Off The Net For Awhile ...

... and I just know the August NDIC hearing docket agenda will be released while I'm biking. Drats.

Something I've said repeatedly on the blog: the oil and gas industry, the Bakken boom, is affecting, for the most part, three or four counties in North Dakota: most of McKenzie; most of Williams, much of Mountrail, and a significant portion of Dunn County.

The map at this link pretty much supports that contention.

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Geo-Military-Politics

"War is a mere continuation of politics by other means"

This is really quite interesting. For Hamas, a perfect storm:

• US-Israeli relationship at an all-time low
• POTUS has stepped off the international stage; mostly into fund-raising in California
• Hillary Clinton is no longer SecState
• Current SecState is ribbonless, threw his military ribbons away, more interested in AGW
• Israel "shocked" by extent of tunnel system

So, with all of that, the headline news:

• Israel determined to destroy the tunnels; has pretty much 100% Israeli support (a reader very nicely pointed out he misread this -- he thought I meant the Israelis were 100% responsible for destroying all the tunnels -- no, what this shorthand said: destruction of the tunnels has almost 100% support among Israelis; Egypt is helping to destroy the tunnels. Sorry for the confusion.)
• Israel calling up 16,000 more reservists
• Israel asking for more ammunition from the US

We'll see what happens first: more reservists or more ammunition.

"War is a mere continuation of politics by other means."

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At Least We Know Where Algore's Been

Eating Ice Cream in 58-Degree "Weather"

Link here to a CNN anchor who is losing it. I can't make this stuff up.