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  • Will be blogging less regularly in the next few weeks

    Posted: September 30, 2011, 9:00 am by kenopp
    Dear readers, third year of graduate school requires that I blog less frequently over the next three weeks or so. Instead of the almost daily updates I will be bunching up the posts whenever time permits. You can also follow me on twitter at @kopalo where I regularly comment on stories on Africa and other [...]

  • when dictators’ oracles fail them

    Posted: September 30, 2011, 8:32 am by kenopp
    One of the biggest problems in dictatorships is the dearth of dependable information. This problem affects both dictators and their oppressed subjects alike. The same applies to presidents in electoral regimes who surround themselves with “yes men,” the latter who are oftentimes more concerned about pleasing their patron than giving him the right information. This [...]
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Fish cakes

Alas a fish cake.

Yet more fish cakes

Guess what ... yeah ... fish cakes.

The end of the fish cakes

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