"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

Why the Pirates Are Winning the Battle of the Seas - TIME

Seeded on Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:52 PM EDT (TIME)

When the statistics showed a drop in piracy attacks off the coast of Somalia early this year shipping companies and the foreign navies patrolling the Gulf of Aden thought they might finally be winning the battle of the Indian Ocean.

world-news, pirates, somalia, shipping, terrorism, usa, obama, navy

Generic names for soft drinks by County

Seeded on Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:05 PM EDT (upload.wikimedia.org)

The results are in an it looks like the Pop and Coke are in a close battle

odd-news, odd, news, weird, weird-news, off-beat, unusual, weirdness, strange, bizarre

Hunter safety instructor removed after ordering 'liberals' from class

Seeded on Mon Mar 9, 2009 8:32 PM EDT (tulsaworld.com)

Thirteen-year-old Lane Dunkley just wanted to go hunting with his grandfather. What he got was a lecture on politics.

odd-news, guns, anti-liberal

The Last of the Zoroastrians - TIME

Seeded on Mon Mar 9, 2009 8:30 PM EDT (TIME)

The funerary tower is part of the ancient burial practice of Zoroastrianism the world s oldest monotheistic religion.

religion, zoroastrianism, funeral

Oregon Army Captain Charged With Stealing $690,000

Seeded on Mon Mar 9, 2009 8:29 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)

An Army captain from Oregon charged with stealing nearly $700,000 from the government while in Iraq pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges including theft of government property and money laundering.

us-news, military, theft, greed, army, iraq

How the US forgot how to make Trident missiles

Seeded on Mon Mar 9, 2009 6:00 PM EDT (sundayherald.com)

How the US forgot how to make Trident missiles Inquiry cites loss of files and key staff as reason for $69m repair delay

us-news, military, us, trident, missile, nnsa

Technology Review: Bypassing Windows with a Quick Boot

Seeded on Mon Mar 9, 2009 5:54 PM EDT (Technology Review)

Thousands of hours are wasted every year waiting for computers to boot up. A Windows machine can take a couple of minutes to get going and to shut down again.

technology, linux, windows-sucks, tech, presto

China hosts nearly half of malware sites - Security -

Seeded on Mon Sep 3, 2007 8:55 PM EDT (ZDNet Asia)

yet another building army.

technology, hacking, usa, china, bush, army, botnet, malware, ron-paul

Bush borrows more than all previous presidents, COMBINED

Seeded on Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:11 PM EDT ()

US Comptroller Slams US Economic Inequity

politics, financial-times, bush, deficit, spending, war, impeach, ron-paul, president, republican

Levitation breakthrough proposed

Seeded on Mon Aug 6, 2007 11:59 AM EDT (Breitbart)

at least for nano-tech

technology, levitation, breakthrough, physics, levitate

A Looming Shortage Of IP Addresses, The Numerical Sequences, Which Allow Machines To Communicate, Could Run Out In Next Few Years - CBS News

Seeded on Mon Aug 6, 2007 6:54 AM EDT (CBS News)

The seemingly boundless Internet is running out of a key resource: new IP addresses.

technology, ip, internet, shortsighted-programming, network, performance, sales

Microchips in humans: High-tech helpers or Big Brother surveillance? - CNN.com

Seeded on Fri Aug 3, 2007 1:53 PM EDT (CNN)

Two employees implanted with RFID chips the size of a grain of rice. Story Highlights Microchips that RFID capability function as tracking technology They can be found in cattle, credit cards, library books and passports

technology, orwell, track-your-every-move, government-plan, american-civil-liberties-union, liberty-program, 1984, rfid, microchip, privacy

Secret Buildings You May Not Photograph

Seeded on Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:07 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

The great Security Apparatus at it's "finest".

politics, fairfax-drive, darpa, nsa, fbi, security, 9-11, photograph, photography, safety

Nuclear Secrets Allegedly Stolen From Tenn. Lab - News Story -

Seeded on Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:46 PM EDT (wnbc.com)

NEW YORK -- WNBC.com's Jonathan Dienst has learned a contract worker is accused of stealing nuclear secrets from the Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee.

