Why is this starting to feel like the shit is going to hit the fan? (Don’t worry though, the US Army just raised the maximum age for enlistment so all you out of work 39 year old guys can become PFC’s in the next stage of the gulf war…) cd Iran says moving assets –…
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Iran threatens to end nuclear co-operation –
This article is one to pay attention to Kids. Funny how I’ve never heard about the Iranian law that requires them to resume….watch for the rhetoric to build, remember WMD?Iran threatens to end nuclear co-operation – Iran threatens to end nuclear co-operation 1/13/2006 7:00:00 PM GMT Iran threatened on Friday to end all voluntary co-operation…
Brown Sugar Junkies in Iran
Be sure to follow this link so that you can watch the video and see the photo-essay. This is an epic sort of story. cd Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone From Yahoo! News A maverick doctor combines needle exchange and methadone to fight Iran’s serious heroin problem. The Islamic government supports him — so…
Kyrgyz wrestling hero shot dead
When I was in Kyrgyzstan in 2003, it seemed like the most stable and tolerant of the Stans. Then came the overthrow of President Akayev last March, followed by continued unrest. Now the Kyrgyz are shooting it out for the position of head of the Olympic committee… A prominent Kyrgyz wrestler, Raatbek Sanatbayev, who was…
Anarchocapitalism
I definitely enjoyed the lively debate over whether I am in fact an anarchist or a libertarian. I resist the word libertarian because there is a certain conservative asshole fascist amount of baggage attached to it by both the left and the right. I think I should be allowed to earn as much money as…
Chomsky on the War in Iraq
I found this a few minutes ago….Enjoy….cd âIRAQ is the first time in hundreds of years of European and American history that a war was massively protested before it was launched. There was huge protest in February 2003. It had never happened in the history of the West,â? Noam Chomsky, MIT professor and one of…
Israeli links to 9/11? – from Al Jazeera….
I’ve heard these allegations before…the problem with any fingerpointing of this kind is that it is now far too late to come to any solid conclusions….the evidence if it ever existed has been swept away. Still, interesting to have a different perspective than the Bush sanctioned and controlled media…. I especially found interesting the involvement…
Isreal in political turmoil
Ariel Sharon, the hawkish Prime Minister of Isreal has suffered a major stroke and will most likely not return to power. Some of you may remember that it was Isreal and Sharon that began the modern policy of preemptively attacking potential terrorists and terror centers. This policy was first condemned by the world and then…
Letterman to O'Reilly: "I have the feeling about 60% of what you say is crap"
Bill O’Reilly appeared with an uncharacteristically serious David Letterman last evening. Letterman does not possess the debating skills of Jon Stewart, but he does display genuine passion and dismay. Letterman: âHow can you possibly take exception with the motivation and the position of someone like Cindy Sheehan?â? OâReilly: âBecause I think sheâs run by far-left…
Master and Margarita overcomes "curse" to reach small screen
A previous film adaptation “disappeared” from the director’s home. A TV adaptation of cult novel The Master and Margarita has become a ratings hit in Russia despite superstition that it was “cursed”. More than 55% of Russians aged over 18 watched the first part of the 143 million roubles (£2.9m) TV series. Mikhail Bulgakov started…