Man Throws Bike at Purse Snatcher on a Scooter

Take that...

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In The Mail

In The Mail is a new label I am creating to indicate just that. Occasionally I receive various products/items that the sender wants/hopes I will review. These types of post walk a fine line. Technically speaking I am not being payed to post about something. I am however, receiving something of value. This label is meant to let you know. Just because someone sends me something does not mean that it will get a good review.

If you would like to send me something to review/plug email me a InTheMail@BermanPost.com .

"Not in this Weather" - Mercedes Benz Ad

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Connecting Yemen Headlines

I hope his conclusion is wrong, but it does seem that people are almost willfully ignoring the dots.

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/01/dot-dot-dot-dummy.html

"Headline yesterday: Yemen’s Chaos Aids the Evolution of a Qaeda Cell

Headline this morning: US, UK close Yemen embassies over al-Qaida threats

Headline this morning: Brennan: Some Guantanamo detainees will go to Yemen

Headline six months from now when another detainee released to Yemen tries to blow up something: "We failed to connect the dots, just like Bush""

Obama Ended Last Year With a Higher Disapproval Rating Then Bush Ended His Second Term With

Putting Obama's disapproval rating in perspective.

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2009/12/change-obama-now-more-hated-than-bush-at-end-of-his-second-term

"Barack Obama’s approval index number dropped to a new low today.

Rasmussen reported:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 25% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-six percent (46%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -21 That’s the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President (see trends).

At the end of his second term President George W. Bush had a 43% disapproval rating.

In less than one year Barack Obama managed to pi$$ off more people than George W. Bush."

Christmas Day Airplane Bomber Terrorist Being Offered a Deal?

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Al Qaeda connected suicide underwear wearing Christmas day bomber (for which the system worked and did not work), is apparently being offered some sort of deal. We do need to extract information from him, but there has got to be a better way then offering him cable as he spends the rest of his life in prison.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/politicolive/0110/Brenan_deal_on_the_table_for_terror_suspect.html

"The U.S. Government is offering the suspect charged with attempting to bomb an aircraft on Christmas Day, Omar Abdulmutallab, some kind of incentives to share what he knows about Al Qaeda, White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan said Sunday.

Asked why Abdulmutallab should cooperate given his right, as criminal defendant, to remain silent, Brennan replied: "He doesn't have to but he knows there are certain things that are on the table... if he wants to engage with us in a productive manner, there are ways he can do that."

Asked if Abdulmutallab's willingness to talk changed once he had an attorney, Brennan declined to answer. "I'm not going to address what he did before or after he talked with a lawyer," the adviser said."

Rumblings in North Korea, Possible Civil Uprising?

I am not holding my breath on a full fledged revolution any time soon, but even expressing displeasure with the government in North Korea is an impressive enough display of dissidents to keep an eye on. I have been looking out for an update to this but have not come across one yet.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/09/north-korea-obama-climate-opinions-columnists-claudia-rosett.html (via)

"http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/09/north-korea-obama-climate-opinions-columnists-claudia-rosett.html
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The immediate cause of the anger sweeping North Korea is a currency "reform" that amounts to the government stealing from its own deprived population. With its priorities on bankrolling the military and the production of missiles and nuclear weapons, while its people endure repression, cold and hunger, North Korea's government has produced runaway inflation. On Dec. 1, North Korean authorities imposed a surprise plan to revalue the country's currency, the won. The plan has entailed issuing new banknotes, lopping off two zeroes, so 1,000 won becomes 10. People were given just one week to swap old money for new, after which the old notes would become worthless. A limit was placed on the amount that could be officially exchanged, effectively confiscating all individual savings worth more than about $40 at informal exchange rates.

This caused so much outrage that the government then eased up slightly, raising the limits on how much old currency people could trade for new. But even with the adjustment, many North Koreans have been left with outright state theft of their money."