be given at interview. Candidates should come prepared to stay in Mysore for 2 days for the written test / Interview. Candidates are called for written examination based on the percentage of marks obtained in the prescribed qualification and number of vacant posts indicated. The marks scored by a candidate in written examination conducted by RMP / BARC are considered for screening of the candidate to be eligible to be called for technical interviews. The final selection will be based on the performance of the candidate in the interview, as; adjudged by the Selection Committee.
Scope of Training:Selected candidates will be given training at Mysore in various aspects of relevant trades, as per prescribed syllabi of each trade and for meeting stringent requirement of BARC / RMR
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Plus allowances such as DA, HRA & CCA as admissible under Central Government Rules.
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Note:The nature of duties to be performed by the above categories involve working in round the olock shift duties, in operational plants and areas. Candidates selected against this advertisement are likely to be posted at Mysore but are liable to serve in any part of India and in any constituent units of the Department of Atomic Energy.
Traveling Allowance :SC / ST candidates called for interview which will be held in Mysore will be paid Traveling Allowance as per rules. However, Traveling Allowance is not admissible to those SC / ST candidates who are already in Central / State Government services, Central / State Government Corporation.,Public Undertakings, Local Government Institutions and Panchayats.
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2. Application should preferably be type written on thick foolscap paper.
3. The Application and the outer cover should be superscribed.
4. Candidates must fill the application forms in CAPITAL LETTERS in his / her own handwriting in English or Hindi and should use as far as possible only international form of Indian numerals.
5.Photograph:A recent passport size photograph should be affixed on the right hand top corner of the application. One additional copy of the passport size photograph should also be sent along with the application.
6.Envelope:A self addressed unstamped envelope (size 11 x 20) should be attached to the application.
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(b) Candidates who will be appointed against this advertisement will be governed by the New Contributory Pension Scheme which has come in to effect from 01.01.2004
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9. In case the response is more, the screening will be restricted to those with higher percentage of marks.
10. The number of the posts indicated are only tentative which may change depending on the actual requirement and vacancies available.
Completed applications should be sent to Administrative Officer-lll, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Rare Materials Project, Post Bag No. 01, Yelwal Post, Mysore-571130, so as to reach not later than -24.03.2008 Canvassing In Any Form Shall Be A Disqualification Proforma for application for admission to stipendiary trainees (category-l & II) in RMP / BARC Mysore.

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How horrific. Boston bombing suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, allegedly called his wife, Katherine Russell, a slut and abused her on a regular basis, according to a new report. Read on for all the details.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, reportedly displayed a disturbing pattern of verbal and physical abuse. The Boston bombing suspect allegedly threw into fits of rage against his wife, Katherine Russell. He would reportedly throw things at her often, including pieces of furniture. Katherine allegedly felt trapped in the relationship.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev Abuse & Violence Towards Katherine Russell
Close friends of Katherine, 24, revealed to Mail Online that Tamerlan was combative, angry and controlling.
A neighbor of Katherine and Tamerlan's tells the site that she often heard the couple screaming at each other in the wee hours of the night. "It wasn't enough to call the police," Mary Silberman told Reuters. "It didn't sound like anyone was in physical danger." But it was certainly enough to keep her awake.
While Katherine has stayed mum since her husband's death — except for a statement to the media, through her lawyers — she was spotted leaving her parents' Rhode Island home on April 23 with a lawyer and three FBI investigators. It's possible that Katherine has finally broken her silence, giving authorities more information on her late husband. She was spotted returning home four hours later.
Katherine Russell Releases Statement
Official statement from the law firm of Deluca and Weizenbaum on behalf of Katherine Russell:
"The injuries and loss of life – to people who came to celebrate a race and a holiday – has caused profound distress and sorrow to Katie and her family. The reports of involvement by her husband and brother-in-law came as an absolute shock to them all. As a mother, a sister, a daughter, a wife, Katie deeply mourns the pain and loss to innocent victims – students, law enforcement, families and our community. In the aftermath of this tragedy, she, her daughter and her family are trying to come to terms with these events. Thank you."
