"An invasion of armies can be resisted,
        but not an idea whose time has come" ~Hugo

5/4/06 Democrats introduce Net Neutrality bill to US Congress.
* Arrest of undocumented Day Laborers ruled Unconstitutional.
* NSA Massachusetts transatlantic landing and listening post.
* Vatican City's IT Manager/Webhost is a Nun: profile. [Via]

* Cyclic Universe: scientific theory of cosmological ebb & flow.
  [Pulse! I want to send a message to the next universe. ~Ross]
* Fermi's Paradox: theory as to why we haven't met aliens.
* 12 year correspondence between Van Gogh & Gauguin. [Via]

* Freakonomics exemplified by musician Jane Siberry [rw]
* Haute Cuisine - high-tech. [molecular gastronomy] [Via]
* PSA: Good info about what to do in an emergency. [CERT]
* Consumerist: How to get through identity theft. [rw]

* Veteran CIA analyst makes Rumsfeld eat his words in public.
  [Patriotic Man tells Secretary Rumsfeld "This is America"]

5/3/06 Telecommunications bill blocks digital receiver recorders.
* 3D Cover of Rolling Stone's 1000th issue features 150 artists.
* Radiohead debut songs at London Friends of the Earth benefit.
* US Kids' antipsychotic drug prescriptions up 73% since 2001.
* Poll: people worldwide trust media more than governments.

5/2/06 Short videos on sea bourne research done by Greenpeace.
* Rove blew Plame's cover while she was tracking Iran nukes.
* Business as usual after Bolivian natural resources decree.
* Full freedom of movement in 25 State EU expected by 2011.

* UK healthier than US, but health care is 50% less per capita.
* Top CIA Official caught up in GOP/DoD/Prostitution scandal.
* $100 Check: No mistaking what US Republicans stand for...
* Stephen Colbert profiled by Morley Safer on 60 Minutes.

* US Govt website promotes 4 Spanish versions of Nat'l Anthem.
* US Library of Congress 1919 Spanish version of Nat'l Anthem.
* Bush 2001 Inaugural performance of Nat'l Anthem in Spanish.
* Morse Code and Binary Code versions of the US Nat'l Anthem.

* EFF vs. AT&T: US Feds Go All Out To Kill Data Mining Spy Suit.
  [State Secrets Privilege first recognized by SCOTUS in 1953]

5/1/06 Thanks to Stephen Colbert for his stunning performance.
* David Blaine begins week long stay in water filled sphere.
* Fibonocci Numbers and the Golden Section in Nature. [Via]
* Tommy Lasorda comments on Barry Bonds. [He's no Hank Aaron].
* Day Without An Immigrant in San Francisco: aerial pictures.

4/30/06 Colbert roasts Bush at annual Correspondents' Dinner.
* Egyptians support Judges who dared not rubberstamp election.
* Darfur genocide of blacks who adopt Islam -but not Arab ways.
* Music: Medieval fear of Devil's Interval created a mythology.

* Old Marketing Brochures used to sell the Computer Revolution.
* Scientists cause water to flow uphill at a 12 degree angle.
* Physicists increasingly finding the "Laws of Nature" broken.
* Bush claimed power to disobey 750 laws since taking office.

  
   Murals near Fruitvale Ave and International Blvd.

4/29/06 Web 2.0: Grand Unified Theory of YouTube and MySpace.
* US Feds move to toss out EFF vs AT&T domestic spying suit.
* Wired revisits "Gore claims he invented the Internet" meme.
* Murray Waas does background on Rove's latest testimony.

* US Congress may consider mandatory ISP & Website snooping.
* Mexico's Congress votes to legalize drugs for personal use.
* American Confederate Flag represents secession from the USA.
  [But patriotism of those who wave it is seldom questioned]

4/28/06 Several US Congressmen arrested at Sudan's US Embassy.
* Govt lawyers file briefs to classify challenges to NSA taps.
* FBI searched 3500 US Citizens without Court Order in 2005.
* Oversight of Vegas slots vs that of Diebold voting machines.
* DMCA II: Congress readies broad new digital copyright bill.

* Scientists create a pinhead size 8,500 lens artificial eye.
* Singularity: Interview w/ Hugo winner, author Vernor Vinge.
* Researchers: Male hormonal contraceptive effects reversible.
* Washington DC Scandal involves GOP Congressmen & Hookers!

