Month December 2010

On the federal employee pay freeze

1) It’s still just a proposal. Congress has to act on it. 2) It only freezes the annual cost of living increase, would be about 1.4% this January. 3) It does not freeze step increases (regular increases within a pay…

Al Qaeda’s in-flight magazine

Andy Carling reviews it for us, here’s one tidbit. Their main feature is Uthmann al-Ghamindi, one of the Yemen Commanders telling about his life in jihad. Basically, it involves hiding in caves, getting captured and released and, all in all,…

Assange and Wikileaks

Harry’s Place responds to my posing the question, would they (and other left blogs) support Wikileaks publishing data from major US banks, even as they harrumph about the current Wikileaks possibly endangering lives? While I appreciate Morris recognizing that we…