Private armies in Iraq. There was an interesting and disturbing story in Esquire a month back from a guy traveling with a private security force in Iraq. Best place to ride a motorbike like a maniac? Chernobyl. Interesting photos of the area. Where is my apocalypse?
Yearly Archives: 2004
GMO fun
Right… “The biotechnology industry is considering a lawsuit or statewide legislation to nullify a successful Mendocino County ballot initiative, the first in the country to outlaw the growing of genetically modified crops” Cool – microbial fuel cell generated electricity while cleaning wastewater
Gay marriage
California Supreme Court declined a request to shut down San Francisco’s gay weddings. Hey, you can even send flowers through the net. Bush calls for changing the constitution to ban gay marriage.
Apeonaut
Apeonaut burst onto the scene several years from now. He travelled back in time with a dire warning from the future, and with the coolest monkey beats known to apekind. From deep within his base on the cool side of the Moon he programs his robots with classic chunks of apebeat fantasticality. I have no …
Priorities
Greenspan suggested cutting future benefits and raising the retirement age of social security. Yet the projected Social Security shortfall over the next 75 years is less than one-third the projected cost of tax cuts enacted over the past three years.