us-news, energy-departments, nuclear, bomb, terrorism, safety, tennessee, oak-ridge, secret

Debate on Child Pornography's Link to Molesting

Seeded on Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:22 AM EDT (The New York Times)

FBI psychologists are finding a 20 fold increase in number of victims through surveys of current inmates. The fbi is attempting to discover whether or not there is a link between kiddie porn and molesting.

us-news, children, kids, pornography, psychology, fbi, jail, abuse, sexual-abuse

Former Reagan Official: Bush May Stage False Flag Events To Reinstate Draft

Seeded on Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:35 PM EDT (jonesreport.com)

Roberts concludes that coming "terrorist" events within the next year will be the means for overthrowing constitutional democracy unless Congress moves to impeach Bush and Cheney immediately.

world-news, middle-east, middle-eastern, huge-story, bush, impeach, oil, terrorist, iran, congress

With Condoms in Particular, Local Stations Can Say No

Seeded on Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:38 PM EDT (The New York Times)

multiple stations are refusing to air trjoan commercials stating that condoms do NOT prevent pregnancy, much to the shagrin of sexual health experts everywhere In the commercial, women in a bar are find themselves sitting next to pigs, one of which metamorphoses into a handsome …

entertainment, trojan, condom, commercial, prude, bar, pig, sex, protection

Corn Prices: Now It's Getting Serious (TreeHugger)

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:06 PM EDT (TreeHugger)

And we thought movie popcorn was so expensive because the theater owners hosed us and sold us a bag worth three cents and a pop worth five cents for nine bucks because they could.

business, popcorn, infaltion, food, corn, money, economy, hosednew-york, inorganic-phosphorus-fertilizer

Cigarmakers in a panic

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:10 PM EDT (www.sptimes.com)

The federal tax on each cigar could rise from 5 cents to $10.

business, cigars, tobacco, cuban-cigar, tax, economy, gdp, smoke, smoking, rediculous

Sky News Video - Doh! 180 Foot Homer Upsets Local Pagans

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:04 PM EDT (Sky.com)

A 180 foot image of Homer Simpson has been painted into the hillside, next to the famous fertility symbol - the Cerne Abbas giant - in Dorset. Pagans are not happy with the new addition to the hillside, and plan some 'rain magic' to get it washed away.

odd-news, simpsons, homer-simpson, cerne-abbas, doh, field-drawing, field-painting, fertility, pagan

MIT Project aims human buffer overflow at Secret Service

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:06 AM EDT (Ars Technica)

Seeing Yellow is the brainchild of MIT's Computing Culture research group, which "want to preserve the right to anonymous communication by fighting both printing dots and the government bullying used to sustain them." The project was conceived after the team received word that an …

technology, printers, freedom, fia, laserprinter, mit, fbi, secret-service, privacy

Boredom, revenge and the other 235 reasons to have sex | the Daily Mail

Seeded on Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:02 PM EDT (the Mail online)

Some do it to keep warm on a chilly night. Others think it might burn off a few calories after a heavy dinner. The spiritual among us might even feel it brings us closer to God. But the main reason for having sex is seldom as straightforward as passion, it is claimed.

sex, love, mating, humor, rhetoric, spiritual, couples, fun

Data mining at the FBI: digging for terrorists, insurance scammers, and identity thieves

Seeded on Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:32 PM EDT (Ars Technica)

Dig Dig Dig The FBI itself has come under plenty of recent criticism for its (mis)use of National Security Letters sent to ISPs and its apparently illegal use of "exigent letters" to demand information without a warrant or an NSL.

us-news, total-information-awareness, capps-ii, universe-at-war, mass-effect, fbi, data-mining, terrorism, star, nls

Iran asks Japan to pay for oil with yen, not dollars.

Seeded on Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:28 AM EDT (The Japan Times Online)

The request by the National Iranian Oil Co. is believed to be part of Iran's efforts to increase oil transactions denominated in currencies other than the dollar to avoid a possible seizure of its assets by the U.S. government amid tensions over its nuclear development program.

world-news, japan-times, yen, dollar, economy, oil, crude-oil, japan, usa, iran