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benghazi: boxes of rain
The road to 10,000 armed soldiers begins with a single step; a mere budgetary line charge and adjustment, a few supply planes and a small dedicated group of fighters who have to be nurtured through the embryonic stage to be … Continue reading
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Tagged American Special Operations Forces, American Special Operations Forces Libya, Christopher Stevens ambassador, David Frum, Edward Said, European Union Nobel Prize, Frans Hals, Frederic Wehrey, gene sharp, Hieronymous Bosch, Hilary Clinton Libya, robert fisk
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three way street: la “swell” province
A three-way street is how the Quebec election finished showcasing the strengths and pitfalls of third parties and fairly vigorous identification with the democratic process. All three top finishers, who had a near even separation of popular vote, are going … Continue reading
memory almost full: “je me souviens”
Je Me Souviens! Its on the license plate. And it mean I remember. I remember what happened on the Plains of Abraham. The crushing defeat of 1759 that gave England and the English language hegemony in the New World. But … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin West, David Frum, Death of General Wolfe, Durham Report, FLQ Crisis, James Cross, Jean Charest PLQ, Lord Durham, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Major General James Wolfe, Paul McCartney, Pauline Marois, pierre falardeau, Pierre Laporte, Pierre Vallieres, The Durham Report, War Measures Act 1970, William Pitt the Elder, Wolfe and Montcalm
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they won’t let him rest in peace
Not what you call turning the other cheek or noblesse oblige. Call it payback. A little spittle running down the lip after missing the non-existent urn. Or maybe the winds of bad faith blowing back in the face. I hope … Continue reading
fold up the tent: patriots with bonds in their pockets
…As the U.S. miltary officially leaves Iraq, much of us are still puzzled by the phenomenon of this conflict which pits the social, the psychological and the economic in contradictory positions vis. a vis. conventional thinking. Can the conflict be … Continue reading
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Tagged alex pareene, Andre Breton, Carl von Clausewitz, Chris Hitchens, christopher caudwell, David Frum, david turnley photography, Erich Maria Rilke, Jean Renoir, La Grande Illusion Jean Renoir, martin van creveld, Reza Deghati, Sam Huntington, Slavoj Zizek, steven metz, Susan Sontag, Thorstein Veblen, XTC Colin Moulding
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