Blog Smith

Blog Smith is inspired by the myth of Hephaestus in the creation of blacksmith-like, forged materials: ideas. This blog analyzes topics that interest me: IT, politics, technology, history, education, music, and the history of religions.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Where Is the Public Outcry of Discrimination Against Buddhists?

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Graphic source: CNN I find it ironic that a popular culture news site such as CNN can run a feature entitled "Buddha's Warriors...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

CIA Presses Pakistan Plays

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Maulavi Jalaluddin Haqqani Graphic source: The New York Times The C.I.A. seems to have been more confrontational than in the past and their...

NASA Launches Historical Portal

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Graphic source: NASA This image is a cutaway illustration of the Explorer I satellite with callouts. The Explorer I satellite was America...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Quick Fix for Much Bigger Issue

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Forty years ago, the U.S. was the world's biggest oil producer. But in 1970 U.S. crude oil output peaked. More importantly, the 9.6 mill...
Monday, July 28, 2008

Bush Weak Before Pakistan

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Today begins a week of frustration as President Bush praised Pakistan's prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for his commitment to their jo...
Sunday, July 27, 2008

Ranking Terrorist Threats: Do Nothing Until You Hear From Me

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On the Counterterrorism Blog Madeleine Gruen and Frank Hyland have released their second installment on the homegrown terrorism threat in t...
Saturday, July 26, 2008

U.S. Let Bin Laden Get Away During Two Administrations

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Salim Ahmed Hamdan, right, said his boss, Osama bin Laden, left, was gleeful about killing people on 9/11. Graphic source: Miami Herald It ...
Friday, July 25, 2008

Pakistanis Steal More Money From Americans: Americans No More Secure Than Before

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Graphic source: Sharpshooter-maj.com photo by Stuart Freer It is one of those mind-boggling stories that is surely designed to upset you if...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

The Innovative Educational Outlet Just-In-Time

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For today's class, we are going to review all the educational tools available, including the latest Education 2.0 implements. We have te...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Japanese Sleipnir the New Contender in the Browser Wars

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Like most of the new contenders in the browser wars a Japanese software company has an entry in the international market. As Internet Explor...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Saudis Spew Hatred Through Madrassa Textbooks

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In an update to stories about Saudi textbooks, Slate ran an article about current revisions. The story was about a report published by the H...
Monday, July 21, 2008

Iran Supports Hezbollah: Iraq

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As reported on the Long War Journal, Coalition special forces teams, likely the terrorist hunter-killer teams of Task Force 88, have capture...
Sunday, July 20, 2008

"Pickens" Not So Slim

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T. Boone Pickens, oilman and financier, launched a low-key but effective campaign for his “Pickens Plan,” a call for energy independence tha...

What Do You See?

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Graphic source: The New York Times Satire reveals something real through stripping away the veneer. The cover depicts the worse fears of mi...
Saturday, July 19, 2008

Japan Backs Out of Supporting Coalition

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Japan backed out of an earlier commitment to dispatch its Self-Defence Forces (SDF) to Afghanistan now that the security situation has decl...
Friday, July 18, 2008

Six Ways to Wage Ideological Warfare on Islamism

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Graphic source: Global Security During a statement that aired in September 2007 Abu Yahya al-Libi , a prominent al-Qaeda recruiter, provide...
Thursday, July 17, 2008

NASA Confirms Water Deltas on Mars

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This is a color-enhanced image of the Jezero Crater delta on Mars which NASA scientists are saying once held a lake. Researchers contend th...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Mainstream Media and American Lack of Interest in Pakistani Threat

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Despite the serious decline in security along the Pakistani border with Afghanistan I would not think much will come of it. A survey of the ...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Petraeus Drawdown Exactly as Planned

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Graphic source: September 2007 graph from Gen. Petraeus' testimony before Congress. The U.S. is not undergoing an accelerated withdrawa...

Taliban Overrun Pakistani Outpost

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With the Taliban developing a massive, coordinated attack which destroyed a Pakistani paramilitary fort in Hangu, I wonder how long the Paki...
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