BBC NEWS | World | Americas | US names ‘9/11 steel’ warship
Steel salvaged from the World Trade Center site has been used to build a warship. Terribly symbolic, and terribly sad.
(tags: militarism revenge symbolism worldtradecenter)
John McCain’s Charitable Contributions
For a while I held onto a belief that John McCain somewhat resembled his chosen persona. Then he decided that maybe torture was okay after all, and a whole lot more crept out of the woodwork along with that.
(tags: johnmccain uspolitics)
Beth Rowley, Cherry Jam, London | guardian.co.uk Music
A more positive review that the star rating lets on. We’ve seen Beth play quite a number of times over the past few months, and it’s always worth the trip.
(tags: bethrowley guardian music review)
Iraq: an interview with Dr. Stephen Zunes (part two of three) « The Heathlander
Shedding useful light on how the statistics about “the surge” have been cooked. Shooting in the back of the head are sectarian, those in the front of the head are not. Hmmm…
(tags: iraq politics statistics surge)
Rowan Williams: It’s adults, not young people, who are a public menace
The disappearance of truly public spaces is a loss for us all, but is it most problematic for kids?
(tags: publicspace rowanwilliams)
Danger Mouse to Produce new Beck Record
Could be good.
(tags: beck dangermous music)
Swiss bank Julius Baer drops lawsuit against Wikileaks | Media | guardian.co.uk
“Julius Baer had been pursuing court action against Wikileaks after the website published documents about the bank’s offshore accounts.”
(tags: transparency wikileaks)