Posted by: quiscus | April 18, 2010

April 18, 2010

1.  “‘No fly’ foul as girl, 6, put on list

Meet America’s tiniest terrorist: 6-year-old Allison Mosher, who’s landed on the nation’s No Fly List alongside mad bombers and other villainous thugs in a mind-boggling snafu that could scuttle her family’s Grand Canyon vacation, her outraged dad says.

“It’s flabbergasting,” Peter Mosher, 41, a software engineer from the Worcester area, told the Herald, recounting his pitched battle yesterday to clear his daughter’s name so they can catch their 6:10 a.m. United Airlines flight this morning at Logan International Airport.”
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1247835&chkEm=1

2.  “Israel Unveils World’s Largest Drone…the Size of a 737

The Eitan is the world’s largest drone—with a wingspan of 86 feet that makes it nearly the size of a Boeing 737 jetliner. It can remain airborne for about 20 hours and fly as far as the Persian Gulf, which means it’s capable of entering Iranian airspace.
Not only can the Eitan perform surveillance and carry communications-jamming equipment, but it can also launch air-to-ground missiles. Palestinians say Israel first used the drone during its last offensive in the Gaza Strip. Israeli military commanders have not publicly confirmed the Eitan’s offensive capabilities.”

http://www.allgov.com/Top_Stories/ViewNews/Israel_Unveils_Worlds_Largest_Drone__the_Size_of_a_737_100417

3.  “Even Clinton Slams Clinton Retreads: Summers and Rubin Must Go

Clinton told ABC that Rubin and Summers were wrong on derivatives:

On derivatives, yeah I think they were wrong and I think I was wrong to take [Summers and Rubin's advice] because the argument on derivatives was that these things are expensive and sophisticated and only a handful of investors will buy them and they don’t need any extra protection, and any extra transparency. The money they’re putting up guarantees them transparency.

“And the flaw in that argument was that first of all sometimes people with a lot of money make stupid decisions and make it without transparency.

These guys were largely responsible for the financial crisis. They must go.”

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/04/even-clinton-slams-clinton-retreads.html

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