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...officers), to his gradual elimination of independent media outlets. But the Chechen conflict has been Putin’s most dramatic—dramatically horrific—failure. With the confidence of a cowboy and the sophistication of a schoolyard bully, Putin favors using a tank to crush a cockroach. Throughout the war, calls for moderation and respect for basic human rights have been dismissed as unreasonable restraints on Russia’s ability to achieve a long-term solution...
...inner and girls would be more attracted to me if I were an opt-outer. I had a recent conversation with a Teaching Fellow who said he would opt-out of giving me a decent grade on a paper, and a recent run in with a cockroach who had decided to opt-into my sock drawer...
...Karaoke,” he explained, “the cockroach and mouse are a kind of enemy...
...pretty girl got on the subway with a big, squished cockroach on the back of her dress. Horrified, the rest of us in the car looked at each other. Should one of us tell her? Exchanging silent looks we telepathically concurred that it was impossible. Better to leave it and save her from such a shock in a public place. It was a uniquely urban moment that would have been perfectly at home in recent books, "Amy and Jordan" by Mark Beyer and "How Loathsome" by Ted Naifeh and Tristan Crane. Both contain all of the paranoia, sleaze, danger...
Thailand's love of gastronomic exotica extends to the foulest of fauna. Grasshoppers, water bugs and dung beetles are considered fair snacktime fare. Not on the tapas menu, however, are cockroaches. Too vile even for the liberal Thai palette? No, too adorable?for months, one of the trendiest pets to own in Thailand has been the Madagascar Giant Hissing Cockroach, an imported species that can grow to centimeters in length and sells in pet shops for $1.20. "They're clean, they're cute and I love the sound they make," explains a proud local pest owner. Besides hissing, they also...