Tamerlan's Violent Past
In July 2009, Tamerlan was reportedly arrested for slapping an ex-girlfriend, according to court records. His ex was "crying hysterically" and called 911 to report that she was "beat up by her boyfriend," Cambridge Police Officer Angela Pereira wrote in the arrest report. Tamerlan told police that his ex "was yelling at him because of another girl (presumably Katherine)." Tsarnaev stated at the time, "Yes, I slapped her." He said that he struck the left side of her face. Eleven months later, Tamerlan married Katherine after convincing her to convert from Christianity to Islam.
What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Do you think Tamerlan abused his wife?
WATCH: Manhunt For Tsarnaev Brothers — Boston Bombing Suspects
More Katherine Russell News:
- Katherine Russell Raising Daughter After Denying Knowlege Of Bomb Plot
- Tamerlan Tsarnaev's Wife Katherine Russell: I Knew Nothing About Bombings
- Tamerlan Tsarnaev's Wife Katherine Russell Not Willing To Talk To FBI
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Lorna Watkins-Barth
Posted at 6:21 PM on April 26, 2013
Whatever Katie knew or did not know, one thing is clear to me, she knew something was not right with her husband if she was so afraid of him. So, Katie, why did you leave your daughter alone with him? Any loving protective mother would do whatever they needed to do to protect their child. Even if you are scared, your child comes first and you fight to protect your child! If it is proven that she put her child at risk with a violent husband, then DCYF needs to take that child and put her in protective custody! If what Katie claims is true of her fear of her terrorist husband, then what is to say that she will not end up in the same type of relationship again. Get that child out of that home now and in a safe loving environment until Katie has been fully investigated. Let's show Katie what this country is built on – safety for our children. DCYF needs to step in now!
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Industrial Color Brands: Servicing a Modern Digital Industry, Part 1
A Conversation with Founder and CEO Steve Kalalian
By Vince Gonzales | July 22, 2013
Leisurely scanning the archives of the Production Paradise website, an eye popping black and white Guess ad caught my eye shot by fashion photographer, Alix Malka and finished by New York based studio, Industrial Color. My interest piqued, I looked deeper into what Industrial Color was and expected to simply find another post-production facility. What I learned was that post-production was only the tip of the iceberg of Industrial Color's services.
Guess ad shot by Alix Malka with production by Industrial Color
A quick visit to their site and you'll see they offer many services available to photographers, production companies and advertising agencies. Ok, so I'm a working photographer- what could they potentially do for me? This simple question led me to discover an organization that hopes to be everything to the working professional photographer servicing large commercial clients. Industrial Color and their sister brands, Impact Digital, Fast Ashleys Studios and GLOBALedit offer a full range of services from still capture, HD video capture, editing, post production, CGI, DIT, image review software management solutions- all the way through final delivery. If you have a concept and a budget, they'll do the rest. Clients include Kate Spade, Kohl's, Showtime, NBC, Victoria's Secret and Armani. They service fashion, entertainment and advertising for print and even web content with a global reach from bases in New York, Los Angeles and Miami. I recently interviewed CEO and founder, Steve Kalalian and asked him to tell me more about Industrial Color Brands.
Photographed by Anthony Mandler for Breitling with digital capture services from Industrial Color
Vince Gonzales: Tell us about what Industrial Color does and the clients you service.
Steve Kalalian: We really have two focuses. One is on creative production and the other one is on workflow software for creatives. We are all about serving the creative production world. Industrial Color Brands is made up of four main entities that may seem like they're separated, but are all really very integrated. When you walk down the halls of our Tribeca or Los Angeles offices, you'll see people working on one brand that integrates seamlessly with all the other brands. For example, we have Fast Ashleys Studios in Brooklyn which is a premier location equipment and photo studio. We then have Industrial Color Productions, which services a range of still capture, digital motion technicians and production crews.
