“One of the most constant characteristics of beliefs is their intolerance. The stronger the belief, the greater its intolerance. Men dominated by a certitude cannot tolerate those who do not accept it.” Gustave Le Bon - “Opinions And Beliefs”
If it has ever been warbled by a drunken nun in Cashel, it is in this database.
“How craven and mealy-mouthed can you get? Why is a mild insult more bearable because it is directed at a crisis-ridden Latin American country, rather than a crisis-ridden African country? Is it, heaven forfend, because one country is Hispanic and the other is black? That was nothing, however, to the trouble I had with a [...]
A very detailed account of Military history resources on the internet.
Fisk and Pilger vapourised by this precision guided meme bomb. This picture says it all…
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Best Tech Blogs
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www.techdirt.com
www.gizmodo.com
www.kuro5hin.org
reiter.weblogger.com
Best Media Blogs
www.metafilter.com
www.blogcritics.org
www.iwantmedia.com
www.gawker.com
www.poynter.org/romenesko
Best Economics Blogs
econlog.econlib.org
www.argmax.com
www.knowledgeproblem.blogspot.com
www.winterspeak.com
www.institutional-economics.com
Best War Blogs
http://www.dailykos.com/
http://www.tacitus.org/
http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/
http://www.VodkaPundit.com
[This list was compiled before the superb http://www.command-post.org came into existence]
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
…but it looks like Reuters are reporting what I have been wondering for a while. I think there is some sort of trick about to be used on Iraqi forces. It is possible that Turkey’s refusal to allow US troops to mass and invade from their territory is a feint. Perhaps the US Infantry and [...]
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
“Mark Ryden’s paintings instantly trigger a warped deja vu. His works recall a parallel universe of 1950s Golden Books and the whimsy of Lewis Carroll. His cheery bunnies, rendered in the glowing hues of children’s books, are more likely to be carving slabs of meat rather than frolicking in the forest. Ryden’s work mingles [...]