A photo essay about an abandoned island city - Mg Photo Agency"The feeling of being in some far off post-apocalyptic land is immense. To experience a place where every way you turn is abandoned desolation, immediately overwhelms; you do not need to imagine what it would be like to stand in a once occupied city after a plague, The Bomb, or at the end of time."
Airborne Laser zaps in-flight missile- CNET
A flying Maginot Line. Very expensive, and very impressive too, (in a geez-whiz! kinda way), but largely worthless unless you have it deployed exactly where and when the NorKs, Iran, China, India or Pakistan or whoever else are about to launch a nuke at the U.S.
Secession In The Air - Taki's Magazine
"The secession taking place in America is a secession of the heart—of people who have come to believe the government is 'them', and not 'us'." Heh.
Australian Judge Rules Facts Cannot Be Copyrighted - Slashdot.org/
Regardless of the amount of effort that was spent collecting them.
Why Tenure Harms Education - American Thinker
Backpack-style rifle slings - Gun Slings Direct.com/
What biathlon competitors use to hold their rifles securely while downhill skiing.
Not all fun & games at Olympics - Washington Post
Mob smashes windows in downtown Vancouver shopping area. Friday night too.
