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Anna Politkovskaya, Rest In Peace

Anna Politkovskaya, journalist Born New York 1958; married (one son, one daughter); died in Moscow 7 October 2006. “My heroes are those people who want to be individuals, but are … Continue reading

9 October, 2006 · Leave a comment

Olbermann latest truth arrow: Bush’s lies and dishonour

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8 October, 2006 · Leave a comment

Lebanese PM urges UN action over Israeli flights

ABC Australia :: Last Update: Saturday, October 7, 2006. 8:27pm (AEST) Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has appealed to United Nations chief Kofi Annan to put pressure on Israel to stop … Continue reading

7 October, 2006 · Leave a comment

Despair at UN over new Sec-Gen

Despair at UN over selection of ‘faceless’ Ban Ki-moon as general secretary · Officials ‘glum’ over choice to succeed Kofi Annan · Staff believe US pushed for weakest candidate Ewen … Continue reading

7 October, 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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