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A single pack of cigarettes cost $15 in NYC - NY Post
Sounds like a prime opportunity for smugglers and black-marketers to make big profits.
MSU arsonist and Earth First! activist Marie Mason still resisting, even in prison - Denver Anarchist Black Cross
Nuking the BP oil leak - CNet
An idea that just won't go away. They might as well try it since this ecological disaster isn't going away by itself.
A nice cheap messenger bag - Rothco

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End the BP oil spill with the (non-nuclear) Mother-of-All-Bombs? - Wired
Might as well try it. Should have tried this six weeks ago. MOAB
Porn websites dripping with malware and other nasty surprises - BBC (via Slashdot.org)
Plastic anti-bodies fight off antigens in the body just like the real thing - Popular Science
The post-human age awaits us all...
How to scare off mountain lions - Outdoors (The Gear Guy blog)
Hmm...how about shouting, or using a whistle, or a fog horn, pepper spray, or even a .44 Magnum? Doubt it. Unlike bear you'll never see or hear the big cat till she's right on top of you.

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BP oil spill proof that libertarianism is untenable - Wall Street Journal (Thomas Franks)
Peak Wood: An ancient obsession - MillerMcCune (John Perlin) (via Slashdot.org/)
The condition of today's English working class the future of America's? - New Geography (Joel Kotkin)
Acupuncture works by inducing body's own painkiller response - Ars Technica (Yun Xie)
Is Steve Jobs becoming Big Brother? - NY Times (Robert Wright)
Colton Harris-Moore beware - Seattle P-I
The locals have engaged the services of a professional bounty hunter. Hmm...we'll see.

Sign of the times

Obama's hapless response to the BP oil spill reminds me of his predecessor's problems, doesn't it? And no, I don't miss W. at all.