Stuart Homfray The Weblog

Sound Of The Crowd

I haven’t really seen TOO much this week that grabbed my attention or amused me (at least to the level that inspires a posting within the TFIF category), apart from these two. I admit that they’re probably a little more serious than usual, but it is, after all, my party and I’ll cry if I want to

A Parable from Aryasura

This story, part of today’s Media Lens media alert, is one that I believe everyone should read, and more importantly, think about (please note that it can take a little while for the email content to show up on the media alerts archive.) The story tells of Prince Sutasoma, a man of renowned wisdom and compassion, and his encounter with the violent, man-eating Kalmasha-pada. The prince does not defeat him, but, in a manner seemingly alien to certain governments, causes him to turn his back on his evil ways.

The Iraq Survey Group Final Report

This report detailing the evidence (or not) of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, and Saddam Hussein’s attitude towards them, is now available as HTML documents. Apparently, the CIA did actually post 3 documents weighing in at 50 to 75Mb each, but that doesn’t exactly encourage you to read them does it? - via Secrecy News