The War that Never Thawed

'A new phase in the arms race is unfolding' says Putin

Vladimir Putin has used one of the last major speeches of his presidency to deliver a defiant message to the West, accusing it of unleashing a new arms race that left Moscow no choice but to retaliate in kind. Less than a month before presidential elections that his hand-picked successor is almost certain to win, the speech removed any lingering doubts that Russian foreign policy might become less aggressive after Mr Putin steps down.

"It's clear that a new arms race is unfolding in the world," said Mr Putin, one that Russia did not start. And he vowed that Russia would respond to the threats by developing newer and more modern weapons that were as good as if not better than those possessed by Western countries. "We are being forced into retaliating ... Russia has and always will have the answers to these challenges," he said.

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Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See no Evil - Just Cut the Cable

Something weird is going on here. First, two communication cables were cut which got me thinking that Something Smells Fishy Here.

Now, a total of four cables have been cut, IN A WEEK!!!

Is somebody, with a pre-emptive motive, trying to cut off the Middle-East from the rest of the world???

Sci-Fi Toys for War-Mongering Boys

Today, Bush-Whacked amBushed the USA with his new $3.1 Trillion Gazzillion budget.

Included in this Magnus Opus of Keynesian-Tomorrow-is-Another-Day-Defecit-Spending Budget, is a proposed increase in Defense Spending of 7%, to $515 Billion (16.5% of the fricken budget!!!).

Now, to me, that sounds like preperation for a pre-meditated war against someone. (And the further devaluation of the Dollar and an increase in Gold/Oil prices)

And don't forget, that waiting in the wings are the two warmongers, Osama Obama and John McCainiac, who I'm sure are wringing their grubby little paws to fill the seat of the Master and Commander.

Part of their anticipation, I'm sure, is to gain control of the game console, War-Station 2, with the $515 Billion being spent to create Sci-Fi WMDs. For instance, the Navy is Testing an Incredible new Sci-Fi Weapon, using electromagnetic energy instead of explosive chemical propellants to fire a projectile farther and faster. (apparently electromagnetic energy will prevent "blowback")

The railgun, as it is called, will ultimately fire a projectile more than 230 miles (370 kilometers) with a muzzle velocity seven times the speed of sound (Mach 7) and a velocity of Mach 5 at impact. The railgun has been a featured weapon in many science fiction universes, such as the new "Battlestar Galactic" series.

The Navy's motivation? Simple destruction.

The railgun's high-velocity projectile will destroy targets with sheer kinetic energy rather than with conventional explosives.

I suggest they change the term of "railgun" to that of the "Psycho-Kinetic WMD"

Barack Obama vs. Ron Paul

War vs. Peace

War vs. Peace

By Lew Rockwell,

There are many reasons why Ron Paul is a great hero, from his leadership against the recession-causing Fed to his opposition to income-tax theft. But this illustration, and thanks to David Kramer for sending it, sums up the most important reason we love and admire Ron, and despise his neocon opponents.

Paul vs. Obama

By Anthony Gregory,

Anyone serious about foreign policy, civil liberties, and the war on drugs — issues on which the left is typically, if however marginally, better than the right (at least today) — has got to hand it to Ron Paul for being so principled and correct. Tom Woods points out Paul's superiority here. And let's keep in mind that Ron Paul has been a unique voice on all these crucial issues – issues on which his own party tends to be nearly uniformly terrible – quite consistently, at times when all popular sentiment was going in the opposite direction.

Check out Ron Paul's warning in October of 2001, at a time when most Democrats were firmly behind the war on terror. Paul was prescient then in saying the war on terror could easily become as deadly and disastrous as the war on drugs.