Nu’aymi also was working secretly as a financier for al-Qaeda, funneling millions of dollars to the terrorist group’s affiliates in Syria and Iraq even as he led campaigns in Europe for greater freedoms for Muslims.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail]
at December 23, 2013 5:00 AM
Also, for any Canadians who happen to be visiting this morning....
When, in the link above, Cosh expresses a concern for military options in Qatar with the words "...since our planes sometimes need places to land in that part of the world...," exactly whose planes do you suppose he means?
This isn't part of the quiz, but would anyone like to guess? Anyone? Gog? Anyone in the back?
Task Force Tampa is the team deployed on Operation FOUNDATION. It consists of about 12 CAF members serving with three headquarters organizations:
• USCENTCOM Headquarters in Tampa, Florida;
• Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) in Bahrain; and
• U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) installations in Qatar.
It's amusing that even while citing this important distinction in the motives of international players, a columnist might gloss over the point with regard to his own nationality. For the western world, only Fox and CNN are named as (sub-performing) competitors... No outlets from the Great White North are mentioned.
Per Wikipedia, the Canadian population (less immigrants) is thirty-three million. When you look up the start page for the link above, you're told that 625 people are serving militarily overseas. Also per Wikipedia, there are three hundred eight million United States citizens, and we've got 202,923 serving overseas.
Let's do the math!
• One in every 52,800 Canadians is serving overseas.
• One in every 1,493 Americans is serving overseas.
If anyone wants to challenge those numbers, go ahead, they're casual.
But as has been noted on Amy's blog in earlier times, people around the world think (and speak) of themselves as Americans anyway... They think our might and our righteousness are things to which they already have some kind of claim. Which is nutty.
Barnett pointed out that Obama is likely to be the first president to die under a flag with the same number of stars as the one he was born under.
If we did decide to add a few more States to our union, they'd be a good first or second choice: They already think they're part of us anyway.
(And it would be so cool to see them open their first tax returns.)
FYI to any that have children w/serious health problems - don't allow ANY tests/procedures to be done w/o your child's primary doctor's approval.
Fight that battle right up front in the ER. Win it at all costs. BTDT In the long run it is worth it.
" ... there have been five cases, including Justina’s, in the last 18 months in which Children’s has contacted DCF over disputed medical diagnosis that led to the possible termination of parental rights."
Sincerely grateful for that article. Seriously, that is a fuckin' GREAT piece of history. Got anything on border defenses?
— • —
Y'know, there are certain things you just can't do for other people. Having the best intentions will not help you and it won't help them.
When they're young, you can't place their votes for them or read their books for them or floss their teeth. And when they get old, you can't eat for them, and you can't breath for them or cough for them.
And when they're nations, you can't exercise the habits of courage for them, or be compassionate and engaged on their behalf... That's what Ottawa and the District lost sight of after the War.
This is similar to what's happening in the American tax base. More than half the population is paying no Federal income taxes... Which they think is just fine! They think the machinery of government is controlled by nice people who'll run it to the benefit of littlefolk. There are two problems:
• When the money given to (or taken by) people with power isn't yours, you won't pay proper attention to its destination.
• People with power will always do whatever they want until someone stops them. (We honored the life of Mandela this month so theatrically because he was a freakish exception to this rule.) When you're not paying taxes, others will always argue that the fate of that wealth isn't your concern... And they'll be right.
Does anyone give rat's backside what Canadians think of American foreign policy? Why should we care? Read that link from Paulson:
Canada had 1.1 million people who served in World War 2. By the end of the War, Canada had the world's fourth largest air force and third largest navy.
Good lord! With navies in Asia expanding so ferociously, wouldn't it be great to have a partner like that as our next door neighbor?
(Remember, Japan's navy is now four times as large as Great Britain's.)
Paulson, I know you meant it as a slapback, but I'm very glad you posted that link.