Services include capture, post production, VFX, CGI, high end editing, Flame, compositing and digital retouching. A lot of our capture work happens on set and on location all around the world. Impact Digital focuses on the print side for high end retouching campaigns for beauty clients including brands like Pantene, Olay, CoverGirl, Revlon and Almay. Victoria's Secret is a great client of ours. We do most of the store visuals and retouching working directly with the production and marketing departments within those brands. For our television clients' work such as Showtime's Homeland, we'll tech the photo shoots then tap into our CG and retouching resources to create the campaign visuals. Then there's our cloud software, GLOBALedit, which helps global brands such as Warner Bros., Estee Lauder and Neiman Marcus streamline their creative workflow. We offer a wide range of services from end to end and we make a great partner for brands and creatives We also work directly with photographers, a photographer's agent, a director or production company. Since we offer a range of services our team can be brought on at any stage of the production process.
Showtime's House of Lies campaign being finished in New York. Photographed by Jill Greenberg, CGI by Impact Digital, assets managed by GLOBALedit and digital capture by Industrial Color.
VG: How did Industrial Color begin for you?
SK: 23 Years ago we started as a 2-person graphics team. My background is varied from a little bit of the arts and marketing. We decided to focus on being a graphics design firm specializing in fashion and photography promotion. So if it was catalogs, books, graphic design to printing- that's what we started working in. We really got the bug for high end retouching pretty quickly. Throughout the 90's there was the big Photoshop revolution that allowed us to do amazing work in house. We were seeing this great creativity happening since we were penetrated in the fashion and photography industry. Working with photographers and agencies on retouching during those days was really exciting. There were actually three big trends on the horizon. The first trend was the Photoshop revolution, then the digital still revolution in 2000 and then the motion revolution around 2010. We started with a passion and excitement for working with great people and have had the honor of working on really beautiful, clever and important work. Industrial Color became an important brand and service as a retouching company in the late 90's and early 2000's when digital cameras were starting to come of age.
At an early stage, we could see a huge opportunity but there was so much complexity, cost and mistrust. A light bulb went off and I said we need to make it really simple for traditional photographers to transition to digital with a phone call. So digital as a service was really invented in 2000. In two rolling cases you could run an entire pre press powerhouse. We could roll cases on set, we could roll them on location doing everything from capture, review, printing, processing and transferring. So, we quickly realized an opportunity. If we're shooting everything digitally, let's work digitally. Let's work on the web, let's work on the cloud collaboratively, let's share immediately from capture. So in 2003 we started GLOBALedit. This was long before bandwidth was what it is now. But we saw a huge opportunity in streamlining the workflow.
The last bit would be the motion revolution. Again, the technology instigated this huge opportunity to trend again. In 2008 and 2009 we launched Industrial Color Motion at the height of the recession. It was the worst and best time. Here we are at the height of the recession and we're out buying four RED cameras. We saw an opportunity for the photo and still industry to really take on and produce incredible video content for an exploding demand. At the same time it was almost the most depressing time for photography. Along comes motion and it is actually a savior. It reignited the whole industry. We got excited about that as it tapped into our core competency and infrastructure. We have talented techs, camera operators, 50,000 sq feet of high-end production facilities and equipment and a Tier 3 data center. All of this enabled us to master that market and add value to our clients with a special love toward the photographer. We honor the creativity and vision that the creative has and we're there to support that vision.
Fast Ashleys Studio in Brooklyn
VG: Tell us about how you adopted Motion and Graphic services.
SK: Editing and retouching has been our in our DNA over the past 20 years. We're all about color and composition and were surprised how easily that skill set translated to video. We started small and built up from our first editor to now having a team of people. We focus on getting better and better as we jump into new environments while keeping an eye on revolutions. We've always had CGI for still and the same talent can usually handle video and motion graphics. We also have the capacity to invest in new technology personnel with backgrounds and expertise in building and installing Flame or IT systems, for example. The IT side of it is where the infrastructure makes a difference. To geek out, we're 10gig fiber throughout the entire facility. We have Isilon- bad ass S Series nodes for video serving, we're streaming 2K at every workstation so when we see a trend and a big market opening up, it gives us a little more comfort. There are always growing pains but we're always learning along the way.
VG: You mentioned recognizing trends early on in your business. What do you see happening now?
