Renegade Geographer: Hitching Stealth with Trevor Paglen

Surrounded by No Trespassing signs, we'd reached the end of this dirt road as we poked around Beale Air Force Base looking for a good spot to chill. Our mission was to try and peer into the hangars a few miles out with the right sunlight setting behind us. The national...

Jail Time a Possibility for Schwarzenegger

Reuters reported on July 13 that the publisher of "Flex" and "Muscle & Fitness" would pay Schwarzenegger more than $13 million over five years to serve as an executive editor. He ended the arrangement two days later. The former Mr. Olympia had...

Adult Novelty Manufacturers Expo

PASADENA, Calif. - Over at the Hilton Hotel, down the road from the Adult Novelty Expo at the Pasadena Convention Center, the Adult Novelty Manufacturers Exposition (sponsored by Pipedream Products, Topco Sales, California Exotic Novelties and Doc Johnson) is experiencing a...

Where's the real Surf City, USA?

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - Far from Iraq turmoil, rising oil prices, and London bombings - and admittedly petty by all such comparisons - there's a new battle being waged in America's end-of-the-rainbow state. Mirroring other longstanding rifts that divide California north...

Population boom spawns super cities

In a nation where the population is booming, development is sprawling and the economy is globalizing, the most distant places ...

iTunes video-casting support

Existing video-casting support in iTunes The RSS technology implementation in iTunes 4.9 will syndicate almost any valid RSS feed, regardless of what filetypes it links. Couple this with support for video playback, also recently added to itunes, and its easy to see that iPod...

Battle for high court begins

From the article: " Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's decision to retire unleashed a bipartisan wave of praise Friday on Capitol Hill that quickly gave way to jostling over her potential successor and the future of...

Gary Webb’s “Dark Alliance” Returns to the Internet

After an Arduous Journey, the Historic Document About U.S.-Sponsored Narco-Trafficking Finds a New Home  Powerful series on the CIA's facilitator role in bringing cocaine to the U.S. to fund an illegal war will not be suppressed. Special to The Narco News...

Americans Migrate to Cities in South, West

Skyrocketing housing prices are driving people from San Francisco, Boston and other big cities. Warm weather and more affordable living are behind the rapid growth in midsize cities in Florida, Arizona, Nevada and California.

California Wildfires Force Evacuations

MORONGO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) -- The first major wildfire of the summer raced across more than 5,500 acres of tinder-dry desert brush, destroying at least seven homes, threatening hundreds of others and sending residents of this sparsely populated Mojave Desert community...

The Marvelous World of Metaphors!

Copyright © 2005 Ted Borgeas, All Rights Reserved. Dr.  Ted Borgeas. DPM. From Foot Surgeon to Author, "Grandpa is a Giggle" How to Turn Adversities into Adventures! Outrageous Characters and Stories. "The Boomer's Future...

List of Adsense Alternatives

Grizzling about Google Adsense seems to be a common thread amongst some in the blogosphere, but I've got to admit as long as the cheques keep coming I've got no real concerns myself, but just in case I'm alone, Nick over at Threadwatch has put together a great list of Adsense...

Moderate Quake Shakes Southern California (AP)

AP - A moderate earthquake shook most of Southern California Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The 1:53 p.m. quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 and was centered three miles northeast of Yucaipa in San Bernardino County east of Los...

Major quake strikes off coast of northern California

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A major earthquake struck about 80 miles off the coast of northern California on Tuesday night, briefly prompting a tsunami warning along the Pacific coast. There were no immediate reports...

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