Monthly Archive: May 2003

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Drumhead Redux

Danny Glover is appealing and likable. He’s honed to perfection the character of a trustworthy buddy, a genuine guy. But Danny Glover’s image is under revision. It’s being revamped on cable TV and talk...

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The Duke Strikes Back

We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world – a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just whores for power...

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Delinking Dissent

As economic libertarians, these people believe that markets should be free, formed by the rational actions of rational agents – who need only to be provided with perfect information about goods and services in...

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Revenge Of The Jihadi

I think their fundamental weakness stems from the undoubted fact that Bush et al are profoundly regressive and hierarchical people. Thus, they think in terms of cohorts and divisions, leaders, and roles. They think...

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Smart Bombs or Smart Dollars?

So which was more pivotal for the swiftness of the US invasion of Iraq? The 20th-Century industrialised warfare style routines of concerted fire-and-manoeuvre, or the refreshingly 19th Century imperialist conquest style of bribery and...

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Turnips Ahoy

There’s a standard carnivorist theory that a transformation around 2 MYears ago of hominids from omnivorous, opportunistic scavengers to dedicated, meat-eating Home Erectus hunters was the necessary and sufficient condition that drove the evolution...

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Microsoft Bollixes Up Beamers

Microsoft Corp. today announced that the BMW 7 Series, the line of cars introduced last month in the United States, features Microsoft�s robust, real-time embedded operating system, Windows� CE … Microsoft Windows CE for...

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Michael Number Two

Next year we will *destroy* these “Jacobs“, oh yes. Maybe with the aid of the newly resurgent “Sigmunds”? And whatever you do, don’t name a kid “David Nelson“! If your name is David Nelson...

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Safe As Houses

At a roadside produce stand on the outskirts of Baghdad, business is brisk for Latifa Khalaf Hamid. Iraqi drivers pull up and snap up fresh bunches of parsley, mint leaves, dill, and onion stalks....