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I got the flu. This was bad, but not unprecedented. What I was not prepared for was a secondary bacterial infection that turned me into a lean green snot-producing machine. Thankfully, this state of...

So as revealed in the famous memo, the US ham-fistedly bugged the UN Security Council members during the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq. What’s now emerged is that the bugging enabled the US...

So while the US Army stayed safe within its protected compound, a disciplined, heavily armed force overran key Iraqi positions and freed prisoners, slaughtering all resistance in its path. Some people are blaming the...

I heard yet another conservative pundit on the radio this morning dissing “Old Europe” and its high unemployment rate compared with the US. This is the usual line taken by people who have invented...

USians are often skeptical about claims that their archaic, undemocratic plurality voting system distorts people’s voting intentions and constrains their choices. However, this article clearly demonstrates the nefarious effects of one of the most...

A bizarre hit and run … took place in San Francisco on Tuesday between a 3-year-old girl and a Segway … Ruby Bleskacek sustained cuts, bruises and a nasty bump on her head …...

So the US/UK’s use of radiological “dirty bullets” of depleted uranium has indeed produced significant confirmed uranium contamination of humans within Iraq. I am unsurprised, especially after the Pentagon specifically barred UN radiation pollution...

Matroska is a cool innovation, I like the way you can have multiple subtitle tracks associated with the multimedia content. This really internationalizes media data. Unlike DVD’s primitive VOBs, the subtitles are time/frame-coded content...

The harder they fall. Dr Atkins was obese and had heart problems when he died. Figures. Dr. Robert Atkins, whose popular diet stresses protein-rich meat and cheese over carbohydrates, weighed 258 pounds at his...

Wal-Mart and China have forged themselves into the ultimate joint venture, their symbiosis influencing the terms of labor and consumption the world over. With sales of more than $245 billion a year, Wal-Mart is...