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NEWS BRIEFLETS

* Romeo Mike ponders a 60-year-old Sydney mystery.

* The Boston Herald’s Jules Crittenden reviews October’s delights: Korean nukes, e-molestation of pages, and super-massive Iraqi death estimates.

* Karl at Protein Wisdom: “Clearly, the Left must accept a share of the blame for what their bellicose rhethoric has produced.”

* Patterico: “Men across the country are measuring themselves using Lancet math — and liking the results!”

* This two-week-old walrus story ran in yesterday’s Sydney Sunday Telegraph. Still, cute walrus.

* A letter to the Guardian: “1914-1918, four years of high-intensity warfare - British dead, 652,000; 1939-1945, six years of high-intensity warfare - British military and civilian dead, 460,000; 2003-06, three years of low-intensity warfare - Iraqi dead, 655,000? I hate to be forced to agree with George Bush.”

Posted by Tim B. on 10/15/2006 at 01:00 PM

  1. I hope this will be the only time in my life when I say, “What a cute walrus!”

    Posted by ushie on 2006 10 15 at 01:09 PM • permalink

  2. I thought Jules’ column was good.  But I like this guy’s comment better.  It had the smack of authenticity.  Sorry Jules, I’m tough to please.

    Posted by wronwright on 2006 10 15 at 01:30 PM • permalink

  3. I’ll comment here as Romeo Mike has no comment box. In the image it appears as if the vehicles right front fender is smashed, most likely by a pesky pedestrian. And given the close proximity of the crowd, it appears the driver has good reason not to get out of the vehicle.

    Posted by JAFA on 2006 10 15 at 03:55 PM • permalink

  4. I just checked my bank accounts and, using the patented Lancet-math combined with the Lira Extrapolation J-curve Algorithm, I’m now rich beyond my wildest dreams!

    Posted by blogstrop on 2006 10 15 at 05:11 PM • permalink

  5. In WWI and WWII the Brits fought mainly Europeans who were fighting among thmselves too.. 
    Now we are fighting Arabs who are fighting among themselves too.
    Has anyone accused Lancet of racism yet?

    Posted by Barrie on 2006 10 15 at 06:43 PM • permalink

  6. BBC reports Singer Freddy Fender dies at 69

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2006 10 15 at 09:29 PM • permalink

  7. You’re right, Wronwright. Crittenden has a real way with words, unlike that Boston newspaper guy. I’ll bet that if they were to armrassle, Crittenden could beat him with his pinky.

    Crittenden Rules! Take that, Boston newspaper guy!

    Cheers

    Posted by J.M. Heinrichs on 2006 10 15 at 10:07 PM • permalink

  8. Following Crittenden’s story and the Nork nukes: there was a post here a few days ago saying that John Howard was prepared to send ships to help blockade N. Korea, but now the Royal Navy says that they can’t manage to do the same.

    I know that the Aussie navy is smaller than the RN, what’s up with the Brits?

    Posted by 68W40 on 2006 10 15 at 10:38 PM • permalink

  9. I put that post up, 91B30.

    A permanent RN presence in the Far East and Pacific regions ended long ago.

    Occasionally, the RN deploys a significant Naval Task Group (NTG) for task specific operations or as part of the Five Powers Defence Arrangements (FPDA:  United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore).

    Beides, The RAN might get a budget boost to add a few hulls to this list, preferably Anzac Class Frigates.

    Who knows, maybe our cousins in the LOTF&HOTB; will float a few new Aegis Class Destroyers our way.


    [/H.Simpson]mmmmm, Aegis Class…[/H.Simpson]

    Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 10 16 at 02:17 AM • permalink

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