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Hutaree militia members indicted on new weapons charges - Detroit News
I guess the US Attorney's office figured out the sedition charges they've previously levied were bullshit and unlikely to stick and that the minor players in all this were not gonna plead-out and flip on their comrades. So new weapons charges have now been levied against the main players. The feds now need not worry about them getting out on bail too.
Why the US doesn't produce really great soccer players like the rest of the world - iSteve (Steve Sailer)
"The current American system largely reflects the values of white, middle class American parents. It's not designed to win World Cups, it's designed to get their kids some exercise and let them experience some level of success in a game that African-Americans aren't interested in."
Portrait of an environmental criminal - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
This asshole is sociopathic in his depraved indifference to the environmental damage he's done and continues to do.

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Be here now: Shut off your phone - Taki's Magazine (James Jackson)
"...a young mother in the park will not be feeding the ducks with her child or pointing out the delights of flora and fauna. She will have stuck a pacifier in the youngster’s mouth and will be immersed elsewhere in a different conversation with a phone clamped to her ear."

UK Police Promise Not To Retain DNA Data, But Do Anyway - The Circular Triangle blog (Matthew Wilkes)
(h/t: slashdot.org/)
An amazing picture of the Andromeda galaxy from the WISE - Scientific American
Automating warfare - Popular Mechanics online
The mil-industrial complex is gearing up for the next generation of ultra-deadly (and presumably very profitable) fighter aircraft.
UK Football fans to owners: sell our team to someone else. - WSJ