Fighting Surveillance and Control in the Near Future (tags)
A great speech by Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing on why it's important to oppose SOPA and the general trend toward specific use computers.
The latest trend in eco-tourism is completely out of this world ... and right around the c (tags)
The latest trend in eco-tourism is completely out of this world ... and right around the corner. Routine commercial travel to outer space may be the norm as soon as 2012, as the next generation of spacecraft — designed by private sector firms like Virgin Galactic, Orbital Sciences Corp., Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and others — transport adventure-seeking civilians into low-Earth orbit.
Africa: The Next Defense Market Opportunity? (tags)
Low value. Corrupt. Aid-driven. Despite the odd exception like Algeria, and South Africa's indigenous defense industry, most people think of these terms when they think of the African defense market. Analyst firm Forecast International sees a different picture, however: "tomorrow's growth market for the global defense industry."
Military's officer corps: too political? (tags)
"There is a lot of dissension right now about the Iraq war plan, or lack of plan, within the uniformed community, both at leadership and rank and file levels. It may well be that more retired folks are speaking out because they feel that the uniformed folks cannot."
Global Cooling is far less kind that Global Warming.
The Extinction of the Federal Government (tags)
In any revolution there is pain (and this is a revolution, whether there's shooting involved or not.) But soon the government parasites who subsist by inserting straws into their victims' throats will discover that their victims have simply walked away.
Front-line troops disproportionately white, not black Numbers refute long-held belief (tags)
From USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030121/4794964s.htm
Peculiar New Trend In the Far Right: (tags)
There's a peculiar new trend among the fascists for "community organizing." Oddly, it seems to be making many of them a bit friendlier. Friendly fascism? That's a good one!