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mm371: Ever wonder why the U.S. is using more robots?
MUDGE’s Musings Well, most of our robotic forces are air forces these days, but we keep learning about “spiders” and the like that are meant to assist ground troops. It’s not just about protecting...
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mm373: Repairing the world? Start at home!
MUDGE’s Musings Three days after first published, this column by Thomas Friedman is still among the NYTimes’ most emailed stories. I’ve had it on my shelf since then, thought its time might have...
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mm375: Another superpower bites the dust?
MUDGE’s Musings Let’s be geopolitically strategic today. Our writers here make the point that, while we (manifestly!) weren’t paying attention, that superpower status we earned by being the last...
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mm379: Iraq = Lebanon. Finally it makes sense.
MUDGE’s Musings Faithful reader (if s/he indeed is faithful) is probably disgusted with this nanocorner of the ‘Sphere© lately, as we’ve been rehashing good old stuff rather than creating good new...
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mm392: Memorial Day – so much more than sales and barbecues
MUDGE’s Musings © Sandra Henderson | Dreamstime.com The last Monday of May in the U.S. is the Memorial Day holiday. Wikipedia says, Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last...
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mm398: Military intelligence — time to start using some
MUDGE’s Musings We have devoted a number of posts in this space to topics military. And why not? We are fighting wars in two far-away nations simultaneously, and have done so for nearly seven years....
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mm415: Blast from the Past! No. 28
MUDGE’s Musings There’s most read, and then there’s favorite. This is a post which yr (justifiably) humble svt is, regrettably, but not regretfully, not at all humble about. Blast from the Past! A post...
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mm430: Blast from the Past! No. 33: There’s STILL a war on, folks!
MUDGE’S Musings This is a multiple event weekend. In addition to observing the Independence Day holiday just past, July 5 marks Mr. & Mrs. MUDGE‘s wedding anniversary. As well it should, this...
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mm438: Post Bush administration destination – jail?
© Enruta | Dreamstime.com MUDGE’S Musings Those looking for the smoking guns on torture and the mishandled war on terrorism within the Bush administration seem to have found them. Frank Rich has a...
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mm440: The real straight talker speaks out
© Joshua Wanyama | Dreamstime.com MUDGE’S Musings A bit lost in the top of the week media frenzy: the failure and resulting run on IndyMac Bank; serious troubles at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; extreme...
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mm446: Clueless in America, and Michael too
From Daniel Kurtzman, About.com MUDGE’s Musings Frank Rich of the NYTimes eviscerated John McCain over both his supposed area of expertise, military affairs, as well as Sen. McCain’s admitted area of...
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mm454: It’s going to take a liberal quantity of BOLD
© Michaeljung | Dreamstime.com MUDGE’s Musings We observe the first anniversary of the tragic collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis (August 1, 2007) with some sadness, and furious anger. Sadness...
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mm468: And the band played on
© Catia Amadio | Dreamstime.com MUDGE’s Musings In case current events in the nation of Georgia haven’t made the fact crystal clear, yr (justifiably) humble svt is unhappy to inform you that the U.S....
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mm479: Change Before It’s Too Late
© Debra Saucedo | Dreamstime.com MUDGE’s Musings Confession: Yr (justifiably) humble svt has been watching these past couple of months of virulent right wing zingers aimed at Barack Obama, that are...
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mm487: A Truman for our times?
© Oleksii Sergieiev | Dreamstime.com This one got me. But, in recognition of Republican week, I don’t have a problem with having the infamous George III smirk atop this post. I might have a problem...
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