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A book discussion with Mike German, author of ?Thinking Like a Terrorist?
2008-04-01 12:40:00 The session will be hosted by Phillip M. Giraldi, the Francis Walsingham Fellow with the American Conservative Defense Alliance, former CIA counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer, and president of San Marco International, a consulting firm that specializes in international security management and risk assessment. In Thinking Like a Terrorist, former FBI counterterrorism agent Mike ...
German Retriever
2007-05-29 13:10:00 On Saturday afternoon Mike German pulled the Lib Dems back from the brink as they voted overwhelmingly in favour of sharing power with Plaid and the Conservatives. But will he be the Golden Shepherd of this mongrel coalition project? Or will his party kick him out before he gets his hands on that ministerial Mondeo?The Lib Dem joke book constitution states that there must be a leadership election within twelve months of an assembly election. We know this because they keep telling us, not because we've actually seen it. The document itself is kept in a Mid Wales hovel, eagerly guarded by two old ladies from Radnorshire who are worried about catching a STV.What's certain is that there are now only eleven months left before there must be a leadership election. If Plaid green light the rainbow coalition, there may be a case for holding the contest before they enter government. After all, they'd be voting for Deputy First Minister as well as party leader.With that in mind, here's a b...
Election 2007: The Debate
2007-04-30 01:00:00 The leaders went head to head, but only after each giving a two minute pregeth to the nation. I have no idea why politicians insist on this kind of unrestricted airtime. Someone should tell them that debate programmes are about people holding them to account and speaking their minds, not sitting captive so they can be brainwashed. Anyway, since Martin Shipton has lifted the taboo on elaborate (and subjective) ranking features, I've come up with my own:Rhodri Morgan (Labour)'... And that's 500,000 reasons to vote Labour.' What, in two minutes? I was jotting them down and only got to number five by the time he started freestyling. Stumped by Mike German and Ieuan Wyn Jones and heckled by the audience. Not his finest hour.5/10Ieuan Wyn Jones (Plaid)Yap. Yap. Yap. But less so than normal. Probably the audience's favourite with two heartening rounds of applause. Nick Bourne asked him if people really wanted Plaid's policy of a seat in the United Nations, to which he replied 'of co...
German's scummy feet and Black's naughty blindfold
2007-04-15 01:35:00 The BBC reliably inform us that Welsh Lib Dem leader Mike German is not recognised by 94% of the electorate. And his cause is certainly not helped by apparent anonymity in the online world, particulary in a Google image search. While the other party chiefs appear as the very first result, Mike German is usurped by this picture of a pair of manky feet.It seems, if Google searches are anything to go by, the Lib Dems literally have an image problem. South Wales West AM Peter Black only just scrapes it into the top 20 results for his name. Confusingly, a blindfolded chap wearing Lib Dem gold and bearing more than a passing resemblance to the blogging Mr Black scores higher in the search.Worse still, when Peter finally makes an appearance, his eyes are half-closed and he's got his hands shoved up a stuffed animal. |
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