Yorkshire Ranter has a terrific run down of a story detailing parts of how the UAE's arms black market developed, centering on one certain Tomislav Damjanovic (and Viktor Bout associate). Unsurprisingly, their activities spill over to Iraq. As … [Continue reading]
Babylon 2007 — Gloom Without Glitter
One of History's recent ironies is how the Bush Regime's failings are helping to gestate an internal American culture of Babylonian decadence. One must say so far it is a gloomy Babylon without much fun. Fashion is its own theater, and cabaret … [Continue reading]
Do Ya Think?
Fearing Chaos, U.S. Officials Review Stance on Pakistan By DAVID E. SANGER and DAVID ROHDE Published: October 21, 2007 WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 — The scenes of carnage in Pakistan this week conjured what one senior administration official on Friday … [Continue reading]
Pathetic Beyond The Telling Of It (updated)
Just change the name to Duma and be done with it. And Mukasey promises to follow in Fredo's footsteps. Ours is truly a decayed house . . . [Update] The above highlights our dismay that Rockefeller and others in the Senate would cave so easily. … [Continue reading]
Musings On Dystopia and 1917
As you might be aware, Ridley's Scott's undeniably influential (but commercially disappointing) movie "Blade Runner" is being re-re-released in theaters and on DVD as the final "Director's Cut". This 1981 visual masterpiece helped launch the … [Continue reading]
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