August 28, 2011

* Putsch by the US military-intelligence-industry complex
* Misinformation experts write anti-Islamic talking points
* RIP Stetson Kennedy; helped revoke KKK's national charter
* No US federal safeguards for transporting tar sands crude
* Powell accuses Cheney of taking "cheap shots" in new book

* Icelandic citizens stop attempt to socialize bank failure
* Murdoch affiliate loses contract for NYC schools database
* Final note from George Eastman, the inventor of roll film
* 19th century Ukiyo-e woodblock prints by Yoshu Chikanobu
* Longtime Slashdot editor Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda steps down

  August 27, 2011

* Arizona challenges Voting Rights pre-clearance provision
* 2% of Florida welfare recipients test positive for drugs
* NYC mayor orders evacuation of 370,000 coastal residents
* Congressman wants budget cuts to pay for disaster relief
* Republican Congresswoman voted against war in 1917, 1941

* Chalk memorial for Jack Layton outside Toronto city hall

  August 25, 2011

* Why the White House defends banks from investigations
* Bill would lift payroll tax cap & fund Social Security
* Romney responds to Rick Perry's position on environment
* News Corp set to air 9/11 "documentary" glorifying Bush
* Ad on cable car calls for end to military aid to Israel

  August 24, 2011

* Libya intervention did not follow traditional pattern
* President protects banks from future civil enforcement
* Government missed chance to regulate financial industry
* Michele Bachmann never sponsored a bill that became law

* Rep. Chabot had cameras confiscated at town hall meeting
* Science Foundation exonerates climatologist Michael Mann
* Amy Winehouse toxicology report; inquest begins Oct 26th
* Deep fried Kool-Aid & Donut Burgers at Indiana State Fair

  August 22, 2011

* Foreign & domestic banks got $1.2T from Federal Reserve
* Jack Layton dies at 61; leader of Canadian New Democrats
* Paul Ryan supported tax loopholes for his biggest donors
* Book written by Rick Perry not meant to reflect his views
* Fossils of 3.4 billion year old cells on Australian beach

  August 21, 2011

* Proposed Alberta tar sands oil pipeline to Gulf of Mexico
* BART's protest position does not withstand legal scrutiny
* Pictures of BART cellphone protest organized by Anonymous
* Contributors to Perry campaign got huge government grants
* Former Reagan budget official calls Rick Perry an "idiot"

* Software companies would control large swathes of economy
* High school teacher can't be sued for denying creationism
* Civilian plane crash near annual Arctic military exercise
* German Pirate Party to win seats in Parliament next month
* Libyan rebels converge on Tripoli; control Islamic museum

  August 19, 2011

* Teen's solar power breakthrough uses Fibonacci sequence
* Ridley Scott planning sequel or prequel to Blade Runner
* Chinese researchers propose asteroid deflection mission
* Obama calls on Assad to quit; US, EU announce sanctions
* Michele Bachmann: Americans fear rise of "Soviet Union"

* Rick Perry accuses Federal Reserve Chairman of treason

  August 18, 2011

* Maverick Republican candidate believes in science
* Morgan Stanley gloomy outlook based on budget cuts
* UN Secretary General's plane was shot down in 1961
* Foreign students walk out of Hershey factory jobs
* Latino activists would stay home on election day

* Gaga movement language twists both body and mind

  August 17, 2011

* Why poor people support tax cuts for the wealthy
* Romney tells Iowans that corporations are people
* BART police email passwords stored in plain text

  August 16, 2011

* Nineteen Syrian clerics sign petition blaming Assad
* Indian police arrest anti-corruption activist Hazare
* Letter from News of the World reporter Clive Goodman
* Daily Mail publishes picture by wife of Cory Doctorow
* Bachmann marks Elvis birthday on anniversary of death

  August 11, 2011

* I'll be away from my computer until August 16th

  August 10, 2011

* Dems short of Senate majority in Wisconsin recall
* Gallup poll: bump for Obama v. generic Republican
* Bachmann sought federal aid 16 separate occasions
* Rep. Nadler introduces law to repeal debt ceiling
* Critic Bruce Schneier's telepathic takeover of TSA

  August 9, 2011

* Bourdain visits acoustically perfect "Integratron"

  August 8, 2011

* Interest rates decline as investors buy US Treasuries
* Clashes between rioters & police in three London areas
* Artist Ai Weiwei tweets about his imprisonment in China
* Spike in rate of cancer for US airport security workers
* OED writer distinguishes Canadian from American english

* Anonymous takes over Syrian Ministry of Defense website

  August 7, 2011

* Corporate media ignores S&P blaming GOP for downgrade
* China allows UN resolution after siege of Hama, Syria
* 200,000 demonstrate in Tel Aviv for economic justice
* Police cars on fire in north London's Tottenham area
* Joseph Chetrit buys Chelsea Hotel, residents evicted

* Christian Right unhappy that Tom Minnery was exposed
* News Corp paid more than $200,000 to British police
* Confirmation of geomagnetically trapped antiprotons
* Well written reviews of weird carbonated beverages
* Situations that highten arousal boost info sharing

  August 6, 2011

* All countries with AAA rating have socialized medicine
* 70% error rate in German test of airport body scanners
* "Antisec" leaks data from 70 law enforcement agencies
* The World Wide Web went public twenty years ago today
* 400 tent homeless camp on Rothschild Blvd in Tel Aviv

  August 5, 2011

* Lower US credit rating on government unpredictability
* Tax cuts for the wealthy while US wages longterm wars
* Most glaciers in Glacier National Park have retreated
* Intestinal bacteria influence brain chemistry in mice
* New Orleans cops convicted of post-Katrina shootings

  August 4, 2011

* Investors reduce exposure to West's future production
* Suppressed 1946 color footage of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
* Obama administration wants Muslims' lawsuit dismissed
* Aliyah in Wonderland: illustration for Arabic children
* American Legislative Exchange Council and prison labor

  August 3, 2011

* Court rules for validity of John Doe v. Donald Rumsfeld
* Israel's Prime Minister offered asylum to Hosni Mubarak
* Trial of Hosni Mubarak televised live across Middle East
* Former chair of Wisconsin GOP comment on recall election
* Apologist for slavery Robert E. Lee became American hero

* Sen. Wyden to block bill over Patriot Act interpretation
* Rep. Frank praises Tea Party in cutting defense spending
* Japan buys dollars to reverse spike in value of currency
* Mayor of Vilnius crushes Mercedes parked in bicycle lane
* Google's free Android platform reaches 50% market share

  August 2, 2011

* Rep. Giffords returns to vote for debt ceiling increase
* Koch funded ballot notices sent to Wisconsin Democrats
* Ohio GOP chairman casts aside "zero tolerance" policy
* Seats in Haskell Opera House straddle Canadian border
* Nuclear missile launch officers trained by chaplains

* Strange object on seabed between Sweden and Finland
* News of the World managing editor Kuttner arrested

  August 1, 2011

* Murdoch media led call to restrict 4th amendment right
* Citizen Kane Murdoch hush money raining down on police
* Decline of unions linked to rise in income inequality
* UN plans vote on recognition of Palestine next month
* Recent NASCAR prayer by pastor Joe Nelms: autotuned