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US Jets Bomb After Afghan Base Hit by
Rockets

US Jets Bomb After Afghan Base Hit by
Rockets 01/25/2004 07:39 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 25 2004 11:35AM GMT

Bomb Kills U.S. Soldier; Rockets Hit
Baghdad

Bomb Kills U.S. Soldier; Rockets Hit
Baghdad 12/25/2003 04:27 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 25 2003 3:39AM ET

CNN is a Dirty Bomb

CNN is a Dirty Bomb 09/19/2004 07:18 PM

« If Finnish artists made missiles, I'd guess that this is what they'd look like; the Puuinen KKKK. Tall. Erect. Pointy. Wooden. Geometric. Stylish. »

I've been thinking about going home to see the family I've not seen for nearly 3 years, but the presidential election's circus-like slimefest and fear-mongering, like the 'nuclear terror' special CNN ran tonight, gives me a migraine at the thought of entering American airspace since I figure if I don't get bombed out of the sky or get trapped in the US if something like a dirty bomb did happen, I'd get the "Welcome to Gitmo" travel package from the US customs guards when I refuse the anal probe on presentation of my passport. Dammit, I want to go home and have some Ted Drewe's frozen custard before they close for the season and get some real damn BBQ that you just can't get anywhere else even though plenty of places on the planet try to fake it. I dream sometimes about a big, thick, juicy porterhouse steak and cornbread. I crave food, folks and fun but, in spite of whatever the US media crackheads have been smoking to report 'the world being safer' thanks to the US military, out here in reality I'm just not sure that my desire to visit home exceeds my desire to not get in the way of some wackos when tensions are clearly on the rise. Perhaps I need to send a telegram to the people of America.

YO, AMERICA, NO ONE GIVES A SHIT ABOUT WHO SERVED WHERE AND WHEN AS DUMBYA HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVEN A LIAR AND HIS RATINGS STILL ARE BETTER THAN KERRYS STOP SHUT UP ABOUT THE FUCKING TYPOGRAPHY AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE STUPID FUCKING NATIONAL GUARD DOCUMENTS ALREADY STOP IT AINT HELPING STOP REALLY STOP PLEASE START ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT SHIT THAT MATTERS LIKE EDUCATION, ECONOMICS AND MAKING NICE WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD NOW THAT EVERYONE HATES US AND MOST OF US LIVING OUTSIDE THE US PRETEND TO BE CANADIANS WHEN ASKED [EXCEPT IN FINLAND DURING WORLD HOCKEY FINALS] STOP MAYBE TALK ABOUT ALL THE DEAD BODIES OR SOMETHING STOP ANYTHING ASIDE FROM THE COMPLETELY POINTLESS AND UTTERLY AGGRAVATING IDIOTIC EXERCISE IN TRYING TO OUTSNAGGLE THE SPIN MACHINE STOP GEORGIE WAS AN ALCOHOLIC DRUNK DRIVING COKE SNORTING LOSER WHOSE DADDY GOT HIM WHERE HE IS TODAY STOP GET OVER IT AS HE IS AN UPSTANDING CITIZEN COMPARED TO MOST FOLKS THESE DAYS STOP PLEASE SEND CHEEZE-ITS AND CORNDOGS STOP MY HEAD IS GOING TO EXPLODE BEFORE NOVEMBER STOP

Much ado about a dirty bomb

Much ado about a dirty bomb 05/23/2004 07:31 PM
Unlike JFK's war, Bush fights for Iraqi liberty .. Don't give Iraqis self-rule all at once .. Don't ask peaceniks to make any sense .. Much Ado About a "Dirty Bomb" 6/24 .. From Mark Steyn: .. holdouts .. review

suntimes.com/output/steyn/cst-edt-steyn23.html
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Scientists Say Dirty Bomb Would Be a Dud
(AP)

Scientists Say Dirty Bomb Would Be a Dud
(AP) 06/09/2004 01:59 PM
AP - The "dirty bomb" allegedly planned by terror suspect Jose Padilla would have been a dud, not the radiological threat portrayed last week by federal authorities, scientists say.

