Saddam gassed his own people and got the US military breathing down his back because of it.
So why is Karimov still around? (”Scott”:http://www.gamersnook.com/blog/archives/001326.html#001326) has more on this.)
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What? Has it really been almost a week since my last post? What has happened to me?
Well, for one thing I’ve been a little….distracted.
!/images/rt_screenshot.jpg(Railroad Tycoon II)!
I’m a perfect “proof of concept” of my “Britney to Baghdad”:http://www.thudfactor.com/archives/001673.php theory. Lie to me about your war motivations and I’m not likely to fall for it. But [...] Read more »

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I’m happy to announce that I have a new job! In fact, I’ve already started. One of the very exciting things about this job is I will again be doing work for traditional publishing. Quark XPress is currently on its way. It sort of feels like coming home.
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My “brother”:http://www.art-machine.org/ asks “Which Shaft are you?”:http://www.art-machine.org/archives/002598.html#002598 in his first very own quiz. I got your Shaft right here:
You are John Shaft from - Shaft’s Big Score! (1972)
Whoah. Take a deep breath, there. You’re closestto the John Shaft that appeared in the secondfilm of the series. But you’re a bit differentfrom the [...] Read more »

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OK, so Mat is installing a “theremin”:http://www.thereminworld.com/learn.asp doorbell. “In this entry”:http://www.olympus-mons.com/01/archives/00000409.shtml discussing his research, he demonstrates why I find blogging to be much superior to mailing lists. Read more »

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