Tag Archives: Arafat polonium poisoning

buying the peace: plans of action and inaction

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Dave

The endless mystery of the unidentified infection. This story has always enjoyed a recurrent and chronic reprise, which, plausibly, could indicate that some form of blackmail could be at stake, a negotiation for more money so that embarrassing beans would … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Ahmad Jibril, Alexander Litvinenko, Arafat Death autopsy, Arafat polonium poisoning, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Suha Arafat, The Jim Carroll Band, Yasser Arafat exhumation | Leave a comment

steampunk yasser: his gabriel’s horns

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Dave

Thrift shops. Goodwill stores. It’s amazing what you can find there if you dig hard enough and reach into the bottom of the bargain bin or the pay by weight baskets. Of course sensationalism. The news report does not explain … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Ahmad Jibril, Arafat polonium poisoning, Ariel Sharon, Chaplin Monsieur Verdoux, Dr. Kurt Lisso, Edward Trelawny, Gideon Levy, Ion Mihai Pacepa, margaret bourke-white, Nicolae Ceausescu, Shelley's Skull, Suha Arafat, Yasser Arafat polonium, Yassir Arafat polonium, Yossi Sarid | Leave a comment

this hour has 9 minutes and 11 seconds

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Dave

Part of the long and victorious march of image over substance? Arafat. still a celebrity. Still a locus for the communal lives of many. It is one of those incomprehensible and unexplainable side effects whereby a manufactured pop culture icon … Continue reading →