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Hillary Clinton eyeing US Secretary of State job
It seems Hillary Clinton is set to accept the job of US Secretary of State offered by Barack Obama, who apparently is reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration. It might be a good move as it would really bring in the best of what the Democratic party had to [...]
‘Mayor of the Moment’ exposed
In what could have been a very important victory for Karachi’s ruling party [MQM] when Foreign Policy website mentioned Mustafa Kamal as the Mayor of the Moment. In a comedy of errors Karachi’s Mayor office mis-understood the report and thence forth issued a press release which was followed up with a massive city wide [...]
Great American Presidents born from Bad Times
Great presidents born from bad times - Rick Barton shares his thoughts on the newly elected President. If greatness is bestowed upon the American presidents by the seriousness of the problems they face, then the coming months are likely to produce Mount Rushmore-like moments for Barack Obama.
Not since 1932, when Franklin D. Roosevelt [...]
[MiniLinks] Sony recalls PS3 game Little Big Planet because of ‘Arabic’ words
Sony Entertainment has announced that it is recalling the Playstation 3 video game, LittleBigPlanet, from retailers after it learned that the soundtrack featured some Arabic-language lines which were also in the Quran and backed with music Sony said that “one of the background music tracks licensed from a record label for use in the game [...]
[MiniLinks] Humvees being built in Taxila
Saleem Shahzad of Asia Times Online reports that an order has been placed by the US Army for about 1000 military grade high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles Humvees at Heavy Industries Unit in Taxilla, Pakistan. The report does voice a concern to say that this new influx of military business is a worrisome understanding [...]
[MiniLinks] Bristol-Myers Squibb shutting down Pakistan operations
According to the latest Economist Intelligence Unit report Bristol-Myers Squibb is planning to shut down its subsidiary in Pakistan due to inflationary effects. The news comes just a few months after Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), a subsidiary of Merck & Co, shut up shop in Pakistan. The decision is likely to have been [...]
[MiniLinks] Sepia Mutiny: Parties in Political drag
Sepia Mutiny asks some very compelling questions about the impact of the US elections on Pakistan. Doesn’t Obama sound like a Republican, with his insistence that US national security should take a precedence over the sovereignty of other countries? & McCain, in his objection, is forced to sound like a Democrat, talking about soft [...]
[MiniLinks] Sarah Palin’s ‘Folk’ Problem - NewsWeek
Yes, she won the debate by not imploding. But governing requires knowledge, and mindless populism is just that—mindless. Do we want leaders who are everyday folks, or do we want leaders who understand everyday folks? Therein lies an enormous difference, one that could decide the presidential election and, if McCain and Palin were to [...]
[MiniLinks] Cowasjee responds to Zardari’s God/Gaad Blooper
Ardeshir Cowasjee responds to the spelling mistake controversy - September 12 when I went to the Mazar and asked the keepers to let me have photocopies of what had been written by the September 11 visiting ‘dignitaries’ in the visitors’ book. I was given copies of remarks recorded by the president, the Sindh governor and [...]
[MiniLinks] Mad Dog Palin : Rolling Stone Magazine
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Rolling Stone magazine does a very interesting editorial. which boasts a very worrisome cartoon depicting McCain and Palin to say “The scariest thing about John McCain’s running mate isn’t how unqualified she is - it’s what her candidacy says about America” - the dirtiest jab was when they said “Not only is Sarah Palin [...]
[MiniLinks] Requiem for Reko Diq
The Reko Diq mystery continues to live on, surely a matter of serious national consequences, has been previously covered on Teeth Maestro blog in July HERE
