Sign of the times...

A lot of those-in-the-know just love the Long War Journal website. It does have some good article links about the US military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. But they also have this stupid running list (updated continually) of Al-Qaeda, Taliban, and other Islamist paramilitary commanders that are killed, wounded or captured. And which is both morbid and idiotic to my mind. The constant lists of "senior commanders killed by a drone strike in Waziristan" is likely about some purported local big-frog-in-a-small-pond that the US has iced at the cost of millions of dollars and often with serious collateral damage resulting. And for all the boasting, bragging and strutting, is soon replaced in their hierarchy rather quickly by the next in line. Just as it is when a USMC or Army NCO or officer is killed, wounded or captured by them. And it's just poor form.

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The Ego And Its Own - Max Stirner
From the Anarchist Library. A classic. Maybe the classic work of individualistic anarchism. Or not.


The future of science journalism. - Bloggingheads (video)
Epic Fail in Congress: USA PATRIOT Act Renewed Without Any New Civil Liberties Protections - EFF blog (Kevin Blankston)
The boat Kevin Costner should have had in Waterworld. - Io9
Female combat robot pilots crave sex! A very hot sci-fi pod cast. - NSFW - Nobilis Erotica
Defending against drones. - Newsweek
Just like with nukes after World War II the US monopoly on drone aircraft attack capability won't last. And for the first time since the Cold War ended the US needs to reconsider it's air defense.
The steady, perfectly managed decline of Yahoo, Inc. - TechCrunch (Michael Arrington)
Scathing critique of the Yahoo's business practices.