Editor's Note

Stuck with household chores .... again. The joy of having a small hobby farm and getting ready for winter. Blogging will return tomorrow morning.Update Sunday 10:00 EST: Still stuck on the farm. It is taking a bit longer than what I had thought .... much longer. Blogging will return late tonig...

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Editor's Note

Stuck with household chores .... again. The joy of having a small hobby farm and getting ready for winter. Blogging will return tomorrow morni...

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Al-Shabab Headquarters 'Attacked' By Western Forces On Coast Of Somalia

Al-Shabab Militant Base 'Attacked' On Coast Of Somalia -- BBCIslamist fighters in southern Somalia say Western forces have launched a night-time raid on one of their bases.The militant group al-Shebab told the BBC "white soldiers" had arrived by boat at the port of Barawe and rebels had repulsed them, losing a fighter.No-one has admitted the attack. US and French special forces have carried out raids in Somalia in recent years.It is not clear whether...

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Iran's Supreme Leader Criticizes President Hassan Rouhani’s Overtures To The U.S.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the ultimate word on political and religious affairs under Iran's clerically dominated system. Radio Free EuropeAyatollah Questions Aspects of Rouhani’s Trip -- New York TimesTEHRAN — Iran’s supreme leader expressed support on Saturday for Iran’s diplomatic outreach at the United Nations but criticized some of President Hassan Rouhani’s moves as “inappropriate.” Analysts had been waiting for the supreme leader, Ayatollah...

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Veterans Push Back Against Washington

Veterans tour the World War Two Memorial in Washington October 1, 2013. (Reuters / Kevin Lamarque)Veterans Don’t Want To Be ‘Pawns’ In Shutdown Fight -- McClatchy NewsWASHINGTON — As the impact on veterans becomes part of the contentious debate over the government shutdown, the commander of one of the nation’s leading veterans organizations said Friday that they should not become a political “pawn” for warring lawmakers.In a press conference in front...

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Who Are The Craziest Rulers In The World

Who Are The World's Craziest Rulers? -- Robert Colvile, The TelegraphWith the deaths of Saparmurat Niyazov of Turkemenistan – a maniac so megalo- that he renamed the days of the week after himself and his family – and of Kim Jong-un – a golfer so talented that he shot 38 under par on his first ever round, including five holes-in-one – some feared that the golden age of the crazed dictator had gone for good.But Yahya Jammeh's decision to leave the...

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More Cuts Planned For The British Military

Armed Forces To 'Axe 3,000 More Jobs Next Year In Further Cost-Cutting Drive' -- Daily Mail* Soldiers, RAF staff and Navy medical personnel 'in line for redundancy'* Sources say David Cameron keen to avoid bad publicity of job losses* Military chiefs reportedly want to choose how many redundancies to make* Downing Street set to prefer troop numbers to fall through retirement* In 2010 plans announced to cut Army size by 20,000 to 82,000 by 2020Thousands...

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