SK: I talk to post houses like Technicolor and ModernVideoFilm and our film clients about the trends happening in their world. It's the same thing we saw earlier, which is more and more is being done on set with dailies, rough editing and color LUTs for example. The equipment is getting smaller and smaller and more and more powerful. Once clients have access to a pipeline or a tool that allows them to do something on set faster and remotely- they just start adopting it. Here at Industrial Color, you could say we're on the bleeding edge because we love to play with the latest toys and are always discussing what new gear can lead towards the next industry change.
VG: I got a chance to get hands-on with your GLOBALedit software thanks to your VP of Sales, Mathieu Champigny. One of the things that struck me was how easy the UI was. Do you see IC rolling out more in house developed software product solutions like GLOBALedit for your customers?
SK: Oh, absolutely. That is a huge dedication of ours. We're in a major engineering push right now. Just a quick background, GLOBALedit is a front-end work in progress tool. For some people it is a full solution. We're all about taking a huge quantity of captures of images and video and making them available to the creative decision makers immediately after capture in a very easy-to-use collaborative environment. This helps clients to accelerate their production process. Instead of getting signed off in three weeks, creatives should be able to accomplish this in only three hours. We want to give people tools they never had before to increase their capacity to process material. A good use case is Victoria's Secret. They use GLOBALedit from shoot, through retouching markups, all the way to high-res distribution of files to a network of vendors and printers all over the world. This is done through the automation and access of the toolset that is available to them and anyone else. It enables them to triple or quadruple the amount of images available for processing. There's no way the team would be able to keep up with the pace of growth without it.
We also recognize the need for mobile and being on the go. We have an iPad app that goes along with the GLOBALedit web platform. In entertainment there is a talent approval module that most Hollywood and television talent use to make their approvals no matter where they are on the globe. We also have a digital light table that taps into the GLOBALedit cloud library. We're always looking at what problems people are having and how software and GLOBALedit can solve those problems. Creating a user friendly experience with GLOBALedit is important to us. The difference between a client clicking on an image and it taking a micro second vs. a millisecond to appear is the difference between someone using our tool and not using our tool for speed and ease of use. Writing a user friendly and fast program while creating an intuitive layout honors the challenges of the creative personnel who normally work in environments that are sometimes less than perfect.
The GLOBALedit interface
I ended my conversation with Steve feeling inspired by his genuine love and enthusiasm for the photography industry and especially his respect for the vision of the still photographer. Looking forward to seeing what Steve and the Industrial Color Brands create next.
In part two of my article I speak with Joann Gambino, Business Director and General Manager of Industrial Color's west coast operation. She shares with me the culture of celebrity brands and how her crews service clients from this fast growing Los Angeles arm of Industrial Color.
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@browncoat - I find most artists seem to be making human figures, I suppose because that's what sells the best. I would like to see more clay figures of other things, like animals.
I know there are a few out there who do things like dragons and so forth, but I would like to see more ordinary animals like lions or even cows or goats.
I think it's quite a young art though, since polymer clay was only really invented and became popular a few years ago. So people are still using it in what seems to be popular ways, instead of becoming more experimental.
I'm looking forward to when it becomes an accepted medium alongside oil paints and bronze sculpture and so forth and more artists pick it up.
Then I think we'll start to see more extraordinary artworks.


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Posted: Oct 1, 2009 8:48 AM by John Pastorek
Updated: Oct 1, 2009 8:51 AM
Source: Associated Press
After three weeks of declines, first time claims for jobless benefits rose more than expected last week, a sign that employers are reluctant to hire and the job market remains weak.
The Labor Department says initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to a seasonally adjusted 551,000 from 534,000 in the previous week.
Wall Street economists expected an increase of 5,000.


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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Four current faculty and one emerita member of Westminster College's Department of Mathematics and Computer Science participated in the Joint Mathematics Meetings Jan. 4-7 in Boston.
The annual conference brought together members of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), the two largest mathematics professional organizations in the country. This year's conference drew a record attendance of over 7,200 mathematicians.
Dr. Jeffrey Boerner, assistant professor and Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) fellow, presented "The sl(3) Skein Module" in an AMS session on topology, served as a judge for the MAA Undergraduate Student Poster Session, and attended activities for Project NExT.
Boerner, who joined the faculty in 2010, earned an undergraduate degree from St. Olaf College and master's degree and Ph. D. from the University of Iowa.
