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Jesus.

, originally uploaded by aqui-ali. This from The Stranger’s Last Days: SATURDAY, APRIL 22 Nothing happened today, unless you count the widely reported case of the Oregon man who got all hopped up on methamphetamine then shot himself 12 times in the head with a nail gun, after which he

American Colonialism.

Will and I watched Why We Fight last night, a really interesting documentary about colonialism and the industrialized American military. It made me sick. There were a couple of really creepy right-wing commentators (I can’t remember their names but of course Will was very familiar with them since he’

Guilty.

originally uploaded by Hugo* I was sitting at Ladro yesterday, drinking my daily dose of espresso. There was an abandoned New York Times on one of the Adirondack chairs, so I started reading about the fighting in Israel and Lebanon. As I was relaxing in the calm paradise that is

Israel in Lebanon.

I like to read Amanda’s blog. It’s very informative and thought-provoking, even though I may not always see eye-to-eye on everything she posts. In terms of the Iranian/Syrian problem of backing Hamas and Hezbollah, I read an interesting commentary in the New York Times by Ted Koppel.

Stop.

originally uploaded by Bright Tal. This was posted with this picture on Flickr: Israel is trying to bring Lebanon to its knees. Israel is trying to destroy Lebanon and the Lebanese spirit. Israel is trying to turn Lebanese against each other. Israel is trying to turn us into animals scrounging

Never again?

This is a really good article about the history of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. An excerpt which pretty much sums up my thoughts after reading a lot about things over the past few days. I feel for the Israelis, but as the US squandered the good will of the world

Cessez-le-feu.

Cessez-le-feu, originally uploaded by Hugo*. A demonstration in Paris yesterday, via Flickr.

"Smoke 'em out" with PowerPoint.

photo by Ralf Stockmann. This is a really interesting excerpt, taken from Thomas E. Rick’s Fiasco, especially given Tufte’s assertions about PowerPoint: That reliance on slides rather than formal written orders seemed to some military professionals to capture the essence of Rumsfeld’s amateurish approach to war planning.

Happy New Year. 3,000 Dead.

A powerful information design piece from the New York Times feature: Faces of the Dead. Each tiny square represents one dead soldier. When clicked, the whole image displays that soldier’s face. Sad, but powerful.

Park your fucking car and walk!

Ten Ways to Prepare for a Post-Oil Society Editor’s Note: James Howard Kunstler is a leading writer on the topic of peak oil the problems it poses for American suburbia. Deeply concerned about the future of our petroleum dependent society, Kunstler believes we must take radical steps to avoid