Archive for June, 2007

What have we Learned in Five Years?

13 Jun 2007 at 13:00

Warren

You Must be F***ing Kidding

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This is an impor­tant ques­tion — because depend­ing on how well we remem­ber the run-​​​​up to Iraq in 2002, we’re going to be fac­ing a pretty stu­pid reflec­tion in, say, 2012. The lat­est news is that Nicholas Burns, US Undersecretary of State, is claim­ing a link between Iran and the Taliban, in the form of inter­cepted Iranian arms […]

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Irony: The Definition

07 Jun 2007 at 15:02

Warren

One Thousand Words

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It’d be a lot eas­ier to read that sign if there weren’t so many things stacked in front of it. Taken — I joke not — out­side my own place of work. Sigh.

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Dutch Treat

06 Jun 2007 at 09:02

Warren

Huh.

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Okay, this leads to some inter­est­ing ques­tions. AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) — Dutch stu­dents have invented pow­dered alco­hol which they say can be sold legally to minors. The lat­est inno­va­tion in ine­bri­a­tion, called Booz2Go, is avail­able in 20-​​​​gram pack­ets that cost €1–1.5 ($1.35-$2). Top it up with water and you have a bub­bly, lime-​​​​colored and –fla­vored drink […]

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