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September 23 2011 Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: America Changes The World's Strategic Balance - From The 'Great White Fleet' To Drone Wars Based In The Seychelles
In The News: H/t to ChrisM, my MP3Angel, for the news and commentary audio files.
For more on the basing of Drones in the Seychelles and elsewhere in the Pentagon's attempt to create a "Constellation" of bases to fly sorties in our war on Somalia and the African mainland, see this Foreign Policy In Focus article: Expanding Network of Drone Bases To Hit Somalia, Yemen
»Committee-UP Cowboys! Today the United Nations will take on the recognition of a Palestinian state, in the Security Council. It will be denied there but it opens a path for hearings and panels. Expect at least a couple of weeks in delays.
»The House passed a continuing resolution to keep the government running until mid-November but the Republicans blocked it, and now they're scrambling or congress will go into recess shortly with no FEMA and other agency funding.
»Duck... and cover - It's the first day of fall and it also marks the uncontrolled return to earth of the UARS space laboratory:
"The bus-size Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, will likely plummet down to Earth sometime around Friday (Sept. 23), according to NASA's latest projections. There is a 1-in-3,200 chance that UARS debris could hit a person, though NASA considers that scenario extremely remote.
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"NASA commanded the spacecraft to fire its thrusters one last time to use all its remaining fuel to place it on a years-long path toward disposal in Earth's atmosphere." [In Full]
Here is an animation showing the orbit of the satellite and ground track of the possible debris field... Which is practically all inhabited areas on the planet"
»Fourteen months to go... The Republican debate last night was a big yawn and their presidential choices still appear to be Romney or Perry. There will be a PAC meeting today at the convention site. We'll see who they fund shortly.
A couple of tweets illuminate the scene at their debates:
We are liveblogging this miserable men's hair-care products GOP debate on the Fox Google News, and pizza man is eliminating the EPA!
Fox News debate commentators are shallow, odd, and creepy.
Yours truly replied to the last:
Just like the people they're 'analyzing'. The Talking Heads are creepy puppets. like "Chuckie" and subj matter shallow, odd
This is Razer Raygun saying 'Happy Motoring America...' Enjoy it while you can.
Remember... Capitalism is holding a loaded gun...
...And the target is ANYONE who gets in the way of their profits.
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