Monthly Archives: August 2006

危机 (weiji)

    [Hat tip: Crooks and Liars]

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And Now A Major Motion Picture…

    [Hat tip: Defamer]

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Fear, Politics & Opportunity Costs

    Late last night as I was preparing to make my nightly overseas call to my wife and daughter, CNN interrupted regular programming with "Breaking News" from London. The news that broke late last night has now reverberated across the … Continue reading

Posted in Foreign Policy, Politics, Terrorism | 13 Comments

Conceit

  "I could be well moved, if I were as you: If I could pray to move, prayers would move me: But I am constant as the northern star,Of whose true-fix’d and resting quality There is no fellow in the … Continue reading

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Bend The Truth Like CNN

On March 12, 2006 a 14-year-old Iraqi girl named Abeer Qasim Hamza al-Janabi was brutally gang raped and murdered in the village of Mahmoudiya. Members of her family, including her 5-year-old sister were also murdered. Five American soldiers stand accused … Continue reading

Posted in Human Rights, Iraq | 9 Comments