October 2007

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  To Us

  10.18.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  When President of South Korea visited with Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army, Kim Jong-Il of North Korea, they toasted their pact with blueberry wine and Kim played the eccentric and charismatic host, as is his wont. President Roh presented the Commander with many gifts, including the DVDs of “YMCA Baseball Team, Strokes [...]

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  Rhymes

  10.16.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Saira Banu weirds out the all-too precious ode to motherland by Manoj Kumar. All I know is that Pran and Prem Chopra are _both_ in it - the baddest bad men ever.
  Don’t believe me? Check this clip from the same, sampled and tweaked by Dan The Automator Nakamura and DJ Shadow in Bombay the Hard [...]

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  Objects in the Mirror

  10.15.07 | Permalink | 8 Comments

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  But, another inflection, if the testament is always made in front of witnesses, a witness in front of witnesses, it is also to open and enjoin, it is also to confide in others the responsibility of their future. To bear witness, to test, to attest, to contest, to present oneself before witnesses. For Mandela, it [...]

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  عید مبارک

  10.12.07 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  Eid Mubarak.
  To all my gentle readers, a very delightful and happy Eid ul-Fitr. It is either today or Saturday across the Muslim world … it is fun everywhere.
  I will try and get some Maamool and some firni. Good Stuff.
  Oh, and Congratulations to Al Gore!

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  Let it be dainty in its food so that it shall be known as an Imperial dog by its fastidiousness

  10.10.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Thoughts on the Pekingese by Empress Dowager Cixi:
  Let the Lion Dog be small; let it wear the swelling cape of dignity around its neck; let it display the billowing standard of pomp above its back.
  Let its face be black; let its forefront be shaggy; let its forehead [...]

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  Say Wha III

  10.04.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  “A specialist on Islam at the State Department nearly wept envisioning a “Danish-cartoons situation,” Mr. Kiriakou said. An Afghan literature professor, he added, said Paramount was “willing to burn an already scorched nation for a fistful of dollars.” The head of an Afghan political party said the movie would energize the Taliban. Nearly everyone Mr. [...]