Archive for November, 2006
My Half-Year of Hell With Christian Fundamentalists
November 22nd, 2006Via Spiegel: When Polish student Michael Gromek, 19, went to America on a student exchange, he found himself trapped in a host family of Christian fundamentalists. What followed was a six-month hell of dawn church visits and sex education talks as his new family tried to banish the devil from his soul. Here’s his story.
The Return of M3
November 21st, 2006This is a good one! Print paper. Print paper based on that other batch of paper. Then print more paper on that other, other batch of paper. Call this ponzi scheme the “the global economy.” Actually, don’t even print the paper. That consumes too many resources and corporations and governments need to show a “green” […]
Outpouring of Support
November 21st, 2006Three Cryptogon readers have sent donations since the big upgrade: AP $20 JG $25 MW $20
BREATHALYZERS IN ALL AMERICAN VEHICLES?
November 21st, 2006Via Prison Planet: “The threat of arrest and punishment, for decades the primary tactic against drunken drivers, is no longer working in the struggle to reduce the death toll, officials say, and they are proposing turning to technology — alcohol detection devices in every vehicle — to address the problem,” reports the New York Times. […]
No More ‘Hungry’ Americans: U.S. Government Says
November 21st, 2006You’ll love this. Via Breitbart: The US government has tweaked its terminology in referring to the nearly 11 million Americans who face a constant struggle with hunger to refer to them as people with “very low food security.” According to a report released this month by the US Department of Agriculture, roughly 35 million Americans […]
U.S. Is Most Unfriendly Country to Visitors, Survey Says
November 21st, 2006When people ask me if I want to go back to the U.S., it’s everything I can do to not blurt out, “Are you *@&#^%! kidding me?” I don’t get into the finer points about the legalized torture and military tribunals. Or the former U.S. cabinet level officials who are going to be prosecuted for […]
Global Hawk to Fly 1st Mission Over U.S.
November 20th, 2006Via Breitbart: They’ve become a fixture in the skies over Iraq and Afghanistan, a new breed of unmanned aircraft operated with remote controls by “pilots” sitting in virtual cockpits many miles away. But the Air Force’s Global Hawk has never flown a mission over the United States. That is set to change Monday, when the […]
Comments – Open Thread
November 20th, 2006Alright, comments. I haven’t wanted to put them on the main page, but I’m willing to entertain the idea A) because several of you have been asking for comment capability on individual posts, B) WordPress has many options for keeping spam away and C) I’m growing tired of PHPbb’s broken-by-design spam prevention. Here’s how this […]
Good News
November 19th, 2006Ok, as you can see, this is a completely different show. I’ve been fooling around with WordPress, and this seems like the least bad solution. (Pivot was my next choice, because it doesn’t use a database. If you refuse to use a database, Pivot is another not-too-bad way to go.) I will be fixing and […]
