Big-ass Seymour Hersch article about the military and the administration's current plans for attacking Iran: [link]
Well, at least they're not considering nukes anymore. And more people in the military are standing up to the administration....
A senior military official told me, “Even if we knew where the Iranian enriched uranium was—and we don’t—we don’t know where world opinion would stand. The issue is whether it’s a clear and present danger. If you’re a military planner, you try to weigh options. What is the capability of the Iranian response, and the likelihood of a punitive response—like cutting off oil shipments? What would that cost us?” Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and his senior aides “really think they can do this on the cheap, and they underestimate the capability of the adversary,” he said.
In 1986, Congress authorized the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to act as the “principal military adviser” to the President. In this case, I was told, the current chairman, Marine General Peter Pace, has gone further in his advice to the White House by addressing the consequences of an attack on Iran. “Here’s the military telling the President what he can’t do politically”—raising concerns about rising oil prices, for example—the former senior intelligence official said. “The J.C.S. chairman going to the President with an economic argument—what’s going on here?”
I can't imagine losing my camera equipment.
The worst part is that one of the cameras was a Minolta XK that we got in one of the great yard sale finds of all time.
Believe me, I feel your pain. I'm devoted to my Pentax K1000.
megan! I too have a K1000.
I think it needs to be cleaned or something as we have been having issues.
Random DIY Question:
Anyone around who knows how to remove caulk from a tub that has gotten really hard? I've got the nasty caulk off 2 sides of the tub, but the line of caulk on the front of the tub has turned really hard and I can't get it. Any suggestions??
Mine could use a cleaning to, but I don't trust myself to do it and professionals that have lusted after it have said don't trust it to anyone else.
Um, the K1000, not my tub. Although...
Caulk remover may be worth a try.
My dad just removed and replaced all the caulk in his shower a couple weeks ago. I'm pretty sure that's what he used.
edited because my typing has apparently gone all to hell
Now, this is electronic communication at its finest. Two politicians who wouldn't make that stupid bandwidth speech.
Work is blocking many sites with movies. So I have three emails in my inbox sitting there, grinning at me, unusable until I get home.
Which I'd love to do soon. It's a tomb here.
Timelies all!
Happy Birthday sj!
Happy Anniversary Beverly and DH!
Well, we've had an interesting day so far.(Interesting in the proverbial sense) Our flight was 8:55 this morning. Our hotel was about 50 minutes away, and we had a rental car. I set the alarm clock for 6, figuring that would give us enough time for quick showers before we checked out. I was woken up by G, who had just woken up himself. It was 7:30.The alarm never went off.
We hurriedly dressed, packed up, checked out and hit the road. Just before the airport we stopped to fill the car's tank and I grabbed some muffins and juice from the convenience store. We return the car(luckily, the rental place was at the terminal), ran to security(it was 8:40 at that point) and started to go through. I went through with no problems, but G got stopped and both he and his roller bag were searched. At this point I hear an announcement for our flight, looking for us(mangling our names in the process). They finish with G and we head to the gate. We were on Southwest and had already printed out our boarding passes. We were in group A, but obviously, that was a moot point by then. We stowed our bags and got seats.(I was one row back from G, but right behind him)
The flight was uneventful, other than me spilling apple juice all over my pants. We got home to find that the power was out. We both needed showers so we showered in the dark, more-or-less. We went out to do some errands, and the power was back on when we got back.
Corn muffin:
The wedding itself was very nice. There were a lot of women in strapless dresses, not all of whom should have been wearing them. Ah, well, in the crowd that was attending I guess it's more important how much you spent on the dress than whether it fits.
