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22 Oct 09

Pickens says U.S. firms 'entitled' to Iraqi oil | Markets | Reuters

Pickens: "They're opening [the oil fields] up to other companies all over the world... We're entitled to it... Heck, we even lost 5,000 of our people, 65,000 injured and a trillion, five hundred billion dollars... We leave there with the Chinese getting the oil."

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  • "They're opening them (oil fields) up to other companies
    all over the world ... We're entitled to it," Pickens said of
    Iraq's oil. "Heck, we even lost 5,000 of our people, 65,000
    injured and a trillion, five hundred billion dollars."
  • "We leave there with the Chinese getting the oil," Pickens
    said.
05 Sep 09

Goya's black paintings

A collection of images of Goya's so-called "black paintings," which he painted al secco (i.e., fresco) style onto the walls of his private residence between 1820 and 1824 (he died in 1828). It seems likely that he never intended for anyone outside his very private circle (if indeed anyone other than himself) to see them. They're extremely disturbing, dark, surreal, and violent.

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Goya | The Black Paintings (E.E. Weems)

A collection of images of Goya's so-called "black paintings," which he painted al secco (i.e., fresco) style onto the walls of his private residence between 1820 and 1824 (he died in 1828). It seems likely that he never intended for anyone outside his very private circle (if indeed anyone other than himself) to see them. They're extremely disturbing, dark, surreal, and violent. This site also has extensive resources (including high-quality, watermarked reproductions) for other parts of Goya's oeuvre.

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06 Aug 09

Agog over Bush's comments on Gog and Magog  - James A. Haught - The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports

This article seems to have the best account I've seen yet of how the story broke -- first in a university publication in Lausanne in 2007 (in French), then in a couple of French opinion journals. Then the story was ignored. In 2009, a French journalist's memoir confirms the story, in the context of interview with Chirac. Then a few English-speaking outlets pick it up, but not many -- in fact, the Charleston Gazette appears to be the only mainstream U.S. outlet to mention it.

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15 Jun 09

Richard J. Norton, "Feral cities: the new strategic environment," Naval War College Review (Autumn 2003)

The US military must equip and train for operations in urban environments where centralized law enforcement, basic service delivery, and legitimate economic activity has collapsed (e.g. Johannesburg).

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17 May 09

YouTube - US soldiers' Bible group in Afghanistan - 05 May 09

A group of U.S. soldiers talking about strategies for converting Afghanis to Christianity.

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10 Apr 09

Circumcision no longer acid test to identify Indian spies - India - The Times of India

From the article: "In the past, jubilant Pakistani authorities have announced that foreign (read Indian) agents were involved in explosions and attacks in the restive Swat region based on examination of the corpses of the killed attackers. But the 'acid test' cops and officials used to determine whether any of the dead ones was Indian was to check whether the man had been circumcised. If not, they would summarily dub him Hindu and therefore an Indian agent." Turns out this "acid test" is not reliable, as there are Muslim tribesmen from remote areas who do not typically circumcise male children.

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04 Apr 09

To Kill or Not to Kill | The Progressive

A soldier who served in Iraq reflects on the training he received in the Marine Corps. He describes a culture that seeks to inculcate a genuine love for killing, describing the cultivation of "amusement" at enemy deaths.

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