Brave New Peace?
From John Robb, author of Brave New War Working on the ideas for a second book (in the proposal stage) on superempowered individuals and their ability change things for the better. It picks up on the last section of BNW…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month June 2007
Who would have EVER thought they’d do that?
The operational commander of US troops in Baquba says 80% of top al-Qaeda leaders left the city before the attack commenced. He calls this cowardice, apparently clueless of that basic tactic of guerrilla warfare, “when the enemy attacks, retreat.” Perhaps…
Racist plan by Australian PM denounced
The lunatic and racist PM of Australia just floated a plan to ban alcohol and porn from aborigines. They can’t handle it, says he. No mention was made of Anglo alcoholics and porno addicts however. This is just more of…
Not deer ticks. Aphids
Photo taken in our backyard. Deer ticks crawl up plants, wait for something mammalian to pass by, hop on for a free ride and start munching. There were hundreds of them. Did I mention they are carriers of Lyme disease?…
The goal of war is not to win
These observations suggest that a militant vs. state conflict tends to make the leaders on both sides stronger– giving both leaderships a vested interest in continuing the fight. In July 1983, the LTTE carried out an ambush on government security forces.…