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Libya: Meet the new Regime, same as…
via Washington Post Cairo Bureau Chief Abigail Hauslohner: This is what foreign journalists now have to sign to be considered for a #Libya visa.
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Morning Reading: Nader joins the NRA, Kim Dotcom is still a douche, Weev...
Forbes: Ralph Nader Calls Violent Video Games ‘Electronic Child Molesters’ – Ralph Nader and the NRA on the same side. This’d be funny if it weren’t so pathetic and desperate for both Nader and the...
View ArticleAshes
You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame; how could you become new if you haven’t first become ashes? Nietzsche.via red surrealmind.
View ArticleMorning Reading: Beer, Don’t Unlock That Phone, NM GOP Re-victimizing Rape...
History: This day in 1935, first canned beer goes on sale – A sudsy bit of history for you. I only drink beer rarely, but enjoy it then. Cheers! Livescience: Unlocking Cellphones Becomes Illegal...
View ArticleMorning Reading: Greece Doesn’t Like Statistics, CNET canned, SecureBoot...
WSJ: Greek Chief of Statistics Is Charged With Felony – Stats Chief charged for “undermining Greece” with conservative deficit estimates that “made the economy seem worse than it is.” Anyone with any...
View ArticleSo I bought a Chromebook
Nearly a week ago now I bit the bullet and purchased a Samsung Chromebook. I’ve been intrigued by them for a while but hesitant to pull the trigger due to the limitations inherent in their design. I’ve...
View ArticleIn the Dorner Case? All Are Punish’d.
More and more often lately I’ve found myself in the position of Shakespeare’s Prince at the end of Romeo and Juliet, or at least desiring his position. Wanting to shout from the steps that ALL ARE...
View ArticleMorning Reading: Wine Coming To Android, It’s Raining Spiders, Zen Teacher’s...
Engadget: Wine coming to Android, will run Windows apps on Google’s mobile OS – It’s still very touch-and-go using it on a full Linux system, so I wonder just how usable it will be on Android, but...
View ArticleMorning Reading: God and Criminality, Legal Highs are Mutating, Anti-Drone...
Journal of Theoretical Criminology: With God on my side: The paradoxical relationship between religious belief and criminality among hardcore street offenders – “Through purposeful distortion or...
View ArticleGrumpyhawk Week In Review
Just a quick note for now: have added a new podcast to my ever-growing list, and it’s a good one. The Grumpyhawk Collective has started a weekly “news in review” show and their first episode is a great...
View ArticleMorning Reading: Totally Drug-Resistant TB, Google Fails at the Flu, Hospital...
National Post: ‘Totally drug-resistant’ tuberculosis spreads in South Africa as researchers warn global outbreak would be ‘untreatable’ – This. is. goddamn. scary. Nature: When Google got flu wrong –...
View ArticlePodcasts of Note: Equanimity, Romulus and Remus, Occupy Wall Street
Against the Stream: Noah Levine provides an excellent talk on the subject of equanimity, as well as an accompanying guided meditation. Not freedom from pain or loss or pleasure but the ability to be at...
View ArticleSaddam and Mitt
I’m in the middle of a book on the 2003 Iraq War by military historian John Keegan and suddenly struck by just how similar Saddam Hussein’s treatment of weapons inspections was to Romney’s treatment of...
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Morning Reading: Kim Jong Arrrrr, Rat Snipers, Whisky Away
Falkvinge: After Being Cut From Norway, The Pirate Bay Returns From North Korea – The world is getting more and more strange. After being hounded out of an ostensibly free nation through legal,...
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Podcasts of Note: Noir, Israel Iran and Nukes, Al Qaeda in the US
A few podcasts that caught my attention recently. Enjoy! Headphone Commute: Sirat – Noir – Phenomenal, if short, noir-themed DJ mix. Incredibly sexy. Intelligence Squared: Can Israel Live With a...
View ArticleMorning Reading: Horny Military Dolphins, Hacker Hacks Prison From Inside,...
RIA: Ukrainian Killer Dolphins Deserted to Seek Mates – Expert – Oh that’s greeeeaaaaat. Just when you thought it was safe to… Verge: Notorious UK cyber criminal allowed into prison IT class,...
View ArticleMorning Reading: Iceland Porn Ban, Mexican Ecoterrorism, Sikh Wants His...
Christian Science Monitor: Iceland porn ban: Can a wired country go porn-free? – I hear a whole lot of people hoisting Iceland up as a modern model for going after bankers as a result of their...
View ArticleMorning Reading: Reuters Journo Indicted, Carnival has another shitty cruise,...
NPR: Reuters Journalist Charged With ‘Conspiring’ With Anonymous – Handed the login credentials for a Chicago Tribune server to Anons, allegedly. Not particularly smart. CNN: Carnival to fly passengers...
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