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Bill Quick isn’t impressed with the Powell speech and has some typically glass-half-empty views about what the media has had to say about it thus far. Bill, for the last several months, could always be counted on to provide the pessimistic view of things regarding the WOT, and I generally think he provides a valuable service in doing so, but I also think he’s wrong when he now writes,
One can make the point that there is nothing at all earth-shaking in Powell’s presentation, nothing that could resemble a smoking gun, and really not much that all the major powers involved have not already discovered on their own. Hell, some of them, like France and Germany, may have helped build these facilities and weapons.
Why do we bother with dumbshows like this? In the end, I doubt that this has changed a thing.
Of course we can’t yet tell, but I would venture the guess that Powell’s speech, while not providing any “smoking guns” of the variety that would satisfy the above usual suspects (but then, what ever would, really?), will signal an important shift of decision in the UN. It’s not surprising that Russia’s foreign minister would, right after the speech, suggest that the inspections were working and we should thus give them more time, but it’s telling how resoundingly pathetic that sounds now horse sex drawing. The blogosphere could hear the silly, dishonest undertones of those statements weeks ago, but now I think the rest of the world will be catching up.
True, Powell didn’t reveal any news of the “Here’s a picture of a nuclear missile being built” variety, but he did present some new information. However, much more important than that was the systematic, relentless character of the presentation, in which he assembled all the hundreds of small pieces of information coherently and drove them home one after another. It’s one thing when small pieces of intelligence are linked one by one over the course of weeks. It’s another when they come in the packaged deal with the bright red bow tied around them.
The diplo-journo mind is one that operates (often deliberately) in a series of ephemeral moments, highly fickle and prone to forget any inconvenient fact that hasn’t been pounded into its head in the last 5 minutes k9 erotic stories. That little tidbit about chemical weapons from last week, for some reason in the bizarre world of the UN, doesn’t seem to matter any more in the here and now. “Bah… rocket tubes. That’s old news doggy sperm. What have you found for me recently?”
One more small article of illegal weapons, one more sign of danger from Saddam… No worries. Just make the point that whatever single piece of evidence that has come to light isn’t enough by itself to justify war, and conveniently ignore the fact that it’s just the most recent addition to a gigantic pyramid that has been steadily built over the last 12 years.
For this reason, up until now it’s been easy to discard the wealth of data and arguments that cry out for ousting Saddam, bits of information that gradually but unceasingly come to light my k9 bestiality story. It’s frustrating and infuriating that people who are supposed to be intelligent enough to guide the fate of nations could be so willfully obtuse, but it’s a situation we have to deal with.
The good news is that (I think, at least) the Bush administration has dealt with it handily in the form of Powell’s speech. True, it didn’t much change the substance of the sum total of known information concerning Saddam’s misbehavior, but it has the distinct potential of drastically changing the perception (or at least the publicly acknowledged perception) of that material in the minds of the UN nations.
A dripping faucet, while annoying, can be ignored. Powell just turned that faucet into a gushing water main, and I think nations like France and Germany are going to start feeling their toes getting wet.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he'sThe article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
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Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
I finally went and did it.
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
the not-being-a-jerk department.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
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University or Diversity
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
Saddam is so hot to get his grubby hands on nukes is enough evidence of aggression. What's he going to do with them once
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
conflict.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
again soon, didn't we?"
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
superiority.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
Maybe I can't change the fact that I have to be intimately confronted with the death and pain in order to really feel the
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
being the reaction described above.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
the Feds know about it.
looks like a green light, no?
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
to penetrate.
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
Maybe I can't change the fact that I have to be intimately confronted with the death and pain in order to really feel the
computer systems.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
trying to get an education
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
but I hope to do that soon. I also hope to win the Nobel Prize in Kickboxing, and judge each of those things to be of
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
that I hadn't thought of it first!
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
but I hope to do that soon. I also hope to win the Nobel Prize in Kickboxing, and judge each of those things to be of
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
University or Diversity
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
the not-being-a-jerk department.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
of fist.
trying to get an education
Saddam is so hot to get his grubby hands on nukes is enough evidence of aggression. What's he going to do with them once
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
of the mass moron movement.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
again soon, didn't we?"
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
It is time for a new day to dawn in the Blogosphere, my gnome brothers. A glorious day. A day when no longer will we
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
looks like a green light, no?
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
but I hope to do that soon. I also hope to win the Nobel Prize in Kickboxing, and judge each of those things to be of
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
computer systems.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
of fist.
trying to get an education
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
nothing may stand in our way!
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
computer systems.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
nothing may stand in our way!
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
looks like a green light, no?
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
vulnerability.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
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After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
to penetrate.
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
nothing may stand in our way!
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
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has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
looks like a green light, no?
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
the Feds know about it.
looks like a green light, no?
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
Saddam is so hot to get his grubby hands on nukes is enough evidence of aggression. What's he going to do with them once
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
that I hadn't thought of it first!
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
last update : 5-2-2012