* Drug Abuse Crusader Rush Limbaugh arrested on drug charge.
* Democracy: Bush tells Congress before signing new Dubai deal.
* Head of DHS US-VISIT tracking program wants global ID system.
* US National Anthem Spanish version precedes nationwide march.

* Audit: 8000 US Nat'l Archives wrongly reclassified since 1999.
* Lobbyists have successfully biased Wikipedia's Wal-Mart page.
* Sr. Iraqi Shia cleric calls for disarming factional militias.
* Israeli Kadima and Labor Parties form coalition government.

4/27/06 US Congress drops amendment banning Two-Tier Internet.
* Consumer Electronics Association ad campaign slams the RIAA.
* Chicago's This American Life radio show moves to NYC and TV.
* Matthew Baldwin surveys loophole practitioners & their tales.

* King & King: US school sued after teacher reads Gay fairytale.
* Grows in the Dark: Endive varieties and grower profiled. [alt]
* Ambient Music pioneer Brian Eno on the genre's origins. [rw]
* Inside Bjork documentary from the BBC. [37 min/YouTube] [rw]

* Google releases free online 3D modeling tool Sketchup [Via]
* Endless Forest multi-player online game is also a screen saver.
* New documentary features Open Source and IP Law luminaries.
* Migration to Linux saves Federal Aviation Administration $15M.

 
  (Content Providers) RIAA VS. CEA (Hardware Makers).

* Old tired journalists decry Wikipedia, and we love it more!
* Pink sings "Dear Mr President, how do you sleep at night?" Live
* US Latino Immigrants' May 1st march backed by Unions, Church.
* US steps up attempt to lure Russia away from Iran nuke deal.

* Search for clues in Egypt's Sinai peninsula resort bombings.
* Rice & Rumsfeld in Baghdad. Sister of Sunni leader killed.
* US Senators have no assurance Bush follows laws they enact.
* MLB has no plans to celebrate Bonds' record breaking homerun.

4/26/06 Apple holds patent on monitor that also takes pictures.
* Lithium battery powered cars for $35k go 300 mi/5hr charge.
* Ethanol FAQ. Benefits, emissions, and economy in brief..
* Urban Sprawl: outer space perspective on land consumption.

* Revered Thai King personally asks Supreme Court to solve mess.
* Burmese junta threatens Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party.
* Ohio evidence of ballot tampering in the 2004 US election.
* Rove makes fifth Grand Jury appearance in CIA leak case.

* European Inquiry finds 1000+ CIA flights in EU since 2001.
* 750GB Seagate almost as fast as 10,000rpm Western Digital.
* Packers coach expects Favre will attend mini-camp May 5-7.
* Psycholigists publish study of Winnie-the-Pooh & Friends.

* Director Wes Anderson's American Express TV Ad. [YouTube]
* The Meaning of Marriage. Tokyo Harajuku Girls. Odd Books.

4/25/06 Surfing sand dunes in the Sahara Desert... Pictures.
* Free Ice Cream cone today at your local Ben & Jerry's. [rw]
* Elderly Pete Seeger is interviewed as tribute album debuts.
* California named after fictional island home of Queen Calafia.

* The Save The Internet Coalition sounds off on Net Neutrality.
* In the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, why does HAL sing "Daisy"?
* Virtual world Second Life featured on cover of Business Week.
* Feedburner tracks more Podcasts than sum of all radio stations.

* FOX News reporter chosen as new White House Press Secretary.
* Unembedded: Pics from independent photographers in Iraq. [NSFW]

4/24/06 Loktantra is Nepali for Democracy. [Protest Photoblog]
* Cat 5 perfect storm Monica nears Darwin, Australia. [Sat Pic]
* Sinai resort Dahab bombed. [Former Bedouin fishing village.]
* US Dems link 2002 NH phone-jamming scandal to White House.

* Bruce Springsteen's Pete Seeger folk tribute out tomorrow.
* Electricity prices doubled after US markets' deregulation.
* Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster 20 years ago. [IHT Slide Show]
* Pope will may reverse condom ban to slow spread of AIDS.

4/23/06 Internet Country Code map [4080x2080px/2.8 MB] [alt]
* Internet Neutrality! US Law would cede power to Telecoms.
* Scientists study brain during loss of self-awareness. [Via]
* Benjamin Franklin aspired daily to several virtues. [Via]

* Bush domestic policy is to retain legislative majorities.
  [GOP leaders warn: Rummy could cost them their majority]
* Balad: largest US Base in Iraq. [15 sq mi./population 25k]
* Fatah, Hamas vie for control of Palestinian security forces.

