In the Metropolis, a sinister cabal…

April 4, 2008 in action, admin, beer

Who’s up for a reader meetup on the evening of the 17th of April in Big London? So far, most of the Danosphere, Charlie Whitaker, EJH Pollard, Alan Beattie and I will be meeting that evening in a pub yet to be determined in the general area of Blackfriars. I predict there will be ale, [...]

Human Capital Saving in a Terrorist Cell

April 3, 2008 in 4GW, D2, Hezbollah, Iraq, NOIA, al-Qa'ida, banter, class, cultures of war, economics, ideology, terrorism

King’s College London’s terribly smart and not at all sinister Insurgency Research Group have some relevant facts about a controversy between Daniel Davies and I. Recap: Dan apparently believes that it’s better to let jihadis advertise on the Internet, on the principle that they will attract lots of idiots, self-dramatising teens, and committee fetishists, who [...]

Phorm, how do I hack thee? UPDATE: Blogosphere’s “Mr Serious” In Disastrous Brainfart

April 3, 2008 in 4GW, Internet, Met, censorship, computer, hacker, moral horror, my own ignorance, open source, privacy, programming, surveillance

Let me count the ways.
If you think Phorm - the evil advert-spooking system practically all the UK’s eyeball ISPs want to force on you - isn’t so bad, I’ve got news for you. First of all, let’s have a look at this Grauniad Tech article.
BT’s 2006 trials certainly involved some sort of interception, because the [...]

Solidarity with the oppressed police informers

April 3, 2008 in banter, conservatives, democracy, empire, funny ha ha, ideology, nonviolence, politics, prediction, press, protest

Not looking great for Comrade Bob, which is fine news to anyone other than a blind-thick arsewit. David Osler thrashes Stephen Glover over a gaggle of strawmen about how “the Left” secretly support Zanu-PF; he’s right, you know. I’ve said before that Tories still have a very odd relationship to Southern Africa, and here is [...]

Mutiny

April 3, 2008 in 4GW, British Army, Chalabi, Dawa, Diyala, Iraq, NOIA, SCIRI, Sadr, cultures of war, demographics, strategy

Az-zaman, via Cole reports that the Iraqi government “honoured” SCIRI…sorry…ISIC militiamen for their role in the Basra fighting, and that some 10,000 of them were officially signed up to the Government’s own forces (I thought they already were). The reason for this step is apparently that large numbers - thousands - of men in the [...]