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links for 2007-12-07: string vests, punch bags, robot violinist, henge tunneling, lyrical terrorist

eBay Seller: crystal passion dezigns ltd: Men’s Clothing, Men’s Accessories items on eBay.co.uk String vests not becoming historical garb, despite the Guardian’s daft story. I do not own a string vest, alas. (tags: string-vest ebay BBC daft) Store withdraws man-shaped … more…

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links for 2007-08-29: graphics tablet, reefer madness, Cecil Taylor

Bongofish – DIY Cintiq homebrewed graphics tablet / screen, step by step… (tags: howto graphics tablet hardware DIY) AlterNet: DrugReporter: Pot Growers Are New Target in “War on Terror” Under Bush, terror has become a justification for any and every … more…

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Killing the Political Animal: CIA Psychological Operations and Us

Killing the Political Animal: CIA Psychological Operations and Us Heather Wokusch picks the CIA’s Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare (erm, no Amazon reference for that…) down from the shelf, and finds a few things in there that might explain the … more…

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Gary Leupp: Talking to Your Kids About Fascism

Gary Leupp: Talking to Your Kids About Fascism – a very impressive, plain words summary of the global situation for kids, and/or others with little or no awareness of history. (CounterPunch via Robot Wisdom)

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Know Your Place! Shut Your Face!

Know Your Place! Shut Your Face! Another revisited favourite, I posted about this one several months ago – modified public information posters from the 40s and 50s mostly – but the collection has grown considerably since I last visited, and … more…

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Top Ten Anagrams For “Homeland Security”

The Top Ten Anagrams For “Homeland Security”: 10. Oh, my insulted race. 9. Loud, hysteric “Amen!” 8. Columned hysteria. 7. Nicely routed sham. 6. Do search minutely. 5. Hey, damn it, closure! 4. Oh, scared minutely. 3. Lynch me, o … more…

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FBI says shoe bomber had help

BBC News | AMERICAS | FBI says shoe bomber had help – “FBI investigators believe Richard Reid… must have had help planning such a sophisticated attack”. If the FBI considers this spectacularly inept suicide attack “sophisticated”, you have to wonder … more…

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Russia Checkmated Its New Best Friend

Russia Checkmated Its New Best Friend – Eric Margolis extends the Caspian Basin oil pipeline interpretation of the Afghan conflict and submits that Bush has fucked up, but good. (Common Dreams via Robot Wisdom).

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Phoney Bomb Humor Fools Taliban?

Phoney Bomb Humor Fools Taliban? – remember the story (blogged here) about someone finding instructions for building a nuclear weapon in an abandoned safe house in Kabul? The document turns out to be a spoof from the Journal of Irreproducible … more…

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Bin Laden’s nuclear secrets found

Bin Laden’s nuclear secrets found – actually, a “partly burned” set of papers are claimed to have been found in a former al-Qaeda safe house in Kabul, showing in detail how to build a nuke. I’m not at all reassured … more…

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