Jul

11

Shame on Russia

July 11, 2008 | 153 Comments

Maybe it’s some kind of gangster code.  All gangsters, of whatever stripes, stick together.
Russia and China took a steaming dump on the Zimbabwean opposition and much of the world by vetoing a UN Security Council Resolution that would place sanctions on Robert Mugabe and 13 members of his gang.  Nine countries backed the proposal, the [...]

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Jul

11

Ah, my neighborhood.

July 11, 2008 | 1 Comment

So the ghetto bird has been hovering overhead all morning.  Now the local news vultures are here to feast.
It all started this morning around, I think it was, 5:45 a. m. Pack! Pack! Pack! I say to myself, “Those were gun shots.”
The neighborhood has been a clusterfuck since.  Two major LA thoroughfares closed. The dreaded [...]

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