Day August 9, 2008

Georgia pulls out of South Ossetia

An [Georgia] interior ministry spokesman told the BBC it was not a military defeat but a necessary step to protect civilians from a “humanitarian catastrophe.” Right. Not a defeat at all. Why would anyone think that after attacking your own…

Georgia declares ‘state of war’for 15 days

Even if the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline were operational, which it apparently isn’t, there is little chance that oil will be piped through it for the next 15 days. And, uh, why are they just declaring war for 15 days – and…

Be careful what you ask for

From a Connecticut lawyer on Cool Justice Report. My Dad grew up on the east side of Bridgeport [CT], in a pretty tough neighborhood. He was fond of telling me that there was a saying on the east side that…