awhile back, there was monetary chaos in Iraq. More than one dinar circulated, some left over from Saddam's regime. Are there still different kinds of currency in circulation? is the the old Saddam dinar still being used? is the official Iraqi dinar falling in purchasing power?
meanwhile: SLATE reports:
No More Norad: Well, not exactly, but Hollywood is going to have to
come up with a new way to capture America's apocalyptic anxieties. Norad (short for North American Aerospace Defense Command), the cold-war era early warning system for nuclear war, is leaving the only home it has ever known, Colorado's legendarily fortified Cheyenne Mountain. Norad's day-to-day operations are being taken over by Peterson Air Force Base in nearby Colorado Springs. Says one military official, "the threat has changed."< where's Dick Cheney going to hang out? -- Jim Devine / "... the greatest bulwark of capitalism is militarism." -- Emma Goldman.
