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- The Solution to All Problems
via Catholicgauze
This speaks for itself. God bless The Onion:
Northern Irish, Serbs, Hutus Granted Homeland In West Bank
UNITED NATIONS”“In a bold gambit hoped to resolve dozens of conflicts around the world, the U.N. announced Monday the establishment of Ethniklashistan, a multinational haven in the West Bank that will serve as a new homeland for Irish Protestants, [...]
- Hotspots: East Timor, Afghanistan, and Somalia
I’ve been meaning to write about some hotspots that have shown up in the news this week. In lieu of posts on each borderline civil war, here’s a summary of the chaos now taking over East Timor, Afghanistan, and Somalia.
EAST TIMOR: The Government v.s. Rebel Army Units, allied Police Forces, and Gangs
The West has [...]
- Oh no he didn’t!
George Galloway said it would be “morally justified” to assassinate Tony Blair but quickly qualified his statement by saying that he “would not support anyone seeking to assassinate the prime minister.”
Gorgeous George is in Cuba this week gallavanting on the tellie with our man Castro. I can’t wait to see Hitch’s reaction to all of [...]
- For our Utah readers
Military expert will address the global war on terror
Robert D. Kaplan – who advocated the invasion of Iraq but warned against “any evangelical lust to implement democracy overnight in a country with no tradition of it” – will be the guest speaker at the Salt Lake Military Salute, to be held June 3 at the [...]
- An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth, if followed to its ultimate conclusion…
Belarus to ban US, Canadian flights
Ex-Soviet Belarus, its leaders subject to a visa ban in the West, is to bar flights over its territory by U.S. and Canadian aircraft, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. The move, suggested by President Alexander Lukashenko this week, was in response to a refusal by both countries to [...]
- The attraction of Chinese imperialism
Younghusband breaking bread in Chinese Turkestan 2004
Recently Coming Anarchy has been buzzing with the comparison of colonial experiences, or the “who was worse than who” game. Robert Kaplan’s book Imperial Grunts contains passage after passage hailing the advantages indigenous cultures recieve from the imperial actions of great powers. Even the locals long for it. [...]
- Imperialist Duality: White Man’s Burden and the Evil Japs
Do you still believe this? Many do.
Marmot has an interesting post and discussion on imperialism, good and bad. Foreign Dispatches is also drawn into the fray.
One of the things I noticed on my last post on Japan’s imperial past and Europe’s failure to satisfy the standards of historical reflection to which the Japanese are [...]
- Connectivity and Chaos in Brazil
In a followup to my earlier post on the prison riots taking place in Brazil, it turns out that the attacks have been coordinated by cell phones held by prisoners.
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) – Family visits in Sao Paulo prisons only take place once a week but jailed Brazilian gangsters chat on their contraband cell [...]
- Nasa World Wind 1.3.5
The newest version of Nasa World Wind is out. I’ll say it again—this program kicks Google Earth’s ass.
Among a number of technical upgrades, the newest version adds a number of aesthetically pleasing details, including:
(almost) real time global clouds; you can see weather as it happens on a worldwide scale.
3D stars.
Mars.
Atmosphere effects.More plugins are available [...]
- Neo-Medievalism Note
Dearest readers, I’d just like to let you know that due to a very very hectic work schedule this week I won’t have time to continue the series until Friday/Saturday. So if you can bear with me until then and maintain your interest, I’ll have more then. Kirk made some important corrections to my last [...]
