On the implausibility of the explosives plot. Why do we allow police, secret service, politicians and the media to fucking fool us all the way to the moon and back?! I’ll eat my broomstick if this highly sophisticated plot was anything else but election campaigning and political bargaining. Welcome to the world of Potemkin Security Theatre.

The surest defense against terrorism is to refuse to be terrorized, says Bruce Schneier. Rightly so. And there are 7 things you didn’t know about the war in Iraq. Michael Schwartz, Professor of Sociology at Stony Brook University, knows them for you.

While I am in Indonesia, use the time to learn more about a country unknown to many of us. 18.000 islands, largest archipelago, stretching over 3.000 miles, 250 million inhabitants… More here, to start with. Or listen to some Indonesian music!

Had I a nickel for every time the phrase â??respect the rule of lawâ?? has escaped the mouth of George Bush - Iâ??d retire. Uh, I know the feeling.

Been busy, Mr Bond, have we? Just surviving, Mr Chang, just surviving.