Carnal Reason

Israeli helicopters converge on a group of happy children having a wonderful day and minding their business. (Adnan Hajj for Reuters)
via The Banterist

Posted on August 14th, 2006 by pwyll
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Via Techdirt:
The RIAA really knows how to handle its file sharing lawsuits in ways that make themselves look incredibly heartless. It seemed like maybe they’d scraped bottom when they suggested a student should drop out of MIT to pay a few thousand dollars for file sharing, but they’ve now topped that one. When [...]

Posted on August 14th, 2006 by pwyll
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Via Schneier on Security:
None of the airplane security measures implemented because of 9/11 — no-fly lists, secondary screening, prohibitions against pocket knives and corkscrews — had anything to do with last week’s arrests. And they wouldn’t have prevented the planned attacks, had the terrorists not been arrested. A national ID card wouldn’t have made a [...]

Posted on August 14th, 2006 by pwyll
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I spoke to an old friend today, and the subject of my youngest daughter came up. She is five years old, and autistic. She does not speak, and seems to understand only a little of what is said to her. My friend asked why it is that I never express my emotions. It is a [...]

Posted on August 10th, 2006 by pwyll
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Excellent analysis by Patrick Hynes of the Lamont victory over Lieberman:
There is very little Democrats should be happy about regarding this debacle. The party’s 2000 Vice Presidential nominee has bolted. The white rats are running the laboratory. And the pro-Bush candidate just got 48% in a Democrat primary.
And it’s always fun to [...]

Posted on August 10th, 2006 by pwyll
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The best single piece I have read on Reuter’s use of fauxtography comes via the great Zombietime, who documents four types of fraudulent practice, and discusses four theories about the fraud’s genesis. It is the theories that interest me.
Theory A: The Reuters editorial staff is sympathetic to the aims of Hezbollah, and is using [...]

Posted on August 9th, 2006 by pwyll
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