Russia

False Flags, Ethnic Bombs and Day X

by Paul Comstock

March 31st, 2007

“The formula ‘Day X’ in our documents meant the beginning of a large-scale war against the West. Our Department 12…had to participate in this through so-called ‘direct actions,’ which were clandestine acts of biological sabotage and terrorism against ‘potential strike targets’ on the enemy’s territory.”

This article is filed under History, Military, Non-Fiction Reviews, Politics, Russia.

Jays, Films, and Georg Steller

by Peter Bridges

March 25th, 2007

O’Brian based Aubrey on a Royal Navy captain of two centuries ago, Thomas Cochrane. Lord Cochrane’s exploits were at least as great as those of the fictitious Aubrey, and hardly less than those of Britain’s greatest naval hero, Lord Nelson. But while O’Brian admitted that Cochrane was the inspiration for Aubrey, he did not tell us before he died in 2000 whether he had a real-life model for Maturin. The answer, I think, lies in the handsome bird that I see now beyond our sun room window.

This article is filed under Biography, History, Nature, Non-Fiction Reviews, Russia, Science.

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