Author: bood abides

40,000 Iraqis to Form Shield in Baghdad

This is the headline from an AP article this morning. I felt my bile begin to rise… again… as I recalled similar headlines from March of 2003, as Saddam lit oil fires to reinforce his crumbling elite Republican Guard...

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A New Song… "Scottie Mac"

SCOTTIE AND THE VANDELLAS Scottie Mac (with apologies to Martha and the Vandellas) Scottie Mac, Scottie, oh Scottie Mac, why don’t you drop the act? Scottie Mac, Scottie, oh Scottie Mac, why don’t you take it back?...

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Wine from Water…

Like that annoying relative who wants to bore you with slides and home movies; this is my last little diary on my trip to Africa. That’s right, after this, I’ll be `all out of Africa’…  I would have...

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