I didn’t notice that Pajamas Media icon until now.
I think you do provide a relatively informed perspective on this region of the world, but what you seem to know about US politics and conservative misanthropy, well, seems lacking.
Did you read the NY Times peice on how the anti-Democratic NED/IRI has been revealed to have been instrumental in orchestrating the coup in Haiti? They brought together murderous thugs and the opposition for a training in the Dom. Rep.
Don’t read the NY Times version, read the Haiti-Progres one.
Stanley Lucas, one of the blackhearts of the story, is now in Afghanistan.
No better way to make me chipper first thing in the morning like using a term like “conservative misanthrophy” and then saying on top of it that I don’t know much about it or US politics. If I actually covered US politics here, you might be saying something worthwhile.
But hey, from what I do cover, I can say I’m well-versed in “progressive” pretensions of being, well, progressive. I suppose that is, in its own way, a kind of misanthropy.
Nathan, where are You?
You guys are fighting with each other scoring points but what about our debates, I really miss them. It seems now only I am realizing that I became addictive to Your anger arousing points and Bertrand’s bull’s eye comments.
People come back, Uzbekistan needs YOU!!!!!
Speaking of conservative misanthropy, I watched ‘ The Legend of Billy Jack ‘. Those were the days, everything was well delineated, at least in our minds.
Rustam, classes are kicking my ass this term. Between that and a few other things that I recently touched on, I’m just kind of burned out and have needed to cut back. I put out an invitation to readers to submit their own content for me to publish, but no one’s taking me up on it.
Sep’s nailed it. (More or less anyway. “Credibility” is pretty conceptually slippery for a portal site.) I’m the odds-on favorite for being the lowest-trafficked blog of the “G70″ who have exclusive contracts with PJM. But, they’ve got hopes of being a content provider in addition to an advertising network and I offer them content that they’re not going to pick up elsewhere. Hell, from a business perspective, it probably makes sense to buy me out even if you could care less about my content just so potential competitors don’t have access to me.
Everytime someone brings up in a negative way that I’m a member, I get a little happier that I am one. It’s cute that people think it’s all some kind of sinister plot. It’s just business cats and kittens. And my decision to be part of it comes down 100% to the fact that I get a check ever few months that I wouldn’t otherwise get for doing something I’d be willing to do for free. And it’s all just frosting on top of the cake that I don’t have to worry about my traffic all the time or pimp myself out for advertising dollars.
I know I’ve hinted before that as far as I’m concerned, money talks. If something like PJM came along that was made up of lots of these guys, I’d happily join if they made me a better offer. A rat’s ass I could not give for the thoughts and opinions of the others in the group. Some of my fellow PJM members are, in my humble opinions, self-righteous blowhards. And some of the members of Advertising Liberally I like quite a bit. But, unlike far too many “progressives,” I think judging people not by their group membership but by the content of their character is pretty cool.
Aleksei Volosevich at ferghana.ru reports that Sanjar Umarov’s trial continues to be held in a small basement room which prohibits anyone but immediate family members from attending.
The judge for the “open” trial denied entrance to the three reporters in the crowd.
The following excerpt is a classic exchange if I’ve ever read one:
“Only three people found themselves left out – Alisher Taksanov, Vasily Markov, and yours truly (journalists, all of us). We were told that the list with our names on it mysteriously disappeared and we could not pass therefore. ‘Call the secretary,’ we told policemen at the entry. ‘He has left,’ was the reply. ‘All right, who approves the lists then?’ – ‘The judge.’ – ‘Zokirzhon Isayev himself?’ – ‘Yes.’
Anyone here ever read the classic book, The Man With the Key is Not Here?
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I didn’t notice that Pajamas Media icon until now.
I think you do provide a relatively informed perspective on this region of the world, but what you seem to know about US politics and conservative misanthropy, well, seems lacking.
Did you read the NY Times peice on how the anti-Democratic NED/IRI has been revealed to have been instrumental in orchestrating the coup in Haiti? They brought together murderous thugs and the opposition for a training in the Dom. Rep.
Don’t read the NY Times version, read the Haiti-Progres one.
Stanley Lucas, one of the blackhearts of the story, is now in Afghanistan.
No better way to make me chipper first thing in the morning like using a term like “conservative misanthrophy” and then saying on top of it that I don’t know much about it or US politics. If I actually covered US politics here, you might be saying something worthwhile.
But hey, from what I do cover, I can say I’m well-versed in “progressive” pretensions of being, well, progressive. I suppose that is, in its own way, a kind of misanthropy.
Score one for Nathan!
Nathan, where are You?
You guys are fighting with each other scoring points but what about our debates, I really miss them. It seems now only I am realizing that I became addictive to Your anger arousing points and Bertrand’s bull’s eye comments.
People come back, Uzbekistan needs YOU!!!!!
Speaking of conservative misanthropy, I watched ‘ The Legend of Billy Jack ‘. Those were the days, everything was well delineated, at least in our minds.
Rustam, classes are kicking my ass this term. Between that and a few other things that I recently touched on, I’m just kind of burned out and have needed to cut back. I put out an invitation to readers to submit their own content for me to publish, but no one’s taking me up on it.
LOL Nathan. I think JS is wrong – PJM needs you more than the other way around as they scramble for some shred of credibility.
It does make me snicker.
Sep’s nailed it. (More or less anyway. “Credibility” is pretty conceptually slippery for a portal site.) I’m the odds-on favorite for being the lowest-trafficked blog of the “G70″ who have exclusive contracts with PJM. But, they’ve got hopes of being a content provider in addition to an advertising network and I offer them content that they’re not going to pick up elsewhere. Hell, from a business perspective, it probably makes sense to buy me out even if you could care less about my content just so potential competitors don’t have access to me.
Everytime someone brings up in a negative way that I’m a member, I get a little happier that I am one. It’s cute that people think it’s all some kind of sinister plot. It’s just business cats and kittens. And my decision to be part of it comes down 100% to the fact that I get a check ever few months that I wouldn’t otherwise get for doing something I’d be willing to do for free. And it’s all just frosting on top of the cake that I don’t have to worry about my traffic all the time or pimp myself out for advertising dollars.
I know I’ve hinted before that as far as I’m concerned, money talks. If something like PJM came along that was made up of lots of these guys, I’d happily join if they made me a better offer. A rat’s ass I could not give for the thoughts and opinions of the others in the group. Some of my fellow PJM members are, in my humble opinions, self-righteous blowhards. And some of the members of Advertising Liberally I like quite a bit. But, unlike far too many “progressives,” I think judging people not by their group membership but by the content of their character is pretty cool.
Ok, well here’s an article of interest:
Aleksei Volosevich at ferghana.ru reports that Sanjar Umarov’s trial continues to be held in a small basement room which prohibits anyone but immediate family members from attending.
The judge for the “open” trial denied entrance to the three reporters in the crowd.
The following excerpt is a classic exchange if I’ve ever read one:
“Only three people found themselves left out – Alisher Taksanov, Vasily Markov, and yours truly (journalists, all of us). We were told that the list with our names on it mysteriously disappeared and we could not pass therefore. ‘Call the secretary,’ we told policemen at the entry. ‘He has left,’ was the reply. ‘All right, who approves the lists then?’ – ‘The judge.’ – ‘Zokirzhon Isayev himself?’ – ‘Yes.’
Anyone here ever read the classic book, The Man With the Key is Not Here?
The story is here: http://enews.ferghana.ru/detail.php?id=25569860268.521,1606,3142124
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