Striking yet another blow at the very heart of piracy in the Gulf of Aden, Indian warship INS Mysore and its marine commandos thwarted a hijack attempt on an Ethiopian merchant vessel on Saturday and captured 23 pirates and a large arms cache in the operation. ( Watch ) The arrest of the 23 pirates (12 Somali and 11 Yemeni) and the arms haul is the largest such seizure in

What’s your favorite possession? Not your most valuable (not your computer, you nerd), but your favorite. Mine’s my royal blue Alfani silk pajamas.

Claus is a dead man.

The argument is that “some” are skeptical, therefore it doesn’t work. Way to go scientists! The idea of a “truth serum” has never been widely accepted. Although there have been waves of enthusiasm for the idea of a drug that can extract information reliably, there has been even more skepticism. Ever since the 1920s, many judges, psychiatrists, and scientists have rejected the idea that there is a drug that can

This is one part of the argument with which I’m not going to disagree, and I don’t see the point in belaboring (heh) the point that a lot of the folks now playing that card don’t seem to care much about national security in other dimensions. So, given the wage gap, how can the US become competitive in machining and tool-and-die work? By resort to more robots. Unfortunately, for some

I’ll probably be denominated a sociopath again, but here goes. Not to be too Aristotelian about it, Dan, but Blago lacks the stature to be a tragic figure, and the Illinois electorate has been too complicit with the political shenanigans to make them proper victims. NB: O! isn’t a tragic figure yet, either. He’s not O!thello. For one thing, it’s too carnivalesque. (h/t Sdferr) Heh, more: Why libs have decided

Now the cholera is Amerikkka’s fault. Snarly: If confirmed as attorney general, Eric Holder may have to consider removing himself from overseeing the Chicago corruption probe that ensnared Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, legal experts say. In this Dec. 1, 2008, file photo, Attorney General-designate Eric Holder speaks during a news conference with President-elect Barack Obama, right, in Chicago. Holder may have to consider removing himself… (Associated Press) Holder was a

(another serr8d joint) Related. We . . . I . . . The Chicago Tribune reports it has learned that “Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama’s pick to be White House chief of staff, had conversations with Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration about who would replace Obama in the U.S. Senate.” It quickly adds that “the revelation does not suggest Obama’s new gatekeeper was involved in any talk of dealmaking involving the