4/22/06 Iraq endorses new PM. [Has 30 days to form cabinet]
* Italian court confirms election of PM. [Overseas voters key]
* Nepalese defy daytime curfew after 100,000 march on capital.
* New Orleans Mayoral election requires runoff next month.

* Extreme Globetrotter's ethnographic profile & slideshow. [rw]
* Unique Meteorite may yield ice from before our solar system.
* Microsoft racing to offer free online storage before Google.
* Faces of Fallen US Military Personnel in Iraq & Afghanistan.

4/21/06 Neil Young Living With War. [Download album April 28]
* YouTube 7 min. interview w/ Neil Young outside L.A. studio.
* June's Nevada weapon test will create mushroom cloud. [Pics]
* Low US jobless rate yields no Republican political capital.

* Egyptian Pres. Mubarak invites acting Israeli PM to Cairo.
* Crude Oil price closes @ $75. Up 8% last week, 40% in a year.
* Condi Rice subpoena. Stanford protest dislocates Bush visit.
* Pop Art gallery of hypothetical US Postage Stamp Designs.

4/20/06 US Voter Reg drive focuses on Immigrants. [NY Times]
* Midwest US Mumps outbreak statistics worst in 20 years.
* Report: Yahoo implicated in a 3rd China dissident case.
* Judges protest Egyptian Govt prosecution of colleagues.

* Valerie Plame to attend White House correspondents dinner.
 [Novak: Feds know original source, but it wasn't a crime]
* US Pentagon reveals names of Guantanamo detainees.[pdf]
* Abductions unite S. Korea & Japan. DNA clues aid old cases.

* Digital photo forensics: patents on identifying the camera.
* DIY Coffee roasting at home with a popcorn popper. [Pics]
* Internet: State of the Blogosphere, April, 2006.

4/19/06 DIY Wind Generator competition [w/ avail parts; <$175]
* Widow refuses FBI access to Columnist Jack Anderson's papers.
* Autistic hoops player scores 6 three-pointers in final 4 min.
* 100 Voice Choir: More about Neil Young's anti-W album. [rw]

* VC Funding going into Web 2.0/Social Computing startups. [Pic]
* Bush: I am the decider. McLellan out; Wrist slap for Rove.
* Hamas leader calls Tel Aviv suicide bombing "self-defence".
* Case of Bubonic Plague is 1st in Los Angeles since 1984.

4/18/06 San Francisco 1906 Earthquake & Fire 100 yrs ago. [Pics]

2006: The Bay Area saw rain almost every day for the last 7 weeks.
The clouds lifted this week. The bay, the hills, the horizon, the
stars. Pristine views, warm ocean air. And our domestic goldfish
came out to enjoy sunlit water beneath a gleaming cala lily...
  

  Propaganda War: Yesterday Donald Rumsfeld told Rush Limbaugh
  that bin Laden and Zarqawi "Media Committees" are better at
  manipulating News Media "than we are". Criticized by Four
  Generals who served under him, not even during the Vietnam
  War did the US Defense Secretary see such open defiance.
  According to a decorated Vietnam Vet, Republican Nebraska
  Senator Chuck Hagel, the military's civilian leadership
  "needs to command the respect and confidence of our men
  and women in uniform." [opine: albion at stryder dot com]

4/16/06 Unexpected sensitivities of sight & hearing. [rw]
* Evolution: contemporary African Catfish hunts on land.
* Gay/Lesbian Parents attend White House Easter Egg Roll.
* 100's fired for attending US Immigration rallies. [alt]

* Tony Blair refuses to back a Bush airstrike on Iran.
* Republican Senators urge US to talk directly with Iran.
* Iran pledges $50 mil to ailing Palestinian Authority.
* Iraq yet again postpones formation of a new government.

* Italian Foreign Nat'l voters pivotal in close election.
* Peruvian Presidential run-off election in about 6 weeks.
* Nepal Thamel tourist area sees protests, rubber bullets.
* Eastern Europe's Danube River crests highest since 1895.

* Megacryometeors: explanations for California ice falls.
* Air passenger detained after cabby reports song choices.
* 9/11 documentation [Moussaoui trial exhibits]. [via]
* Overview: US bird-flu pandemic plan expected soon.

4/15/06 Data Mining: AT&T wants leaked NSA "spy room" docs.
* Project to put Bill of Rights monuments in US Capitols.
* Anticipated book making retired US Military Brass talk?
* US Senator suggests Colin Powell replace Donald Rumsfeld.

