Stay true to the dreams of thy youth

• Energy security: Strength in reserve - FT.com

  "“It would be wildly irresponsible to make defence policy decisions based on the assumption that the US is going to be energy self-sufficient in 10 or 20 years,” says Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations. “If that turns out to be wrong, it could be disastrous. One of the big lessons here is: don’t be too confident.” . . . Even if the US could secure all the energy it wanted, it would still have to worry about supplies reaching its allies and trading partners. If the Strait of Hormuz is closed and China runs short of oil, that is America’s problem, too."

  tags: oil gas energy security middleeast unitedstates bakken shale

• A successful Britain needs an ambitious infrastructure strategy - FT.com

  ** We could use this in the US with our near failing infrastructure** "A new, independent national infrastructure commission should be set up as soon as possible to look 25-30 years ahead at the evidence for the UK’s needs across all significant national infrastructure as a combined network. It is 30 years since the UK has had an infrastructure strategy, and as a result most projects stop, start, slow or collapse around the political cycle. Lack of certainty scares off investors and stops companies building the expertise and equipment to deliver."

  tags: infrastructure unitedkingdom politics cities urbanization

• Mapping Arms Data - the trade in small arms and their ammunition, 1992-2011

  tags: impressive arms military military-industrial

• A Fox News commentator calls forcing kids to skip lunch a "teaching moment" for their parents.

  "Fox News, ever on the lookout for new opportunities to top itself in the art of mind-boggling cruelty, had a segment on Thursday's Fox and Friends where a commentator suggested that starving kids out is a legitimate strategy to teach important lessons to their parents"

  tags: fox poverty food ridiculous politics

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