Spengler

DTM: Timo Scheider on pole position at Brands Hatch

oneighturbo.com     2 hrs ago   6 related          

Qualifying turned out great for Timo Scheider as he carried his times over from practice. MArtin Tomczyk also had a good result and hope fully he will have some luck during the race. . Oliver Jarvis was the surprise in...                    

Blue & white suits Cujo fine

canada.com     Aug 28, 2008          

Joseph returns. After six long years, the 41-year-old is back wearing the blue and white of the Toronto Maple Leafs. But for a Keswick, Ont., native who lives in nearby King City, the opportunity to come full circle and...                    

Edward Pearce: What is 'the west'? Is it Nato, or something more?

guardian.co.uk     Aug 27, 2008          

"The west": we say it all the time. In darker moments, contemplating the American vice-president who recently compared that rough but rational Vladimir Putin with "A-dolf Hitler", I reckon that the fearful American right,...                    

Go East, Uncle Sam

atimes.com     Aug 25, 2008          

The Byzantine Empire extended its life by 1,000 years by cleverly balancing its interests with those of its allies and adversaries. Starting with Russia and Iran, the United States has a lot more to gain by playing the...                    

Checkers Versus Chess

agonist.org     Aug 23, 2008   1 related          

I'm inclined to extend this analogy a little further when it comes to the US versus the Russians in strategic terms: it's more like chess players versus checkers players. But still, this graf is pretty priceless: Chess...                    

Gilmour ready to learn on the fly

nhl.com     Aug 21, 2008          

Lindsay Kramer | NHL.com Correspondent There's not much that Doug Gilmour doesn't know about hockey. The American Hockey League is one of the few things that fall into that category. That's understandable, since the all-time...                    

(George) Friedman's trying too hard

thomaspmbarnett.com     Aug 21, 2008          

GEOPOLITICAL INTELLIGENCE REPORT: The Real World Order, By George Friedman, August 18, 2008 A compellingly delivered, voice-of-God bit from George Friedman that does its best to make an entire world order seem apparent from...                    

The Direction, but which one?

tdaxp.com     Aug 21, 2008   19 related          

Tom left a comment on his own blog which is thought-out, well-written, and important he should upgrade it to being a post. Fantastic piece by Spengler (Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog) The level of economic connectedness Russia...                    

Georgia: Scrap Metal, Fruits & Nuts

cobb.typepad.com     Aug 21, 2008          

Call it confirmation bias or whatever. I have been looking for a way to not get too excited about this whole Georgian thing. Spengler gives me ammo: Forget the Kosovo Albanians, the South Ossetians, the Abkhazians, Saakashvili...                    

Tom, Russia, Georgia

tdaxp.com     Aug 20, 2008   2,239 related          

Three recent articles linked to by Tom present some interesting perspectives on on Russia's invasion of Georgia. Edward Luttwak, "Georgia conflict: Moscow has blown away soft power," is deceptively titled. The subject is...                    

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