(And to be honest, my attitude about Canada comes entirely from Amy's blog. A few years ago, I noticed that one or two individuals were posting as if they were American citizens, even though they weren't. I teased them a little. They kept on doing it, and I began to realize this wasn't a small problem. Soon enough there were several people from several corners of the globe doing that. A few couldn't stop themselves no matter how badly they'd been humiliated for their deception. Last month, a commenter "Steamer" demonstrated that pretending to be American is a deep and popular illness. It's not just this blog.
I have several brilliant Canadians in my Twitter feed, and almost all of them exhibit this madness sooner or later. It deserves to be condemned. Whatever our security arrangements, they are not United States Citizens, and it should shame no one to say so.
I hope I never came off as a fake American. Through I do like to think of myself very pro-American. I do try to identity who are what I am in relation to the discussion.
I am strange for a Canuck - no anti-US chip on my shoulder. I do have close links with the States both through family and history. Heck if my mother was on the ball I could have got citizenship (and the dual tax). I just like to be part of the discussion and express my opinions. True at times I have no skin in the game.
Did not post as slapstick, was trying for defense.
I do see what you mean with Canadians and young people and lower income earners who take things for granted. Yep Canada and it people and government need to man up and do it's fair share. One day the states could decide to isolate itself and leave us on our own or even worse come in and take it.
And no as to Western Canada being for sale. Maybe there could have been some tentative offers from the East Coasters.
As to border stuff nothing comes to mind at the minute but maybe in another link page I will.
I sure didn't know. Surprise, surprise. He hid it well. But I don't think it changes the things he said. He didn't come across as the hated holier than thou.
Dave B
at December 24, 2013 10:37 AM
Crid, I dont recall you ever PROVING you are an american.
Sure you've said you live in SoCal, but you havent given any proof . . .
Wow! I did not thing I was transparent but I thought at least maybe a bit opaque. Yet I never readily identified as American. A quick google search and it looks like I never stated I was a Canuck. Other designators but not a Canadian.
Thanks David B.
It really pisses me off of Canadians who get all pissy about Americans. People are people. Some are nice and some are just plain assholes and idiots. It does not matter where they come from it is how they act.
PS. Sorry for my bad spelling and grammar. I get sloppy at times and have no excuse well maybe now because I am a bit sloshed.
John Paulson
at December 24, 2013 11:43 AM
> People are people.
Nope. Year after year, century after century, it's apparent that Americans are different. And frankly, that Americans are *better*.
After all... You logged on to a blog in Los Angeles, not Bujumbura.
Crid
at December 24, 2013 2:27 PM
And it's weird how…
> A quick google search and it looks like
> I never stated I was a Canuck
…Canadians imagine that identifying themselves in one comment on a single occasion should be all that's required. As if the traffic on this blog weren't dynamic; as if we're all reading each comment to each post, and taking notes about each other's backgrounds. As if it would be awkward, burdensome or inappropriate to respond to each comment about American events with "As a Canadian, I..."
So on the rare occasion Amy blogs on an item not tied to american politics, jurisprudence, or culture, you always identify yourself as an american before you opine on the subject at hand?
These years of deepest middle age are going great... And the pleasant company of women in the cohort is a big part of that.
Still, sometime the heart daydreams of a May-December thing.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at December 22, 2013 10:58 PM
Pop Quiz!
How many people will learn about this story from watching Al-Jazeera?
Nu’aymi also was working secretly as a financier for al-Qaeda, funneling millions of dollars to the terrorist group’s affiliates in Syria and Iraq even as he led campaigns in Europe for greater freedoms for Muslims.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at December 23, 2013 5:00 AM
Also, for any Canadians who happen to be visiting this morning....
When, in the link above, Cosh expresses a concern for military options in Qatar with the words "...since our planes sometimes need places to land in that part of the world...," exactly whose planes do you suppose he means?
This isn't part of the quiz, but would anyone like to guess? Anyone? Gog? Anyone in the back?
( ? )
That's right!
It's amusing that even while citing this important distinction in the motives of international players, a columnist might gloss over the point with regard to his own nationality. For the western world, only Fox and CNN are named as (sub-performing) competitors... No outlets from the Great White North are mentioned.Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at December 23, 2013 5:19 AM
Fun with numbers!
