Month: July 2013

Whither Islamism

Without meaning to be disrespectful of Islam, I think Islamism as a political phenomenon, grew out of a very constrained set of circumstances where traditional Islamic societies were confronted first with superior Western...

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Serious Question

As much as people bitch about America, you’d think they’d be willing to live somewhere else. I don’t think I’d want to live anywhere else, although I’d certainly entertain offers. I couldn’t...

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Afghan Clusterfu*k

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai is a pain in the ass. He’s about the most ungrateful person I’ve ever seen; he routinely criticizes us (often in paranoid tones); he runs a corrupt and contemptible...

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Yaaaay!!! Happy Surveillance Day!!!

Q-What’s that again? A-I said “Happy Surveillance Day.” Why do you ask? Q-Oh. That’s what I thought you said. What do you mean? A-Well…July 4th has always been known and celebrated as Independence...

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