Charge That Dirty Bomb Guy

Charge That Dirty Bomb Guy 03/13/2003 10:22 AM
On June 9, 2002, American dirty bomb suspect Jose Padilla misplaced his constitutional rights while in police custody. If anyone finds his right to a speedy trial, legal representation, or due process, please call the ACLU immediately. (03-12)

U.S. Quietly Looked for Dirty Bomb Over
New Year's (Reuters)

U.S. Quietly Looked for Dirty Bomb Over
New Year's (Reuters) 01/07/2004 03:24 PM
Reuters - The U.S. government sent teams of scientists with radiation detection devices to four major cities over the New Year's holiday to search for dirty bombs, Homeland Security officials said on Wednesday.

U.S.: Dirty Bomb Suspect Plotted
Apartment Bombings

U.S.: Dirty Bomb Suspect Plotted
Apartment Bombings 06/01/2004 07:02 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 1 2004 10:58PM GMT

State Dept. Announces Missing Marine Is
at Embassy in Lebanon

State Dept. Announces Missing Marine Is
at Embassy in Lebanon 07/08/2004 12:40 PM
A U.S. Marine who was reported missing in Iraq more than two weeks ago is alive and at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut.

Contractor served troops dirty food in
dirty kitchens

Contractor served troops dirty food in
dirty kitchens 12/14/2003 08:37 PM
Contractor Halliburton served troops dirty food in dirty kitchens Well, Bush served up clean turkey and these guys were busy overcharging the Pentagon on energy so they could reap big bucks...Cheney remains in his gopher hole.

New Kevin Sites dispatch from Iraq:
Dirty for Dirty

New Kevin Sites dispatch from Iraq:
Dirty for Dirty 06/01/2004 02:09 PM
NBC combat correspondent and weblogger Kevin Sites is in Iraq today. He's just posted a new entry on his blog -- a series of interviews with American soldiers.

[O]nce they finally do get home--they will still be faced with the complex task of finding their way in a civilian society again. And while they're eager to leave their weapons and Kevlar behind, the violence they've experienced here will likely be with them in one way or another, always.

Derek Ellyson says his memories have already hardened, fixed in his mind. "You never forget the faces. I can describe to you every dead person I've seen out here. What their faces looked like, the position they were laying in." Sorokin agrees, "War brings a lot of ugly things, you see a lot of ugly things you see other people dead and sometimes when you see somebody dead you see the face of death--the way the guy died. It could be an enemy it could be an ally it doesn't matter."

Yet living with those images of death is part of the job--the same one that requires them to pull the trigger. Before going to war soldiers have always had to ask themselves if they'd be willing to die for their cause. But there is a second part to that question which for some, is more difficult to answer: would they kill for it? For most if not all in the 3rd Platoon--the question is already moot.

Link, Discuss

Dirty dirty foreigners

Dirty dirty foreigners 05/26/2004 05:54 AM
As the dirty immigrants we are, we bring not just noxious cooking smells and our weird culture to this place, but disease too: Anna and I have utter bastard colds, and we're feeling quite sorry for ourselves in the process....

The Programming Soviet

The Programming Soviet 07/08/2002 02:38 AM
I had an aunt and uncle who were Communists until the end. They saw any flaw in the capitalist sytem as fatal, and they saw hope in the most tired and discredited leaders and systems (my uncle wrote an exultant pamphlet about Yugoslavia under Tito).

I am reminded of my aunt and uncle whenever I read an anti-Microsoft tirade from Doc Searls or Eric Raymond or another card-carrying command-line zealot from the programming Soviet. To these true believers, any Microsoft imperfection spells imminent collapse for the Redmond bourgeoisie. Comes the revolution, it will be from each according to his Open Source and to each according to his Unix. -- Arnold Kling

I don't agree with everything that Arnold says, but it's a thought provoking piece.

"zeldman.blsu"

Facing the Soviet whalers

Facing the Soviet whalers 09/09/2004 09:14 AM
Summer 1976: A ragtag group of activists take to the Pacific in a chartered minesweeper. Their mission: Stop the wholesale slaughter of whales.

How is Disney like the Soviet Union?

How is Disney like the Soviet Union? 03/17/2005 03:24 AM
James B. Stewart, New Yorker writer and author of DisneyWar explains in an interview given at the Stanford Bookstore as…

Wanna Buy a Soviet Space Suit?

Wanna Buy a Soviet Space Suit? 03/28/2005 06:14 AM
From the back streets of Eastern Europe to eBay and Sotheby's, the market for 'legally stolen' cosmonaut gear is booming. By Christopher S. Stewart from Wired magazine.

Revolution by Design: The Soviet Poster

Revolution by Design: The Soviet Poster 01/23/2004 05:25 PM
Revolution by Design: The Soviet Poster
Amazing examples of graphic design from the masters of propaganda. For those of you feeling a little revolutionary this weekend!

