(cross-posted from my blog) Excerpt of the exchange between President Ahmadinejad and Mr Coatsworth at Columbia University: MR. COATSWORTH: Mr. President, your statements here today and in the past have provoked many questions which I would like to pose to you on behalf of the students and faculty who have submitted them to me. Let me begin with the question to which you just -- PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD: (In English.) It is one by one, one by one. MR. COATSWORTH: One by one, it is, yes....

for today: Joe Cirincione. Listen Live here 11am-1pm Central time.

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Micheal Ledeen, ‘Freedom Scholar’ at AEI explains why America ought to help the people of Iran overthrow our government, falsely claims he was opposed to the war in Iraq, argues that Bush will not attack Iran, denies any connection to the Niger uranium forgeries, and falsely denies advocating war against Iraq again. MP3 here. (24:27) Michael Ledeen writes at the National Review Online and advocates regime change from the American Enterprise Institute. (Scott - next time you talk to Charles,...

(cross posted from my blog) The Times Online has published an interesting story which claims that the Israeli Air Force overflight of Syria in early September was part of a complex military operating aimed at seizing and destroying nuclear materials shipped from the DPRK to Syria: Israeli commandos from the elite Sayeret Matkal unit — almost certainly dressed in Syrian uniforms — made their way stealthily towards a secret military compound near Dayr az-Zawr in northern Syria. They were looking...

Good stuff.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5752494390378871865

Benito has proven that he is the perfect man for the job.

It is a horrible thing. Many more are still to die of it. "Thank you for the privilege of serving today." Indeed.

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I suppose it's a good thing that Bill Hicks is resting in peace and not here to see this.

Federal Prosecutor John David Roy Atchison travels across the country in an attempt to rape a 5 year old girl, attempts, fails to hang self to death. I don't say "allegedly" because he is a government employee and so is rightfully presumed guilty of being a child rapist and should have no more chance to defend himself from the charges as the kid he thought he was going to have the chance to rape would have had. He bragged to the cops setting him up — court papers claim to have an electronic...

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor, "The Telegraph" Saudi Arabia has refused to cut interest rates in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve for the first time, signalling that the oil-rich Gulf kingdom is preparing to break the dollar currency peg in a move that risks setting off a stampede out of the dollar across the Middle East. "This is a very dangerous situation for the dollar," said Hans Redeker, currency chief at BNP Paribas. "Saudi Arabia has $800bn (£400bn) in...