it’s all about control

• Zinni about-face was amateurish
  In which a Canadain politician licks Southron behind while the world watches.
  (tags: politics army canada us royal_military_college honourary_degree gordon_o’connor idiot embarrasing conservative_party)

• Americans and Climate Change: Intro and executive summary
  How the pinkoes are going to brain-wash you into believing that CO2 is bad for you.
  (tags: science climate_change global_warming activism environment)

• BBC NEWS | Americas | Hayden confirmed as head of CIA
  Hey! Democrat senators! You stupid dumb-f*ck idiots. What the hell are you saving yourselves for? Are you trying to prove that you are no better than the republicans when it comes to raping your citizens rights and ignoring the constitution?
  (tags: politics nsa hayden cia disgrace democrat)
• Paying the Costs of the Kyoto Protocol Climate Treaty
  Run ups in the prices of oil & natural gas basically equal what the cost of complying with the Kyoto Protocol. [despite concern] about the economic damage that complying would have caused, the economy has continued to hum along despite the rise
  (tags: reason libertarian kyoto fossil_fuel economics)

• information
  Recursive photos made of a mosaic of recursive photos made of a mosaic of …
  (tags: art photography flash cool design animation interesting visualization)
• the broken laptop i sold on ebay
  Oooops
  (tags: stupid_people_tricks laptop ebay fraud funny idiot)

• Iran eyes badges for Jews

  They don't need no stinking badges!

National Post issues quasi-retraction

(tags: iran politics hitler jews badges religion intolerance)

• Dell wins spat over e-commerce patent | News.blog | CNET News.com
  I once sat on a train in New Zealand next to the guy who filed this patent. We chatted about it. And to think I didn’t kill him.
  (tags: IP patent stupid_patent_tricks international commerce)
• Wired News: The Eternal Value of Privacy
  Why “If you aren’t doing anything wrong, what do you have to hide?” is a crock. By Bruce Schneier
  (tags: privacy politics security liberty ethics interesting philosophy law NSA government big_brother panopticon bruce_schneier)

• Robert J. Lang Origami
  Some of the coolest origami you are ever likely to see
  (tags: origami art design paper math cool science interesting sculpture)

• NSA killed system that sifted phone data legally – baltimoresun.com
  Because that would have been too easy I guess,
  (tags: NSA privacy database encryption analysis audit)

• Cancer Resistance Found to Be Transferable in Mice
  Here I come to save the day!
  A mutant mouse discovered in 1999 could ward off aggressive cancers. The resistance was passed to ~ 40% of offspring. Injected with levels of cancer cells millions of times stronger than LD50, they still proved resistant.
  (tags: cancer news science resitant mouse biology medicine)

• The Unclassified Media Project
  Funky cold constitutional crisis
  (tags: media politics terrorism video web Bush democracy despotism NSA)