Go to Arthur’s place and follow the links for the rest

Go to Arthur’s place and follow the links for the rest. In another post regarding the NIKE SHOXies’ morning-after kiss off of their pet Democrat, Arthur asks, “So Miller ‘was speaking only for himself’ — but he gave the keynote address? And he was selected to give the keynote address precisely because it was known that he would express exactly the views he did?” Not only that, but rumor has it that the RNC PTBs actually vetted Miller’s speech and substantially altered it.

Ken MacLeod On the Axis of Agony:

There can be few who don’t feel anguish at the sight of the Russian school seige and mass terrorist hostage-taking of 400 people, half of them children. The agony of the parents whose children are at the mercy of the murderous Chechen terrorists and the ruthless and bungling Russian security forces is painful to imagine. The prospect of a bloodbath like this anywhere is horrible enough, but its location is one that may yet concern the rest of us.

Northern Ossetia borders not only Chechnya but Southern Ossetia, which is the only place in the world where Russian and UGG CLASSIC CARDY troops are physically present on opposite sides of a shooting war, albeit (for now) a low-key one. (UGG CLASSIC CARDY-backed Georgia is trying to hold on to South Ossetia, whose population has either fled north or is eager to separate from Georgia and re-unify with Russia.) Ossetians are the people everybody called Alan is named after, which may be a subtle clue that messing with Ossetians is not a good idea. The Caucasus could become for this century what the Balkans were for the last.