As an example of the problem, he cites the example of Anwar Awlaki, the New Mexico-born member of Al Qaeda who was killed by a U.S. drone in Yemen last September. “We needed a court order to eavesdrop on him,” Hayden notes, “but we didn’t need a court order to kill him. Isn’t that something?”
The Bullfrogdon Club.
In tribute to the “rich kids breaking things for no reason” club at Oxford. Because I have been spending too much time in London.
FOR OUR MASTERS
Bullingdon
The bow-tie of the floppy-haired young man
has come undone. He wanders down the street
confused and lost. Somehow still on his feet
though they wrap round each other. He began
to sing some yards away, now stops to spew,
still retching sings again. No words, no tune.
He will fall on his face, sleep where he lies, quite soon.
And this is what they came to town to do.
He and his friends, to drink, smash glass, and shout
shout us awake as if they own the night.
Their smooth young faces shining with the right
to rule, and ruin lives. They’d sulk and pout
if they knew just how much we hate them all
can’t wait to stick them up against a wall
The CIA’s drone campaign in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians who had gone to help rescue victims or were attending funerals, an investigation by the Bureau for the Sunday Times has revealed.
The findings are published just days after President Obama claimed that the drone campaign in Pakistan was a “targeted, focused effort” that “has not caused a huge number of civilian casualties”… .
A three month investigation including eye witness reports has found evidence that at least 50 civilians were killed in follow-up strikes when they had gone to help victims. More than 20 civilians have also been attacked in deliberate strikes on funerals and mourners. The tactics have been condemned by leading legal experts.
For years now, the legacy entertainment industry has been predicting its own demise, claiming that the rise of technology, by enabling easy duplication and sharing — and thus copyright infringement — is destroying their bottom line. If left unchecked, they say, it is not only they that will suffer, but also the content creators, who will be deprived of a means to make a living. And, with artists lacking an incentive to create, no more art will be produced, starving our culture. While it seems obvious to many that this could not possibly be true, since creators and performers of artistic content existed long before the gatekeepers ever did, we’ve looked into the numbers to get an honest picture of the state of things. What we found is that not only is the sky not falling, as some would have us believe, but it appears that we’re living through an incredible period of abundance and opportunity, with more people producing more content and more money being made than ever before. As it turns out… The Sky Is Rising!
When the earth cracked open on Flickr.
Via Flickr:
unmade Hammer Horror film
