Author Archives: Mash

Preparing The Ground For Iran

Posted on July 20, 2006 by Mash

Seymour Hersh wrote in the New Yorker last April: The Bush Administration, while publicly advocating diplomacy in order to stop Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon, has increased clandestine activities inside Iran and intensified planning for a possible major air … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Iran, Middle East Conflict, Politics | 13 Comments

On A Dedicated Server

Posted on July 20, 2006 by Mash

    [This post should be read while listening to Also Sprach Zarathustra, op. 30 by Richard Strauss] The blog has been migrated to a dedicated server. If I did everything correctly things should work pretty much like before. You should … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 15 Comments

Jon Stewart On The Bush-Merkel Blitz-Massage

Posted on July 19, 2006 by Mash

    On the July 18 episode of The Daily Show Jon Stewart commented on the Blitz-Massage. It occurs to me that this is as inexplicable as Zinedine Zidane’s head butt in the World Cup final. As you will recall, … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | 5 Comments

Status Quo Ante

Posted on July 19, 2006 by Mash

    At the State Department Briefing today, Spokesman Sean McCormack had the following exchange with a Turkish reporter: QUESTION: Fifteen Turkish soldiers have been killed in one week, last week by Kurdish PKK fighters in Turkey coming from northern … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Middle East Conflict | 5 Comments

High Traffic Blogging And Server Upgrades

Posted on July 19, 2006 by Mash

I have good news, bad news and more good news. The good news is that many people who normally do not visit this blog visited here in the last 24 hours since I posted about President Bush’s Blitz-Massaging of the … Continue reading →

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