September 2008
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seabed methane release in the Arctic -
Independent [via /.]how high above sea level are you?
the challenges facing South Korea -
EconomistMarkov interview with Sarah Palin -
IP [via BJ]UK house prices still in free fall -
Guardian"At best, prices look set to continue their downward path to a predicted 10%-15% fall by the end of the year, followed by a similar fall next year."
Endnote distributor sues to stop free software alternative -
CourthouseNews [via /.] -
Zoteroeven if the creators of Zotero did clean-room reverse-engineering of the Endnote format, will their uni fight?
a new translation of Les Miserables -
Times [via CR]using shipping containers to provide cheap housing in Mexico -
CNNfilms with two female leads are vanishingly rare -
xkcdhow to check your hotel room for bed bugs -
BugGirlultra-orthodox use violence to desecularize Jerusalem -
Guardianhuge car bomb takes out Islamabad hotel -
GuardianI fear it's going to be a long time before I go back to Pakistan
amazing photos of hurricane Ike's aftermath -
Boston [via Barista]breaking the law to prevent global warming can be justified -
Independentor so decides the UK jury in the Kingsnorth power station trial
Livni is the new leader of Kadima, possibly the next Prime Minister of Israel -
CNNa baby milk scandal in China -
SMHPakistani army ordered to fire at US troops if they cross the border -
GuardianMicrosoft enforces anti-competitive pricing for netbooks -
BrendanScottin Australia, the Acer Aspire One is cheaper with Windows XP than without
the biotech patent system is broken -
PhysOrg [via OSWALD]a review of
Valuing Children -
CTa regulated National Broadband is not such a strange idea -
Commsdayregulated monopolies are normal for gas, electricity, plumbing, etc.
an online bush navigation course -
aburkeUS Defense scientists knew about the global warming threat in the 1960s -
Times [via Deltoid]Neches River gauge at Beaumont shows storm surge -
USGSwater at 5 ft above normal height, running at 2.2 ft/s upstream - 30000 cubic feet per second
there is no military solution in Afghanistan -
GuardianAIDS fraudster loses libel case -
Guardianbut he's still killing people with his quack medicines
Burma struck by twice-a-century rat plague -
Guardian"Once every 50 years or so the region's bamboo flowers, producing a fruit. The fruit attracts hordes of rats, which feed on its seeds."
Americans are more likely to die from poisoning than car accidents?! -
Economistperhaps this is mostly drug overdoses?
Oliver North is still lying to kill civilians -
KosChina and India in 1962 -
Far"no big deal": the French Minister of Justice is a single mother -
GuardianCuba faces category 4 Hurricane Ike -
Wundergroundit looks like Cuba will save the United States this time
Pakistan blocks NATO supply lines to Afghanistan?!! -
PK Newsthe only other land routes to Afghanistan are through Iran and Russia! (or through China and the Wakhan Corridor, but that's donkey terrain)
is US Vice President Cheney trying to start a war? -
Timesusing the US 6th Fleet flagship to "deliver aid" to Georgia
is two weeks enough to train Sarah Palin to face the media? -
Kos... or to be vice president?
experiments you wouldn't be able to do today -
Pediatrics [via CT]"Behavior of Young Children Under Conditions Simulating Entrapment in Refrigerators"
carbon neutral fuel from synthetic hydrocarbons -
Google Videoa US ground assault into Pakistan -
CSMtwo wars obviously aren't enough
England is getting crowded -
Economist"by 2060 Britain will be the EU’s largest country"
Murdoch likes to back winners, but lets Fox be what it is -
Guardiantelevision in the Third Reich -
Baristamoney runs out to remove Israeli cluster munitions from Lebanon -
AFP [via AntiWar]why was Carter sidelined at the Democratic convention? -
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