Counterpunch, May 8-10

Got another article up at Counterpunch.org, written in the aftermath of the execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran by the Indonesian government: Drug Trafficking and the Politics of Vengeance.

Iced Tea

This recipe is called the Bomb Diggity because that’s what it is. I’ve made a few shitty batches of iced tea lately, but then today I made this and it was awesome. You will need: 1 Pot (to mix the iced tea in, not to smoke you fool) 1 Packet Camomile teabags 1 Packet Green

Israel & Palestine: The Sandpit Chronicles

Two toddlers, let’s call them Israel and Palestine, were sitting in a sandpit. Palestine had a spade; Israel wanted the spade so it hit Palestine and took it. Palestine began to cry. An adult came running and demanded to know what happened. ‘Israel took my spade!’ Palestine cried. Israel began to cry. ‘It was my

Saturday 2.43pm thoughts

Saturday 2.43pm thoughts: Freedom and license aren’t the same thing. Freedom means doing what you want as long as you respect the equal rights of others. License is doing what you want regardless of the consequences for anyone else. Freedom is based on a limited notion of the self that acknowledges that others exist in