Per Wikipedia, the Canadian population (less immigrants) is thirty-three million. When you look up the start page for the link above, you're told that 625 people are serving militarily overseas. Also per Wikipedia, there are three hundred eight million United States citizens, and we've got 202,923 serving overseas.
Let's do the math!
If anyone wants to challenge those numbers, go ahead, they're casual.
But as has been noted on Amy's blog in earlier times, people around the world think (and speak) of themselves as Americans anyway... They think our might and our righteousness are things to which they already have some kind of claim. Which is nutty.
Barnett pointed out that Obama is likely to be the first president to die under a flag with the same number of stars as the one he was born under.
If we did decide to add a few more States to our union, they'd be a good first or second choice: They already think they're part of us anyway.
(And it would be so cool to see them open their first tax returns.)
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at December 23, 2013 5:57 AM
Crid,
I'd put a smiley face thumbs up here if I knew how.
http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/17800000/Pirates-of-the-caribbean-4-on-stranger-tides-triler-screencaps-johnny-depp-17803680-1920-800.jpg
Bob in Texas at December 23, 2013 6:31 AM
FYI to any that have children w/serious health problems - don't allow ANY tests/procedures to be done w/o your child's primary doctor's approval.
Fight that battle right up front in the ER. Win it at all costs. BTDT In the long run it is worth it.
" ... there have been five cases, including Justina’s, in the last 18 months in which Children’s has contacted DCF over disputed medical diagnosis that led to the possible termination of parental rights."
http://middletown-ct.patch.com/groups/connecticut-news/p/new-details-emerge-in-west-hartford-familys-custody-dispute-with-massachusetts-dcf_491741c9
Bob in Texas at December 23, 2013 6:46 AM
Wow, Crid why the hate on for the Canucks.
Well Canada decided to follow the instructions of the big brother the Americans and step back.
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/12/diefenbaker-of-canada-agreed-to-stop.html
A factoid I read years ago says the amount of money the US spent on the Vietnam war they could have bought Western Canada.
Heck I do support some what the incorporation of Canada into the US. Well not any more with the way it is heading.
John Paulson at December 23, 2013 8:20 AM
> why the hate on for the Canucks.
Purely opportunist response on my part.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at December 23, 2013 12:39 PM
Sincerely grateful for that article. Seriously, that is a fuckin' GREAT piece of history. Got anything on border defenses?
Y'know, there are certain things you just can't do for other people. Having the best intentions will not help you and it won't help them.When they're young, you can't place their votes for them or read their books for them or floss their teeth. And when they get old, you can't eat for them, and you can't breath for them or cough for them.
And when they're nations, you can't exercise the habits of courage for them, or be compassionate and engaged on their behalf... That's what Ottawa and the District lost sight of after the War.
This is similar to what's happening in the American tax base. More than half the population is paying no Federal income taxes... Which they think is just fine! They think the machinery of government is controlled by nice people who'll run it to the benefit of littlefolk. There are two problems:
Does anyone give rat's backside what Canadians think of American foreign policy? Why should we care? Read that link from Paulson:
Good lord! With navies in Asia expanding so ferociously, wouldn't it be great to have a partner like that as our next door neighbor?(Remember, Japan's navy is now four times as large as Great Britain's.)
Paulson, I know you meant it as a slapback, but I'm very glad you posted that link.
(And to be honest, my attitude about Canada comes entirely from Amy's blog. A few years ago, I noticed that one or two individuals were posting as if they were American citizens, even though they weren't. I teased them a little. They kept on doing it, and I began to realize this wasn't a small problem. Soon enough there were several people from several corners of the globe doing that. A few couldn't stop themselves no matter how badly they'd been humiliated for their deception. Last month, a commenter "Steamer" demonstrated that pretending to be American is a deep and popular illness. It's not just this blog.
I have several brilliant Canadians in my Twitter feed, and almost all of them exhibit this madness sooner or later. It deserves to be condemned. Whatever our security arrangements, they are not United States Citizens, and it should shame no one to say so.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at December 23, 2013 1:22 PM
I shouldn't have written it that way... I'm always honest, even when I forget to close my parentheses.
