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I recently read a commenter who accused the Obamoids of ineptitude by asking why Amazon can track millions of books while Obama can't track a batshite crazy Jihadist who got caught in-flammable delicto. Fair enough question, though the book metaphor sucks.

Despite the snooping databases, huge intelligence aparatus, and two wars, terrorists slip through. They'll slip through if you fly naked and ban all luggage. Loons will be loons, but they're smart and invisible as needles in a worldwide haystack.

We have relied on the United Nations and the IAEA to be our muscle, which is the equivalent sending a girl scout to battle a cage fighter.

Some numbers and thoughts on the cost of war

Simply because the Tucson shooting and violence in Mexico are in the headlines today, does not mean that existing stories like North Korean nuclear weapons are any less critical to stay on top of.

Sobering reading about the treatment of prisoner during Shrub's (George Bush the younger's) time in office.

At Fort Hood, the largest military base in the country, it would be assumed that it would have a superior level of security, at least when compared to the streets of New York City, Chicago or some other urban area. People are watched going in and out of the base, they are constantly observed and they are subject to the rules and disciplines of the armed forces. In our cities and towns there is no such surveillance or rules. Malik Nadal Hasan was a known entity, and one whose actions had been under scrutiny. In other words, all of the signs were there if someone wanted to see them...