Art Deco book covers
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Inside the FBI Wiretap Net (Wired)
Gotta love that good ole'-fashioned American ingenuity! There's no problem that a dream and $40M in the right well-connected hands won't solve.
Gotta love that good ole'-fashioned American ingenuity! There's no problem that a dream and $40M in the right well-connected hands won't solve.
This guy made himself a really nice audiophile turntable for $50.
(Attn audiophile people who spent $6k on a Swedish boutique model - don't email me griping about specs or the benefits of cold forged titanium alloys over wood. It satisfies the basic requirements)
(Attn audiophile people who spent $6k on a Swedish boutique model - don't email me griping about specs or the benefits of cold forged titanium alloys over wood. It satisfies the basic requirements)
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Sail through the northwest passage unimpeded by ice. For the first time, like, ever.
This puts Exxon in a strange position. My bet is that they continue to deny global warming while running their supertankers through the new route, then issue a press release about how continental drift shifted the ice or something.
This puts Exxon in a strange position. My bet is that they continue to deny global warming while running their supertankers through the new route, then issue a press release about how continental drift shifted the ice or something.
Leona's dog gets $12M inheritance - more than all of her grandkids combined (2 got nothing)
I'm trying to find the permission form required for this
In one of history's more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate, is "an important move to institutionalize management of reincarnation."
In one of history's more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate, is "an important move to institutionalize management of reincarnation."
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
The Great Iraq Swindle (RollingStone)
It was an awful idea, perhaps the worst America has ever tried on foreign soil. But if you were in on it, it was great work while it lasted.
It was an awful idea, perhaps the worst America has ever tried on foreign soil. But if you were in on it, it was great work while it lasted.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
More Bush Administration Villainy - measure this week to permanently legalize mountaintop coal mining - where mountaintops are blasted and rubble is dumped into streams.
Environmental activists say the rule change will lead to accelerated pillage of vast tracts and the obliteration of hundreds of miles of streams in central Appalachia.
“This is a parting gift to the coal industry from this administration,” said Joe Lovett, executive director of the Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment in Lewisburg, W.Va. “What is at stake is the future of Appalachia. This is an attempt to make legal what has long been illegal.”