Iraq by the Numbers

"Iraq by the Numbers By Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. Posted June 28, 2007. Americans are waiting for General David Petraeus to report to Congress in September on the "progress" of the President's surge strategy. But there's no reason to wait for September. Here's a look...

Dick Cheney’s banker sees world bubble

"Wall Street Journal" -- -- You’d expect someone whom the famously dour Dick Cheney entrusts with millions of his dollars might have a gloomy view of the world. Jeremy Grantham does indeed. “From Indian antiquities to modern Chinese art; from land in Panama to Mayfair;...

Guernsey UFO - latest

" Guernsey UFO.There can always be a good mundane 'explanation' for any visual document in debunking terms - "it's CGI" or "why did the camera stop/start, focus/not focus etc,. (delete as appropriate ) or I've even seen "it's too good to be true." No one's making any...

Analysis: Christian heresy of the Talpiot tomb?

" JPost.com » Israel » Article Feb. 27, 2007 1:01 | Updated Feb. 27, 2007 1:42 Analysis: Christian heresy of the Talpiot tomb? By MATTHEW WAGNER [Print this Article] [EMail this Article] [Subscribe] [JPost Toolbar] [Download article to your iPod/mp3 player] To...

Freeze, iPod User!

"Ever taped or PVRed a show so that you can watch it later, otherwise known as time shifting? Or ripped a CD so you could listen to it on your MP3 player, called format shifting? With changes to Canada’s copyright laws expected as early as next month, these mundane 21st...

More Mundane Graffiti at Camden Town Tube Station

MP3 Insider: Music Has the Right to Children

A few days ago, my four-year-old daughter asked me about "that gray thing" sitting atop an unreachable shelf. The gray thing turned out to be an old-school Sony dictation-style cassette recorder--the TCM-313 to be exact. For a (lucky) kid who's handled everything from...

John chapter 14 verse 5

"John 14:5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? When Thomas asked unto Jesus Christ, we know not whither thou goest he was probably wandering on the physical platform of life. For Thomas to understand the intricacies of the...

The Votes That Really Count

"From property rights to abortion, a look at the key issues being decided in referendums and initiatives on Nov. 7. For all the money, advertising time and media attention that congressional races generate, few of their outcomes will directly impact people's lives nearly as...