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What if Baghdad Bob Was Right All along?

A great short piece by Tony Norman. I wonder what ‘Baghdad Bob’ is doing now and whether he’s OK. Is he part of the 1000+ (many estimates put it at … Continue reading

9 December, 2006 · 2 Comments

Psy-ops and false-flag ops in Iraq

In the wake of Iraq’s further descent into sectarian violence, consider the possibility of black flag operations in this piece picked up by QRS Wave at The Truth Shall Set … Continue reading

24 November, 2006 · 5 Comments

Robert Fisk: This was a guilty verdict on America as well

Independent | 06 November 2006 So America’s one-time ally has been sentenced to death for war crimes he committed when he was Washington’s best friend in the Arab world. America … Continue reading

7 November, 2006 · Leave a comment

Earth. Best before: the Industrial Revolution

Cartoon by Stan Eales, from his wonderful First Book of Eco-Humour As the Chinese symbol for crisis also denotes opportunity, there’s a side of me that looks forward to what … Continue reading

2 November, 2006 · Leave a comment

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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