* Bald Eagle hatches on California's Santa Cruz Island.
* FCC sued by 4 Networks/800 affiliates over indecency rule.
* Boston child shows amazing grace in forgiving shooter.
* Wal-Mart stops sales of guns and ammo in 1000 stores.

* William Burroughs' Kansas cabin is for sale on eBay.
* Math History: first use of the equal sign was in 1557.
* Wile E. Coyote Acme Co product catalog. [Via Mirabilis]
* NOLA Candidate uses Disneyland's French Qtr as backdrop.

* Nepalese political parties call King Gyanendra's bluff.
* Bush plans visit to San Jose, California on April 21st.
* US Immigration debate continues. Houston marchers fired.
* Texas undercover agents stop arresting drunks in bars.

4/14/06 Standard & Poors Econ 101 on Illegal Immigration.
* Unreleased Beatles songs to be used by Cirque du Soleil.
* Goth culture correlated w/ reduction in youth self-harm.
* Evolution: fossils link two types of pre-human species.
* Blind motivational skier sets downhill record of 100mph.

* New Neil Young song "Impeach the President" due in June May.
* Federal Grand Jury may indict Barry Bonds on perjury.
* Globe circling hiker stopped after crossing Bering sea.
 [Russian officials holding Karl Bushby for deportation]

* Magician David Blaine to spend 7 days in an aquarium.
* Bioengineering: Cell Division reversed for 1st time.
* Pope Benedict reaffirms anti-Semitic image of Judas.
 [Jesus to Judas: That thou doest, do it quickly] [ref]

4/13/06 Singularity Summit at Stanford University, 5/13.
* Harvey Pekar and Josh Kornbluth in San Francisco, 4/17.
* Nepalese lawyers teargassed. King seeks political talks.
* A 5th retired US General calls for Rumsfeld resignation.

4/12/06 AT&T built warrantless wiretap rooms for NSA.
* Top Shiite cleric rebuffs Egyptian President Mubarak.
* Detroit workers fired after attending immigration rally.
* Republicans remove felony clause from immigration bill.

* Dalai Lama not invited to China's World Buddhist Forum.
* Hubble finds 10th Planet Xena is smaller than thought.
* 200 lb ice chunk fell on park in Oakland, California.
* Google patents "voice interface for a search engine."

4/11/06 NeoCon Fukuyama changes his mind about Iraq.
* Newt Gingrich calls Iraq occupation "huge mistake".
* ESA Venus Express in orbit around Earth's evil twin.
* Mafia boss Provenzano arrested near Corleone, Sicily.

* Google's DNA ready to be all things to all markets.
* US Nat'l Archivist kept mum about reclassifying docs.
* Tough US Immigration bill costs Republican Latino vote.
* Pakistan: Karachi bomb targets Sunni prayer service.

4/10/06 The 5 most important numbers yet found. [via]
* Inflight Reading: David Lynch talks about Meditation.
* American right wing Christian Coalition is in decline.
* Jesus said pretenders prefer Public Prayer. Mat 6:5-6

* US Founding Fathers comfortable w/ Christian & Secular.
* Italy's center-left & center-right parties split vote.
* Peruvian nationalist Humala leads going into runoff.
* Bjork and Matthew Barney talk about their new film.

* Mars Spirit Rover positioned successfully for winter.
* NASA to crash probe into the moon; looking for water.
* Loss: Guidelines for Grieving and Bereavement. [via]
* What European city do you belong in? Paris for me. [via]

* Sopranos mobster character comes out of The Closet.
* Supermodel Kate Moss signs contract with Calvin Klein.
* Pun Watch: All The President's Leaks... Trickle Down.
* The San Francisco Burrito is World Renowned. [via]

4/9/06 Glasswing Butterfly pics. [Greta oto; espejitos]
* Galaxies are grouped in cosmic strands, or filaments.
* Blog handbook, participatory media, digital identity.
* Startup Webaroo puts the 'Web on an 80GB Hard Drive'?

* Nepalese pro-democracy leaders defy King & Curfew.
* On Sunday Italians and Peruvians head to the polls.
* Mubarak says regional Shiites overly loyal to Iran.
 [US: 1,313 Iraqi civilians died in March violence]

* US poll #'s portend minority status for Republicans.
* Vermont first to call for Nixon impeachment in 1974.
* Leaker In Chief Bush is outspoken critic of leakers.
* Scooter Libby still welcome at the Cool Kid's table.

