Month: June 2007

A GOP Plan To Oust Cheney – washingtonpost.com

A GOP Plan To Oust Cheney – washingtonpost.com:

The big question right now among Republicans is how to remove Vice President Cheney from office. Even before this week’s blockbuster series in The Post, discontent in Republican ranks was rising.

As the reputed architect of the war in Iraq, Cheney is viewed as toxic, and as the administration’s leading proponent of an attack on Iran, he is seen as dangerous. As long as he remains vice president, according to this thinking, he has the potential to drag down every member of the party — including the presidential nominee — in next year’s elections.

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Cell Phones: Keep your number when changing service providers


Cell Phones: Keep your number when changing service providers:

The FCC clarifies what you can expect when switching service providers.

Telephone companies are allowed to charge a fee to recover their number porting costs. Companies may or may not choose to charge a fee, and their fees may vary. If they do charge specific fees, the fees cannot exceed their porting costs. Local telephone companies that assess the fee generally charge a fixed monthly fee and may do so for up to five years.

Besides clearing up some common questions, the guide gives you the skinny on exactly how to go about switching service providers without losing your phone number. What was your experience when changing service providers? Were you able to successfully keep your phone number? Hit up the comments.

Keeping Your Telephone Number When You Change Your ServiceProvider [FCC]

George H. W. Bush claims Athiests aren’t Citizens and can’t be Patriots.

George H. W. Bush claims Athiests aren’t Citizens and can’t be Patriots.:
Bush: No, I don’t know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.Sherman (somewhat taken aback): Do you support as a sound constitutional principle the separation of state and church?Bush: Yes, I support the separation of church and state. I’m just not very high on athei

GULF WAR SYNDROME BIRTH DEFECTS IN IRAQ CHILDREN BABIES EXTREME BIRTH DEFORMITIES DEPLETED URANIUM AMMUNITION

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GULF WAR SYNDROME BIRTH DEFECTS IN IRAQ CHILDREN BABIES EXTREME BIRTH DEFORMITIES DEPLETED URANIUM AMMUNITION:
EXTREME BIRTH DEFORMITIES
“Unborn children of the region [are] being asked to pay the highest price, the integrity of their DNA.”

– Ross B. Mirkarimi, The Arms Control Research Centre, from his report: ‘The Environmental and Human Health Impacts of the Gulf Region with Special Reference to Iraq.’ May 1992

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I have recently received large numbers of photographs of horrendous birth deformities that are being experienced in Iraq. I have not, quite frankly, ever seen anything like them. I urge you to copy this page / these pictures and circulate them as widely as possible.

In an act of stark cruelty, the US dominated Sanctions Committee refuses to permit Iraq to import the clean-up equipment that they desperately need to decontaminate their country of the Depleted U

Spinning Sihouette Optical Illusion – Mighty Optical Illusions

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Spinning Sihouette Optical Illusion – Mighty Optical Illusions:

Spinning Sihouette Optical Illusion
June 24, 2007 by Vurdlak | E-mail this post

This animation was on my laptop for quite some time. I had it for almost a year. Today anonymous user submitted me this gif version, and when I opened it, only then I realized how great this illusion actually is. If you look at the spinning girl’s silhouette below, you will think it is spinning clockwise, probably. When you check her shadow below, momentarily the spinning direction changes in your mind, and now the girl is spinning counter-clockwise. It can be quite hard at the beginning to notice switch of the spinning direction, but eventually you’ll manage. I posted more simple illusion of this kind while ago, and you can see it here. Now, be honest – how long did it take you to see it spin in both directions? Not as easy as the hidden tiger, ayeh? I lost the link to the original artist, but best I could come up with is the place I found it on.

Reviews of print editions of bOING bOING

Reviews of print editions of bOING bOING:
Mark Frauenfelder:

Rev. Keith A. Gordon has been reviewing old issues of bOING bOING, the print zine that Carla and I started in 1988

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With issue #6 bOING bOING continues to grow both in size and stature, this issue including an interview with Robert Anton Wilson (by Antero Alli), Rudy Rucker on James Gleick’s Chaos: The Software, an interview with comic artist Daniel Clowes and some high-falutin’ high-tech articles about subjects that are still miles above my head (and, believe it or not, I have an above-average IQ…allegedly). Still, it was always good to see bOING bOING on the newstand, if only because their coverage of new media (books, zines, software) was second to none and always satisfied this young man’s craving for fresh sources of information.

10 Books That Shaped My Life, and 40 Others I Love | zen habits

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10 Books That Shaped My Life, and 40 Others I Love | zen habits:
10 Books That Shaped My Life, and 40 Others I Love
Reader Ed from Ireland recently asked:

I’m still really only a beginner into the Zen Habits lifestyle and your site as given me a great deal of helpful information instantly. Do you think there are any books, sites you could suggest that really made an impression on you?

That’s a tough one. I’m a book lover, to be honest, and to choose just a few books that have influenced me is like choosing among your babies. However, I’ve decided to share a few books that have shaped the way I think, and that I would highly recommend. These are not in order:

Simplify Your Life and Living the Simple Life by Elaine St. James. I listed this first because it is one of the books that most influenced the simple philosophy behind this site. I began simplifying my life when I first read these books a decade ago, and though I’ve had some ups and downs, I credit my love for simplifying to these books. They’re an easy read and there are some great tips in t

Agency Is Target in Cheney Fight on Secrecy Data – New York Times

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Agency Is Target in Cheney Fight on Secrecy Data – New York Times:
By SCOTT SHANE
Published: June 22, 2007
For four years, Vice President Dick Cheney has resisted routine oversight of his office’s handling of classified information, and when the National Archives unit that monitors classification in the executive branch objected, the vice president’s office suggested abolishing the oversight unit, according to documents released yesterday by a Democratic congressman.

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Fergie’s Meth Meltdown
Posted Jun 23rd 2007 3:40PM by TMZ Staff
Not so Fergilicious: Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie’s come clean about her addiction to meth, and in this month’s Self magazine, she talks about a particularly hamper-ing moment on the drug.

One time she was so paranoid on the drug that she talked to her hamper for eight hours straight. “I remember thinking somebody was inside of it, going to come and get me, so I was talking to the person who was crawling in the hamper,” she admits. Now that’s a bad trip!

What The “Chinese Style” Internet Will Look Like

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What The “Chinese Style” Internet Will Look Like:

What The “Chinese Style” Internet Will Look Like
Electronic police state: Say goodbye to high speed broadband when everything goes through a government censor
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Control freaks the world over, including most recently Tony Blair, have called for the introduction of a Chinese style Internet, where the World Wide Web is tightly regulated and free speech stifled on the whim of a government censor.

Here’s what Internet 2, the Chinese format, will look like.

Say goodbye to downloading your favorite music or videos in seconds via high-

Front page news – newsjournalonline.com

Fake Pot Plants
Front page news – newsjournalonline.com:
Marijuana Law’s U.S. History

Since the earliest settlers, marijuana has long been a cash crop in the United States. Many people, however, don’t know how it became illegal. This is a brief history of the infamous weed.

1619: The first American law pertaining to marijuana, passed by the Virginia Assembly, required every farmer to grow it. Fibers from hemp, which is much less potent than the smokable kind, were used to make ship sails and rope.

1900-1930: Sailors and West Indian immigrants smoked marijuana in port cities along the Gulf of Mexico. In New Orleans, newspaper articles associated the drug with jazz musicians, prostitutes and the underworld. Police officers in Texas said marijuana “aroused a lust for blood” and gave its users “super human strength.”