The RBNexploit blog has been relaying messages from the Georgian government while their webservers came under sustained DDOS (distributed denial of service) attack during the Russian offensive. This post also explored the status of this cyber attack and investigated its … Continue reading
Except me. Bohemian Rhapsodie, in 25 voices. Though I wasn’t counting; >
A curious deposit all over my snuff-box, evidently residue of moisture acting on lacquer. George Orwell’s diaries are being blogged. This, from my feed reader for today*: Am told the men caught another snake this morning – definitely a grass … Continue reading
I need a collective noun for quotes… Tim Blair: Maybe it’s because he’s an incredibly inexperienced lightweight running as Tyre-Pump Jesus. I’ll bet you can guess who.
Take it away, Gene of Harry’s Place: Before I read Gulag, I was among those who (like Seymour and his comrades now) was prepared to draw a distinction between Lenin and Trotsky (basically good and right) and Stalin (bad and … Continue reading
Bob rounds up in an excellent post.
You know how you can be surprised by people’s sudden, unexpected, venom? You don’t? Oh. Maybe that’s just me. Anyway, and despite that, this, from the purveyor, not so long ago, of such venom, still wins this accolade.
The whole (five parts) of this program is respectfully recommended. But right at the end of part four, Victor Davis Hanson says this: We sit here in the most wealthy, affluent age of civilisation and we go back to our … Continue reading
Is no one else worried about the possibility that a man with an advanced Messiah complex stands a chance of becoming the most powerful person in the world?
Christopher Hitchens: One day I will publish my entire collection of upside-down Iraq headlines, where the true purport of the story is the inverse of the intended one. (Top billing thus far would go to the greatest downer of them … Continue reading