Archive for the 'War' Category

The few with courage

Most of us go through life minding our own business, and not “rocking the boat”. That is the safe way to live. If we come across an injustice, we might complain, but at some point we’ll just leave it and move on and “not get involved”. More »

Our chemical weapons are better!

Now that it looks like America’s use of white phosphorus or radioactive ammunition is creating children with 12 fingers and with two heads, perhaps it is finally time to stop whingeing how Saddam Hussein “used chemical weapons on his own people”. We are not much better guys. ;-)

The photographer’s photographer

Don McCullin is one of the greatest photographers of our time, at least in my opinion. He has risked life and limb to bring us images of war which have become iconic of the 20th century and which have made us uncomfortable. More »


kaveh1000: RT @wisealic: Chronicle article by Josh Fischman 'As Journal Boycott Grows, Elsevier Defends Its Practices' + interesting comments http://t.co/iEYKTXMf
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kaveh1000: RT @clauseggers: Tourists deported from U.S. for Twitter jokes http://t.co/MX3c0RI7
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kaveh1000: RT @pkedrosky: WSJ: Accel's post-IPO 700x return on a $13m investment in Facebook would be largest in venture industry history.
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KhaledGhetas: RT @kaveh1000: For those who think Jobs was a good guy: Apple’s iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China: http://t.co/veBqLBxU
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