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The Militarisation of MySpace

Extraordinary. Now used as a source for military recruitment … I certainly won’t be joining this newly acquired Murdoch owned site!!    By Nick Turse :: Tom Dispatch :: 2 … Continue reading

3 October, 2006 · 1 Comment

The cook’s report: I watched Beirut as it burned

The Independent :: 30 September 2006 :: by Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain is famed for his dramatic culinary adventures. But when he set off to Lebanon, little did he know … Continue reading

30 September, 2006 · Leave a comment

Israel’s other war

by Omayma Abdel-Latif :: 7 – 13 September 2006, Issue No. 811 | Al-Ahram Weekly A little remarked consequence of Israel’s war on Lebanon is the destruction of culture, Omayma … Continue reading

13 September, 2006 · Leave a comment

How Hollywood softens us up for war, torture

Brought to you courtesy of the Military-Industrial *Entertainment* Complex Softening Us Up for Torture, 24 Hours at a Time by Dave Trotter | Lew Rockwell | 7 September 2006 EXCERPT … Continue reading

8 September, 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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