Pirates of Somalia Special.
705P Eastern Time: Chuck Nash, USN (ret) re the US Navy vs the pirates, re the need for a littoral combat navy to add to the deep-water and the strike navies.
720P: Larry Johnson, No Quarter, re the Seals ops action at the rescue scene, re the prospect of US Navy action against the pirates bases in Somalia.
735P: Professional Roundtable with Mona Charen, NRO, Jodi Schneider, Congressional Quarterly, John Fund, re Obama and the Somalia pirates, re the Obama administration finds "glimmer of hope," re the Congressional prospects for the Obama budget without cap and trade. Pirates Challenge Obama's Pre-9/11 Mentality
750P: Continued re Obama off-budget request for Iraq and the Obama campaign promises.
805P: Siobhan Gorman, Wall Street Journal, re Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated And is if on cue, yesterday much of the San Francisco peninsula (incl. a
lot of Silicon Valley) was hit by a communications outage after
"vandals" cut fiber optic lines in two different locations: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30139776/. No one knows who did it and
authorities have been quick to say it wasn't connected to the stories that have
followed the WSJ revelations...but it does show how vulnerable our
infrastructure is to hacking -- whether it's as simple as a hack saw cutting
cables or as sophisticated as China's infamous PLA cyber squads (units No.
2, 4 and 6). With Simon Constable, Dow Jones.
820P: William Cunnningham, CreativeInvestment.com re the TARP related financial crisis and the pirates of the big banks who turned parasitic after 2002 and are now asked by Treasury to help the economy recover, re an exclusive conference call by FDIC re TARP to the 20 biggest players on April 9, 2009, that was not open to the public or to watchdogs. Who was on the call?
835P: Financial Roundtable: John Tamny, RealClearMarkets.com, With Simon Constable, Dow Jones, Does Wells Fargo Mean Banks Are Back? - Donald Luskin, SmartMoney Why Shouldn't Bailouts and Spending Make Us Angry? - Susan Lee, Forbes
850P: Malcolm Hoenlein, re Iran celebrates Nuclear Energy Day by announcing the Isfahan facility is open for production, Iran announced as many as seven thousand centrifuges, re the North Korean missile test and the UN, re Durban II prep. Iran Says It Controls Nuclear Cycle
905P: Robert Wright, Financial Times, re the pirates of Somalia and the inability of the international naval force to solve the crisis at sea, re the pirate clans and how they are administered from shore. More Bad News: Trade Is Falling Fast Across the Globe - New York Times
920P: Aaron Klein, WND, re the mass arrests of Hizballah agents in Egypt and the war of words between the Cairo media and H. Nasrallah of Hizballah at Beirut.
935P: Andrew Newberg, Mark Robert Waldman, authors, "How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Keading Neuroscientist."
955P: Exeunt Gordon Chang re Kim Jong Il and the new video showing an extremely reduced and unfocused leader at his unanimous re-ellection as dictator of North Korea.
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705P Pacific Time: John Stoll, Wall Street Journal, re the car czar Steven Rattner negotiates hardball with the GM bondholders, forcing rugged terms, as the GM bankruptcy saga continues. With Simon Constable Dow Jones. 
720P: Joe Bel Bruno, Goldman CEO: New Pay Standards Needed
Blankfein called for new compensation standards for Wall Street executives and said he understands why the public is angry about industry pay. China Limits Executive Pay China's government disclosed that it had set limits on executive pay for 2008 at state-owned financial companies With Simon Constable Dow Jones.
735P: Profession Roundtable Diana West, DianaWest.net, Larry Johnson, No Quarter, Margaret Hoover, FNC, re Obama and the pirates, re Obama and the nukes at Iran and North Korea. Iran Says It Controls Nuclear Cycle Taking the Fight to Pirates - Seth Cropsey, Weekly Standard
750P: Continued re the White House denies that the POTUS bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at Buckingham Palace. Why deny?
805P: Professional Roundtable Jim McTague, Barron's, Craig Unger, Vanity Fair, John Avlon, DailyBeast, re Obama and the pirates, re Wall Street pirates, too. Pirates Challenge Obama's Pre-9/11 Mentality Death on the high seas as pirates put to the sword
820P: Continued re Obama and TARP, is Tarp taking over America?
835P: John Miller, Wall Street Journal, re the Marerk lines, re the fall of world trade, re Obama and the pirates and how it may change world trade. More Bad News: Trade Is Falling Fast Across the Globe - New York Times
850P: Bob Zimmerman, re NASA curts back its science programs, re was Mars and iceball once upon a time, re the Wilkins ice bridge falls.
905P: Deborah Solomon, Wall Street Journal, TARP's Deal
Man Is Tough Negotiator
James Lambright, chief investment officer of TARP, at right in the photo, is an embodiment of how power in the economy has shifted -- for good or ill -- to Washington. Real Time Econ: TARP Diagnostic
920P: Mary Kissel, Thai Summit Halted Amid Protests
935P: Adrienne Wooldridge and John Mickelthwait, authors, "God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World," re God's war, the Bible vs the Koran.
955P: Exeunt: Lou Ann Hammond, re Green Motors: GM builds a Segway car for 2012, report from the slim NY Auto Show.
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