* Two items on how cell phones effect plots: James and John . Cell phones and third world poverty ; getting commodity prices at range is old news to me, but not the phone banking. * Sweden has been at peace for the past 195 years, after they conquered Norway. Mind you they helped the Nazis somewhat , though they also helped the Allies. But they didn't get bombed or attacked. Norway... I assume...

rfmcdpei (I believe) had previously linked to an article about the possibility of American cities such as Flint being "pruned" to account for declining population - a reversal of urban sprawl, effectively. Unfortunately, I can't find a link to his posting on it. Now there's talk that they may expand the program from Flint to fifty "rust belt" cities. This is an interesting model of urbanization...

* Haruhi Suzumiya in the Palestinian territories * Bert and Osama * Failure of US rail. Slower than it was in the 1920s. * Liberals and conservatives have different reactions to authority and disgust . * Marijuana legalization bill! ** Ambiguity about Obama's enforcement * Closing of the Canadian border * Newsweek criticizes Oprah's gullibility * Republican car dealerships * Long...

Must read * Letter from an ex-slave to his master . A thing of beauty. ** Tolkien's reply to Nazi Aryan inquiries * Girly editions of Scrabble, Monopoly, Uno et al. History * 25 May was the 40th anniversary of the decriminalization of gay sex in Canada . ** Like Orson Scott Card, John Wright apparently misses those days . Reality's liberal bias * Chairman of the Joint Chiefs (appointed...

Has anyone heard or seen anything about the ongoing Tamil protest at Queen's Park? I took some video of it and posted it at my blog, here .

Depressing * Troops weren't deployed to help with Katrina * Systematic child abuse in Irish reform schools * Obama seeking indefinite detentions * Blackwater tries to rebrand as "Xe" * Creepy Bible briefings , the better to manipulate Bush with. * Steele's latest brainstorm for opposing gay marriage: it'll cost small business money . Unlike, say, hetero employees getting married. Will the...

Do you know where a fair chunk of the bondage gear you can buy at your local "love shop" comes from? How about Pakistan ? (I checked their website, doesn't look like they're set up to sell to the general public, they have "minimum order" policies in place.) Via rfmcdpei

Homophobia usually pisses me off, but sometimes it amuses me to no end . (link credit to rfmcdpei  for the amusing story).

http://www.ttc-tripplanner.ca/ Thanks for the link, rfmcdpei !

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