msqr: April 2005 Archives

How to Stop Worrying and Love the Incendiary Bomb

Recently I read a chapter from Mike Davis' Dead Cities that reminded me of part of Errol Morris' documentary The Fog of War. They both talk about the use of firebombs in World War II: bombs designed not to destroy military compounds but rather to destroy dense, urban civilian populations in order to weaken the morale of the enemy.

Here they both are, fascinating glimpses of history that show war becoming distilled from the unimaginably terrible horror that it is into statistics and ratings of efficiency.

By msqr, 28 Apr 2005 at 10:03 | | Comments (0)
Category: Politics

Stuck in reverse

Nuclear-powered cars, real leopad-skin seats, and the "reptilian brain" of American car consumers. All part of the story of how Detroit's Big Three are stuck in reverse.

By msqr, 25 Apr 2005 at 07:55 | | Comments (0)
Category: Environment

What is... Henrietta?

Henrietta

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By msqr, 12 Apr 2005 at 20:16 | | Comments (0)
Category: Meaningless

Rocky Mt. elk friends

Rocky Mt. elk friend

Last week I was in Colorado, up in the Rocky Mountains west of Denver, and ran across these guys all over the place!

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By msqr, 01 Apr 2005 at 19:31 | | Comments (0)
Category: Meaningless
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