Comments on: Exiled

Exiled

muggsy1079 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:52:26 -0800

The Exile is back. Iconoclastic Moscow-based web-rag The Exile, having recently been shut down by the Russian authorities for its often less-than-complimentary views on all things to do with the motherland, is back, having relocated to Panama. A victory for the spirit of Gonzo.

By: grobstein

grobstein — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:04:39 -0800

I had no idea they were shut down! Scary! I was never crazy about the paper, but yeesh.

By: Stonestock Relentless

Stonestock Relentless — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:07:40 -0800

Don't take my War Nerd!

By: Happy Dave

Happy Dave — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:20:16 -0800

I wonder if they'll start writing about Panama as well. That might be interesting. But hey, War Nerd is going twice-monthly, so there's a silver lining.

By: nasreddin

nasreddin — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:07:10 -0800

eXile greatest hits: Michael Wines Eats Horse Sperm Surprise John Dolan vs. James Frey

By: ardgedee

ardgedee — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:12:24 -0800

Needs "irony" tag.

By: ph00dz

ph00dz — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:15:18 -0800

The War Nerd just released a book... nothing groundbreaking if you read his columns, but pretty cool, having it all in one place and on paper 'n' stuff.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:20:23 -0800

My great-grandfather died in Panama at age 23 of yellow fever. I think it may be cursed.

By: jcruelty

jcruelty — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:01:16 -0800

I was amazed they lasted as long as they did. I chipped in $5 without knowing quite why... now I see. Highly recommend The Exile: Sex, Drugs and Libel in the New Russia. Really great book that opened my eyes to a lot of things and made me laugh quite a bit. You may need to take a shower after reading it though.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:01:18 -0800

John McCain was born in Panama. More proof he's a ~~KGB~~ FSB agent.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:22:39 -0800

John McCain was born in Panama. Really? Wouldn't that, technically, rule him out as president? (the story about my greatgrandpa is true, actually)

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:23:45 -0800

*checks wikipedia* (oh, the Canal Zone, which is still technically the US.)

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:36:00 -0800

...and that's not the end of my Panamanian connection. When I lived in Miami, I spent a year working in a computer store. My boss, Rocky*, was from Panama, from a fairly aristocratic family from what I gathered. Panama is a Rosetta Stone, mark my words. * Rocky's real first and middle names was 'Pedro Pablo,' and his wifes name was 'Maria.' Oy.

By: lullaby

lullaby — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:49:04 -0800

Wouldn't that, technically, rule him out as president? He was born on a military base. I believe that's considered "US soil" for this kind of thing.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:00:09 -0800

Thanks for the heads up. Now I can get my war nerd on.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:06:06 -0800

Highly recommend The Exile: Sex, Drugs and Libel in the New Russia. Seconded. These guys are heroes, and if you find their style offputting, you're one of Putin's pals. Great quote from Ames:

"Putin is an oppressor--except when he oppresses something that the American mainstream media doesn't approve of either. Americans have proven that it's not oppression or censorship they oppose--it's opposition to America that they oppose. We've angered most of the Western press corps for eleven straight years by constantly calling them on their hypocrisy and idiocy, so the last thing they want to do is give us an honorable send-off, despite all their pieties about 'supporting free speech that you disagree with.' It's censorship by silence, the most lethal of all, and it really sickens all of us to see it."

Thanks for the post!

By: synaesthetichaze

synaesthetichaze — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:41:48 -0800

War Nerd is so very excellent. The other day someone posted my favorite article someplace on mefi (maybe metatalk?), but I'll do it again anyway: Saddam Died Beautiful: And what a way to go! Damn, did you see that cellphone video of his death? A bunch of Shia monkeys in ski masks woofing at him -- safe behind their masks, with Saddam handcuffed and under guard -- woofing like cockapoos at a pit bull heading for the Pound's death cell. And Saddam laughed at them, especially when they chanted the name of their pissant Imam, Moqtada al-Sadr. You can hear him on that jerky cellphone video sneering, "Moqtada?" And Saddam earned the right to laugh; he killed Sadr Sr. and kept Junior so terrified he didn't dare show his fat face until Saddam was gone and only the wimp occupiers were in charge. Heheh.

By: sonic meat machine

sonic meat machine — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:41:02 -0800

I always feel slightly dirty after reading a War Nerd column, but it's one of my favorite guilty pleasures online.

By: afu

afu — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:34:48 -0800

The exile has fallen off a little bit in recent years, but it's still a great read. Denis Salnikov is easily the greatest club reviewer in history, and Jon Dolan, who probably also writes the War Nerd, has great book reviews.