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[2]Goodbye, Mr Jones
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David Rothkopf | Foreign Policy | 8 October 2010
Jim Jones was worst National Security Adviser in decades. Obama shares much
of the blame, for having chosen him. Hope was that Jones could be another
Brent Scowcroft, but he had none of the skills
[3]Power Restructuring In North Korea
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Ruediger Frank | 38 North | 9 October 2010
For nostalgic Kremlinologists. Tea-leaf reading on promotion of Kim
Jong-Il's son, Kim Jong Un, as heir presumptive. Information, such as it is,
must be deduced from ordering of names, cropping of photos etc
[4]Red, Brown And Blue
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Ray Suarez | Democracy | 8 October 2010
Fascinating history of pseudo-science and jurisprudence, about supposed
racial differences between Germans, Russians, Jews, Irish et al, generated
by early waves of European immigration into America
[5]Insane Clown Posse
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Jon Ronson | Guardian | 9 October 2010
A serious test for any interviewer's talents. A foulmouthed pair of
misogynist rap musicians, dressed as clowns, claiming to be Christian
evangelists in disguise. Jon Ronson teases a bit of sense out of them
[6]Detroit Trauma Ward
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Charlie LeDuff | Detroit News | 7 October 2010
Fantastic colour reporting. As Detroit collapses, public health declines,
violence rises. A bullet through the ankle may be a "friendly reminder" from
your dope dealer that your account is overdue
[7]Laureate Behind Bars
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James Miles | Economist | 8 October 2010
Short, informed portrait of Liu Xiaobo, Chinese dissident, winner of Nobel
peace prize. "Mildly spoken literary critic" who has attracted broad
support, even within Communist Party, for a democracy charter
[8]Tumourtown
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Christopher Hitchens | Vanity Fair | 8 October 2010
Characteristically unsentimental approach to having cancer. It's pretty
commonplace. Almost everybody seems either to have had it, or to know
somebody who's got it. And everybody has some advice
[9]A Wino Visits El Bulli
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Tim Atkin | Tim's Blog | 7 October 2010
Refreshingly unpretentious report on 43-course meal at Catalan restaurant.
Parmesan marshmallow, and hot strawberries with hare soup went down well.
Forty other courses, plus wine, to appreciate vicariously
Topic: Invented Languages
From Na'avi and Klingon to Esperanto and Pascal, by way of Polari and
gender-neutral pronouns. Most... [10]Continue reading...
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[11]Today on FiveBooks: Wonderful Cookbooks
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