Links and comment. posted by Richard Seymour

A few people I should have linked to ages ago, and one person who should know better.

Norman Geras , a Marxist theorist for whom I would otherwise have a lot of time, has gone barking up the neocon tree; he could have modestly proposed that supporting the war would possibly lead to some benefits for Iraqis, but insisted that this would not redound to the credit of an administration whose barely concealed aim is the construction of a US imperium - instead he has gone and lent his support to the most reactionary President in US history. It's old news, of course, but the ever vigilant Times has caught up.

On an entirely different topic, totally unrelated to moralising about the war on Iraq, here is a link to an old story about the torture of children in Iraq - by the occupying troops:

"The boys were sodomized with the cameras rolling, and the worst part is the soundtrack, of the boys shrieking," said Hersh. "And this is your government at war."

I should have linked to the Den some time ago, and for some reason never did. Let me just make something clear: if I haven't linked to you yet, laziness and conceit has allowed me to forget it. It isn't that you are insignificant in my eyes. Its just that I am a dirty fat slut, and I've downed one pie too many with one lager above the vomit threshold. I will get round to it.

And finally, Paisley's Pants have come alive, extricated themselves from that volumous waist and started a blog. They are, blessedly, more eloquent and compelling than their owner and master*. They puke at the sight of self-congratulating politicians, snigger at their fatuous rhetoric and exude more pungent whiffs than the average heated skunk. That's a compliment.

*I'm assuming, probably incorrectly, that the title of the blog is a reference to the current leading Unionist politician in that wearily familiar shithole I come from.