tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050314673595943512024-03-19T22:30:11.096+13:00The Daily ParrotShort Squawks and all the news thats fit to parrot by Peter King and Mark ScottPeter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-87748893635853903412009-03-04T12:38:00.002+13:002009-03-04T12:42:50.023+13:00Welcome to Hell, Madam SecretaryHa'aretz's Bradley Burston takes a look at the byzantine politics Secretary Clinton can expect<br /><br /><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1068057.html">http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1068057.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-85430105650389135832009-03-04T12:34:00.001+13:002009-03-04T12:36:18.217+13:00Arabs unnerved by nuclear Iran prospectsIsraeli paper Ha'aretz says Prince Saud al-Faisal told Arab diplomats they must stand up to potential Persian nuclear bullying.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1068342.html">http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1068342.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-72267728657026100602009-03-04T12:28:00.000+13:002009-03-04T12:30:09.188+13:00Medvedev the moderate ?The Moscow Times says Russian President Dmitri Medvedev's electoral reforms may distance him from Prime Minister Putin.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/600/42/375006.htm">http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/600/42/375006.htm</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-85940835086000365972009-03-04T12:22:00.002+13:002009-03-04T12:25:36.951+13:00Airbus in troubleDer Spiegel reports Airbus Industries could be facing ruinous repayments following the cancellation of Germany's order for 60 A400M military transports. The A400M is over a year behind schedule and still has not flown. Further cancellations could jeopardise the European challenger to the Lockheed-Martin C-130.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,610732,00.html">http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,610732,00.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-55489382776148845142009-03-04T12:18:00.001+13:002009-03-04T12:20:22.890+13:00Afghanistan - more work neededDer Spiegel talks to US security expert Jeremy Shapiro on strategy in Afghanistan.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,610065,00.html">http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,610065,00.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-79172829199193270112009-03-04T12:07:00.002+13:002009-03-04T12:08:20.114+13:00Can the Ukraine hold it together?The New York Times on the Ukraine's teetering on the brink<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/world/europe/02ukraine.html?em">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/world/europe/02ukraine.html?em</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-24864511588694331572009-03-04T11:59:00.002+13:002009-03-04T12:03:02.205+13:00African Leaders see troubling parallels in prosecuting architect of Dafur genocideNew York Times commentator Bishop Desmond Tutu on African leader's lack of principle in the matter of Sudan's Presiden Omar al-Bashir vs The People.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/opinion/03tutu.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/opinion/03tutu.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-37113890370293413342009-03-04T11:31:00.002+13:002009-03-04T14:11:13.543+13:00Roots of CrisisNew York Times columnist Paul Krugman on the roots of the credit crunch<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/opinion/02krugman.html?em">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/opinion/02krugman.html?em</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-26624190547470425812009-03-04T06:51:00.004+13:002009-03-04T11:09:52.751+13:00Women's Shelters in AfghanistanThe New York Times on the new phenomenon of Women's shelters in Afghanistan<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/world/asia/03shelter.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=women's%20shelters%20Afghanistan&st=cse" src="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/world/asia/03shelter.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=women" st="'cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/world/asia/03shelter.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=women's%20shelters%20Afghanistan&st=cse</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-29853487972087255552009-03-01T12:05:00.002+13:002009-03-02T16:41:39.688+13:00evolution meanings are evolvingevolution: not survival of the fittest individual but of the fittest species - its our ability to co-operate not compete that ensured our survival.<br /><br />selection is about the culling of the weakest, not an unseen semi-religious scientific hand bestowing advantage to the strong...so its not about <em>survival</em> of the fittest - but failure of the least fit...this Scientific American article below doesnt get it quite right either...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=darwin-misunderstood">http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=darwin-misunderstood</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-1510716168982319442009-02-27T23:30:00.003+13:002009-03-02T16:42:42.747+13:00crims r us - best yet recession scamAt a time when no job is safe, Levine is among a small but growing number of consultants who are poised to find work in the economic meltdown as prison life coaches to the perpetrators of Ponzi schemes, mortgage scams and financial swindles.