Category Archives: War
Theatre of war
I was stopped and searched under the Terrorism Act, on my way through Euston station. Sniffer dog and flamboyantly over-equipped uniformed hat, who at least was reasonably polite about it. As he said, he didn’t actually suspect me of anything. … more…
links for 2007-01-04: Go strategy
Go strategy and tactics – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (tags: go strategy Games Tactics)
links for 2006-12-07: Kit up, Scary Mary
Kit Up Kit Up is the stuff you weren’t issued but that you couldn’t have done without during your military life. – the military blogs non-standard equipment (tags: military tools tech) YouTube – Scary ‘Mary Poppins’ Trailer Mary Poppins as … more…
Simon Norfolk – channeling Virilio?
The supercomputer at the Wellcome Trust’s Sangar Institute, Cambridge, UK. It’s taken a few days, but I finally found the time to read BLDGBLOG’s substantial interview with the “landscape photographer” Simon Norfolk, who is attempting — with considerable success, I … more…
links for 2006-12-05: Grammar of Ornament, Quaternions, Bearden, Bayes, Pollock, Tesla
Owen Jones and the Grammar of Ornament The images are from the 1868 edition of the Grammar of Ornament, by Owen Jones (tags: design ornament library) Quaternion – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia first major speed bump encountered in Against the … more…
Executed WW1 soldiers to be given pardons
Coincidentally, an otherwise unrelated WWI makes the front pages today: All 306 British first world war soldiers executed for desertion or cowardice are to be pardoned, Des Browne, the defence secretary, will announce today. For 90 years, families, friends and … more…
Blair on Lebanon
I’ve been studiously avoiding comment on the horrors being visited on Lebanon, but then I read this: Tony Blair spelt out the British position on Wednesday. “This would stop now if the soldiers who were kidnapped wrongly… were released,” he … more…
Pinter’s Nobel speech
“How many people do you have to kill before you qualify to be described as a mass murderer and a war criminal? One hundred thousand? More than enough, I would have thought. Therefore it is just that Bush and Blair … more…
Telemarketing militarism to school kids?
This boggles my mind. Amidst all the other fascistic measures introduced by the WMPC a year ago, this one never came to my attention. Sharon Shea-Keneally, principal of Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington, Vermont, was shocked when she … more…
Killing the Political Animal: CIA Psychological Operations and Us
Killing the Political Animal: CIA Psychological Operations and Us Heather Wokusch picks the CIA’s Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare (erm, no Amazon reference for that…) down from the shelf, and finds a few things in there that might explain the … more…