Lefty Blogs
williampfaff ++ ++
Russian News ++
seaton-newslinks. USA expat in Europe ++
bilegrip Asu spleen ++
us-rockstroh a rant, not a blog ++
aboutmyplanet eco ++
sfgate ++
crookedtimber ++
onthecommons ++
sjlendman ++
....
abutamam freeiraq ++
airamericaradio +
amygdalagf +
angryarab ++
annezook +
antiwar ++
norwegianity
terrorism-news
blogspot
ourtomorrow
politickybitch
welcome-to-pottersville
aviraqi
billmon ++ whiskeyB
consortiumnews ++
dahrjamailiraq
dailywarnews ++
drforbush +
english +
fallujahinpictures
freespeechradio
halcyondays ++
healingiraq
hereticalideas ++
icasualties
maru
om
boxspinning boxes

jamaicaobserver newspaper
jameswolcott +
lefarkins +
liberalgirlnextdoor ++
lonehighlander Libya, not lefty
mahablog +++ solid
maruthecrankpot +
indymedia melbourne
messopotamian +7Apr06
monkey ++
motherjones ++
fisk
nocapital +
norightturn +NZ
peakoil ++
pilger +
politicalhumor +
raedinthemiddle
rafahtoday Feb05?
rense w= wacko conspiracies
rigorousintuition x
hegemon ++
ruckus ++
rudepundit ++
satiricalpolitical +
scaramoucheblog ++
secretsinbaghdad ++15Ap06
Energring
aliveinbaghdad ++
riverbendblog ++
sideshow +++
signs-of-the-times +++
slashdot ++techy
talkleft ++
thinkprogress ++
thismodernworld +++
uncapitalist ++
velorution ++ bicycles
org ++Brazil peasants
warandpiece +
warfare.ru +russia military
greenpeace
allhatnocattle
alternet ++
americanpolitics
antiwar
gbruno ++YT
axisoflogic ++
blackcommentator
bobharris +
bradblog +
buckfush +funnies
buggery +
buzzflash ++
changeforamerica
countercurrents
counterpunch +++
crisispapers
crooksandliars ++?
csmonitor
dahrjamailiraqhref="http://www.dailykos.com/
davidcorn
democracynow
democracyuprising
dissidentvoice
earthfirstjournal
earthstation5
empirenotes
foodfirst
fpif
fromthewilderness
geocities
granta
grist ??
gristmagazine
guerrillanews
gulf
hizbollah
huffingtonpost ++
informationclearinghouse
infoshop +
inthesetimes x
iranmania x
ivaw
jihadunspun
juancole ++
kuro5hin ++ notlefty
kurtnimmo ++
lrb ++ Iraqi?
mahablog
lewrockwell ++
marklynas climate change
mnftiu get your war on comics
motherjones
nilemedia
nybooks
occupationwatch
oriononline
palestine
prisonplanet
rall ++ Ted Rall cartonist
ratical
redpepper
rense
robert
rollingstone
scoop
selvesandothers ++
smirkingchimp
snappingturtle
socialistworker
spiked
tblog
theiraqiroulette
theleftcoaster +
thepoorman +
tnr ++ magazine
tompaine ++ mag
traprockpeace ++
truthout +
boondocks ++
crowning3
. . . helix
Base
rain radar
Weather
worldtribunal +
worldwatch ++ $ required
zaman + Turkish news
youcantmakeitup + ?
youngfox ????????????
bareknucklepolitics videos?
popdrain videos??
discovery videos??
cs videos??
aegisIraq video??
mariyaguchi video??
iwilltryit video..
baghdadtreasure
ahram cairo newspaper
felbers
thepartyline
jfaughnan 28/04/2006 10:25AM
shrillblog +
thinkprogress +
marchforjustice + pictures
messopotamian + Iraqi not so radical, but scared (also see IraqTheModel which was a USA front, but is now also scared)
scaramoucheblog +
counterpunch
.............
blogads liberal blogs by CPM $ per view
malakandsky ++ stolid?
republicoft + black gay parent??
dailykos ++
rawstory ++
democraticunderground ++
atrios ++
workingforchange +
leftinthewest +
dembloggers +
talkingpointsmemo +
firedoglake ++
vastleft ++
pamspaulding +
americablog +
washingtonmonthly ++
mydd +
politics1 +
bartcop ++
politicalwire +
sisterstalk black lesbian?
culturekitchen ++
alternet
wonkette +++
billstclair +
freefreedomtoldhere ++ pipe bomb

......
almuajaha defunct
whynot defunct
winstonsmith defunct
samadams dormant
mquinn02 defunct
iraqblogcount ++14Apr06 suspended
iraqicomments most recent: jan2005
iraqidoctor most recent: Aug2005
georgemustgo + moved?
vialls ++Dormant (joe is dead)
warblogging Defunct
hammeroftruth quiescant?
mediastorm quiescant? +
bushwhackedusa defunct
hamasonline defunct
4Jul06

