US government soon to have the capability to hit any target anywhere in the world in one hour or less

USAF's advanced hypersonic weapon

The US Air Force is looking to become the Dominoes Pizza of nuclear Armageddon soon.

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Not yet, but it's gettin' there *

Ex- UM, NY Jets footballer Braylon Edwards, cousins involved in bar fight in Birmingham (Ann Arbor.com)
Edwards wasn't arrested though.

Bill Bonds & Rich Fischer to team up to do news talk radio show on WCAR-AM (Detroit News)
Might be good. Bonds always has lots of opinions and observations. I hope it doesn't bog down into old fart type ramblings though. We'll see.

GM claims it made a $2.5 billion profit last quarter (Detroit Free Press)
Good news if it is fact true. "Government motors" need more vetting for news like that to be entirely credible in my humble opinion.

MSU football legend Bubba Smith dead at 66 (Lansing State Journal)
Natural causes.

Italian gunmaker Chiappa adding RFID chips to it's products starting next year (Gun Nut)
Cui bono?

The Driver License: Is It Necessary? (Lewrockwell.com)
"The basic (and only legitimate) purpose of the driver license is to certify that the owner of that license has proven that he/she is capable of operating a motor vehicle on public roads in a safe and responsible manner. The license should not be withheld for any reason other than the fact that the applicant could not pass a fair and objective driving test."

DL's have actually become an American internal passport  rather than just the certificate of competence to operate a motor vehicle it started out as. Cui bono?

Can You Split Atoms of Uranium at Home in Your Kitchen? (Popular Science)
Yes, but it's not legal in Sweden. Or pretty much anywhere else either for that matter. And where did this guy get useable amounts of uranium and americium anyway? Those are two elements are highly controlled substances.

Live as a political hack die as a political hack: A cautionary tale. (Blaska's Blog)
In re the Wisconsin Supreme Court scuffle incident.

"[Dane county, WI prosecuting attorney] Ismael Ozanne does not want to bring charges," says Blaska, "and for good reason. He knows he has no case but fears that deciding not to charge will enrage the howling mob in Madison. He fears that his liberal privileges will be revoked and that he will be the target of sing-alongs and vuvuzelas. He will be linked to the Koch Brothers and ALEC. Oh, and he can forget about election to the post to which he has been appointed." [emphasis added]

Hoist on his own petard. Heh.


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Jefferson’s hidden change to the Declaration of Independence revealed - Wired Science
Changed "subjects" to "citizens".
A neo-conservative and a libertarian discuss patriotism - Bloggingheads.tv
Jonah Goldberg and Will Wilkinson debate.
US government detonated nuclear bomb in space back in 1962 - NPR (audio file)
In order to "see what happens"? Sheesh.
Building a Substitute Pancreas for Diabetics - Technology Review
Mohammed Oudeh, 1972 Olympics attack planner, dies in Syria - SF Chronicle

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Swiss artist catalogs & paints mutant insects found around nuclear plants - Wired
Facebook and Mozilla have contrasting visions for the future of your online identity - Technology Review

Private Equity Funds: The 1980's LBO scam is back - The American Prospect (Robert Kuttner)

Ever notice how incompetent people are often incredibly confident? - BoingBoing

Indian IT outsourcing firm finds and even cheaper workforce: Prison inmates - Slashdot

First and foremost capitalism is a race to the bottom for labor.

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Original 1938 Superman comic book sold for $1 million USD - BBC
Some people just have too much time on their hands and money in their bank account.






Keeping your DNA private in today's era of personal genomics. - Ars Technica
What's in your code sequence? Who else knows or has access to that info? Hmm....
Remnants of Nazi nuke program discovered in Dutch landfill -The Register
For a lustrous and healthy head of hair stop using shampoo. - Boston Phoenix
Been hearing this a lot lately. Some say ditch the soap too.
The MZB Threat: Are you prepared? - Life After The Oil Crash Forum
Mutants, zombies and bikers. The latest survivalist worry. These guys never lack for things to worry about do they? But they do have a point here though. About criminal gangs and mob violence that is.
"The dynamic of the petulant and angry underclass rearing a rather violent head once the social controls are gone is precisely what happened in places like Yugoslavia and Russia."- Survival Blog
A new app makes it possible to identify people and learn about them just by pointing your phone. - Technology Review
Not So Jolly Old England - Taki's Magazine
"But the Brits are also a bit like Taki, stupid and easy to sway. Both the Iraq war and the ten years of unrestricted immigration were foisted on them by deceit, yet the architects of these great lies, the Blairs and Browns and Straws are still prancing around using official limos and getting on the telly to tell us how great their plans are for our future. How idiotic can a race get? These people would have been hanged and quartered in a more civilized time, but now they are still running for office. This is what Orwell’s Big Lie was all about."
The Arrogance of the Chinese ruling elite - Der Spiegel
"The West hopes that China's growing prosperity will also lead to political liberalization. But the reverse is likely to be true."
Ex-IMF economist predicts several sovereign states will default on their debt. - Bloomberg
Wow.

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Nobel Peace Prize-winner Obama ups spending on nuclear weapons - Daily Mail [U.K.]
"The budget is higher than that allocated by George Bush – who was seen by many as a warmongering president in the wake of the Iraq invasion in 2003..." Who'd have thunk it?
Flexible Sheets Capture Energy from Movement - MIT Technology Review
Living out of your car in LA - LA Weekly
Some do it cuz they're homeless and some just like the nomadic lifestyle it allows.
Gary Kasparov On Chess Masters Versus Computers - A book review from the NY Review of Books
Pistol With Wireless Arming Signal Goes On Sale Soon - Wired
The pistol has ..." an electronic safety that automatically disables the pistol when it’s not within a few inches of a custom wristwatch."
Phone and Text Bans On Drivers Shown To Be Ineffective- International Business Times
Why People Ignore Their Voice Mail Alerts - Gizmodo