I'm Back

Gone a long time while I tried to get new blogging software, new laptop, and new operating system to work together. Even when I couldn’t post I would still check in all the time, so thanks for your great posts.

Here’s NYTIMES review of Justice Thomas’ new book - in which he reveals who the real bigots in the country are:

He writes that he had grown up fearing the Ku Klux Klan’s lynch mobs but “my worst fears had come to pass not in Georgia, but in Washington, D.C., where I was being pursued not by bigots in white robes but by left-wing zealots draped in flowing sanctimony.”

Disaster capitalism vs. Capitalist fear

Two pieces worth noting not for the ironic contrast and the thinking together of militarized states and capitalist development - one which claims that 9/11 made possible a union between security needs and new VC enterprises while the other claims China's surveillance technology companies getting cozy w/ Wall St. should be cause for deep concern.

The age of disaster capitalism

An Opportunity for Wall St. in China’s Surveillance Boom

Huntin' armadillos and living to tell

"I can just envision getting in the car, getting bored, going down to the ranch," he says. He also has big plans for making money. "I'll give some speeches, to replenish the ol' coffers," says Mr Bush, who is already estimated to be worth $20m. "I don't know what my dad gets - it's more than 50-75 [thousand dollars a speech], and "Clinton's making a lot of money".

Ed Pilkington in New York
Monday September 3, 2007
The Guardian