10 December 2008

Athens, Swimming, Ants, Smart fridges

Athens
Lenin, whose brother was executed for plotting to kill the tsar, said that terror bombs caused a brief excitement in the population, after which they sank into deeper despair than before.
I tend to agree, but it is still stirring to see schoolkids hurling Molotovs against Empire. Empire, in coordination with Psychiatry, has successfully marked the solitary protest as a mental/medical disorder. (although the general view of Timothy McVeigh is not really that he was a nutter, rather a truly dangerous, focused enemy)
Salafi responds with groups of 10 or 20. While Empire may attempt to sell these as 'brainwashed' or 'deluded' it is impossible to use the psychiatric/insane political model to dismiss these crimes.
Whenever we hear of multiple groups of attacks, we shudder at the sense of purpose, we know we cannot dismiss them as neurological outliers.

When a human convivial society is constructed, I trust it will bear no resemblance to Taliban, or Wahabi, which are mere medieval responses to the inhumanity of Empire.
serendipity
aaa
Athens xmas tree, the traditional riot and burning of...
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aaa

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6RT_99Bk0N4/SUdMT0_q30I/AAAAAAAAAfo/Wp78jPEWIyc/s720/69113749.RxyYwduL.Symphony27.jpg
130 liberty st , my office was behind that flag
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bbc
10 Philippine gangsters armed with M16s,and some police and bystanders killed in shootout. Gang apparently attempting to penetrate a 'gated' suburb.
(My only experience of a 'gated' suburb was one time we had a huge fine to pay to the landlord, on account of shorting the electric meter.
Anyway, turns out its just as hard to get OUT of a gated compound with your furniture, if the guards have been alerted... we found a back road, the landlord still promising to put a cap in my head...)
If I was to pick up a gun, it would definitely not be a fat-slug AK-47. Give me a M16 with that grenade launcher.



Old Stash
msnbc
Nearly two pounds of still-green plant material found in a 2,700-year-old grave in the Gobi Desert has just been identified as the world's oldest marijuana stash, according to a paper in the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany.

A barrage of tests proves the marijuana possessed potent psychoactive properties and casts doubt on the theory that the ancients only grew the plant for hemp in order to make clothing, rope and other objects.



effortless swimming.com - some kind of moneywall site, but the one video I caught revealed that I have been reaching too far forwards all these years
total-immersion
In Primary school (Marist Brothers Thorndon, a scrap of asphalt now a hole in the air above a motorway) we were all marched down to Thorndon baths for swimming lessons. First instruction: "Anyone splashing will be thrown out". As a born contrarian, my 8 year old self promptly splashed another boy. To my amazement, I was sent back to school. For the next 5 Thursday afternoons, I spent summer afternoons isolated at school with a couple of 'special' kids and never learned to swim. So self taught, I guess I oughta get the dvd.


CoolIris is fast enough to be cool. Picasa/Google pictures are CoolIris enabled. A kindof wall of pics, which actually works.
eg for looking at neat "false color" xray pics from chandra


Ants
The world holds as much ant flesh as it does that of humans.
Sometimes I wake up in Prague, sometimes I wake up in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
It was found that 10% of an ant colony were standing around doing nothing. Scientists removed the inactive ants. A day later it was found that 10% of the colony were standing around doing nothing.
Who is more evolved?



baby gorillas - cute video (lots of files/midges around, guess that explains the fur) 5 new babies in a war zone.
nationalgeographic


dynamic demand, smart fridges
treehugger
Its clear that many power-stations could be obviated if appliances could negotiate down-time during peaks of demand.
I only turn my hot water on 1 hour before shower.

aaa
Klaatu barada nikto
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theoildrum
Carbon dioxide emissions from coal combustion are forecast to rise from 11.7 billion metric tons in 2006 to 18.6 billion metric tons in 2030.


“My favorite thing about Somalian pirates is that they have an official pirate spokesman. I read one article in which the “pirate spokesman could not be reached for comment.” When they finally did reach him, he proved to be rather funny. When asked why the pirates needed $20 million to protect themselves from hunger, Mr. Sugule (the spokesman) laughed. “Because we have a lot of men!”
brendaandthefword



Plastic Bags
terrapass
terrapassuses (pdf ugh!)
food
The Joules in the food are way more important than the Joules in the plastic Bag
(I am preparing a post on Food-Miles soon, in honour of my niece who has scored a job in London researching local-food)


Alcohol

topiramate, even in low doses early in treatment, has the capacity to ameliorate the turbulence of anxiety and mood instability that accompanies cessation from alcohol. Topiramate also produced a robust effect on improving maintenance of abstinence and reduced alcohol use. A single pharmacologic agent that enhances early abstinence, stabilizes mood and anxiety symptoms, and promotes long-term abstinence with only modest psychosocial intervention is indeed a remarkable treatment advance."
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