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The Disembodied Lightness Is Sheer Illusion
Well, this just sucks, especially since I’m an IT manager for a small manufacturing company. Welcome to the real world. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Google Data Center along the Columbia River in Oregon.It is no coincidence that search … Continue reading
We Need to Lead by Example, Not Threats
Toward a Humanist Foreign Policyby Carl Coon President George W. Bush has proved to be as much of a disaster on foreign affairs as on domestic issues. More, if possible. And not just on Iraq. On many other issues, including … Continue reading
Analysing the Conflict in Southern Iraq
Read the LA Times headline! This wouldn’t be happening if BushCo could have stayed the hell out of the Middle East. And the MSM doesn’t help by pushing buttons that make it sound like the US is always the “good … Continue reading
Could Collider Produce Black Hole? Well, Maybe Just a Little One…
Part of a detector to study results of proton collisions by a particle accelerator that a federal lawsuit filed in Hawaii seeks to stop. Photo by Valerio Mezzanotti / NYT. Asking a Judge to Save the World, and Maybe a … Continue reading
Group Protests Autonomous Military Robots
SWORDS (Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection Systems) robots are equipped with either the M249, machine gun which fires 5.56-millimeter rounds at 750 rounds per minute or the M240, which fires 7.62-millimeter rounds at up to 1,000 per minute.Anti-landmine campaigners to … Continue reading
Bringing Iran to Its Knees at Minimal Cost
Russian Intelligence Sees U.S. Military Buildup on Iran BorderBy RIA Novosti / March 27, 2008 Moscow – Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran’s borders, a high-ranking security source said Tuesday. … Continue reading
Even If You Die, They Pretend You Were Straight
Majour Alan RogersMedia and military closets gay soldier killed in IraqBy Pam Spaulding / March 28, 2008 This should present an interesting opportunity for discussion. Maj. Alan Rogers, 40, died in January from wounds from an IED while he was … Continue reading
Forfeiting His Integrity for His Ambition
A disclaimer, lest any moron out there think this is somehow an endorsement for Hillary Clinton, or any other criminal running for US president. I do not support any mainstream candidate as they are inconsistent with my beliefs, they accept … Continue reading
BushCo – Continuing to Punish Fallujah
Classified Memo Reveals Iraqi Prisoners as “Starving”by Jason Leopold / March 28, 2008 A classified memo written by a top military official stationed in Western Iraq reveals that a prison in downtown Fallujah is so overcrowded and dirty that it … Continue reading
A Good Show from the Cheap Seats
From Jim Kunstler’s Clusterfuck Nation. Black Swans Everywhere After a one-day reprieve from total meltdown in the financial markets, news media cheerleaders for the most reckless gang of bankers in world history declared the crisis over on Good Friday (with … Continue reading
Another Episode of Daily Life in Iraq
From Juan Cole’s Informed Comment Mahdi Army Militiamen, courtesy Al-Zaman of Baghdad Police Mutiny, Refuse to attack Sadrists;Clashes continue in Basra;Sadrists open New fronts throughout Shiite SouthBy Juan Cole / March 29, 2008 The Times of Baghdad reports in Arabic … Continue reading
Terrorist Tits in Texas
As her attorney Gloria Allred looks on during a news conference in L.A., Mandi Hamlin, (right), demonstrates what she was asked to do by a TSA agent in order to board a plane. Photo by Nick Ut /APNipple rings fall … Continue reading
