Because 12 percent of China’s exports to the U.S. end up on Wal-Mart’s shelves, and because Wal-Mart’s trade with China accounts for 1 percent of that country’s gross domestic product, the company exerts tremendous downward pressure on prices. Link By its own count, Wal-Mart has 460 terabytes of data stored on Teradata mainframes, made by…

Maybe i’ll just post cool things. for a while. Here’s one more .

Not much else to say about this .

My biggest problem with Mr. Bush’s approach to the GWOT is that he seems to think its a war we can win with Tanks and Airplanes. They do have a role but we aren’t going to defeat the enemy completely with them. The real job is going to be much more difficult and involves things…

So we knew the Pakistani’s were selling Nuclear Secrets Before 9/11? Before we invaded Iraq? On March 27, 2001, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf threw a banquet for Abdul Qadeer Khan. A German-trained metallurgist, Khan had led Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program from its infancy. Musharraf’s celebration marked Khan’s unexpected retirement. By then, Musharraf had good reason…

In less than 1 hour you can listen and know more about the Iraq and Middle East than 9 of 10 Americans. You don’t even have to agree with everything Zogby says.

Its wrong to take please in the demise of others, but if you have to do it here one case where at least they deserve it. In a former life, a few jobs ago I had the pleasure of working with these people. It was one of the first times I had met people with…

Bush cares more about fighting the terrorists? Riiight… Military officials insist their case for attacking Zarqawi’s operation was airtight, but the administration feared destroying the terrorist camp in Iraq could undercut its case for war against Saddam.

Bush 281 Kerry 257 Anyone else who wants to play leave a comment with your guess.

That felt good. Now I just have to wait for everyone else.