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Archive | July, 2009
Bomb Delivery Methods
Great quote from Less Antman:
Politicians hate bomb throwers: they believe bombs should always be dropped on people from the air, as God intended.
Çatal Chattel No More
Check out Ken MacLeod’s discussion of possible evidence for a Neolithic revolution that may have replaced a sanguinary theocracy with a non-hierarchical society that lasted for the next three millennia.
While one must be wary of succumbing to wishful thinking when evaluating such hypotheses, it’s certainly interesting. Plus it’s nice to see Çatalhöyük spelled correctly for a change. Outside of Turkey, Höyük is frequently, and used to be almost invariably, spelled Hüyük – a most unlikely spelling given how Turkish syllable formation works. (I don’t remember much of the Turkish I once learned, but I remember that much!)
Repair Your Defiant Robot
Does this creep other people out as much as it does me?
Mukti!
Homosexuality is now legal in India. (CHT b psycho.) Looks like another victory for us screaming sexualists.
Farewell to a Master
Check out Jesse Walker’s thoughts on the late Robert McNamara.
I’m reminded of Brian Doherty’s review of McNamara’s memoirs in which Brian said (unfortunately the review doesn’t seem to be online so I’m relying on memory) something like “at this point I’m tempted to quote a few lines from ‘Masters of War,’ but hey, the guy has family.”