One of the projects I dream of but never shall produce( Read more... )

President Karzai appointed a former President of Afghanistan to head peace negotiations with the Taliban. The Taliban sent a pretend negotiator - one of two; the other must have known what was going ot happen - who blew himself up along with the ex-President ( Read more... )

...is the chief centre of expertise in Britain on Asia and Africa. It is also as corrupt as the UN, the Mafia, or the Pentagon. I have a personal issue with them: 22 years ago, they did everything in their power to destroy me. I therefore find nothing whatever strange or surprising in this: bullying, cruelty and cowardice are, in my experience, ( Read more... )

...the silver and bronze medallists of one of the Olympic gun competitions not only shook hands, but hugged and did everything in their power to demonstrate the deepest love for each other. The silver medalist was Russian, the bronze Georgian. The BBC commentators were all over this like white on rice, calling it a wonderful display of the power ( Read more... )

If the Republicans wanted to win at the coming elections - and, perhaps even more important, not to confirm every commonplace of anti-American propaganda throughout the world - they should have sent Cheney (and perhaps Rumsfeld) on a diplomatic mission to Antarctica for the last couple of months. His outburst about pretend drowning being a ( Read more... )

First, remember what I said about parents and children:

http://fpb.livejournal.com/173966.html

Then, but only if you have a very strong stomach, read this:

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