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  • Iraq Intelligence: Here's what Powell said

    I was pretty shocked by Colin Powell’s presentation at the UN last February. I blogged about it, but I cant seem to find the link. But I did put a quote in from his biography, where he talks about how to work PR in politics. The IHT have this story on what Powell said last…

  • Europe joins race to send humans to Mars

    So the ESA might be interested in getting men (or women) to Mars. “We think it is technically feasible to have a manned mission to the moon between 2020 and 2025 and then to Mars between 2030 and 2035,” said Franco Ongaro, project manager of the European Space Agency’s Aurora space exploration program. “We need…

  • EU Commission plots global travel surveillance system

    The EU commission, up to no-good. This is a very disturbing development.

  • Kill You

    « Kill You » is one of the most controversial tracks from the Marshall Mathers LP. It is also one of the most sarcastic of the album. If you got Eminem’s sense of humor, you will have fun while listening to the song. You will appreciate his parody of raping and killing women a slow…

  • A pretty clear example of unprofessionalism and bad journalism

    Ain’t this obvious ? The Source is manipulating people’s minds against Eminem. Kim Osorio seems to belong to one of the worst category of journalists : the kind of journalists who are ready to misrepresent the truth for the only purpose to serve her magazine’s interests. Frankly, I despise those kind of persons. They are…

  • robert baer on newsnight

    Robert Baer had some interesting things to say on Newsnight tonight. He was Deputy Chief of Operations with the CIA Group in Iraq. Paxman: What went wrong with the intelligence gathering? Robert Baer: Well from my perspective, I was an Operations Officer, worked my whole career in the field, for many years in Iraq. We…

  • Those elusive WMD

    Here’s a thought, it might have always been known that there were no WMD. It has been known since the early 90’s that Iraq is an intelligence black hole. It was not known whether or not there were WMD in Iraq, but on balance, what were the chances that there was? I’m troubled by a…

  • Eminem's impact on society

    Love him or loathe him, you cannot deny Eminem’s impact on society. Eminem’s music influences a lot of people. Why do so many different people buy his albums ? Because he uses a lot of cusswords ? Certainly not ! The answer can be found in « The Real Slim Shady » :

  • ELECTRONIC VOTING'S HIDDEN PERILS

    Dan points to this story in the Mercury News on another e-voting scandal. This one concerns our old friend, Diebold. Huge problems here: Concerned that their new $12.7 million Diebold electronic voting system had developed a glitch, election officials turned to a company representative who happened to be on hand. Lucky he was there. For…

  • Knowledge and courage

    These are the elements of greatness. Because they are immortal they bestow immortality. Each is as much as he knows, and the wise can do anything. A person without knowledge is in a world without light. Wisdom and strength are they eyes and hands. Knowledge without courage is sterile.

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