Articles written by Frank W. Hardy
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Google's Cyber Espionage: A Threat Nearly as Great as Nuclear War
Cyber terrorists have penetrated America's infrastructure & some analysts fear her transportation, communication & energy security could be compromised.
Jun 2, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Patriot Act Creates Partisanship Amid Implausible Bedfellows
Alongside bipartisanship support & unified opposition, America's Patriot Act has seen the roles of citizens and lawmakers reversed in highly unusual ways.
May 29, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Faulty Pitot Tube, Ice & PI* Stall Caused Air France 447 to Crash
Was advance technology, aviator techniques or a systemic, industry-wide problem at the root of the Air France Flight AF447 accident?
May 28, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Obama Got Osama
The Al Qaida leader, the world thought hiding in a mountain cave, was instead killed in a multimillion dollar mansion in the suburbs of Pakistan's capital.
May 2, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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The Beatification of John Paul II: Saint or Svengali?
The Roman Catholic Church came closer today to having a new Saint when Pope Benedict XVI beatified the Polish Pope; former Cardinal Karol Jozef Wojtyla.
May 1, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Tornado Alley: America's Deadly, Annual, Natural Phenomenon
April showers bring May flowers and the world's most violent seasonal weather. April 27, 2011 saw Birmingham, Alabama ravished by a deadly F5 tornado.
Apr 30, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Birthers' Conspiracy Theories Reach New Accusatory Lows
Fabricated innuendos about Barack Obama's birth raises questions about the motives and patriotism of the oligarchs behind the crusade against the president.
Apr 29, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Oil Company Subsidies: An American Tradition
The USA's ritual of subsidizing wealthy oil industry giants perplexes other nations. Lawmakers debate the phenomenon's merits as taxpayers continue to pay.
Apr 27, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Billionaire Koch Brothers Finance Astroturf Tea Party
Under the ruse of grass roots organizations, corporate propaganda has successfully duped citizens into supporting the goals of America's Invisible Hands.
Apr 25, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Florida Pastor's Quran Burning Ignites UN Murders in Afghanistan
Friday morning prayers saw Islamic religious leaders excite parishioners into a frenzy that ended in violence, murder and mayhem in Afghanistan.
Apr 2, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Onslaught by Gaddafi Loyalists Triggers Rebel Rout from Sirte
Following recent gains, insurgents lose their advantage as pro-Gaddafi forces entrap and thrash rebel troops in the Battle for Sirte as NATO planes sit.
Apr 1, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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American and British Spies Target Libya as Top Diplomat Defects
CIA and MI6 spies will aid rebel forces as President Barack Obama authorizes clandestine action against Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi.
Mar 31, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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The Imminent Battle for Sirte, Moammar Gaddafi's Hometown
Sirte is the turning point in the Libyan war. A rebel victory could mean the liberation of Misrata; a defeat might give loyalist troops fortress Tripoli.
Mar 29, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Anti-Nuclear Red-Green Alliance Wins in 2 of Germany's 16 States
Furor over Chancellor Angela Merkel's support for the Stuttgart 21 project & nuclear power handed her Christian Democrats major regional election defeats.
Mar 28, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Coalition Fighter Jets Bomb Sabha, Sirte & Support Libyan Rebels
In the central Libyan district of Sirte, rebel soldier are advancing upon the hometown of Moammar Gaddafi with the assistance of NATO air forces.
Mar 28, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Will Cries for Democracy Shift to Sectarian Violence in Syria?
The latest Arab uprising, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, has escalated into violence against the forty year rule of the Assad Dynasty in Syria
Mar 27, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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The Brazilian Plastic Surgeon Who Held a Knife to Gaddafi's Face
In 1995, Dr. Liacyr Ribeiro held a scalpel to Moammar Gaddafi's throat & stomach for hours as the surgeon injected fat into the dictator's wrinkled face.
Mar 26, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Air Traffic Controller Sleeps While Jets Race Toward White House
Asleep at the wheel has a new meaning as an ATC supervisor fell asleep in the control tower leaving airliners unguided at Washington DC's Reagan airport.
Mar 25, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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NATO Launches Operation Unified Protector & No Fly Zone Blockade
Western navies, amassing in the Mediterranean Sea amid controversy, are contemplating the extent war against pro-Gaddafi Libyan forces could develop.
Mar 25, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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French Rafale or Mirage Fighter Jets Shoot Down Libyan Plane
A slow Soko G-2 Galeb ground support jet found itself pitted against supersonic Mirage or Rafale fighters with determined French pilots; the Libyans lost.
Mar 24, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Screen Siren & Hollywood Icon Dies at 79
Elizabeth Taylor: A golden age film legend, sensuous beauty, tabloid actress, screen vixen, unwavering friend & AIDS activist died from heart failure in LA.
Mar 23, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Odyssey Dawn's USAF F-15E Jet Crashes in Benghazi: Pilots Escape
When American fighter pilots parachuted safely into a village east of Benghazi, Libya, allegations of civilian collateral damage erupted during their rescue
Mar 23, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Top Army Generals & Diplomats Desert President Ali Abdullah Saleh
Following Friday's massacre in Yemen's Taghyir square, senior military officers, politicians, clerics and tribal elders abandon the beleaguered president.
Mar 21, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Tomahawk Missile Destroys Gaddafi Palace: Leader not Target
Storm Shadow & Tomahawk cruise missiles, launched form Rafale jets and US naval destroyers slammed into the Libyan dictator's palace at Bab al-Aziziya.
