Vagobond

Books and Writing that Matter. Travel fiction, philosophy, memoir, and experimental work from the road.

Category: Politics

  • Gunman kills 32+ on Virginia Tech Campus

    If you’ve never considered gun control, maybe the fact that a madman killed at least 32 people this morning at a quiet college campus will convince you. I agree with…

  • Women and Power in Southeast Asia

    I feel a need to apologize for these Southeast Asian papers. The problem with them is that they usually involve a couple of hundred pages of reading and have to…

  • Recommended Book. You need to read this to understand Iraq, empire, and the US.

    I just finished reading Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins (Thanks Conrad and Amanda!) If you want to know why 911 happened, why Americans are in Iraq, and…

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  • Thoughts about deployment extension from a soldier in Iraq

    The following comes from a pissed off soldier in Iraq. He can identify himself if he wants to. For now, I think we should call him A. Nonymous. cd So,…

  • Five Seasons of Fellini

    Latest assignment, great movie….not enough time to do it justice… cd Five Seasons of Fellini by CD Damitio If you are no longer a teenager, think back to the time…

  • Anarchist Guidebook

    I don’t know if it’s just me or if it is the world in general…but at the moment…things seem pretty ho-hum….maybe I should be reporting that Larry Birkhead is the…

  • Barbershop Bar

    Check this out found at Dane Carlson’s Business Opportunities Weblog. I’ve been cutting my own hair for years now, but I would be tempted to let a barber do it…

  • Where (and How) Evolution Is Taught In the US « strange maps

    Some surprising results here…I recomend reading the whole post at strange maps. cd 97 – Where (and How) Evolution Is Taught In the US « strange maps Scientists generally accept…

  • The problem with trading

    As those of you who have been around for a while know, I have been trading stuff for a while. Starting with the old skateboard here are the list of…

  • If You Want to Fight the Power, You Have to Know What Power Is.

    This one made it into the book. I wrote it around 2007-2008, when I was living in Southeast Asia and spending a lot of time noticing that the word “power”…

  • Are you interested in making a little cash with used books?

    Here is my latest project you guys. As a lot of you know, I have been selling used books online for quite a while. First I was using fuknbooks.com and…

  • War For Oil

    It’s hard to convince me anyone who really has power wants to solve the oil problem. There are too many interests against finding a solution. From the government’s point of…

  • Midgets Gone Wild in Malaysia

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian police detained an eight-member gang of small-sized robbers dubbed the “midget gang,” who allegedly confessed to committing 14 break-ins over the past three months, a…

  • Fun With Spammers #2

    I’ve been answering Fuck Yes! to a variety of employment offers and many other things that have ended up in my mailbox. Since there are so many, I will post…

  • Fugedaboutit

    This is either really good or extremely bad–as in Manchurian Candidate mind control stuff. I guess I tend to see the glass half-empty on this, but on the other hand,…

  • Fun with Spammers #1

    As you guys might know, I sell used books at Primitivebooks.com (formerly fuknbooks). I place a lot of ads on craigslist to find buyers…and it never fails that nearly every…

  • Letter from Iraq #18

    This is the latest letter from David, a U.S. soldier serving in Iraq…. cd I recently went on a long convoy, I thought you might want to know what the…

  • Like Sands through the hourglass

    Another quickly penned monstrosity…at least I managed to work throwing up into it… cd Like Sands Through the Hourglass….by CD Damitio No matter who a person is or where they…

  • Sound Judgment

    This bit of news really interests me because it seems some sounds seem to affect me more than they should–as in why do I like this band more than that…

  • Hap-py Birth-Day Bin-La-Den! Hap-py Birth-day toooooo you! You are now a buttplug!

    As a birthday present to celebrate all you have given mankind Osama, I would like to announce that we are going to be making an Osama Buttplug. the “”Osama Butt…

  • Greek Cypriots Tear Down Dividing Wall

    Greek Cypriots demolished a wall Friday along the boundary that for decades has split Europe’s last divided capital, a dramatic and unannounced gesture that officials hope will promote reconciliation on…

  • The Content of the Can

    Another quickly penned assignment, this time on a topic that I am passionate about. If you want to read more about this, I recommend you purchase my book Rough Living:…

  • Now Scientists Can Read Minds…

    The amazing thing to me is that I post true stories like this all the time and yet people choose to comment on me bashing on the Honolulu Police Department…

  • There are UFO's…their technology can help us!

    This is coming from a guy in charge of Canada’s military…is there something he knows that we don’t? cd OTTAWA (AFP) – A former Canadian defense minister is demanding governments…

  • Current Items Up for Trade- sword, rubies, psychic help

    These are the items I have up for trade, they are available individually or as a lot.All of these have resulted from trading my skateboard. I still have a number…