Month: January 2007

This is an Unhosted Cafe. Sit down, have some coffee, and try not to get newspaper ink on your clothes. Please recommend (and unrecommend the Cafe/Lounge from earlier)

Jeff Huber asked this question in title of his most his recent post: What Are We Doing In Somalia? Now Jeff appears to be one of millions of well-meaning servicemen and ex-servicemen who have worked for the military in the faith...

The first time a George Bush took troops to Somalia, the excuse was a “humanitarian mission.” Without knowing any facts, and knowing only Bush’s character, I was CERTAIN at the time that whatever we were doing...

From Fox 61 news and courtesy of Scarce at MLN: Everyone wants to know about THE LIST… And as a side note… Ken Krayeske writing about the death of Hunter S Thompson at Counterpunch: The Bottle is Done I’m sad...

Last Wednesday, on the twelfth day of winter, I walked to the top of a local hill to watch the rising of the full Moon.  Clouds to the west caught the red light of the setted Sun, and illuminated the shrubs and stones of...