January 20, 2010

* Massachusetts sends Republican Scott Brown to DC
* NSFW Brown pimps daughters during victory speech
* Chile's first elected rightwing leader in 50 yrs
* US Defense Secretary Gates in India for two days
* Federal grand jury convenes for toughest sheriff

* APP: American Pirate Party manifesto & subreddit
* Ali: Fear Eats The Soul [1974] Werner Fassbinder
* Visual timeline: Crayola color changes 1903-2010
* Peacemaking behaviour seen in captive orangutan
* Haiti quake photo galleries dated January 13-18

  January 19, 2010

* Senate vote unnecessary to pass Health Care bill
* Why filibuster doesn't require all-night session
* Extortion by online reviewer Yelp "on the record"
* Muslim lawyer questions concept of religious war
* FBI pasted Spanish communist's hair on bin Laden

* Mice lived 33% longer on regular diet of Omega-3
* Paleo diet: meat, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts
* "Lending" costs US publishers nearly $1 trillion
* DVD Battle of Algiers [1966] war of independence
* DVD Children of Paradise [1945] Gilliam favorite

* Israeli & Palestinian activists working together

  January 18, 2010

* Germany & France warn users of Microsoft browser
* Bible verse inscribed on US war-zone rifle scope
* CATO Institute: legalize markets for human flesh
* Republican lost elections to wrestler & comedian
* I'm visiting friends & family in Washington & BC

  January 16, 2010

* FDA now advising reduced exposure to Bisphenol A
* Johnson & Johnson recalls Tylenol/Motrin/Rolaids
* GOP's Scott Brown "more liberal" than Scozzafava
* Holy See publish book of historic correspondence
* Email prior to BBC interview with Cryptome admin

  January 14, 2010

* Boston cops use privacy law to prevent oversight
* Chilling interview with anonymous Facebook admin
* AI professor forsees autonomous killing machines
* DVD Mad Men Season One [2007] 60's ad executives
* Lone medieval monk penned 620 page "Codex Gigas"

  January 13, 2010

* Google.cn uncensored after hack by Chinese Govt
* Israeli diplomat apologizes to Turkish diplomat
* Conan O'Brien won't host "Tonight Show" at 12AM
* DVD The Sicilian [1987] Director Michael Cimino
* I've long sought this 1982 Moses Pendleton film

  January 12, 2010

* TSA naked scanners can store and transmit data
* Laboratory analysts will face cross examination
* Tiller trial judge avails jury of "manslaughter"
* Fox to find chaos constraining format for Palin
* CPAC rules out birther forum at 2010 conference

  January 11, 2010

* Model of planet formation explains observation
* Israel rejects suggestion US could block loans
* Scientific American mountaintop removal mining
* Teaparty.org registrant Dale Robertson removed
* Ninth Annual "No Pants" Subway Ride yesterday

  January 9, 2010

* Evidence the Neanderthals were capable of symbolism
* Farming ants reproduce in laboratory without males
* Gulf Stream isn't responsible for mild UK climate
* NY City Walmart shreds unwanted garment inventory
* Failure to connect the dots? Colbert demonstrates

* Wireless charger standard expected within 6 months
* China overtakes Germany as world's biggest exporter
* Lawsuit on behalf of military commission prosecutor
* Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
* Old world Yemen has high rate of weapons ownership

  January 8, 2010

* Advanced imaging of ancient Antikythera mechanism
* Director buys film rights to account of Hiroshima
* Burton's Alice in Wonderland US release March 5th
* Gobbler Supper Club auctions petrified wood decor
* Treated rattan wood successful as bone substitute

* Goldman Sachs shareholder lawsuit targets bonuses
* Progressive journalists ignore aid convoys to Gaza
* Blood fued since sons of Abraham became Arab & Jew
* Amount of civilian casualties radicalize moderates
* Golden Ratio resonance discovered on quantum level

  January 7, 2010

* My pictures of visit to Mt Hood Meadows on Sunday
* Geithner's NY Fed office told AIG to conceal info
* UBS whistleblower to prison; culprits buy freedom
* California spending more on prisons than colleges
* RIP Parke Meek of Santa Monica wunderkammer Jadis

* Assimilation of viral sequences into host genomes
* Arrernte dreaming story leads to meteorite crater
* 2007 picture of Stephen Hawking near zero gravity
* Lady Gaga now Polaroid Company "creative director"
* Ross Sisters on par with some at Cirque du Soleil

  January 6, 2010

* GIS maps reveal denial of services based on race
* CIA resumes sharing data with climate scientists
* Globe Skimmer dragonfly migrates 4000 kilometers
* Sea Shepherd trimaran's bow smashed in collision
* Joe Wilson hiking Appalachians with young intern

  January 5, 2010

* Zoo Hypothesis is a response to the Fermi Paradox
* Israeli military delegation fear arrest in London

  January 4, 2010

* Iranian professors urge Khamenei to stop violence
* US census undercount would unseat census opponent
* US evangelicals words foster homophobia in Uganda
* UK airport scanners break child pornography laws
* Kepler telescope finds oddities among exoplanets

  January 3, 2010

* Values and priorities more important than safety..
* IRS would collect penalty for "insurance" evasion
* Majority of US hamburger is injected with ammonia
* North Carolina to ban smoking in most restaurants
* Parliament in Catalonia votes to ban bullfighting

  January 2, 2010

* GPS satellites use distant quasars as a "landmark"
* The Federal Reserve exacerbates the business cycle
* Montana 3rd state to allow doctor-assisted suicide
* MRSA rare where penicillin isn't a cough medicine
* Brief introduction to concept of machine learning

  December 31, 2009

  December 30, 2009

* Harper prorogues Canadian parliament a third time
* Presidential double standard on security response
* 2008 Bush gibberish on being "unprepared for war"
* TSA threatens men who posted non-classified rules
* California ballot measure could commoditize water

* Silicon Valley police testing head mounted video
* Government interest "compels" police use of taser
* Diddy to fund NY City cab rides on New Year's Eve
* Rush tells medics he takes pills for back problem
* How would Israelis react with shoe on other foot?

