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Star Writer: Wikileaker Bradley Manning “Underfed Gerbil of a Kid”

daemon — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:29:41 +0000

By Daemon, TORONTERRIBLE – The quality of writing in this city is seriously shite. Witness Toronto Star (gulp) columnist Heather Mallick’s trainwreck on Bradley Manning, the accused source of almost all of Wikileaks’ Iraq, Afghan and diplomatic cable scoops.

Beginning with the ostensible purpose of drawing attention to Manning’s situation, things quickly descend into a gossipy rant which targets gays, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Manning, and the U.S. government and military.

Learn English…with Al Qaeda

daemon — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:22:56 +0000

Al Qaeda (the bad guys) are launching an English website called “Inspire”.

On the Road with ‘the Jedi Commander’

daemon — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:33:19 +0000

Michael Hastings from Rolling Stone spent a month on the road with Stanley McChrystal, U.S. general in command of operations in Afghanistan. In addition to the scoops the article contains it also gives a comphrensive overview of the general’s career and conflicts. Read more…

The Real ‘Hurt Locker’: Meet Pat Dollard

daemon — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:44:48 +0000

Krikey. Came across this insane tale by Vanity Fair’s Evan Wright the other day. It may be old, but with Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War movie “The Hurt Locker” up for Oscars, Wright’s excellent piece on Pat Dollard and his still as-yet-unreleased Iraq documentry “Young Americans” is, um, timely. Please to check it.

Iraq, the Video Game

daemon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:41:45 +0000

Crap, you’re right – nothing is sacred.

There’s lots of stuff I could say, but you’re already thinking it.

I guess I should say something.

I am supposed to do intros to these stories, according to Internet law.

There.

Please to read Jamin Brophy-Warren’s excellent piece at The Wall Street Journal.

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Blackwater Founder Seeks Darker Waters

daemon — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:17:22 +0000

Hot off the press, Eric Prince (of Darkness – oops, sorry that’s Richard Perle) has resigned his position as CEO of infamous security firm Xe, formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide.

Prince sited a desire for ‘tackling new challenges’ as reason for leaving the embattled company which he conjured up from unicorn’s blood, children’s tears, and the help of darkest magic (ie. Dick Cheney). My own speculation is that the excitement of commanding a private army with no government oversight just got boring. Hey, most jobs do!

Or do they?

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Osama Bin Laden’s Niece is a Hot Rocker

daemon — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:05:52 +0000

Krikey! How could I have missed this?!?

I suppose everyone at school already knows by now that Osama bin Laden’s niece is a hot hot hottie, who plays a guitar and got herself a rock n’ roll show in Canada…

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Single Guy Says World Will End Soon

daemon — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:20:09 +0000

The sky is falling. Everybody’s losin’ their jobbie and the End is near.

Huh? You don’t know what I’m talkin’ about? You must be married or at least speed dating or something.

Lucky for you, 2 single guys in Canada have lots of time to prepare for the coming catastrophe.

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Can Obama Pull Out Before He Blows It?

daemon — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:19:04 +0000

News today is President Obama is planning a massive pull out, but we all know that in the heat of battle the precise timing of the pull out is one of the most difficult maneuvers to nail. We know very well what could happen if he doesn’t pull out in time – a sticky mess in Iraq.

Let’s hope the Generals get their act together and think about their grandmothers, or ugly Mrs. Boffin in grade 6 math!

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