Contagion: Popular Risings in Former
Soviet Zone

Contagion: Popular Risings in Former
Soviet Zone 03/25/2005 07:04 AM
In the last year and a half, popular uprisings have claimed the sclerotic leadership of three former Soviet republics.

Former Soviet Weapon Designers Take On
Wind Power

Former Soviet Weapon Designers Take On
Wind Power 08/23/2004 12:10 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: WorldChanging has a short item about a home-use electricity-generating windsail designed by engineers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the US and the Makeyev State Rocket Center in Russia. Unlike a horizontal-axis wind turbine, this one is supposed to be quieter and less hazardous to birds. As you can see from the table below, you need a pretty brisk wind to keep even one light bulb burning.

Condition	Turbine Output (watts)	Annual KWh
<5 m/s wind	negligible	negligible
5 m/s	87	764
8 m/s	358	3130
10 m/s	700	6113
12 m/s	1209	10564
Class 2; 30M AGL	281	2457
Class 3; 30M AGL	401	3500

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Soviet Space Shuttle Found In Bahrain?

Soviet Space Shuttle Found In Bahrain? 09/24/2004 11:08 AM

Soviet missile deleted from eBay
(Reuters)

Soviet missile deleted from eBay
(Reuters) 02/01/2005 09:24 PM
Reuters - A Cambridge man trying to sell a deactivated Soviet-era missile on eBay has been forced to delete it after Web site staff contacted him for breaching company rules.

Racing: Soviet Song wins big race

Racing: Soviet Song wins big race 07/28/2004 01:23 PM
Soviet Song gamely holds on to win the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood.

Psst - Wanna Buy a Slightly Used Soviet
Space Suit?

Psst - Wanna Buy a Slightly Used Soviet
Space Suit? 03/28/2005 12:56 PM
Wired News Mar 28 2005 5:16PM GMT

Secret Soviet plans for a lunar military
base

Secret Soviet plans for a lunar military
base 09/22/2004 06:16 AM
David Pescovitz: Thirty years ago, the Russian military allegedly developed plans to build a base on the Moon. According to MosNews, the Novaya Gazeta weekly got the story from the project-deputy general designer of the General Machine Building Design Bureau (KBOM) who was directly involved in the project.

"Soviet scientists considered the Moon to be a very good place for a strategic headquarters as nuclear strikes on its surface would lose most of their destructive force. As the moon has no atmosphere, no shockwave could spread there and the radioactive dust would immediately fall out back on the surface without an atmosphere to carry it.

The designer also said that the USA had also developed a lunar base project and the Soviet scientists had been aware of these plans."

The source, Aleksandr Yegorov, said the Soviet plan was scrapped because... (surprise!) it was too damn expensive. Link (to the MosNews article) Link (to a history of Russian lunar base programs)

Black market Soviet space program
detritus

Black market Soviet space program
detritus 03/28/2005 08:49 AM
Cory Doctorow: Russia's flea markets and online auction sites teem with stolen detritus of the Soviet space pragram. Wired has a good article with interviews with the dealers and buyers. The look and feel of commie space junque is completely awesome: there's a Russian science fiction publisher that finances its trips to American conventions by selling off thousands of kitschy Soviet space pins and memorabilia, stuff with the design feel of a Gernsback-era flying wing or phallic rocket-bomb. I can totally see how the actual detritus from the actual program would pose a nearly inescapable lure to a certain species of craphound.

I'm talking to a vendor named Vladimir, who, to protect himself from the bitter cold, has put on a pair of orange space gloves, which he swears belonged to Gagarin, and a bubble-shaped space helmet. A $2,000 price tag hangs off his right pinkie, and a $1,000 marker dangles from the helmet. Eager to make a sale, Vladimir lifts the face shield, revealing a set of bulging eyes and a two-day beard. "So," he says, speaking English with a heavy Russian accent to a tourist snapping a photo, "you wanna be a spaceman?"

Vladimir's stall is among hundreds that line Izmailovo's muddy pathways like a set of crooked teeth. Vendors hawk everything from pirated DVDs to antique rifles, just like any weekend market in the US. But Izmailovo's proximity to the famed cosmonaut training ground Star City - 90 minutes away by pothole-riddled streets - makes this bazaar unique. There are dozens of vendors peddling the same kind of wares as Vladimir. With a hand-rolled cigarette dangling from his mouth, he shows off artifacts that would be right at home in a museum clearance sale - an $800 leather headset, a $1,000 heat-resistant jumper with a Russian flag on the sleeve, and his prize, a $40,000 space suit from a 1971 Soyuz spacecraft.

