Something stirs.

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In the interests of fairness...

In the interests of fairness, it seemed reasonable to mention that the explosive Lancet Study purporting to show the human cost of the war in Iraq was apparently funded by George Soros to the tune of about 50%

Whether or not that had any effect on the results of the study, I'm in no position to comment upon, save to say that the Lancet Study returned results radically different (and substantially more negative) than any other study or tally of war casualties resulting from the invasion of Iraq.

I'd also pose the question (purely rhetorical, of course) of whether a study that showed substantially fewer casualties than the generally accepted number that was revealed to be chiefly funded by, say, the Pentagon, would have been accepted as readily as the Lancet Study.

Just asking, y'know?

Happy New Year!

Alright, it's been forever since I've posted... just been absurdly busy with work and school. But I'm still alive and the blog still exists... so maybe I ought to get posting here again... At any rate, happy 2008 to everyone.

Alas, Pavarotti Has Died.

I won't pretend that I'm a huge fan of opera. I will, however, admit to being saddened by the passing of the great Luciano Pavarotti.

Pavarotti, in a sense, embodied the idea of "opera" for an entire generation. He was certainly my introduction to the genre, along with Placido Domingo and Jose Carerras (One of my first CD's was "The Three Tenors in Concert", a lovely document of three absolute masters at work). Regardless of what one might think of the man, his ego, or his legacy, the fact is that music has lost one of its shining stars.

I mourn the death of Pavarotti. Even if you're no fan of opera or classical music, you should too, for the world of music is far, far emptier without him.

Here and there.

So, I haven't been posting much lately. There's a good explanation, I swear!

Mainly it's because I've been in the process of moving. I'm staying in temporary lodgings right now, and internet access is dodgy. Things should start returning to normal sometime after September 1.

Nausea.

This is the face of "the resistance."

Butchers.

Michael Totten has a new post up. As always, read it.