On the cusp of nationwide elections in Iraq—as insurgent Sunni Arabs eager to join the political process “actively support the voting, reportedly promising to provide security at polling places, and informing Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and other terrorist elements that they oppose any effort to disrupt the elections”—it strikes me that those left arguing that the insurgency is really but a manifestation of Iraqi nationalism have placed themselves in the strange
December 13, 2005
December 13, 2005
Another question for my Levi’s
me: “Question: Is the fact that you have a zipper whose placement quite pointedly corresponds with the placement of the male genitals—rather than, say, a flap that is more propitiously and unisexually situated—suggestive of a prevailing cultural ethos that remains, at its core, hostile to the elevation of women to equal status?” Levi’s: Levi’s: “What the fuck is wrong with you?”
December 13, 2005
a follow-up to the follow-up question for feminists from an erstwhile “anti-feminist” (UPDATED)
About those mandatory sexual harassment training courses that many companies put employees through as a way of minimizing their own legal liability in the event charges are brought (and to justify an easy way to terminate an employee should charges be leveled), Hubris notes in the comments to yesterday’s post: Mileage varies on sexual harrassment training (I’ve taken it at several different companies). […] As for myself, I think it’s
December 13, 2005
“Iraqi Military Chief Cites Progress, Challenges”
From DefenseLINK: The highest-ranking military officer in Iraq said over the past year his country’s armed forces have accomplished “almost a miracle.” Speaking through a translator, Army Gen. Babakir Shawkat Zebari said only one battalion was capable of operating with coalition forces when he became the Iraqi military’s chief of staff. Now dozens are taking the lead in the counterinsurgency fight, and many more are operating with coalition forces.