I stumbled across what I think is an interesting series of interviews with Taliban members in Newsweek magazine. I have posted it below for your convenience: By the way, I also strongly suggest the series in the New York Times by David Rohde about his capture and subsequent escape from the Taliban… The Taliban in … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2009
How Much Gold And Platinum Is In The World?
How Rare Is Gold And Platinum? The Velvet Rocket has noted before just how precious the precious metals actually are… Gold might seem ubiquitous, as it is found on the hands of millions of brides, but approximately 161,000 tons of the yellow metal have been mined over the entire history of mankind. That’s sounds like … Continue reading
Detroit Real Estate: Massive Wealth Destruction or Bargain?
Your New Motown Pad – Now 90% Cheaper Bricks-and-mortar real estate definitely isn’t my game. But I was shocked by a statistic published in last weekend’s Wall Street Journal. According to real-estate research firm First American CoreLogic, the median selling price for a home in Detroit is now a stageringly meager $7,100, down from $73,000 … Continue reading
The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program – H.A.A.R.P. (Research Facility or Mind Control Program?)
Two hundred miles northeast of Anchorage, Alaska, there’s a massive military facility tucked deep in the black pine forests named the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (H.A.A.R.P.). What goes on here at HAARP? Depends on whom you ask… Self-declared “researchers” like Nick Begich (more on him below) say the collection of transmitters and receivers … Continue reading
Photo Of The Day: Kayseri, Turkey
Taken by Justin Ames in Kayseri, Turkey… Continue reading
The Road To Maimana
I took the picture below at breakfast the morning we departed Mazar-i-Sharif for Herat (By the way, the breakfast you see the gentlemen below consuming is the classic Afghan meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner – naan bread, meat cooked on a skewer and green tea to drink). Now these guys look mean and hard, … Continue reading
Photos Of The Day – Industry
Courtesy of Edward Burtynsky Oil… Continue reading
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