{"id":679,"date":"2005-10-25T20:41:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-26T00:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=679"},"modified":"2005-12-05T19:16:38","modified_gmt":"2005-12-06T00:16:38","slug":"happy-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/happy-birthday","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the wall calendar in my office, Monday was “UN Day”! So, to honor that occasion, here’s a link to the Word document of the Mehlis report<\/a> about the Hariri assassination in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

(This would be the file that includes the “Track Changes” fixes by the UN Secretariat’s office, in its attempts to soft-pedal the fact that the assassination was ordered at the top of the Syrian regime.)<\/em><\/p>\n

As an bonus present, here’s a link to a PDF from Chris Hitchens’ site about how the Iraqi Oil-for-Food scam<\/a> worked! I found it in this article by Hitchens<\/a> about possible perjury charges for MP George Galloway.<\/p>\n

Happy 60th!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the wall calendar in my office, Monday was “UN Day”! So, to honor that occasion, here’s a link to the Word document of the Mehlis report about the Hariri assassination in Lebanon. (This would be the file that includes the “Track Changes” fixes by the UN Secretariat’s office, in its attempts to soft-pedal … <\/p>\n

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It's a blast! * * * The new Abstract City\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "literature"","block_context":{"text":"literature","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/literature"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2047,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-may-9-2008","url_meta":{"origin":679,"position":4},"title":"Unrequired Reading: May 9, 2008","author":"Gil","date":"May 9, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"My office decided to go with Friday summer hours (8am-1pm) a few weeks early! We rock! Now enjoy some Unrequired Reading, especially those of you who have to work a full day! 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