Vampires know a good thing when they see it. Or taste it. The lore on mythic bloodsuckers often has vampires nursing a live subject, drawing blood over and over again without killing the victim. It’s symbiotic…or, more precisely, parasitic. Sounds like an investment banker. See, it’s kinda funny (funny strange, not ha-ha) to think about…
CBS reported some news. Yes…actual news and journalism and reporting. It happened. Really! Now, you might have missed it. But they reported on the strange death of Specialist Ciara Durkin, member of a finance unit deployed to Afghanistan. This is from the report linked above: The Army National Guard soldier from Massachusetts was found dead with…
Blackwater, Blackwater…finally, the media is forced to pay attention to Blackwater. If you are curious, Google it…look at Jeremy Scahill’s great book. Blackwater is a private army of mercenaries who are making serious bank off of Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia (protecting the Bushes’ royal buddies) and everywhere else the USofA is up to hijinx. In 1991-2, then Sec’y…
“I hate all Iranians.” That’s what Debra Cagan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Coalition Affairs to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, told a group of British Members of Parliament at a meeting. Isn’t that nice? I mean…isn’t is great that she hates ALL of ’em? I mean, why not? They are brown. They are unwilling to take…