Mar 21, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Odyssey Dawn, Crusaders' Terrorist Attack: Gaddafi Vows Reprisal
The success of operations codenamed Ellamy, Harmattan, Mobile & Odyssey Dawn prompted Libya's leader to pledge a "long war" by distributing one million guns
Mar 20, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Stormshadow & Tomahawk Cruise Missiles Initiate US Odyssey Dawn
On the eight anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the West has launched another attack on an Arab nation, Odyssey Dawn - this time everyone's aboard.
Mar 20, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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French Rafale Fighter Jets Attack and Destroy Libyan Targets
Coalition air force jets are attacking Libyan military targets in the North African town of Benghazi as France takes the lead in the ouster of Col. Gaddafi.
Mar 19, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Reluctant President Becomes Eager Partner in UN No-Fly Resolution
President Obama's systematic formation of an unlikely coalition of NATO, Arab League, Chinese & Russian governments ensured a UN No-Fly Resolution on Libya.
Mar 19, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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United Nations Security Council Votes to Implement No Fly Zone
France, Britain and the Arab League were eventually joined by a reluctant USA in implementing a quarantine of Libyan airspace.
Mar 18, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Bahrain Protests May Degenerate into Regional Sectarian Violence
Sunni and Shiite activists are drawing religious lines that stretch from Tehran to Riyadh in what could engulf the entire Persian Gulf.
Mar 17, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Expat Homemaking in a Foreign Country
International émigré living can be successful. All that's needed are answers. Here are the questions & definitions; you fill in the replies before leaving.
Mar 15, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Amn Dawla, WikiLeaks Style Website, Exposes Egyptian Government
Captured data from stormed State Security offices implicate Hosni Mubarak's family & government in terrorist bombings of resort hotels & Christian churches.
Mar 14, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Boeing Two, Airbus Zero in Worldwide Aircraft Sales
The Airbus-Boeing battle shifts from the military airstrips of the USA to the skies of the world's fastest growing commercial aviation market - China.
Mar 9, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Blasphemy Laws & Nuclear Weapons in Fundamentalist Pakistan
Combine religious intolerance & an uneducated populace with a nuclear arsenal & you have the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; the world's most dangerous nation
Mar 5, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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America Sleeps While Libya Burns
The USA, Europe and NATO procrastinate, failing to implement a no-fly zone over Libya amid renewed aggressive air actions by the dictator Moammar Gaddafi.
Mar 5, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Airbus Defeated by Boeing on Air Force Tanker Deal
Amid vicious political wrangling, the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing received a $35 billion US Air Force contract that could exceed $100 billion.
Feb 25, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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America's GPS System Fosters Unfair Competition
In the 28 years since Ronald Reagan unveiled the American GPS system to the world, international commerce has changed to the detriment of the US taxpayer.
Feb 21, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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America's GPS System, A Lost Revenue Source
Congressional Democrats & Republicans bicker with President Obama over budget scraps, as $114 billion in annual revenue rockets past the US treasury yearly
Feb 20, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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American President Donald Trump?
Eyeing the 2012 presidential election, billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump has openly flouted the prospect of running on the Republican platform.
Feb 19, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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The Middle East: A Geographical Location or American Mindset?
Uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen: A precursor to an attitude shift that encompasses an expanding, unorthodox ideology the West has yet to comprehend.
Jan 29, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Three Term Governor Moonbeam Replaces California's Governator
A place where flash is all & politics the ultimate prize, billionaire tycoons & Hollywood actors fade when glitz is measured by the prowess of Jerry Brown.
Jan 4, 2011
- Frank W. Hardy
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Top Ten New Years Hotspots for 2011
The world is awash in turmoil, crises and potential conflict. 2011 is ripe for them to escalate into regional skirmishes or explode into worldwide war.
Dec 22, 2010
- Frank W. Hardy
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How to Find the Perfect Valentine's Day Gift and Present
Successful relationships create daunting challenges for unique Valentine's Day gifts. Men find themselves scurrying every February 14 for something special.
Dec 21, 2010
- Frank W. Hardy
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Air India & Indian Gov't Dispute Tacit Approval of Illegal Action
An Air India notice to pilots indicating government approval of flight & duty time extensions raised questions of honesty between the airline & the DGCA.
Dec 19, 2010
- Frank W. Hardy
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Obama Bullish on Afghanistan, Pakistan and US Troop Withdrawal
Providing mainly a positive assessment of the progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the president now confronts an unconvinced public at home and in Kabul.
Dec 17, 2010
- Frank W. Hardy
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Sen Joe Lieberman's Espionage Law Targets Journalist & Publishers
In his ongoing effort to silence the press & control Freedom of Speech, Senator Joe Lieberman now set his sights on uncontrollable journalists & publishers.
Dec 17, 2010
- Frank W. Hardy
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American Air Force Boards WikiLeaks Censure Bus
Closing the barn door after the horse has run out, the USAF is now forbidding airmen from viewing WikiLeaks and major news organization's websites.
Dec 15, 2010
- Frank W. Hardy
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American Special Envoy & Diplomat Richard Holbrooke Dies at 69
The Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan is dead. As the diplomatic world mourns a legend, the Afghans and Pakistanis wonder who will be next for them.
Dec 14, 2010
- Frank W. Hardy
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Human Rights Human Trafficking Sexual Exploitation Modern Slavery
Child sexploitation, forced labor, and the sale of human chattel has caught the ire of a group of leading individuals hell-bent on correcting the problem.
Dec 14, 2010
- Frank W. Hardy
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UN Co-Sponsors Luxor Conference on Human Trafficking
Amid movie stars & billionaires, the world's businesses hammered out industry standards for the eradication of sexual slavery and human suffering.
Dec 14, 2010
- Frank W. Hardy
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