ARTICLE: Russia to Help Cuba Build Space Center, Reuters, September 17, 2008

Ah yes, our "ideological enemies." Boy, talk about putting lipstick on a pig!

Marginally competitive economic players tend to congregate--BFD.

But please, go all wobbly over this one too, confusing irritating friction (frisson?) with deep forces at work.

We need to focus on making ourselves as competitive as possible by becoming as resilient as possible. Obsessing over the marginals is a waste of time--infantile in a strategic sense.

(Thanks: Rob Johnson)