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by James Benjamin
Today marks the second anniversary of Hunter Thompson's death by suicide. After a lifetime spent about as close to "The Edge" as was humanly possible, he crossed over to the other side - leaving a considerable legacy as a journalist and storyteller. Like a lot of creative people, there was an apparent madness that possessed him. With that madness, there was a method. And of course there is no doubt that when that cat was on, he was right on.
HST's writing was a merging of the profane and the profound, the trivial and the prophetic. His fans all have their favorite HST quotations memorized by heart. I too have mine: Read more... (3 comments, 1027 words in story) by James Benjamin
Saturday (Feb. 17): 55 Iraqis, 1 GI Killed; 108 Iraqis Wounded
Friday (Feb. 16): 26 Iraqis Killed, 7 Wounded Thursday (Feb. 15): 132 Iraqis, 1 GI Killed; 82 Iraqis Wounded Wednesday (Feb. 14): 135 Iraqis, 6 GIs Killed; 90 Iraqis Wounded Tuesday (Feb. 13): 72 Iraqis Killed; 62 Iraqis, 3 GIs, 2 Britons Wounded Monday (Feb. 12): 138 Iraqis, 3 GIs Killed; 209 Iraqis Wounded Sunday (Feb. 11): 114 Iraqis, 2 GIs Killed; 130 Iraqis Wounded Note: Antiwar.com is nearing the end of its quarterly pledge week. If you have some change to spare, I'm sure that the folks behind this excellent resource, as well as its readers, would be most appreciative. Comments >> (2 comments) by James Benjamin
Saturday (Dec. 23): 79 Iraqis, 2 GIs Killed; 26 Iraqis Wounded
Friday (Dec. 22): 5 GIs, 36 Iraqis Killed; 1 GI, 15 Iraqis Wounded Thursday (Dec. 21): 59 Iraqis, 3 GIs Killed; 42 Iraqis Wounded Wednesday (Dec. 20): 132 Iraqis, 3 GIs Killed; 64 Iraqis, 6 GIs Wounded Tuesday (Dec. 19): 110 Iraqis, 2 GIs Killed; 35 Iraqis Wounded Monday (Dec. 18): 97 Iraqis, 1 GI Killed; 58 Iraqis, 1 GI Wounded Sunday (Dec. 17): Dozens Kidnapped; 69 Iraqis, 2 GIs Dead Please note that my blog is at a new url: The Left End of the Dial v2.0. The original blog was a casualty of the Blogger migration process, and is unlikely to ever be retrievable. Please update your blogrolls and bookmarks accordingly. Thanks. Comments >> (2 comments) by James Benjamin
Saturday (Nov. 11): 2 Coalition soldiers, 61 Iraqis Killed; 50 Kidnapped
Friday (Nov. 10): 5 GIs, 62 Iraqis Killed; 2 GIs, 20 Iraqis Wounded Thursday (Nov. 9): 104 Iraqis Killed, 203 Injured Wednesday (Nov. 8): 2 GIs, 199 Iraqis Killed or Reported Dead; 3 GIs, 137 Iraqis Wounded Tuesday (Nov. 7): 2 Coalition Soldiers Killed; 67 Iraqis Killed, 61 Wounded
Monday (Nov. 6): 5 GIs Reported Killed; 63 Iraqis Killed, 20 Wounded Comments >> (1 comment) by James Benjamin
Just in case anyone was interested, I started up a file sharity blog called Nothing Is. Here's just a taste of what I have to offer:
Miles Davis: Lost Mid 1970s Session I stumbled onto this particular set of recordings last year via the miracle of Soulseek (a great p2p network). Needless to say, the files merely came "as is" with no titles to even remotely hint at what I was listening to. About the only thing that I could conclude with any certainty was that these were from studio sessions from the mid-1970s. [more on the flipside] Read more... (7 comments, 843 words in story) by James Benjamin  The story: Read more... (2 comments, 451 words in story) by James Benjamin Read more... (2 comments, 34 words in story) by James Benjamin
Check this latest diary by Valtin, who's been doing some enormously important digging into the history of psychology's involvement in the development of modern methods of torture. I'll provide a lengthy teaser, but suggest strongly you read the whole thing:
Read more... (4 comments, 1364 words in story) by James Benjamin
A blast from the past, as a friendly reminder. This is a repost from three years ago at about this time. Rings every bit as true this year as it did last two years (note that I made a couple minor changes - Sept. 11th is now the 33rd anniversary of Chile's coup:
Read more... (1 comment, 481 words in story) by James Benjamin 
Read more... (1 comment, 867 words in story) by James Benjamin
For those of you who've been wanting to keep up with the developing story of Ann Coulter's plagiarism scandal(and for those who've been drawn to my blogging thanks to Egarwaen's fantastic signature on his posts - thanks E. for the publicity, btw), I present you a roundup of sorts.
More after the break! Read more... (10 comments, 520 words in story) by James Benjamin
The 2006 observance of the Day in Support of Victims of Torture coincides with the 25th anniversary of the UN voluntary fund for victims of torture.
more on the flip Read more... (3 comments, 123 words in story) by James Benjamin ...the left will try use Haditha as it used My Lai thirty years ago: as a political tool to take apart America's support for the war and to shatter the legitimacy of our cause and the morale of our troops.Nerdified Link. More below the fold. Read more... (6 comments, 976 words in story) by James Benjamin
Damn. That's just wrong. I played this album in its entirety on tonight's radio show (Friday, 4-21):
That's Bitches Brew, which was the first slab of Miles Davis vinyl that I ever picked up. Read more... (6 comments, 167 words in story)
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