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Executed 450 and only needed a rope

And the executioners smiled: Substitute drug found to replace sodium thiopental for lethal injections.

Empire Is Bad Business: Why the Pentagon trades American manufacturing jobs for Japanese bases.

Obama nominates former RIAA lawyer for Solicitor General spot:  Good to know that Big Hollywood's proprietary interests will be well protected.



Can you feel the schadenfreude?: Billionaire divorcée Patricia Kluge's downfall told with breathless excitement by the Daily Beast.

Sign of the Times...cont'd

MSNBC firebrand Keith Olberman has apparently been fired. Even though he was their highest rated TV personality, too. Keith was in the position of another New Yorker, Yankee Derek Jeter. Both were franchise players "back in the day" but have since gotten long in the tooth (Jeter is now in his late 30's and his stats have slipped) or in Olberman's case has become more trouble than he's worth.

Olberman, who nudged MSNBC's move to into an overt progressive Democrat news slant (one that helped gain ratings) is probably seen as too much of a prima donna to the new owners of NBC the Comcast cable network. Olberman, with his over-the-top antics, should have foreseen changes coming with new ownership and should have toned it down a notch or three. Too late now. Jeter can only hope for a trade. Nothing lasts forever in the sports/media/infotainment complex but you can play it smart. Word to the wise.

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Do Celebrities Help or Hinder When They Hijack Serious Issues? - Newsweek

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Car bomb found & disarmed in NYC - CBStv

Terrorists are jealous of our freedoms says NYC's Mayor Bloomberg.

Shopping in the Post-Privacy [sic] era - Cnet (Natasha Singer)

Just pay cash for things and 90% of the author's concerns and warnings just fall away.

National ID card coming soon - Infoshop News

Provision for a mandatory biometric ID card will be included in any reform legislation.

Japanese government issues arrest warrant for Paul Watson of Sea Sheperd - LA Times

"The move would be the latest in an increasingly aggressive campaign against the conservationists by Tokyo, which accuses them of endangering lives during the Antarctic [whale] hunt. U.S.-based Sea Shepherd has long insisted that the Japanese fleet is conducting banned commercial whaling under the guise of scientific research."

Americans are tired of big cable and satellite tv bills and moving to cancel - CNN Money