Day October 26, 2007

Danger Room thinks Blackwater badly needs a new image. So they’re having a contest where you can both design a logo and vote on your favorites. Among mine are

John Robb posts about the economic, military, and security implications of Peak Oil, concluding with the astonishing. I was surprised to find that nearly all of the top people in the CIA, NSA, DHS, DoD, etc. that I have talked…

Emphasis added. Buffett: Now, nobody would have believed, 10 or 20 years ago, that Brazilians would be supporting the U.S. dollar. Interviewer: Would be supporting the U.S. Buffett: But they have been buying dollars in the market. They have been…

While it’s good the San Diego fire evacuees have gotten food, massages, and counseling at Qualcomm Stadium, the obvious question is – why didn’t Katrina evacuees get treated the same?

Insurance company AIG has sent their private fire fighters to protect the homes of the wealthy in the San Diego fires, just like Blackwater did with their heavily armed guards in the aftermath of Katrina.