Obviously, blogging about Victor Bout is a niche thing. But if you're a Bout enthusiast (in the sense that you're enthusiastic about the idea of his facing justice some time soon), you're going to want to keep tabs on the following blogs:
-- Douglas Farah (Alas, with no RSS feed. WTF?)
-- Laura Rozen
Bout, for those of you who aren't enthusiasts, is an arms trader with a very, very sordid past. Alas, it seems that Bout is also an arms trader with very, very powerful friends.
Tune in next week to find out what happens when a shadowy underworld arms trader with very very powerful friends collides with the righteous fury of a small rag-tag band of Victor Bout niche bloggers! Bout has battled international law enforcement for years, but is he a match for the blogosophere? We shall see. We shall see.
I would be tempted to sacrifice yet another fatted calf to the internet gods, but I've been sacrificing so many fatted calves to the internet gods lately that my stock is dwindling faster than I can replenish it, prices for fatted calves being what they are these days. Let me simply say that if I have to live in a world with people like Victor Bout, I am very glad that it is also a world which contains the above mentioned bloggers, and an internet that helps them work together with the long term goal of royally fucking up Bout's life and plans.
Posted by Chris at July 24, 2004 01:24 PM