Dr. Carolyn Cuff, professor, led an invited mini-course on "Teaching Introductory Statistics," designed for instructors who are new to teaching introductory statistics. The workshop presented statistical concepts, assessment techniques, and classroom materials. Cuff also attended an officers' meeting as an appointed member of the MAA's Committee for SIGMAAs, the overseers of special interest groups within the MAA.
Cuff, a Westminster graduate who joined the faculty in 1989, earned a master's degree and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. David Offner, assistant professor and Project NExT fellow, presented "Cops and Robber on the Hypercube" in an MAA session on graph theory, served as a judge for the Undergraduate Student Poster Session, and attended Project NExT activities.
Offner, who has been with Westminster since 2009, earned an undergraduate degree from Yale University and Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University.
Dr. Pamela Richardson, assistant professor, served as a mentor in a day-long Graduate Education Mentoring workshop for female mathematics graduate students. As a member of the MAA's Committee on Undergraduate Student Activities and Chapters, Richardson attended meetings and helped conduct the Undergraduate Student Poster Session, an event that included nearly 500 undergraduate research participants.
Richardson, who has been with Westminster since 2006, earned an undergraduate degree from Bowling Green State University and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
Dr. Barbara Faires, professor emerita who serves as MAA's elected secretary, prepared scripts, agendas, and citations for many sessions and conducted meetings of various MAA groups.
Contact Richardson at (724) 946-7286 or email for additional information.
About Westminster College...
Founded in 1852 and related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Westminster College ranks first in the nation as "Best College for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math," according to Forbes.com. Westminster, a top-tier liberal arts college, ranks third in graduation rate performance, according to U.S. News Best Colleges guide. Westminster ranked 6th among liberal arts colleges in social mobility, according to the Washington Monthly College Guide, and is one of the most affordable national liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania. Westminster is also honored as one of "The Best 376 Colleges" by The Princeton Review, and is named to the President's Honor Roll for excellence in service learning.
Nearly 1,600 undergraduate and graduate students benefit from individualized attention from dedicated faculty while choosing from 42 majors and nearly 100 organizations on the New Wilmington, Pa., campus. Visit www.westminster.edu/advantage to view "Advantage: Westminster" A Strategic Plan 2010-2020.
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Colored Pencil Sleeve
By: Anorina Morris for Samelia's Mum
Keep your kids' arts supplies tucked away and organized with the help of this Colored Pencil Sleeve. This easy sewing tutorial is great for using up fabric scraps, and is a quick and easy project that anyone can do. This pencil case is also great for kids who are going to school or to give as a gift with a group of coloring books or drawing pads.
- 3" x 18" outer fabric (owl print)
- 3" x 18" lining fabric (spots)
- 3.5" x 2.5" closure strip (spot)
- 3" x 18" fusible interfacing
- Sewing machine
- Scissors
Take the small piece of fabric which will be the closure strip. Press in half along the shorter side. Open and fold each side to meet the centre fold line. Does that make sense? Here is the picture of what I'm trying to say.
Fold in half at the previously pressed crease and top stitch it closed.
Fuse the interfacing to the back of the outer fabric (in my case, it is the owl fabric).
Fold over the fabric and place a pencil to measure where you need to add the closure strip.
As you can see in the photo, mine is approximately 1.5" from the raw edge.
Pin and sew it to the outer fabric – about 1/8" from the edge. I went over mine a couple of times to ensure strength. Trim the excess on either side, so that it aligns with the owl fabric.
Place the lining fabric on top of the outer fabric with right sides together.
Sew all around with a 1/4" seam, leaving a gap for turning out.
Clip the corners.
Turn out and poke out the corners so you have lovely sharp points.
Fold in the open seam edges and press.
Fold the Pencil Sleeve – to be sure of placement, get your pencil out again and put it inside the sleeve.
Pin in place and top stitch along both sides (which will now secure the open seam) and the top.
Insert some pencils and it's ready to go.
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CHILOQUIN, Ore. – Almost every county, and many communities in Oregon have a museum of some kind, dedicated to preserving and displaying local history, but there are not too many in Oregon that are outdoor museums.
