June 2009
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California fires up laser fusion machine →
Success at National Ignition Facility could pave the way for commercial laser fusion power stations and provide a solution to world energy crisis
Ian Sample, science correspondent guardian.co.uk, Thursday 28 May 2009
May 2009
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Artist: Cotton Jones
Song: Gone The Bells
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mudwerks:
New Order - Blue Monday...
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US Violated Geneva Conventions, Bush Iraq... →
feinsodville:
unburyingthelead:
“When we have taken steps that have violated the Geneva Conventions we rightly have been criticized, so as we move forward I think it’s important to again live our values, to live the agreements that we have made in the international justice arena and to practice those,” Gen. Petraeus said on Fox News Friday afternoon.
Petraeus made the comment in the context...
Judge Sotomayor Is First Nominee With Cyberlaw... →
Via: E-Commerce and Tech Law Blog
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Lightening Dust
Song: I Knew Infinite Light CD /...
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EveryBlock.Com
I have been using EveryBlock, on a daily basis. It is one of a few sites I checkin with everyday and track via RSS to make sure I see new entries.
EveryBlock filters an assortment of local news by location so you can keep track of what’s happening on your block, in your neighborhood and all over your city.
Here are some the items Everyblock keeps track of:
Building permits
Business reviews
...
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Calling out MoveOn.org on Afghanistan →
Anti-war activist Tom Hayden is taking MoveOn.org to task for remaining silent about the Obama Warz.
Via: twot
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Watchroamin:
Do It Yourself: The Story Of Rough Trade Running Time: 1h 28m 24s
“BBC4 produced the following documentary on the story of Rough Trade, which has some great footage and anecdotes from their long and varied history. Don’t be put off by it opening with Duffy, it’s well worth a watch…”
If you are interested in the history of Independent Music and the ways it was distributed in the past...
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WatchTwittering Taco Truck
Kogi BBQ is the Korean BBQ twittering taco truck.
LA of course
Via: Brad
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The Strokes w/ Eddie Vedder - Mercy Mercy Me...
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“We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it....”
– Nineteen Eighty-Four (via retropolitics)
“You’re on Earth. There’s no cure for that.”
– Samuel Beckett (via whokilled)
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Israel Insists on Some Construction in West Bank... →
From NY Times
By ISABEL KERSHNER and MARK LANDLER
Published: May 28, 2009
A government spokesman, Mark Regev, had said a day earlier that the final status of the existing settlements would be determined in negotiations with the Palestinians. “In the interim, normal life should be allowed to continue in those communities,” he said then.
“In the interim, normal life should be allowed to...
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Alone Among the Ghosts: Roberto Bolano's '2666' →
by MARCELA VALDES December 8, 2008 edition of The Nation
If you have any interest in Roberto Bolano’s novel 2666, this pieces illuminates the connections between the novel’s dark core, the fictional city of Saint Teresa and it’s real counterpart Ciudad Juárez. Ms. Valdes seems to know a lot about Bolano’s work habits, his motivations and research; this makes the...
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WatchThe Deadly Affair
1966 British espionage-thriller
Based on the book Call for the Dead
by by John le Carré.
The film stars James Mason, Harry Andrews, Simone Signoret and Maximilian Schell and was directed by Sidney Lumet. BBC Channel 4 is streaming a radio production of this novel. (See earlier post)
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Palestinians had not been allowed to develop any...
Water is one more weapon that Israel uses against Palestinians, along with border checks between each community and often in the middle of communities. All done in the pretext of protecting and supporting settlements, settlements that have been considered illegal by the majority of the world.
Secretary of State Clinton and President Obama are acting tough, they need our support as do the...
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The Complete Smiley →
BBC Radio 4 presents dramatisations of all eight of John le Carré’s George Smiley novels, with Simon Russell Beale playing George Smiley throughout.
“Simon Russell Beale is unique. No living actor can match his understanding of language, or his interpretation of character. He will make a superb Smiley, and I feel deeply honoured.”
— John le Carré Link to first Book Call for the...
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Supreme Court: Suspects Can Be Interrogated... →
mandalay:
Guys, this is kind of a big deal. I know everyone was distracted today with the new justice, California, and North Korea, but pay attention! This is serious shit.
The high court, in a 5-4 ruling, overturned the 1986 Michigan v. Jackson ruling, which said police may not initiate questioning of a defendant who has a lawyer or has asked for one unless the attorney is present. The...
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“This confrontation is willed by God, who wants to use this conflict to erase his...”
– George W. Bush (via unburyingthelead)
From the Story on AlterNet:
In 2003 while lobbying leaders to put together the Coalition of the Willing, President Bush spoke to France’s President Jacques Chirac. Bush wove a story about how the Biblical creatures Gog and Magog were at work in the...
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Artist Name : Wighnomy Brothers
Track...
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lbm: @well_fed Angel food cake thrown on a grill... →
(via wellfed)
I have to try this!
Watchtmblg:
This Month’s New Yorker Cover Painted on an iPhone
mogravy:
The J.B.’s - “Pass the Peas” (1972)
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dashofpower:
Fever Ray — Coconut
So cinematic,...
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The Digital Panopticon & The RIAA
I am a long time user of Last.FM, the music database and social network site. Most people who use the service know they were purchased some time ago by CBS Records, for around a $100 million US Dollars. That didn’t surprise me since Last.FM was successful and major corporations love to buy success. What has surprised me is the story in the news over the last week that Last.FM, via their...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-24) →
Prefuse 73 (17)
Tosca (9)
Fever Ray (7)
Thes One (6)
Asobi Seksu (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Cheney Intervened in CIA Inspector General's... →
From Truthout
Friday 22 May 2009
by: Jason Leopold, t r u t h o u t | Report
Former Vice President Dick Cheney intervened in CIA Inspector General John Helgerson’s investigation into the agency’s use of torture against “high-value” detainees, but the watchdog was still able to prepare a report that concluded the interrogation program violated some provisions of the...
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The Crisis and How to Deal with It →
From The New York Review of Books
Volume 56, Number 10 · June 11, 2009
By Bill Bradley, Niall Ferguson, Paul Krugman, Nouriel Roubini, George Soros, Robin Wells et al. Excerpts from a symposium on the economic crisis presented by The New York Review of Books and PEN World Voices at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on April 30.
George Soros: There are two features that I think deserve to be...
