Archive for October 8th, 2006


Who invented “Gore invented the Internet”?

Gore never said it, someone mangled his words deliberately.

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Grotesque imperialism

America ponders cutting Iraq in three

Naturally, no Iraqis will be consulted on the proposed destruction of their county. But you already knew that, right?

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US rules allowing dumping of toxic goods

The goods are being dumped in… the US - because other countries have banned them.

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Mexico may refer US to UN over border fence

That Dubya, he’s gone and alienated yet another ally. But hey, it is election time. Neocons need the racist vote. What better way to do that than by promising to build a fence to keep The Hideous Hordes out?

If, in fact, it ever gets built. But then, that’s not the point - mobilizing racists to vote is.

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Bad moon rising in Russia

Prominent anti-Putin Russian reporter murderered

This is ethnic cleansing‘ – Soviet republic of Georgia on Russia’s current repression against them.

We live in remarkably ugly times, don’t we? Sickness abroad, sickness at home. I rarely get nostaglic, but the 60’s were a time of both great tumult as well as great hope. This is an age of collapsing empires, first the USSR, now the US. Yet, great danger can also be great opportunity, because that’s when real and lasting social change can happen.

‘Fall mountains / Just don’t fall on me’ - Jimi Hendrix

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