Not the brains of the organization

Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, in 1978

In 1981, he died unfortunately in a plane explosion.
The talked-about sea-level canal never developed.

First Lady of Iran

Or possibly, Press Secretary.

Why Haven't the Aliens Invaded Yet?

Once they used up all their oil, their civilization collapsed.

Illegal Combatants

Court-martial for the Commander-in-Chief

General Sanchez says a court martial is appropriate.

Five million dinar (currency)

Excuse me, that cookie is 8 million dinars and you only gave me 5.
Hyper-inflation: coming to a country near you.

Communist

to robber barons in 17 years.
You like the new Gazprom headquarters? The new energy Tsar?
Chechnya

Vietnam

is cutting its purchases of US Treasuries

Telegraph

State of the Union

"The Yank and the Brit could not be less prepared or more poorly positioned. They already live beyond their means. They can expect no wage gains. Their costs are rising. And with three billion Asians hard on their heels, they can’t expect a breather – prices will continue to rise; wages will not. What’s worse, the street value of their most cherished asset – their houses – is going down."
The Oil Drum

Junie B Jones

Boo! ... and I mean it.

The Secret Plan

The government has a secret plan.
Continue as usual for as long as possible.
What a Way to Go

We are not too dependent on foreign oil

We are too dependent on oil period

Oil Corrupts

The day that the Burmese military shot into the unarmed rally was also the day that the Indian Oil Minister was in Rangoon, signing oil and gas contracts with the military junta.
Pakistan Daily Times

Occupation is liberation

for which see

Love it or leave it

Leaving, but taking the land with.

10000 year supply of hydrogen discovered

Used at current rates.

The Learning Curve

"You have to ask yourself what interest we had 40 years ago for going to war in Vietnam. You’d think that in this country with so many smart people, that we can’t possibly do the same dumb thing again. I have this theory in life that there is no learning. There is no learning curve. Everything is tabula rasa. Everybody has to discover things for themselves."
Seymour Hersh, in an article about the break-up of Iraq.
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“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.” Aldous Huxley