* Gospel of Judas has alternate version of betrayal.
* NSA: architecture of AT&T Narus monitoring system.
* Journalist Bob Schieffer rips the Bush White House.
* Bush forum critic Harry Taylor new Democratic icon.

* Venezuelan President trades words w/ US State Dept.
* London Times names forgers of Niger Yellowcake docs.
* Exxon still compensating Alaskans for Valdez spill.
* American salmon fishermen face severe restrictions.

4/8/06 Hamas prepares to announce "two state solution".
* Mosques & Flags symbolize warring groups' identities.
* Iraq's militias further polarize regional sectarians.
* The New Yorker reports Bush plans airstrikes on Iran.
* US Att. Gen. won't rule out warrantless domestic taps.

* Computer columnist Cringley predicts OSX for any PC.
* Scientists reconstruct genes of long-extinct animals.
* 300 year old book appears to be bound in Human Skin.
* Altruists beat Capitalists in 1998 ideology Sim. [rw]

* Nigeria hosts conference on Darfur conflict resolution.
* Nepal extends curfew 2nd day. Police gas protesters.
* Venezuela: US Ambassador's convoy pelted w/ tomatoes.
* Bush releases classified material for political gain.

4/6/06 Arctic Fossil of fish with limb like fins.
 [Adaptation was to escape prey! Not to get food.]
* The evolution of science as recursive boot-strapping.
* How architecture is affecting science, and visa versa.

* Libby told Grand Jury "Bush OK'd classified leak."
 [White House Press Corp failed to ask about it today.]
* Bush faces strong, polite criticism at public forum.
* Netflix sues Blockbuster for patent infringement.

4/5/06 The Simpsons Movie confirmed for 2007.
* Apple releases beta dual boot loader Boot Camp.
* Jon Stewart interview with John McCain. [QT/txt]
* Backlog of background checks on new Federal hires.

* Archeologists discern 9000 yr old dental drill bits.
* Cross Bering Strait on foot, get arrested in Russia.
* Chameleon T-Shirts change color at flick of a switch.
* Implants enable the blind to see. * Chess Openings.

4/4/06 Censure sponsor Russ Feingold appears on FOX. [Video]

Opinion: the far right of the American blogosphere is condemning US Immigrants for waving Mexican flags. I read this opinion piece by Michelle Malkin in which she frames the issue in terms of Racism. On TV, CNN's Lou Dobbs refered to Latino protests as "riots", after which the guest on his show noted that the Los Angeles police chief "said the kids have mainly been well behaved." Lou Dobbs also quoted Teddy Roosevelt to suggest that only American Flags be flown in the United States. And on AM Radio, nationally syndicated shock jock Michael Savage told listeners to go out and burn Mexican flags in the streets... My own longtime friend Eric Rhodes is predicting as much.

President Bush narrated a campaign ad that he distributed to Latinos during his 2004 campaign. In the ad he appears waving a Mexican flag. Let President Bush explain the issue for Republicans, and save Liberals the trouble. Here's where I found the three minute Bush video. I've cached it here in .mov Quicktime format. It's also at at archive.org

  [albion at stryder dot com]  [Permalink]

4/3/06 Scooter Libby defense team blames leak on State Dept.
* US Sen. Barack Obama addressed today's annual AP luncheon.
* Fmr US Majority Leader Tom DeLay won't seek re-election.
* McCain reverses opinion of Falwell for Presidential bid.

* Did Human musicality evolve as form of social cohesion?
* First Internet Only #1 song. [No physical copies sold.]
* Web 2.0 gaining credibility [See also Social Computing].
* I've read RSS is dead. Stryder.com may use Atom instead.

* Interview with the founder of Sweden's new Pirate Party.
* Thai Prime Minister Thaksin re-election won't end crisis.
* Leadership shakeup within al Qaeda in Mesopotamia [Iraq].
* Baseball Fan tosses sirynge near Bonds at season opener.

4/2/06 Rice & Straw fly to Iraq. Urge leaders to form gov't.
* Arch-Conservative William Buckley calls Iraq War failure.
* Pollster John Zogby looks ahead to US midterm elections.
* Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark shares views on Bush leadership.

* EFF motion in AT&T/NSA lawsuit draws DOJ intervention.
* Forensics: fingerprints reveal clues about lifestyle.
* No Biblical reference to harlot Magdalene, but Bride.
* All American Church of Religious Right newlook Jesus.

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