July 2008
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Crazy guy recorded himself masturbating while... →
Mr Erhardt also told police he had used the rifle to shoot “kangaroos from the vehicle whilst driving north”
This just confirms, Australia knows how to party.
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Photo Diary of China's Air →
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Death Tourism: Journey to Gentle Suicide →
Veterinary Drug Nembutal Said to Give Gentle Death to Terminally Ill
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How Saudis Pressured the U.K.’s Blair Government... →
“The United Kingdom’s highest court today provided new details of how the Saudis pressured British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government to shut down a politically embarrassing bribery investigation two years ago that implicated the Saudi ambassador to Washington…”
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Man decapitates passenger aboard Greyhound bus in... →
A passenger repeatedly stabbed and then decapitated a young man aboard a Greyhound bus travelling through Manitoba overnight in what appears to be a random attack…
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White House unveils intelligence powers overhaul →
“The White House on Thursday unveiled an overhaul of intelligence powers that concentrates power in the national intelligence director and drew immediate criticism from Congress for failing to consult on the changes…”
“We were only shown the document after it was complete and on its way to the president for his signature,” said Rep. Silvestre Reyes, a Texas...
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Networking site Bebo beams message to Earth-like... →
and the creator’s of Wife Swap are hoping to contact ‘little green men’.
“Conceived by Oli Madgett of RDF Digital, a subsidiary of Wife Swap producer RDF Media, the project claims to be the first to democratically select content to be transmitted into space.
Users can post entries and vote for the best ones on a dedicated Bebo page. The winning 500 will be sent into...
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CNN Uses White Racist as Source for Its 'Black in... →
appalling, but not surprising.
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For once, some good news
cajunboy:
Doctors at the University of Texas Medical Center in Houston may have found a cure for HIV/AIDS.
Brilliant idea for attacking a virus that is always mutating. Find the one constant, in this case a protein, and disarm it/take it out, killing the continued growth of the system.
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S. Korean TV Station Reveals Top-Secret Opening... →
some info war tactics from S.Korea. Well played!
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British UFO Hacker Gary McKinnon Is Coming to... →
“Federal prosecutors in New Jersey and Virginia have been trying to extradite the 42-year-old Londoner for six years to put him on trial for penetrating over 90 unclassified Pentagon systems in 2001 and 2002 — and allegedly crashing some of them. In interviews, McKinnon has admitted the hacking spree (though not the damage), which he says was a search for evidence of a military UFO...
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Solar Power Plant in the Sahara Could Power All of... →
” By building a solar power plant the size of Wales (a small area, compared to the vastness of the Sahara) and laying down high-voltage transmission cables, the EU could potentially capture enough clean energy to power the entire continent. Speaking at the Euroscience Open Forum in Barcelona, Arnulf Jaeger-Walden of the European commission’s Institute for Energy, said it would require the...
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House panel votes to cite Rove for contempt →
“A House panel Wednesday voted to cite former top White House aide Karl Rove for contempt of Congress as its Senate counterpart explored punishment for alleged Bush administration misdeeds.
Voting 20-14 along party lines, the House Judiciary Committee said that Rove had broken the law by failing to appear at a July 10 hearing on allegations of White House influence over the Justice...
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Orwell's diaries to be released in blog form →
energyface:This is an interesting idea (via boingboing).
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'To Defend Our Airspace, We Should Investigate... →
“The United States is no less vulnerable than Britain and France to threats to security and air safety. The United States Air Force or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should reopen investigations of U.F.O. phenomena. It would not imply that the country has suddenly started believing in little green men. It would simply recognize the possibility that radar alone cannot...
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WTO talks in Geneva collapse →
heh.
“Trade officials say that a high-level summit to rescue a global trade pact has collapsed, after the US, China and India failed to compromise on farm import rules….
Peter Power, a spokesman for the European Union, called the breakdown a “massive blow to confidence in the global economy”….
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GM crop trials 'should be secret' →
“Senior researchers have called for the location of small open-air trials of GM crops to be kept secret.
The researchers say that vandalism of GM crop trials is holding back research in the area.
Current legislation requires the exact location of GM crop trials to be publicly available.
But according to those engaged in active research, that information is invariably used by anti-GM...
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A delusion for the reality-TV era →
Joel and Ian Gold, brothers and psychiatrists from Montreal, believe they have discovered a signature mental illness of the YouTube era: patients who claim they are subjects of their own reality TV shows…..
“The wish for fame is a form of grandiosity, and the fear of threats such as surveillance can bring about paranoia,” said the Montreal-based Dr. Gold, 46, who specializes in...
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RUN, DRINK BEER, REPEAT. →
Link above is to a video of a marathon requires that runners drink alcohol…do a lap, drink a beer. (thanks Chris!)
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“Expropriation of the land of Cambodia’s poor is reaching a disastrous level,”...”
– In Cambodia, Land Seizures Push Thousands of the Poor Into Homelessness - NYTimes.com
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"Sun-eating dragon" returns to China →
An eclipse of the Sun, in time for the Olympics… nice timing!
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Cuil to Replace Google? →
the name will hold the product back, methinks.
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08 Olympics China Style
thedaytheytriedtokillme:
Shunkouliu (slippery jingles) are short poems passed around China like jokes. They are anonymous and critical of the status quo so a government office has formed to collect them—and considers them state secrets.
The Olympics arrive Beijing’s alive! The torch on display! (The people make way.) The foreigners are here So the sky’s suddenly clear! And here’s a new treat:...
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Free Love Returns? →
“A hip new self-help workshop claims that getting naked and sharing the love will allow you to find the ultimate truth. So is it a Pandora’s box or the secret of a purer existence?”….
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U.S. Astronaut, Edgar Mitchell: Aliens Exist,... →
Cryptogon is a serious news website, that NEVER covers UFOs. This time he thought this particular disclosure is far too relevant to dismiss. Comment #11 is equally enlightening for the real reason behind controlled disclosure. It may seem far out at first, but do watch “Century of the Self”. Techniques do certainly exist and are already currently employed which distort...
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1 in 4 Americans Compare Their Workplace to a... →
“According to a Workplace Democracy Association/Zogby Interactive survey, 25 percent of Americans compares their workplace to a dictatorship. In the most comprehensive study of the phenomenon to date, the poll also found that adopting more egalitarian processes might be the solution…”
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Celebrity Meter - Wired How-To Wiki →
find out just how internet famous you are!!
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“Life in general isn’t quite as “cool” as it was when he jumped...”
– Once Naked For Nirvana, Now A Teen Spirit : NPR Music
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'Cell phones cause cancer': Head of Cancer... →
“In the memo he sent to about 3,000 faculty and staff Wednesday, he says children should use cell phones only for emergencies because their brains are still developing.
Adults should keep the phone away from the head and use the speakerphone or a wireless headset, he says. He even warns against using cell phones in public places like a bus because it exposes others to the phone’s...
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Protesters denounce Fox News as racist →
“The crowd of some 150 people wielded a petition with more than 600,000 signatures objecting to news coverage by Fox, owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, organizers said.
Some demonstrators held signs that crossed out the network’s “Fair and Balanced” slogan and replaced it with the words “Fairly Racist!”
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