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Michael Gerson is slightly optimistic about Afghanistan, and explains why.
My take here: Send in the Thomasites.

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Clinical Trials for Dengue fever vaccine...faster please...we've had a lot of local cases, with a few deaths.
(Sidney was hospitalized a few weeks ago with a fever, but not Dengue Thank God).
(headsup Instupundit)

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The military is still training for NBC warfare....
the "bad" news is that the next attack will probably be on civilians, and it will be responded by local responders.

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Spengler on cyberwarfare
Heh...Iranian pirated software was on Torrentfreak for awhile...

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ANOTHER propaganda piece telling you why they government shouldn't waste money on you. The WaPost found a Nurse Practitioner who says mammograms are not needed...guess they couldn't find an MD low enough to write such nonsense.

She is wrong, however: True, in young pre menopausal women, the cancer grows fast and metastasizes early, so Mammograms might not lower the cancer cure rate that much (the cancer would be too small for the mammogram to pick up, but then grow large enough to feel a couple months later).

But for older post menopausal women, the cancer grows slower, so this is not true.

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Amnesty for Trillianes.

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and the really important suggestion of the day: How to trim your cat's nails.