Thursday, June 20, 2002

I had a pleasant surprise today. Last night I had ordered a copy of Money, a book about the history of money in the US, by James Ewart. It cost me just over five grams of e-gold, including shipping. When I came back to my desk from a trip to the vending machines, there was a message in my voice mail from the author thanking me for the order, telling me when I could expect my copy to arrive, and asking where I had heard of the book. This is by far the best customer service I've ever encountered! comment () trackback ()  3:46:10 PM     Focus on Somalia. What if someone were to tell you that right now there's an entire nation that lives with solely economic government? That a land with plenty of opportunity and no state at all was here on Earth right now? It's an intriguing thought that perhaps a place that we've been told is a war zone might actually be something quite different. To that end Economic.net brings you this focus on Somalia, three articles from Graham Green, who lives in East Africa and is working to build a freeport on the Somali coast. [Economic.net] A very interesting series of articles about the current situation in Somalia. This is a very interesting place, which has been largely ignored by the mainstream media. Given the extreme statist beliefs of most journalists, this isn't too surprising. Graham Green was the pen name of Michael van Notten, who recently died of heart failure. comment () trackback ()  2:07:56 PM     The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic - A Sham?. Is the Hague Tribunal, currently trying Slobodan Milosevic for alleged crimes against humanity, a show-trial? Emperor's Clothes, a highly controversial anti-imperialist website, certainly thinks so. Ian Johnson argues in a report from The Hague that the Tribunal is politically biased, that Milosevic is not being given enough time to make his points, and that the Judge tries to paper over clear holes in the prosecution "witnesses" testimony when they are pointed out by Milosevic. A kangaroo court is bad enough, but there is worse to come. [kuro5hin.org] Of course it's a show trial. It's a "war crimes" trial, and all war crimes trials are show trials by definition. It does make for a better sound bite to say that the enemy leader was convicted of war crimes rather than being dragged from his palace and shot. comment () trackback ()  1:11:26 PM

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