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Christopher Hitchens Recites From Memory Wilfred Owen’s Great Anti-War Poem, “Dulce et Decorum est”
The great Hitch reciting Owens. __________ And here’s the text of the poem from 1917 or 1918: Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our … Continue reading
The Diligent Shall Rule
Or at least annoy. Focus and never give up.
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Tagged comedy, humor, life, music, Nietzsche, struggle, war, will
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I Had a Nuclear Terrorism Nightmare This Morning
I don’t believe that dreams, in some psychic sense, have predictive powers. But I also don’t believe that dreams are wholly random “night-static.” Like Freud, I assume that dreams are at least sometimes routes to otherwise unconscious wishes and anxieties … Continue reading
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Tagged Iran, Los Angeles, nuclear terrorism, nuclear war, terrorism, war
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Khamenei Strategist Alireza Forghani: “In the name of Allah, Iran must attack Israel by 2014”
You can’t say we weren’t warned. This was in the Jerusalem Post yesterday: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s strategist provided the legal and religious justification for the annihilation of Israel and the Jewish people, in a document published on conservative Farsi website Alef. Reports … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Holocaust, Iran, Israel, nuclear terrorism, nuclear war, terrorism, war
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Nuclear Religious War Watch: An Israel-Iran “Short War”?
Short war scenarios tend to be delusional, but Benjamin Netanyahu appears to think that he can initiate one against Iran. Seriously. The following was reported in the Washington Post yesterday: A “short-war” scenario assumes five days or so of limited Israeli … Continue reading
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Tagged death, Iran, Israel, life, nuclear terrorism, nuclear weapons, peace, religious war, terrorism, tragedy, war
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Today’s Nervy Nuclear Iran Quote
The following comes from Raymond Learsy at PoHuff, summarizing part of a report in the New York Times from Nov 5, 2011: [T]he International Atomic Energy Agency Report . . . is expected to spell out that Iran has conducted tests … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward Munch, existentialism, Iran, Israel, nuclear proliferation, nuclear terrorism, oil, Tel Aviv, the scream, war
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Iranian Cleric Calls Israel a Cornered Cat
The Jerusalem Post today quotes Ayatollah Mahmoud Alavi, a senior cleric in Iran, as saying that Israel (which he calls “the Zionist regime” and “a cornered cat”) “will receive a crushing response from the Islamic Republic” if it tries to take out Iran’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Iran, Islam, Israel, Judaism, nuclear proliferation, peace, Politics, the middle east, war
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2012: Will Iran’s Nuke Program Lead to the End of the World?
Maybe. The Jerusalem Post reported yesterday that Israel’s president, Shimon Peres, . . . believes Israel is closer to utilizing the military option in dealing with Iran’s nuclear program than it is to finding a diplomatic solution to the threat. . … Continue reading
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Tagged earth, Iran, Islam, Israel, Judaism, nuclear weapons, peace, religion, the future, war, world war III
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Ayn Rand Against Religion in Conservative Politics
In thinking about Emile Durkheim’s three Ps of sociology (power, prestige, and property), it occurred to me that the contemporary Republican Party has its own three Ps that it’s committed to advancing: plutocracy (rule by the rich); Pentacostal-style revivalism; and … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, Ayn Rand, christianism, conservative politics, God, Jesus, libertarianism, objectivism, pentagon, plutocracy, war
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Christianism Watch: The Sign of the Fish Enlisted for War
A pretty darn ironic image: one of the Prince of Peace’s symbols enlisted for nationalist identification and war: . Of course, Constantine did something similar with the cross. But, if a contemporary Christian uses the sign of the fish in … Continue reading
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Tagged christianism, christianist, gandhi, God, Jesus, nonviolence, peace, religion, religion of peace, war
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Salman Rushdie Gets It: Abbottabad is “Pakistan’s West Point”
Salman Rushdie calls bullshit on Pakistan authorities’ feigning of surprise that Osama bin Laden was in their midst: Osama bin Laden, the world’s most wanted man, was found living at the end of a dirt road 800 yards from the Abbottabad military … Continue reading
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Tagged abbottabad, America, closure, mission accomplished, nuclear terrorism, nuclear war, osama bin laden, Pakistan, terrorism, war, west point
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Unholy Night: A Muslim Tries to Blow Up Portland Christians Gathered around a Christmas Tree
Talk about a (real) war on Christmas! A Muslim 19-year-old, Mohamed Osman Mohamud—born in Somalia but raised in Oregon—tried to take out, with a truck bomb, a whole crowd of human beings—the majority of which were no doubt Christians—gathered for the public lighting … Continue reading
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Tagged Allah, christmas tree, God, Islam, islam in america, muhammad, psychology, religion, terrorism, war, war on christmas
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Islamic Militants Seek Pakistan’s Nuclear Arsenal
This today at the BBC: In one of the latest cables to be released by Wikileaks, senior UK Foreign Office official Mariot Leslie told US diplomats in September 2009 that Britain had “deep concerns about the safety and security of Pakistan’s … Continue reading
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Tagged America, BBC, disarmament, Islam, Muslims, nuclear terrorism, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, Pakistan, peace, war, wikileaks
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