AQ Thanks Iran for Its Support

I know many in the left don't want to link Iran and Al Qaeda, but AQ doesn't seem to have such a problem.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/3506544/Iran-receives-al-Qaeda-praise-for-role-in-terrorist-attacks.html

Georgia Leaves the CIS

Georgia decided it hasn't had enough @ss whipping by the Russians, and has decided to leave the Commonwealth of Independant States.

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Analysis_Georgia_leaves_the_CIS_999.html

Metal Returns to Iraq

Yes, Heavy Metal is back in Iraq. A good sign for any nation.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/2008-10-29-iraq-heavy-metal_N.htm

Libya Offers Russia A New Base

Sensing U.S. Weakness, Libya decides it can now cozzy up to Russia.

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/
Libya_offers_to_host_Russian_military_base_report_999.html

A Peak at Goggle Trends

I read a blog recently that sighted some Goggle Trend data, so I figured I'd take a peak on what is going on. I found some interesting data, and saddly things don't look that great for the future of America being the hope of the most internet developers. Check out these few facts.

I checked out the search trends for ASP.Net, and I found the following-

• Out of the top 10 originating search cities, only three where American (Houston, Atlanta, and Phoenix).
• The United States was 8th over all in searches, even Iran beat us.
• The top search language is suprisingly Vietnamese, followed by English at number two (probably due to the fact that most Indian programmers speak English). It looks like there is a large outsourcing effort going on in Vietnam.

Now let's check out the search trends for php.

• Only San Fransisco made it on the top 10 originating cities list, and the United States didn't even make it on the top 10 originating search regions.
• English didn't make it on the top 10 languages used in the search
• It looks like Indonesia (Jakarta specifically) are doing the most with php right now.

Ok, Now lets do a trend for jQuery.

• America doesn't make it on the top 10 search regions.
• San Fran seems very active in its searching for jQuery, so is Redmond, else the other cities are all foreign, many of them being Asian cities.
• Russians seem to be eating up jQuery, Russia being the top search region and top originating search language.

And lastly, lets do a trend search on Java

• English is the 6th in originating search languages.
• No American cities show up on the top 10.
• The United States doesn't show up on the top 10 originating search regions.

One last one, lets do Actionscript-

• New York, San Fran, English as the 3rd searched language, US not in the top 10 for search originating regions.

So, it seems like America has a few tech hubs (San Fransisco, Redmond, to a lesser extent Phoenix, Houston, and Atlanta). Other than that it looks like there are multiple regions in the world that are way more active in at least web development then America is. Right now it seems like America drives technology (though a suprising amount of what Microsoft, IBM, and Apple deliver is from outsourced teams).

So are we seeing the slow death of the American web developer?

Not sure.

Nuke War Anyone?

I was thinking, does anyone really realize just how close to nuclear war we are? Try this very plausable scenario on for size.

* Russia shoots down an American C-17 Cargo plane carrying humanitarian supplies to Georgia
* Russia blockaids more Georgian ports.
* America tries to send in more aid.
* Either a Russian fighter or a Russian naval vessel fires on an American vessel. There is return fire and the Russian vessel is destroyed.
* A Blackjack bomber test American air defenses, and due to the present crisis, is shot down
* Scattered skirmishes between Russian and American forces through out the world.
* KAAABOOOOM!

I hope cool heads prevail here.

Georgia and Russia Go At It

[Update]

A fast naval response by the Russians further indicates advanced planning on their part-

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/08/while-the-media.html

Read the third paragraph.

[Update]
Further evidence that Russia was planning aggression against Georgia in advance.

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/08/georgia-under-o.html

Basically the Georgian's saw the writting on the wall, so they made a pre-emptive move on their break away republics...or the Russians saw the Georgian's planning an assault, and began to build up their forces...not sure which, probably and chicken or the egg question a that point. Both sides have interest in break away areas.


The flare up, and possible war, between Russia and Georgia will be interesting. Here are a few links that will help you understand the conflict.

