A Treatise on Effective Looting Ah, yes, questions of the ages come up in a time like this – second guessing, speculation, armchair warriors and their commandos commandeer their keyboards to new levels of pontification on “what could have been doneâ€. I am here to tell you that, quite simply, Que Sera, Sera. The future’s…
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Where the Bastards wax lyrical.
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Another level of Hell
by Steve Strommer •
Some prefer to travel alone, and for very good reasons. The adage of “Two is company, three is a crowd†is very true. Travel by committee can be quite disconcerting for the extremely independent. I’ve done some small trips alone, but for the most part my travel, and I’ll be treading dangerous waters here, but…
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Fucking USA
by ROB •
This one from the folks at robpongi.com
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Going the way we aint supposed to
by Steve Strommer •
Years of travel around the world and this is what it’s come to. Slogging it, roughing it, toughing it out. All the trials and tribulations, discoveries and inspirations will soon be handed to me on a silver spoon, courtesy of the organized tour. It wasn’t completely unwittingly that I’ve painted myself into this corner, no…
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Rose-tinted sunglassed Rock Star, meet Franklin Cudjoe
by Steve Strommer •
Rock Star Economics 101 Q: A Ghanaian government official, earning $350 a month, receives a $25,000 government loan payable over 3 and a half years. Explain how he pays off the loan. A: He can’t. Click your fingers and forgive it. Franklin Cudjoe, head of Imani: The Centre for Humane Education, a think-tank based in…
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We WILL declare a cease-fire, damn you!
by Lee Ridley •
The Turkish government has blocked a press conference which was to be held in Belgium by the Kurdish organisation KONGRA-GEL on Friday (26th Aug 2005) in which the KONGRA-GEL was to announce a temporary cease fire as an answer to the peace calls by intellectuals in Turkey. The Belgian authorities stopped the press conference after…