* Vikings may have stopped, stayed on Isle of Skye
* Internet not kind to Kurt Greenbaum after hiatus
* Google Nexus phone: rumored price & release date
* Unlimited mobile broadband for $40/month rumored
* AT&T wants to schedule landline telephony sunset

  December 29, 2009

* Blue Moon this New Year's eve (and in 2028, 2066)
* Time-lapse video of the Northern Lights in Norway
* North magnetic-pole moving east 40 miles per year
* 36,000 wild horses live in the US, half in Nevada
* Pilots, Flight Attendants, Bag Checkers Unionized

* TSA nominee won't rule out collective bargaining
* 21 year old Rove defended Nixon with black magic
* NSFW picture of Iranian police fleeing attackers
* Google makes personalized search results default
* rossm.org registered and pointed at stryder.com!

  December 28, 2009

* DHS has passenger lists for all incoming flights
* Risk of attempted bombing part of wartime travel
* Extended detention by US Immigration and Customs
* Corporations make public institutions unreliable
* NSFW semblance of moral and financial legitimacy

* Boing Boing gets threatening letter from lawyers
* David Byrne, Ze Frank to speak at TED conference
* McCabe & Mrs Miller [1971] Altman's anti-Western
* Tea Party Express founders firm is 65% of budget
* Fallen Birther queen seems to call for rebellion

* George Galloway stopped at Aqaba with aid convoy

  December 27, 2009

* Green revolution would eliminate Khamenei's role
* Last surviving member of 1947 Kon-Tiki crew dies
* Voyager in "Local Interstellar Cloud", aka Fluff
* Microbes that keep the body healthy face decline
* Suspect used same chemical as 2001 "shoe bomber"

* Three Senators have holds on Bernanke nomination
* Republicans don't have to pay for their programs
* Percy Sutton died; attorney for Malcolm X family
* Scans of the original plans for the Eiffel Tower
* Glenn Gould performing "The Goldberg Variations"

  December 26, 2009

* Singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt flirted with death
* Law enforcement relies on Microsoft forensic tool
* Software fraudster created Xmas 2003 terror alert
* Only two things have made flying safer since 9/11
* "Fireworks on jet" updated to "attempted bombing"

  December 25, 2009

* Vipissana and Reichian therapy focus on sensations
* John Cage heard two sounds in the anechoic chamber

  December 24, 2009

* Goldman Sachs bet against their clients interests
* Jim Lehrer lists 10 guidelines for his journalism
* Tulsa based Arrow Trucking Co abruptly shuts down
* MP3 Okie From Muskogee; December 1969, crossover
* 4chan founder Christopher "moot" Poole in public

  December 23, 2009

* Liberal Senators unwilling to be obstructionists
* Tea Party pop hero opposes corporate health care
* Climate Skeptics vs Scientific Consensus graphic
* Cops enforce blogger ban at Wasilla book signing
* Brain interface transmits characters accurately

  December 22, 2009

* Air archive includes scuba tank filled in 1968
* China defeats CO2 limits; blame goes to the US
* Libertarian Rep. Bachmann got $250,000 subsidy
* DVD: aspiring masters engineer slave rebellion
* TV: Ratigan 4pm. Sanchez trumps Situation Room

  December 21, 2009

* Feingold explains support for manager's amendment
* Greenhouse gases may not be causing glacier melt
* Nuclear reactor design illustration wall charts
* Funeral for Iranian dissident Montazeri: video
* Final big-block V-8 rolls off GM assembly line

* Obama re-appoints Bush czar for cyber-security
* Technical explanation of pilotless bomber hack
* Face recognition webcam can't see blacks: video
* TSA screening manual "improperly redacted" [PDF]
* US ambulance industry promotes invisible bracelet

* Ancient bird first known to have venomous fangs

  December 20, 2009

* Insurance industry stock prices at 52 week highs

  December 19, 2009

* Reid files cloture on insurance industry welfare
* Franken amendment in defense appropriations bill
* Ratigan to apologize for yelling at Congresswoman
* Topless cyclists to protest NY bike lane removal
* Police detective pulls gun during snowball fight

* NFL's first display of prayer in endzone in 1977
* Finish Line: Holy Bible Stock Car Racing Edition
* Oil field straddles border created by WWI victors
* Son of prominent Iranian killed during detention
* Chunnel closed to trucks & trains due to weather

* NY Times lament for Saab; models had odd touches

  December 18, 2009

* Use reconciliation to pass good parts of the bill
* Sen. McCain has never seen member denied a minute
* Libraries of medieval, early modern women writers
* Google Maps use landmarks in leiu of street names
* Known cases of Google de-listing offensive pages

  December 17, 2009

* I passed the CCENT2 exam for CCNA certification
* I have a copy of the recently published Red Book
* April Tea Party "Patriot Caucus" in Pennsylvania
* Unusual rate of male pseudohermaphrodism in Gaza
* Insurgents hack video feed of pilotless bombers