There is oil involved.
http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1358

Russia started the recent flare-up. http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL768040420080808

The Georgians are feeling perhaps a little overconfident, having had recent military training and funding from the U.S. and Israel , and ground combat experience in Iraq http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/08/the-new-war-in.html http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/08/did-us-military.html

I predict that the Russians will prevail, but if it comes to out and out full blown combat, the Russians will end up with a suprisingly big bloody nose before the conflict is over. It might be good for Russia's ego to be trimmed a bit. In either case it is sad to see that a bunch of young people are probably going to be killed over money and nationalistic pride.

Props to the Pakistani Airforce

The Pakistanis had some balls during the 80ies. Check this out-

http://www.pakdef.info/pakmilitary/airforce/war/indexafghanwar.html

I feel bad for Pakistan. They are in a rock and a hard place now.

China Uses India as a Punching Bag for Cyber Warfare Drills

I suspect China is waging a quiet cyberwar against India as testing for a larger potential cyber engagement with the U.S.

Read more [HERE].

Sourced from the Wired Defense Blog

Stockpiling Food as a Short Term Investment

Here are the days in which we live, now it is better to stock pile food then put your money in the bank.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120881517227532621.html

(sourced from http://www.drudgereport.com)

LA Now a Third World City

I remember when I left California, a friend of mine joked, "Last man out take the flag."

I've got nothing against poor Hispanics that want to try to make a better life for themselves. If I was broke down in Mexico I would head North too. But essentially this migration is becoming an invasion, and Los Angeles has now officially fallen. No surprise to anyone who lives in SoCal.

Read more here-

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/23/wla123.xml

I think Mexico needs to fix its problems, and as long as there is a place where its people can run to and send money back home, Mexico is in no real rush to deal its problems. If the border isn't tightened, the Southwest will become an adjunct of Mexico. Does that really benefit either country?

But not to worry, our elite globalist friends want to lump us all together under NAFTA.

Truth, Liberals, and Power: Case Study South Korea

Here is a great article on how the left leaning teacher's union in South Korea influenced anti-American sentiment amoung students and how conservatives in South Korea are attempting to turn the tide back student opinion to a realistic appraisal of the United States.

Read more here-

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Analysis_Testing_S_Korea-US_alliance_999.html

Enivronuts at it Again

I'm not against trying to find ways of doing things that have less of an impact on the environment and what not. But I see the radical left, once again driven by emotion rather then logic, creating a crisis by not thinking things through.

Now we have biofuels. We will quit using as much oild and start using more biodiesel the left says. And in their facist manner they make it a law that x amount of today's gas has to be derived from bio fuels.

Well, turns out, that poor people around the world are starving because what they would normally eat is going to biofuels.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/business/worldbusiness/15food.html?ei=5065&en=9e715f242c497f48&ex=1208923200&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print

Once again, great job left.

Great Article on the Demise of the West and the Rise of the East

This is a great article about the rise of the East and the decline of the west. I highly recommend it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=559133&in_page_id=1811

The Bear Awakes: Last Minute CFE Talks Fail

Russia pulls out of the Conventional Forces Europe treaty.

Read more [HERE].

UK Accepts EU Treaty, Gives up 60 Veto Powers

The UK gave in and signed away much of its sovereignty to the greater EU recently. The Union Jack will never be the same.

Read on [HERE].

The NIE and Iran. About Face and Why

The latest National Intelligence Estimate did an about face and now says Iran isn't developing nukes. I don't buy it. I found the article below to be interesting, and unfortunately not suprising.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2007/12/nie_an_abrupt_aboutface.asp

Why can't we throw people who twist facts (whatever party flavor they be) in jail? What is this crap?

Russia Widthdrawing from Arms Treaty on December 12th

Putin went from ally to seeker of former imperial glory pretty quickly. This somehow slipped by me. I'm not suprised considering our News Media.

"He [Putin] issued his stark message as Russia confirmed that it would pull out of a landmark arms limitation treaty on December 12. The Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty was fundamental to ending the Cold War."

Nice. The post cold war peace didn't last long.

Another Reason to Stop Buying Chinese Goods

Access denied for the Ronald Reagan Strike Group to use Hong Kong as a port of call. Access denied for Chinese Communist to my bank account.

Read more [HERE].

Chinese Communist Co-Opting US Websites

Check out this article [HERE] on slashdot about how Chinese are co-opting US websites. Another reason to start winding trade down with China. All we are doing is building up their economy which in turn is building up their military.