On Blackwater, and on the road to H* being paved brick by bloody brick.

09/08/2012

From my mailbag: You can sell illegal arms for many years and then sell your company, maintaining all of your contracts with groups such as the CIA. Your fine will be 7.5 million dollars. Nobody will face criminal prosecution for their crimes. Blackwater admitted to selling satellite phones and defense services to Sudan, illegally building … More On Blackwater, and on the road to H* being paved brick by bloody brick.

Rethabile Masilo

09/08/2012

SIDI BOU SAÏD It is quite possible that the model threw her head back over the backrest and made god take notice of her hair tumbling behind with magenta flowers spiked at unequal distances within it, and the only thing left then was to add heat and humidity to the centre, and palm trees in … More Rethabile Masilo

Marvin Wilson

07/08/2012

Texas authorities executed Marvin Wilson, a 54-year-old death row inmate, on Tuesday night after his attorneys failed to convince state and federal courts that he was mentally retarded and ineligible for the death penalty under a 2002 Supreme Court ruling. Wilson was declared dead at 6:27 p.m. local time. He cried out to his gathered … More Marvin Wilson

States of Barbarity

07/08/2012

If 54-year-old Marvin Wilson is put to death on Tuesday, it will not be because Texas denies that he is intellectually disabled, or as the legal literature puts it, “mentally retarded.” This much, the state recognizes. It just does not believe that Wilson is disabled enough not to be executed in Texas—a flagrant violation of … More States of Barbarity