Excited Delirium

Stories about Excited Delirium, the Shock Economy and a little fiction here and there.

Excited Delirium Book: Chapter 23 (China News – China Sold Weapons to Iran & the Taliban)

Author’s Note: The following is Chapter 23 of the my online book “Excited Delirium”. Please post comments. Please tell your friends about this story. If you’ve missed a chapter, please click here for Chapter 1 (Prelude) or here for the full index.

HEADLINE: CALLS FOR DEEPER INVESTIGATION INTO ILLEGAL ARMS TRADE

DATE: Late 2007

SOURCE: World Social Reporter

NEWS STORY – Did China sell weapons to the Taliban? Were weapons that were sold to the Taliban or to Iran used against American troops stationed in Afghanistan or Iraq?

Many American politicians are pushing for an investigation into the illegal trade of arms and weaponry. They insinuate that a number of countries are selling weapons to terrorist organizations, including the Taliban, Iraq insurgents and the government of Iran. According to these politicians, one of the main leaders in this market is China. Continue reading

Excited Delirium Book: Chapter 21 (MOMYS III)

Author’s Note: The following is Chapter 18 of the my online book “Excited Delirium”. Please post comments. Please tell your friends about this story. If you’ve missed a chapter, please click here for Chapter 1 (Prelude) or here for the full index.

“And what, pray tell, were you doing at a meeting like that?” Matthew asked Heather sternfully.

Matthew was an imposing character, of Scottish heritage, ruddy face and ruddier nose, both brought on buy an enormous amount of drinking over the bulk of his 62 years, but also by facing the merciless winds of January as he worked his farm. He weighed about 280 pounds, most of it at his centre, but a good chunk with his arms as well, given the volume of lifting and heaving that he had to do on the farm. He was in surprisingly good shape, particularly given the abuse that he hurled at himself, and he was proud of the fact that he could out-lift a man half his age. Continue reading

Excited Delirium Book: Chapter 20 (Kite’s New Gig)

Author’s Note: The following is Chapter 20 of the my online book “Excited Delirium”. Please post comments. Please tell your friends about this story. If you’ve missed a chapter, please click here for Chapter 1 (Prelude) or here for the full index.

More than two months had passed for Kite and he was getting bored. Worse, he was getting worried.

He frequently checked his anonymous email accounts and some blogs where the proper codes and comments would trigger a reply, but nothing had shown up. The thought had even crossed his mind that he should seek out a different career. Of course, that would never happen, because he had come to be exceptionally good at fucking up organizations. Of course, thoughts of retiring also came to mind. The challenge was that he had champagne tastes and was still working with a beer budget, so he still had to generate some cash flow.

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