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Blambot posts 10 Cent Soviet, June's
free font

Blambot posts 10 Cent Soviet, June's
free font 06/05/2005 11:21 PM
Based on Blambot's 10 Cent Comics font, 10 Cent Soviet bring that eastern block look of Cyrillic type in a hand drawn comic book dialog styling. Dah, comrade, this font is free and you don't have to...

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Bloc buster How Tetris emerged from
Soviet Russia to on take the world

Bloc buster How Tetris emerged from
Soviet Russia to on take the world 02/13/2004 09:20 AM
BBC Feb 13 2004 1:36PM GMT

Soviet, German War Dead Found 60 Years
After Battle (Reuters)

Soviet, German War Dead Found 60 Years
After Battle (Reuters) 04/06/2005 09:46 AM
Reuters - The remains of thousands of Soviet and German soldiers killed in a climactic World War II battle outside Berlin are still being unearthed and identified 60 years after the fighting ended.

Bloc buster How Tetris emerged from
Soviet Russia to take on the world

Bloc buster How Tetris emerged from
Soviet Russia to take on the world 02/15/2004 06:29 PM
BBC Feb 15 2004 11:16PM GMT

Moscow launches Soviet-style spring
clean (Reuters)

Moscow launches Soviet-style spring
clean (Reuters) 04/17/2004 08:44 AM
Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of Muscovites have turned out to scrub, paint or sweep the Russian capital in the annual "subbotnik" or spring clean.

Rockets !!

Rockets !! 01/20/2003 01:34 PM
So this spring's nutty idea is to try some model rockets and loft video cameras into the skies. Rich kicked this off with a "conspired" white elephant gift of a C class rocket (which he knew I'd grab !) at our Christmas party which got our thinking caps on. What ...

Yahoo! News - Soviet Icon Lenin Died of
Syphilis-Experts Say

Yahoo! News - Soviet Icon Lenin Died of
Syphilis-Experts Say 07/22/2004 02:56 AM
Soviet Icon Lenin Died of Syphilis-Experts Say .. cause of Lenin's decline and death .. Read article

story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=572&ncid=572&e=3&u= /nm/20040720/lf_nm/life_lenin_syphilis_dc
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State by State: For Many in Missouri,
Picking a President Is More a Matter of
Values Than Policy

State by State: For Many in Missouri,
Picking a President Is More a Matter of
Values Than Policy 09/20/2004 12:51 AM
an article about Missouri

nytimes.com/2004/09/19/politics/campaign/19state.html
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State of the Campaign - Bush, Kerry, and
Clark debate the State of the Union. By
William Saletan

State of the Campaign - Bush, Kerry, and
Clark debate the State of the Union. By
William Saletan 01/22/2004 09:13 AM
analysis of the last night's State of the Union speech .. Here's William Saletan of Slate .. relatively decent analysis

slate.msn.com/id/2094145
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Heat Beat Rockets 95-81 (AP)

Heat Beat Rockets 95-81 (AP) 01/27/2004 12:07 AM
AP - Thanks to one of the Miami Heat's best offensive efforts of the season, Stan Van Gundy pulled even in the first-year coaching rivalry with his younger brother.

Pharmacyclics Rockets on FDA Action

Pharmacyclics Rockets on FDA Action 12/02/2003 09:56 AM
TheStreet.com Dec 2 2003 9:09AM ET

Lakers Clobber Rockets 98-84 (AP)

Lakers Clobber Rockets 98-84 (AP) 04/20/2004 01:47 AM
AP - Kobe Bryant and Karl Malone seldom have two bad games in a row, and their efforts Monday night helped the Los Angeles Lakers overcome Shaquille O'Neal's lowest-scoring playoff game ever.

Rockets Hit Several Targets in Baghdad

Rockets Hit Several Targets in Baghdad 12/25/2003 02:02 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 25 2003 0:38AM ET

SpaceShipOne Rockets To 68,000 Feet

SpaceShipOne Rockets To 68,000 Feet 12/17/2003 07:14 PM
ehartwell writes "According to Space.com, Scaled Composite's SpaceShipOne flew its first rocket-powered flight today, the 100th anniversary of the Wright ...
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