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Month: August 2004

  • Eminem’s evolution as an artist since his pre-rapping time is impressing. Eminem’s musical evolution goes along with his personal evolution.

  • Detroit's Fat Killaz

    Ever heard about the Detroit Fat Killaz? If you haven’t, you have probably heard about underground rapper King Gordy who played « Big O » in Eminem’s « 8 Mile » movie.

  • Turning a blind eye to nukes: Will Saudi Arabia have nukes next?

    Jonathan Power asks if Saudia Arabia will be the next country to declare it has nuclear weapons, and the ability to deploy them at long range. They bought Chinese CSS-2 rockets back in the 80’s. With elections to be held in Saudi in November, the first since 1932, are we seeing attempts to liberalise the…

  • Is Graham Watson MP a neocon?

    Graham Watson has come down on the side of myself and Reggie Dale, and decided that opening up the arms trade to China again would be a bad idea. He puts it very well: The guiding logic of the ban is ethical: It is a statement of revulsion. The pressure to lift it is commercial,…

  • Solar system may be exception not rule

    Is our-type solar system a common one? Beer and his colleagues are now arguing that the alien systems might not have formed in the same way as our solar system. It is possible that the hot-Jupiter systems might have come about when the dusty discs around stars became unstable and suddenly fragmented, with the individual…

  • North Korean hybrid missiles 'could threaten US'

    New Scientist is reporting that North Korea may be developing sea-based nuclear weapons: Ballistic missiles capable of striking the US mainland are being developed by North Korea from decommissioned Soviet hardware, according to a UK military journal. The report in Jane’s Defence Weekly suggests North Korea has modified technology used in old Soviet submarines to…

  • NIB scandal

    Anthony Sheridan with another letter in the Irish Times today, oh and it appeared in the Irish Examiner today too. Madam, – The powerful American billionaire Martha Stewart was recently sentenced to five months’ imprisonment for lying to government investigators about alleged insider trading in late 2001. From crime to jail sentence took less than…

  • Russia warns Georgia after threat

    In other Georgian news: Moscow has reacted angrily to a Georgian threat to open fire on ships which “illegally” enter the waters of its breakaway province of Abkhazia. Russia, which has close ties to the Black Sea province, said it would respond to any attack on its citizens with “the necessary rebuff”. The situation over…

  • Kakha Bendukidze

    Is this man the godsend of Libertarians and free-market lovers everywhere? Could Georgia be the model for future economies? Or will it end up plunging into war with Russia? None of my readers know it, but one of my pet subjects is Caucasian politics. I read about it regularly, and discuss it with some very…

  • Ferguson sounding like De Botton

    In a way, if you are the imperial power you have to accept that people are going to hate you however you go about spreading your influence. One of the problems Americans have is this desire to be loved. Legitimacy isn’t necessarily based on affection. It’s based on credibility. And I think what we’re seeing…