First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All The Florists
Later, [Pastor] Racer was working for a greenhouse and got to know a lot of florists. ”You’d be amazed how many people in the floral industry are homosexuals,” he said. ”And that’s where I...
meehawl all that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned
Victim Of Success!
The day has finally dawned when increasing traffic on the blog exceeded my monthly traffic cap (it’s hosted on an el-cheapo free trial server). So now I either actually finally *pay* for hosting, or...
Memo Here, Memo There
There are suddenly so many memos flying around that, thankfully, someone has collected all the extant Downing Street “war criminals” memos into one convenient zip file. Some of these may be fake or planted...
Once Bitten
I have (mostly) resisted the urge to say “Hah!” to any and all Apple Zealots over the past couple of weeks, as the rumours of Apple’s switch from an IBM/Motorola to an Intel CPU...
We Had Hoped To Spend Our Life With You, Saddam
An hour before dawn, the sky still clouded by a dust storm, the soldiers of the Iraqi army’s Charlie Company began their mission with a ballad to ousted president Saddam Hussein. “We have lived...
Badr Bing Badr Boom
The rift between the Iraqi government and hostile Sunni Arabs widened further on Wednesday as the country’s leaders came out in support of ethnic and sectarian militias that Sunnis fear could be used against...
Casus Belli
John R. Bolton flew to Europe in 2002 to confront the head of a global arms-control agency and demand he resign, then orchestrated the firing of the unwilling diplomat in a move a U.N....
Cuckoo Land
What with all the play that the narrow French rejection of the proposed EU Constitution enjoyed, I doubt that Switzerland’s successful referendum accepting endorsement of closer EU integration (specifically, enacting the Dublin Convention on...
We Only Want The Earth
Today is the birthdate of Jim Connolly, a Scots Irish labour hero shot dead in 1916 during a failed rebellion against British rule. I recently visited Kilmainham Gaol, and the very spot where Connolly...