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-prison-consultant27-2009feb27,0,3238979.story?track=ntothtml">http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-prison-consultant27-2009feb27,0,3238979.story?track=ntothtml</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-13020198835699003512008-11-06T14:46:00.001+13:002008-11-06T14:47:42.319+13:00Election PoemsThe New York Times publishes five poems on the election<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/opinion/05intro.html?_r=1&oref=slogin">Election poems</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-81010195025063339272008-10-24T12:19:00.003+13:002008-10-24T12:23:48.382+13:00Greenspan's TestimonyThe Wall St Journal carries the full text of Alan Greenspan's questioning of free market risk management<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2008/10/23/greenspan-testimony-on-sources-of-financial-crisis/">Greenspan Testimony</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-4789772200315104092008-10-24T12:12:00.002+13:002008-10-24T12:15:22.589+13:00Letter from JaffnaNewsweek reports that though the Sri Lankan Army is pushing back the Tamil Tigers there is still a long way to go before normality will return to the Northern city.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/164219">Letter from Jaffna</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-40508330914633645242008-10-24T12:08:00.002+13:002008-10-24T12:10:54.936+13:00NSA Law unto itselfNewsweek reports the Congress is finding the National Security Agency's decision to classify a 'public' report galling.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/165235?from=rss">NSA law unto itself</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-10367805274949568452008-10-24T12:03:00.002+13:002008-10-24T12:05:24.939+13:00Al Qaeda on trial - in Saudi ArabiaThe Economist reports on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's intention to try 991 terrorist suspects under Sharia law.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=12470503">Saudi 991</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-25873819760213785502008-10-24T11:58:00.003+13:002008-10-24T12:01:33.469+13:00European gas pressure buildsThe Economist looks at the contest between Russia and Iran to supply the European Union with natural gas. Its a strategic Hobson's choice.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12455355&fsrc=rss">Gas Pressure</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-3633983071066236772008-10-17T11:44:00.001+13:002008-10-17T11:46:36.117+13:00Spy vs Spy: NSA & MossadHa'aretz's Yossi Melman reviews David Bamford's latest book on the US national Security Agency and his allegations that Israel is a dubious ally.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1029006.html">http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1029006.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-12426991713227700952008-10-17T11:35:00.001+13:002008-10-17T11:36:59.559+13:00WaterVaclav Havel writes for the Jordan Times on the problem of water scarcity in the Middle East<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=11403">http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=11403</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-37492391929722072392008-10-17T11:14:00.000+13:002008-10-17T11:15:53.546+13:00Who is in charge in Poland?Der Spiegel on the spats between Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk<br /><br /><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,584259,00.html">http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,584259,00.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-19064384751063996132008-10-17T11:09:00.002+13:002008-10-17T11:12:04.590+13:00Ukraine has Kremlin tail twitchingDer Spiegel talks to Kremlin-aligned political strategist Vyacheslav Nikonov about the Russian view of Ukraine joining NATO<br /><br /><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,584631,00.html">http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,584631,00.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-84874979656767141122008-10-17T11:04:00.000+13:002008-10-17T11:05:49.793+13:00Khatami for 09 ?Der Spiegel asks if the former Iranian President will stand in the 2009 elections<br /><br /><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,584526,00.html">http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,584526,00.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-48140228844737577642008-10-17T10:59:00.002+13:002008-10-17T11:00:08.033+13:00Victory of a sortMacLeans magazine looks back on the 2008 Canadian election<br /><br /><a href="http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20081016_84666_84666">http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20081016_84666_84666</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-12304919480105816342008-10-17T10:35:00.002+13:002008-10-17T10:38:17.275+13:00ANC rifts continueThe International Herald Tribune reports that Mbhazima Shilowa, one of the ANC's more respected officials and a supporter of Thabo Mbeki, is to join the splinter group led by former Defense Minister Mosiuoa Lekota.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/africa/15saf.php">http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/africa/15saf.php</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205031467359594351.post-61344974450478239182008-10-17T10:30:00.001+13:002008-10-17T10:33:01.738+13:00Aceh leader returns to tensionThe International Herald Tribune reports that the return of the 83-year old leader of the Aceh independence movement Hasan di Tiro will do little to settle tension on the Indonesian province.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/aceh.php">http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/aceh.php</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Link from The Daily Parrot: all the news that's fit to parrot</div>Peter Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459070252797881222noreply@blogger.com