One of the few is right here in our area, north of Klamath Falls near Chiloquin. Logging has been big business in Oregon for nearly 150 years. At Collier State Park, visitors can get a good idea of what it took to harvest the timber needed to build our homes, ship our goods and provided living wage jobs for generations of Oregonians.
"In 1945, brother Andrew and 'Cap' Collier donated the 146 acres of the primary portion of the state park to the State of Oregon as a memorial to their parents. They were all about and interested and motivated by preserving the history and the legacy of the logging industry, specifically east of the Cascade mountains. That is the primary focus of the Collier outdoor exhibit museum," explained State Parks Interpretive Coordinator, Paul Patton.
Gathered there at the park are hundreds of the tools of the trade, from the earliest horse and ox drawn logging wagons and big wheels, to steam and gas and diesel-powered equipment. Over the years the exhibits have been grouped and organized to focus on different periods of development in the industry, including historic photos and tools.
The park is laid out with many of the exhibits grouped according to the age of development in the timber industry, which includes a cluster of old log buildings harvested from the woods of central Oregon to show what a logging camp looked like; that's still being developed.
A large new building simulate a lumber camp dining hall, and smells of fresh sawed lumber. It will house a number of displays, including a kitchen. Most impressive to many people are the big timber wheels, widely used in the eastern Oregon pine forests to lift the end of the logs off the ground so they could be dragged by horse or oxen to the mill or a railroad. They were later replaced by steel wheels, and instead of muscle power, horsepower from the steam traction engines or later, crawler tractors like the Holt, Best or Caterpillar. Steam donkey engines that could drag themselves through the woods allowed faster harvest of ever larger timber.
A display board quotes author John L. Williams, who said, "The donkey that finally ousted the oxen from the skid roads of the West was not a beast, but a small steam engine."
Other steam engines displayed pulled loads of logs or lumber across ground, and log wagons; some with steel wheels, others with huge wood spokes, and yet others made from slices of logs attest to the difficult job those early timber men faced. Most of the equipment, whether it's early bulldozers or mack bulldog trucks, are as-is. Not much restoration, just some preservation, including a tugboat that pushed and pulled rafts of logs up and down Klamath Lake.
The Collier State Park Logging Museum, near Chiloquin, north of Klamath Falls on Highway 97, is a unique treasure in Southern Oregon. Probably nowhere else will you get a pretty good idea of what the logging and timber industry has gone through in the last century or more. Collier State Park Logging Museum is on the west side of Highway 97, just a few miles north of Chiloquin, and about 30 miles north of Klamath Falls. Admission is free, and winter hours are from 8 a.m. To 4 p.m.


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DMS-20 – First assembly
by Marc Nostromo
I finally got my new eee pc 701 the other day which meant that, beside getting an extra 4G of disk space, I could finally tear myold one apart and start building my DMS-20. Originally I intended to do it with a friend, so he could take care of the integration details – because I clearly suck at anything involving manual work – but he couldn't make it in the end so I decided to go on and make a prototype/proof of concept in a first instance and meet him later for the final touch.
Opening the eee is a relatively straightforward task. I pretty much followed step by step the OZ instructions, then opened the LCD case to grab the wi-fi antenna, since it could be nice to have a wireless contact point with the synth later for tweaking or problem solving.
Once removed, the board is extra flat:
A quick test connecting mouse,keyboard and screen showed that the board was still working (ignore the bogus mini mac)…
In the end, I decided to keep the bottom shelf of the eee too protect it and give it some rigidity. It would also provide fan support (I have no idea how warm the eee is going to get once it's inside the enclosure) and make it less delicate to schock.
Time now to try a rough fitting inside the controller case. In the end the eee's board site already pretty tight in the controller. I kept the right side of the eee to the exterior so I would have easy access to the VGA, 2x USB and microSD slot:
Once fitted, a little wi-fi vnc ping to make sure everything's still alright
And finally a little video demonstration of the whole result !
The whole thng is absolutely rad to play with. The abilitiy to boot it on and play it without thinking about a computer makes a huge difference. I love it ! Now I need to find the proper way to fit the external connectors through the side panel, allow access to the eeepc switch from that panel too and I'm right as rain !!!!


