A very happy Independence Day week-end from this side of the Pond. I still prefer to think of it as a great event in the history of the Anglosphere but I do get ticked off by various people. Have a great time guys and remember: the dark days do not last for ever. (Well, so we have been telling ourselves for some time.)
Month: July 2010
Fernandez: Nicely Put
and, unfortunately, broadly applicable:
The most serious allegation in the whole affair is that the certain officials countenanced a crime because they wanted to. The most concentrated expression of tyranny is malice in the service of caprice.
Female Lawyers at a Deposition: 3 Haiku Portraits
Flinty lawyer chick
dark-eyed, firm-buttocked. I’m so
glad she’s not my wife.
Kind-eyed girl lawyer
seems weary. Plays with her hair,
grows prettier. Warm smile … .
Slim, blonde girl lawyer:
Young, pleasant, not ground-down yet.
Ran track in high school?
Not Good but Not Surprising
Iran has transferred an advanced radar system to Syria. According to the WSJ report, this has at least three strategic implications. First, it helps to protect Hezbollah from Israeli retaliatory strikes. Second, it makes more difficult an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Third, it improves the accuracy of Hezbollah missile attacks, including potential SCUD attacks on Israeli cities. (Presumably by allowing observation of the missile trajectory up through its final stages so that the aim of succeeding missiles can be adjusted.)
WSJ says that the transfer was a “blow to U.S. strategy on Damascus.” It also should have been a totally predictable one.