Just what is going on in Afghanistan?
Any “news” that can be trusted is damn scarce. We have heard about the car-bombings that have killed over 300 people. We have heard that two military helicopters collided killing 9 U.S. soldiers. … Lire / Read
Indice de corruption
Pour la première fois de ma vie, sobre du moins, je vais vous entretenir de politique municipale. Déjà, j’me sens petit journaliste avec chapeau, crayon à mine, pigiste au Montréal Matin.
Quelle pourriture. Bande d’achevés-parvenus, à la botte d’une floppée … Lire / Read
Avoir rien fait et tout faire pour rien
L’action. L’agir. Les grands de ce monde, je pense qu’ils en ont un peu perdu de vue le sens. Remarquez, quand on a tout à gagner du statu quo, on ne se démène plus comme avant. Le concept d’action gagne … Lire / Read
Was There Ever Any Doubt? Suspicions that the U.S. is behind the revolution in Iran, on Iranian State T.V.
12:35 PM ET — « U.S. behind the attacks. » A reader sends in this unverified note: « Hi I’m located in Dubai but we have access to Iranian State T.V. here. I just witnessed a program on official state … Lire / Read
Can Ingsoc Prevail in Iran? Or, Ahmadinijad, Eurasian Menace!
While every western press tries to present the opposition party in Iran as some kind of Obama who is rising up to do business with progressive countries, the reality of the situation is plain to anyone who has been doing … Lire / Read
Another Day, Another Travesty of International Justice: Things You Won’t Learn From Sri Lanka
Well, well, well.
Since my last post, I have been trying to write something meaningful about Sri Lanka, but something told me I would have to wait to find the correct angle from which to view that mess and find … Lire / Read
Pakistan’s Post-Partition Depression
“We have met the enemy and they is us.” – Pogo
What the hell is going on in Afghanistan? Business as usual. What about Pakistan? They’re all hotted up, killing “hundreds”** of Taliban fighters near the Swat valley. Where was … Lire / Read
Givin’ it up for the Taliban
“President Obama has correctly refocused American attention on Afghanistan and Pakistan, the real front in the war on terror. But the recent surge in bombings is an alarming reminder of all of the unfinished business from President Bush’s unnecessary war … Lire / Read
Torture Torture Everywhere
A lie told often enough becomes the truth. – Lenin
With the GOP in bizarro-Washington, however, it’s the truth repeated over and over again that Dick Cheney wants to turn into a lie. The truth is, the United States DID … Lire / Read
Momentum LEED
Les chiffres parlent d’eux même : le nombre de projets LEED a doublé en 2008, nous apprend le U.S. Green Building Council.
Le nombre de projets enregistrés est passé de 10 000 à la fin de 2007 à 20 000 … Lire / Read