Haunted eyes, gaunt ass. (image via Nytimes)
In: Tyrants Cross-Examined. Tyrants are almost always broken little boys who bend the state into the shape of a toy easy to grasp. For anyone who has ever wondered if there is Justice in the world after living in the grip of tyrannical regimes, there is some bittersweetness in reading the testy exchanges at the Hague, where former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is fighting for his ass. From The NYTimes:
"Mr. Karadzic, 63, who was transferred early Wednesday from Serbia to a jail cell near here, was gaunt and unsmiling, in contrast to his years as the swaggering leader of the Bosnian Serbs, one of the men most closely associated with the horrors of the Yugoslav conflict and who has been charged with the massacre of some 7,000 Muslim boys and men at Srebrenica in 1995.
"But his temper broke through in a testy exchange with the court judge as he said that, prior to being handed over to the authorities on July 21, he had been kidnapped and illegally held for three days in Belgrade, the Serbian capital.
"He also raised an old accusation, saying he had gone into hiding in 1996 in a deal arranged with the United States envoy at the time, Richard C. Holbrooke. In an interview, Mr. Holbrooke denied making any such deal, describing the charge as 'ridiculous.'
More here.
Out: Les Moonves. Methuselan media overlord Sumner Redsteone's lunar polestar Les "The Moon" Moonves put on his best face -- despite the fact that CBS Class B shares didn't have a good day -- as he said in a conference call that the stated goal of CNET is to reach $1 billion in revenue in the next 3 years, from the mid-$600 million this year. But Wall Street was not impressed.
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