Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Batman: Found!

Can you read the names of the cities on this map of southeast Turkey? Look east of Diyarbakir, just north of Hasankeyf. Yes, that's correct... it's Batman.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

In a liquor store window.

united us through drinking to repress the tragedy?

Monday, September 10, 2007

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Friday, September 7, 2007

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Sunday, July 29, 2007

The Celebration Across Iraq

"What a great difference between the dignified Lions of Mesopotamia who are fighting to create happiness for their people, and those who are lurking in the dark corners to spread death and sadness among innocent people."

- Iraq Prime Minister Nuri Kamel Al-Maliki


For the record, the bestowing of the title "Lions of Mesopotamia" upon the national team is not something to be taken lightly. This traditional title has been held back from politicians and military figures over the last decade. To see it used this morning was something truly special, as was the victory.

Sunday, July 15, 2007

"American Notes"

"Quiet people avoid the question of the Presidency, for there will be a new election in three years and a half, and party feeling runs very high: the great constitutional feature of this institution being, that directly the acrimony of the last election is over, the acrimony of the next one begins ... "

- Charles Dickens, visiting the United States in 1842