Posted in My Thoughts on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Developing countries must boost broadband: U.N.
By Jonathan Lynn
GENEVA (Reuters) – Developing countries risk missing out on the benefits of information technology because of their lack of broadband infrastructure, a U.N. agency said.
Lack of broadband Internet access deprives countries of the possibility of building up offshoring industries, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Robert Farley, Right Web. Posted October 22, 2009.
A diverse array of rightwing factions have united behind the effort to promote the EMP threat thesis.
Last month, Christian conservatives’ favorite presidential hopeful, Mike Huckabee, headlined a national conference in Niagara, New York, titled “Protecting America Against Permanent Continental Shutdown From Electromagnetic Pulse.”
Sponsored by EMPACT America, an [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad believes Iran must ‘export’ the Iranian revolution (Photo: AP)
Those who dismiss the threat of a nuclear Iran fail to appreciate the true nature of that country’s regime. Consider, if you will, the suicide bomb which yesterday killed 42 people in Sistani-Baluchistan (a region of Iran which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan). General Noor Ali [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An electromagnetic "black hole" that sucks in surrounding light has been built for the first time.
The device, which works at microwave frequencies, may soon be extended to trap visible light, leading to an entirely new way of harvesting solar energy to generate electricity.
A theoretical design for a table-top black hole to trap light was proposed [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Establishing the Right Precedent in Supplying Fuel to Iran
George Perkovich, Pierre Goldschmidt Proliferation Analysis, October 7, 2009
Note: The initial posting of this analysis, on October 6, contained an error which is corrected here. UN Security Council resolutions 1737, 1747, and 1803 do allow Iran to import fuel for light water reactors, including [...]
