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Labourís betrayal of Zimbabwe

“This autumn Zimbabwe, once the breadbasket of Africa, is on the verge of man-made famine. Soon refugees will be pouring out over the borders, above all into neighbouring South Africa. According to the United Nations six million people óhalf the population ó are in peril of undernourishment or starvation.
Most famines are to some extent man-made. [...]

Author sued over Islam ‘insult’ [ via Kharin ]

Goodbye free speech:
Prize-winning French novelist Michel Houellebecq is being sued by four Islamic organisations in Paris after making “insulting” remarks about the religion in an interview about his latest book…Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the Paris mosque, said Muslims felt insulted by comments in the novel Plateforme, in which a character admits to a “quiver of [...]

The seven signs of Vodoo science

A best-selling health guru insists that his brand of spiritual healing is firmly grounded in quantum theory; half the population believes Earth is being visited by space aliens who have mastered faster-than-light travel; and educated people are wearing magnets i n their shoes to restore their natural energy. W hy, in an age of science, [...]

Linux for Suits: Grass Roots WiFi in London

Doc Searls discovers a vibrant wireless scene in London
But the mindblower came when I arrived in London. After failing once again at dial-up from my hotel, I went down to the local internet cafÈ. There I paid a few pounds to sit for a couple hours with my laptop jacked into the Net, looking for [...]

US drew first blood at Pearl Harbor

THE discovery of the wreck of a Japanese mini-submarine near Pearl Harbor has settled a dispute between the US Navy and military historians over who fired the first US shot of the Second World War.

An article on Bug Spread by Oral Sex* led me to this…

Dental Dams:
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Never again will you need dental dams*, plastic wrap, modified condoms, latex gloves or other improvised devices that may not adequately protect you against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
We know of no other latex dam cleared [...]

Internet anonymity for Linux newbies By Thomas C Greene in Washington

An excellent article from the Register on how to harden your Linux box.

Snobs are right: the glass does affect the wine

It has to do with the acidity you see?

Notes from a kamikaze suicide manual

“The introduction of Japanese kamikaze pilots was one of the most dramatic developments of the second world war. But what motivated these young men to fly their fatal missions? There are some clues in the manual they carried in their cockpits for inspiration, and which is now published in English for the first time. Here [...]