)
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at December 23, 2013 1:24 PM
Also- Was Western Canada really for sale in the second half of the 20th century?
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at December 23, 2013 1:26 PM
About the British navy, here's an interesting map.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at December 23, 2013 5:17 PM
Hey Amy!
I you liked W-to-H Ratios, you'll love 2D:4D!
þ Ms. Kerr.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at December 23, 2013 6:30 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/12/23/llinky.html#comment-4144588">comment from Crid [CridComment at Gmail]You're a little late to the party. Well, a lot late. These seem to relate to prenatal testosterone.
Amy Alkon at December 23, 2013 6:42 PM
Rigor!
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at December 23, 2013 6:44 PM
The TSA's 12 Banned Items of Christmas
Enjoy your Christmas trip.
Jim P. at December 23, 2013 9:24 PM
I hope I never came off as a fake American. Through I do like to think of myself very pro-American. I do try to identity who are what I am in relation to the discussion.
I am strange for a Canuck - no anti-US chip on my shoulder. I do have close links with the States both through family and history. Heck if my mother was on the ball I could have got citizenship (and the dual tax). I just like to be part of the discussion and express my opinions. True at times I have no skin in the game.
Did not post as slapstick, was trying for defense.
I do see what you mean with Canadians and young people and lower income earners who take things for granted. Yep Canada and it people and government need to man up and do it's fair share. One day the states could decide to isolate itself and leave us on our own or even worse come in and take it.
And no as to Western Canada being for sale. Maybe there could have been some tentative offers from the East Coasters.
As to border stuff nothing comes to mind at the minute but maybe in another link page I will.
John Paulson at December 24, 2013 4:50 AM
> I hope I never came off as a fake American.
Golly, you're Canadian!
Who knew?
No... really. Who knew?
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at December 24, 2013 9:49 AM
"No... really. Who knew?"
I sure didn't know. Surprise, surprise. He hid it well. But I don't think it changes the things he said. He didn't come across as the hated holier than thou.
Dave B at December 24, 2013 10:37 AM
Crid, I dont recall you ever PROVING you are an american.
Sure you've said you live in SoCal, but you havent given any proof . . .
lujlp at December 24, 2013 11:02 AM
aside from your narcissism that is.
lujlp at December 24, 2013 11:02 AM
Also still waiting for your response over here
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/12/22/lanky.html
lujlp at December 24, 2013 11:03 AM
Wow! I did not thing I was transparent but I thought at least maybe a bit opaque. Yet I never readily identified as American. A quick google search and it looks like I never stated I was a Canuck. Other designators but not a Canadian.
Thanks David B.
It really pisses me off of Canadians who get all pissy about Americans. People are people. Some are nice and some are just plain assholes and idiots. It does not matter where they come from it is how they act.
PS. Sorry for my bad spelling and grammar. I get sloppy at times and have no excuse well maybe now because I am a bit sloshed.
John Paulson at December 24, 2013 11:43 AM
> People are people.
Nope. Year after year, century after century, it's apparent that Americans are different. And frankly, that Americans are *better*.
After all... You logged on to a blog in Los Angeles, not Bujumbura.
Crid at December 24, 2013 2:27 PM
And it's weird how…
> A quick google search and it looks like
> I never stated I was a Canuck
…Canadians imagine that identifying themselves in one comment on a single occasion should be all that's required. As if the traffic on this blog weren't dynamic; as if we're all reading each comment to each post, and taking notes about each other's backgrounds. As if it would be awkward, burdensome or inappropriate to respond to each comment about American events with "As a Canadian, I..."
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at December 24, 2013 4:43 PM
So on the rare occasion Amy blogs on an item not tied to american politics, jurisprudence, or culture, you always identify yourself as an american before you opine on the subject at hand?
lujlp at December 24, 2013 7:43 PM
Also, you've never provided any proof that you are indeed an american.
Papers please.
lujlp at December 24, 2013 7:49 PM
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