29 Nov 16

Castro Is Dead: Viva La Hypocrisy

Cuba’s Communist revolutionary was a bigot, a tyrant and a murderer. But if eulogies are to be believed, he was none of the above

Hypocrisy may not yet have a gene cluster associated with it unlike homosexuality but it runs the world, providing charlatans an element of self-respect, allowing them to grow their tribe.

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04 Nov 16

Kolkata: City of Sorrow

The great outdoors stink, meanwhile the Bengalis are happy excelling indoors

India wallows in shit and Kolkata is still its capital. It is a city best suited for the metamorphosed Gregor Samsa, a million crumbling horrors to emerge from and hide in, and an equal number of gutters to call home.

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