Freezerbox Magazine - DispatchesCopyright © 1997-2026 Infocrat, LLC. All rights reserved.https://www.freezerbox.com/images/ads/freezerbox/bomb_88x31.gifhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/blogs.php?id=22026-04-16T01:20:42ZSemtex on a Plane "I want this motherfucking Semtex off this motherfucking plane!" — Samuel L. Jackson on a hypothetical NYC - LA flight, sometime in the near future.These new-generation terrorists think too much. Shoe bombs requiring ignition systems and a window seat? Liquid bombs with movable, sloshing parts? I'm surprised Hollywood thought of poison snakes before Al Qaeda did.If you want to ...Alexander Zaitchik2006-08-13T23:05:42Z2006-08-14T17:30:20Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/blog.php?id=247Hunger Striking for OsamaChurchill was right: Gandhi was a terrorist. At least he was according to the logic of Navy Commander Robert Durand, who has the oxymoronic job title of Gitmo PR chief. In response to the latest spate of attempted suicides and hunger strikes at the camp, Durand told reporters, "The hunger strike technique is consistent with Al Qaeda practice." Now that Durand mentions it, I do remember something about Osama bin Laden refusing to eat until the U.S. pulls its...Alexander Zaitchik2006-05-31T14:40:21Z2006-05-31T14:40:21Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/blog.php?id=228The Incredible Shrinking StateThe secession of Montenegro from the Serbian rump reminds me of a joke from the first round of Balkan wars:Q: What are they going to call the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 2020?A: Belgrade.People used to laugh at that one. Now maybe they aren't laughing so hard.Alexander Zaitchik2006-05-23T15:13:05Z2006-05-23T15:14:29Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/blog.php?id=225Delhi PickleWhen critics of Iran's nuclear program scoff at Tehran's claim that it needs the energy, the scoffing is justified. But it's more than a little curious when those same critics switch modes into supporters of the nuclear technology sharing agreement between Washington and New Delhi. Claims that the Indo-US deal will encourage the growth of India's nuclear power sector and thus reduce Indian carbon emissions and relax global competition for oil are just as ridicul...Alexander Zaitchik2006-05-13T00:49:03Z2006-05-13T00:49:03Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/blog.php?id=221Run, Al, RunMr. Gore,All those people yelling, "Run, Al, Run" wherever you speak? Count me in. I haven't seen it yet, but The Ugly Truth looks great and has clearly broken through--well done. And the Constitution Hall speech was truly awesome.And, yes, I too have something to expiate: a stupidity.In November of 1999, I stood in the back of a crowded church as Ralph Nader decried the WTO over chants of "Run, Ralph, Run". I got carried away....Alexander Zaitchik2006-04-21T18:03:23Z2006-04-21T18:03:23Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/blog.php?id=213Climate Change: What Did We Know and When?"Climate change is the only thing [with] the power to fundamentally end the march of civilization as we know it, and make a lot of the other efforts that we're making irrelevant and impossible."
--Bill Clinton in Davos last week
No shit, Matlock. This statement was also true ten years ago, when Clinton actually had the power to do something brave. Instead, he let Kyoto starve unattended in a senate mop closet and treated runaway climate change like just another...Alexander Zaitchik2006-01-30T13:39:08Z2006-01-30T14:33:40Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/blog.php?id=185Video Store TipWith immigrant-cop battles raging in Paris, it's a good time to re-visit Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 classic film, La Haine (Hate) of the same subject. If you've never seen it, acquaint yourself with it.Alexander Zaitchik2005-11-02T16:45:52Z2005-11-03T01:17:14Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/blog.php?id=147The Lamest Duck Ever
Now does he feel his title
Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe
Upon a dwarfish thief.
-- Shakespeare, Macbeth
Like Herpes, presidents last a lifetime.
Watching the world crumbling around our peevish president one year into his second term has led me to the mental exercise of imagining George W. Bush in 2025. When he leaves office at a fit 62, the black joke of his presidency will only deepen. Never will there have been less us...Alexander Zaitchik2005-11-02T16:09:35Z2005-11-03T01:19:54Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/blog.php?id=145Food for OilForget, for a moment, how much it's going to cost to fill up your tank and heat your home this winter. The rising price of oil poses a bigger but related problem: Food.
As it begins to dawn on Americans that the energy question--and bad U.S. energy policy--is at the nexus of so much that worries us, the relationship between the coming oil crunch and food costs deserves priority. Although we've come to take abundance for granted, both cheap food in the rich world and the "green revolution"...Alexander Zaitchik2005-08-29T16:50:35Z2005-12-08T23:28:08Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/blog.php?id=97