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Some 13 year old kid, Austin, stole a ‘copyrighted’ picture of a toy soldier. Probably the same ‘copyrighted’ picture that’s been stolen by so many newspapers and TV shows over the last few days that I think we’d be hard pressed to find the actual copyright holder. Next some jerk, some theoretically adult jerk, calls […]

From Lebanon’s Daily Star — People power: Iraqi voters make their mark Iraq’s Shiite majority and long-suffering Kurds flocked to polling stations Sunday and even in the Sunni heartland some ventured out despite the deadly unrest overshadowing the election. While in some areas turnout was scant, in most places, including violent Sunni Arab regions, it […]

A reader of Andrew Sullivan suggests: You have a pretty decent megaphone, I’ve got an idea for you and the rest of the blogosphere. Why not ask people to wear blue marker on their index fingers this week, as a sign of solidarity and a tip of the hat to the courage of the Iraqis […]

Cat Stevens, now Yusuf Islam to record “Indian Ocean� for tsunami victims The British singer Yusuf Islam – who flew into the tsunami-hit Indonesian province of Aceh on Saturday will briefly step back into the spotlight recording a charity single “Indian Ocean� and heading a benefit concert in Jakarta on Monday.

LegalXXX asks: Ok, if: (1) Politics is like showbusiness for ugly people; and (2) Showbusiness is like politics for stupid people; What is blogging? It’s Quantum politics. Which, of course, has almost nothing to do with Chris’s post, except that after reading his post the thought popped into my head. My brief layman’s understanding includes […]

I used to have Google Adsense ads in the header of this blog like this one: I replaced those with the ads above and thought I’d share why. Aside from the fact that they don’t seem to be working at the moment. First for the weak-stomached among you, I am a capitalist and those ads […]