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Sublime News #1

Posted on February 22, 2010 by AK

I am beginning a new post category, Sublime News, in which I collate and comment on news bits and pieces that I find interesting over the past week. Whatever I write over the week will be automatically published every Saturday, … Continue reading →

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Notes on “The Last Generation” (F. Pearce)

Posted on June 25, 2009 by AK

Pearce, Fred – The Last Generation: How Nature will take her Revenge for Climate Change (2008) PDF Category: global warming; Rating: 5/5 Summary: Amazon reviews Another excellent book on climate change that goes beyond the conservative conclusions of the IPCC … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet” (M. Lynas)

Posted on June 10, 2009 by AK

Lynas, Mark – Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (2007) PDF Category: global warming, collapse; Rating: 5/5 Summary: Six Steps to Hell (Mark Lynas) 2007; Six Degrees Review (Real Climate) 2007; What will Climate Change do to our … Continue reading →

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Victimized Venezuela III: The Road to Reconciliation

Posted on April 19, 2009 by AK

At the recent Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, two great leaders, Obama and Chavez, shook hands in what could be the symbolic first gesture of reconciliation. Treasonous neocons will no doubt rush to condemn this as yet another limp-wristed … Continue reading →

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Hubris in the Heartland

Posted on February 17, 2009 by AK

The Western MSM (mainstream media) was abuzz the last few weeks about how Obama’s apparent extension of a hand to Russia did not make them willing to unclench their fist, citing the closure of the Manas airbase in Kyrgyzstan. This … Continue reading →

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Victimized Venezuela II: Beware of Schadenfreude

Posted on December 1, 2008 by AK

Much like Putin’s Russia, Venezuela has been unfairly victimized by Washington’s foreign policy elite and savaged by the Western MSM, which have caricatured Chávez as a run of the mill Latin American populist strongman. In a previous post on this … Continue reading →

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Admin: Sublime Speculations and Poll #2 Results

Posted on July 17, 2008 by AK

These are the results of our second poll (running from March 19 to 17 July). Looks like the people agree, and indeed from a straightforward perspective Obama would be better for foreign relations. At least he has been nowhere near … Continue reading →

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News 2 Mar

Posted on March 2, 2008 by AK

The most important development has been Medvedev’s election to the Presidency with 70.2% of the vote. While it has not been squeaky clean (and as such, no different from any other Russian election under either Yeltsin or Putin), the more … Continue reading →

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