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- Malaysia’s Vigilantes
More than 500,000 civilian volunteers armed with batons will be allowed to arrest illegal immigrants in Malaysia when an amnesty against prosecution expires tomorrow. Oh yeah, Malaysia’s population is about 24 million, so we’re looking at 2% of the population signed up for this program! And all to search for an estimated 500,000 [...]
- Kerry blames defeat on Bin Laden
Kerry blames defeat on Bin Laden
Mr Kerry said he was proud of his presidential campaign, claiming it had brought “millions of new voters” into the political process. “Many Republicans say we beat their models by four or five points,” he said. “I won the youth vote. I won the independent vote. [...]
- Our Paper of Record
Courtesy Dr. Alfred Wallace, a quick look at New York Times correspondent Dexter Filkins and his recent pieces from Iraq:
On Saturday:
Shiite Faction Ready to Shun Sunday’s Election in Iraq
By DEXTER FILKINS
A radical cleric’s refusal to endorse the election foreshadowed a less than overwhelming voter turnout in Iraq.On Sunday:
Several Explosions Heard Across Baghdad
By DEXTER FILKINS
Iraqis began [...]
- Crazy John McCain Picture
For some reason, this was posted on a Japanese humor picture post website. They did not appear to have any idea who it was (it’s Senator John McCain, and I don’t think this is an edited photo).
- The Vote in Iraq
The BBC predictably couldn’t help itself from casting the Iraqi vote in a negative light (“Iraq votes as attacks hit Baghdad”), but let’s face it: 22 dead in suicide bombing attacks, all of which were killed in Baghdad, is a pretty cheery picture compared to what many expected.
From Reuters:
In Baquba, a rebellious city northeast of [...]
- Journal for the horizontally challenged
... no I am not talking about some isomniac’s diary. From NewRuleSets.com, a venture defined by Thomas Barnett we have the the free Premier Issue of the Rule-Set Reset, a 22 page document that kicks off a new journal for “thinking horizontally.” I repeat, this premier issue is free so download it now.
All comments about [...]
- Korean Semantics
The Republic of Korea has dropped the words “Main Enemy” in their description of North Korea in the upcoming publication of the Defense White Paper. The DPRK will now be referred to as a “direct and substantial military threat.”
Not coincidentally, Secretary of State Rice made sure to publically label the DPRK an “outpost of [...]
- In the Footsteps of Alexander
I just finished an excellent, although at times silly, documentary on Alexander’s route from Macedonia to India, In the Footsteps of Alexander (on Sir Younghusband’s recommendation—thanks). Narrated by a rowdy Englishman—who reminds me of all the worst types of Western rifraf you run into overseas—the documentary is four hours long and really does show [...]
- Modern Art, Soviet Nostalgia
A painting in the First Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art titled Metamorphose. I’m not one for modern art, but I think this picture is a pretty wry take on post-Soviet Russia. What does this picture say to you?
- Alternative Energy Nutcase Alert
This is the latest post in the “what makes a legimitate news site?” series, this time targetting the “alternative energy” freaks. Otherwise known as the hairy pinkos who want us to abandon technology and return to living in the jungle, their indoctrination tactics have become increasingly effective in recent years as they try to [...]
