Malcolm X Day

“I am not a racist. I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.” – Malcolm X Today is the birthday of one of the bravest and …

And a random quote for today…

“Communism deprives no man of the ability to appropriate the fruits of his labour. The only thing it deprives him of is the ability to enslave others by means of such appropriations.” – Karl Marx More later. Have to do some boring work now.

Harsh Interrogation Techniques

Read this and weep. In another graphic instance, a former Iraqi general was beaten by U.S. forces and suffocated to death. The military officer charged in the death was given just 60 days house arrest. “Abed Hamed Mowhoush [was] a former Iraqi general beaten over days by U.S. Army, CIA …

They’re not innocents, they are the enemy.

From: Military investigations whitewash Israeli war crimes IDF Commander of the northern troops Gadi Eizencout first described this strategy in an interview with Yedioth Aharonoth last October. He explained, “What happened to the Dahiyah neighbourhood of Beirut in 2006 will happen to each village from which Israel is fired on. …

May Day

Today, on the first of May, it would be a good idea to look at the history of the last 150 years. To remember that the current world crisis we find ourselves in is neither the first, nor an unpredictable event that no-one could have forseen. We should look back …

100 Days

The Center for Constitutional Rights has posted a detailed analysis of how Obama has done so far in terms of restoring the Constitution to its pre-Bush form and generally adhering to its principles. The first 100 days of the Obama administration presented a historic opportunity to restore the Constitution after …

More Disgust

Things are getting predictably worse in Sri Lanka as the government continues to shell civilians in its attempt to destroy all opposition from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. And what are all the major powers doing? The usual bullshit. UN Security Council president, Mexico’s ambassador Claude Heller, told the …

You’ve got to know whom to bite.

And now it makes perfect sense that I never liked South Park. South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker still can’t believe a signed photo of Saddam Hussein U.S. Marines sent them is for real – but they hope it is. Legend has it the troops screened the duo’s …

Almost at Desert Bridge again

That update I talked about, that will fix the DPI issues? A couple more days. With the way I managed to cut my finger, and a bit of “normal” work that I had to do, in addition to being rather tired, I’ve had to postpone it a little. Meanwhile, the …

March 16th, 1968

This is the real face of war. This is what every pro-war person thinks is justified; this is what every pro-war politician, be it George W. Bush or Barack Obama, is responsible for. This is what is happening right now in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Pakistan; what has happened in …