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Like many people, my first introduction to the concept of Japanese whisky was via the Bill Murray movie Lost In Translation. Unlike most people, the need to find new and interesting ways of getting drunk led me to my local liquor emporium to find a bottle for myself. However, I was still new to the world of quality whisky, and was very disappointed to find that the 40-dollar bottle of Suntory I purchased tasted nothing like my beloved Jim Beam, and in fact, kind of repulsed me. I still remember, embarrassingly, the look of defeat on the faces of my friends as we sat in my kitchen, shooting Japanese whisky and chasing it with Pabst Blue Ribbon. We only did it once, and I don't remember what happened to the rest of the bottle.
Fast forward six years and some change: my palette and tastes have developed significantly, and whisk(e)y has replaced tequila as my spirit of choice (although PBR is still my favorite beer). When we received the bottles of Suntory Yamazaki to sample, my stomach made a fist with the memory of vomiting a tasty mélange of ground beef and apples that I don't remember eating after my last encounter with Japanese whisky. However, never one to be dissuaded by my past transgressions of better judgment and overall common sense, I pressed on.
The Japanese have been making whisky since the 19th century, but the first commercial production began in 1923 when Shinjiro Torii, an importer of western liquor who had enjoyed some success locally producing port wine, built Japan's first whisky distillery in Yamazaki, a suburb of Kyoto. He hired Masataka Taketsuru as a distillery executive. Taketsuru had studied the craft of distilling in Scotland, and thus the style of whisky emulated the traditional Scottish styles. However, the trading of brands of whisky that is commonplace in Scotland—with distilleries often exchanging blends for mutual use—does not occur in Japan. Instead, blended whisky in Japan contains only malts from distilleries owned by individual brands, which generally means that the palette of each whisky is more limited. The Yamazaki 12 and 18 are each made with four ingredients: barley, water, yeast, and oak casks.
On the nose of both whiskies, two characteristics are immediately present—honey and cherries, but the 18-year contains more significant spice and wood. The 12-year is mellow and refined in the entry, with more cherry, honey, and a bit of toffee. The finish is pleasant and fairly long, but there was a bit more fire on the back end than I usually like. Water helped subdue this quality quite a bit, and this attribute may have something to do with the Japanese custom of mizuwari, which means mixing water and/or ice with whisky in a 2-to-1 ratio to make it more palatable with food. Then again, I may not know what the hell I'm talking about.
The 18-year is a bit of a different beast. It has a much heavier oak component, both on the nose and on the entry. And by 'heavier oak', I mean just a splinter away from licking an unvarnished dining room table, but in a good way. There are also little notes of orange, chocolate, and maple syrup, which extend into the finish. Water seems to subdue the more nuanced character of this whisky, so I would most definitely knock this one back neat.
Bottom line: Suntory has made a good whisky with the Yamazaki 12-Year, and a damn fine one with the 18. I know this is probably heresy in some circles, but I think the 18 would stand up to most of its Scottish counterparts without much of a problem. At about 40 bucks for the 12, and between $80-100 for the 18, I would also say they provide an excellent bang-for-the-buck factor, especially when compared against some overpriced, more popular brands (I'm giving Johnnie Walker Blue Label the buffalo eye here). 12 is good, 18 is great.
Yamazaki 12-Year: 80/100
Yamazaki 18-Year: 90/100


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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Google Plussers [VIDEO]
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Google Plussers [VIDEO]
In July, I put together what I thought were Seven Habits that I had observed some of the most effecitive Google+ members utilizing. The article was extremely well-received. A graphic summary was created by a fan, several other blogs requested permission to post the article in multiple languages, and now +Jeff Sieh has put together an extremely impressive video of the major points of the article.
- Post Thoughtful Content
- Share Other People's Content
- Engage Other People
- Mention Other People
- Promote Other People
- Consistent Activity
- Profile Completeness
Do you agree with these habits? Have you struggled with any of them?
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Seeking any information about an early marriage (found on the IGI Family Search site)of Elizabeth Hud/dleston b.1468 of Highlow Derbyshire,to Robert Thomas Eyre b. 1464. She may well have been a second/third wife.
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