we do not forget….
Here’s an interesting story on the power of 4chan’s grown up alter ego – anonymous – everyone’s favorite schoolyard bully
From Newsvine
Sometime over the past few months the Tea Party, and more specifically the Oregon Tea Party, went shopping for a new slogan. They desired something pithy, no doubt, that was emblematic of their [...]
renegade
You, would no doubt, have read about Julian Assange and the extraordinary work he is doing with Wikileaks. This interview on TED illustrates the methods he uses, the dangers he faces and the impact of the website on world events. It is all in all, a wonderful illustration of the corrosive power of truth on [...]
a terrible disaster
This man managed to evade regulations governing independent flights over the slick on the Gulf of Mexico and took photographs and videos of the damage including some of dolphins and whales dying in the slick. Sad.
how to save a life
Ramsay!
remote
From The LA Times
This is combat in the age of video games and virtual reality. Even though drone pilots operate from half a world away, they are as engaged in deadly combat as any pilot inside an airplane.
A drone pilot can fire on an insurgent dug into the Afghan hills and be home in time [...]
Rhapsody in blue
bodyguard
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
rogue nukes
from The New Yorker
A senior Pakistani official who has close ties to Zardari exploded with anger during an interview when the subject turned to the American demands for more information about the arsenal. After the September 11th attacks, he said, there had been an understanding between the Bush Administration and then President Pervez Musharraf [...]
Happy Days
From The Guardian
Carbon-dioxide emissions are turning the waters of the Arctic Ocean into acid at an unprecedented rate, scientists have discovered. Research carried out in the archipelago of Svalbard has shown in many regions around the north pole seawater is likely to reach corrosive levels within 10 years. The water will then start to [...]