Sunny Miami, etc
Gone for a week! If I had some kind of roaming plan, I could blog from the road. But I don’t, because I’m a miser like that. Be back next Monday – The GPM will still be updated with my articles this week.
Edited: November 7th, 2009
Interesting tweets from Xinjiang riots
Here is a list of tweets from Urumqi that made it through the Great Firewall of China. They provide a glimpse of not only the stark ethnic divide that exists in Xinjiang, but also the fear and uncertainty of mass civil unrest.
Here are a few:
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Edited: November 3rd, 2009
Top 10 reasons why North Americans suck
During my money-seeking travels I came across Constant Content, a site that allows writers to submit articles to be auctioned off to purchasers in need of content. I half-assedly clicked around and discovered that they have a humor section, of which the most recent submission is ‘top ten reasons you know you’re a dog lover.’ I was at once hit by two conflicting urges to scoff at yet another ‘top 10 list’ on the internet and click through to find out what could possibly be so funny about being a dog owner. Perhaps #1 is “I jerked off a Miniature Schnauzer”
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Edited: October 29th, 2009
Interview on Media Monarchy
Did about an hour-long interview with James Pilato over at Media Monarchy.
Edited: October 16th, 2009
The demise of the dollar
keeping with the hegemonic decline theme, here’s another example of America’s declining economic clout. Check it out at The Independent
Edited: October 6th, 2009
Twilight of Pax Americana – LA Times opinion piece
Twilight of Pax Americana – A very interesting article by Christopher Layne and Benjamin Schwarz appeared in yesterday’s LA times.
The theme of America’s hegemonic decline will come to be omnipresent in the media as obvious signs of America’s declining relative power start to appear. However, we should be a little realistic about what this decline will entail.
Edited: September 30th, 2009
NYT article pretty much sums up the mental ‘clusterfun’ of the Bush years
I came across this article by David Barstow while conducting research today. For anyone who watched CNN during the Bush years and got the feeling that something wasn’t right, like most analysts had been hypnotized before coming on air; you’re vindicated!
Edited: September 3rd, 2009