stalin_2
(image from Rugs of War)

Outed as a spy! Say it ain't so Ryszard! (thanks to Anthony Easton for pointing this story out)

Oh well, the proof of his value is in the pudding (that being his magnificent writing). He now joins my rogues' gallery of authorities, full of serial rapists, saints, fascists, communists, liberals, romantics, pedants, spousal abusers, bad parents, ideologues, subversives, dictators, philosophers, oligarchs, autocrats, bank tellers and worse.

- L.M. 5-26-2007 9:01 pm

Oh snap! I forgot about all you sodomites, you're in my rogues' gallery of authority too.
- L.M. 5-26-2007 9:04 pm


I didn't realize all this was going on in Poland. The right wingers sound worse than the people they're seeking to "out." (Not big on loyalty oaths.)
- tom moody 5-26-2007 9:30 pm


It's Catholic monoculture.
- L.M. 5-26-2007 9:48 pm


warrug-2

Holy shit! Rugs of War rocks. I stumbled onto it searching for Stalin images.
- L.M. 5-26-2007 9:55 pm


Lenin
- L.M. 5-26-2007 10:00 pm


uzbek

Uzbek

- L.M. 5-26-2007 10:09 pm


ive been posting on war rugs for a while. here are some links :

here, here, here, here, and here.

youll find wtc rugs included in there.

the nyt has been covering them for a while too. some of the links are not pay to view. i used to see them in the 80's in nyc on lafayette street in a big mid eastern carpet loft by the old tower records store.
- bill 5-26-2007 10:14 pm


fabulous links, thanks bill!
- L.M. 5-26-2007 10:23 pm


and then theres ebay.
- bill 5-26-2007 10:25 pm


Christ!

The description for the Afghanistan war rug: Charming Souvenir.
- L.M. 5-26-2007 11:38 pm


(yes, I want one.)
- L.M. 5-26-2007 11:46 pm


Oh god, I wonder if Bret Easton Eliis is a spy? Or Jay McInerney? Or Chuck? Great article, love the rugs...I remember seeing those in manhattan too...and I always regretted not buying one.
- Candy Minx (guest) 5-27-2007 4:17 am





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