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09 Jul 2009 09:58

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World: A truck bomb near Afghanistan’s capital just blew up

  • 25+ died in the attack; the Taliban sez they didn’t do it source
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09 Jul 2009 09:52

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Politics, U.S.: Dems to CIA Director Leon Panetta: Apologize for lying to us

Letter to Leon Panetta
  • Six members of Congress signed this letter. All of them Democrats. All on the House Intelligence Committee. A seventh is also on board. Panetta acknowledged this dishonesty, and word from the Huffington Post is that they’re talking about torture.source
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09 Jul 2009 08:21

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World: Post-U.S. occupation, Iraq’s dealing with the same problems

That’s right, another bombing in Iraq, but this time, the U.S. is largely out of dodge. 41+ died in two attacks – this one and one in Baghdad. source
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09 Jul 2009 01:05

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Tech: Congrats to Adam Gurno, who caught a NYT Photoshopper

  • It was an excellent photo essay. The picture of the framing is actually pretty striking. I looked at it and I said, ‘this doesn’t look right.’
  • Adam Gurno • On a New York Times photo essay that has since been removed. Gurno, a Minnesota guy and Metafilter user who’s been a regular commenter on the blog in the past (we thought that guy’s name sounded familiar!), caught a case of Photoshopping in a New York Times photo essay on unfinished buildings in a bad economy. The photo he nailed? Well, it was mirrored. Congrats on kicking butt and we hope you comment on this post, too. :) • source
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08 Jul 2009 23:46

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Music: Attack Attack!’s “Stick Stickly” video so bad, the Guardian dissected it

  • We were totally ahead of the game here. Back in mid-June, we saw the worst music video ever, an unspeakably bad concoction of gyration, cliché, screaming and in-unison headbanging called “Stick Stickly” by screamo band Attack Attack! It was so bad we posted about it twice. Well, we caught the trend just before that bastion of high culture, The Guardian, got a hold of it. And they dissected it in profound detail. Our favorite description of the band: “Like a set of dancers representing Undead versions of Jonas brothers on a Halloween-Pride parade.” source
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08 Jul 2009 23:25

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Tech, U.S.: That DOS attack may not have come from North Korea after all

  • This is not something that your average ‘script kitty’ can do. On the other hand it doesn’t require it to be state-sponsored.
  • Security expert Mark Rasch • Who’s currently of SecureITExperts and led the Department of Justice’s computer crimes unit during the George H.W. Bush administration. Rasch raised doubts over whether it was a definite slam dunk that these attacks, which hit major financial, government and media sites in the U.S., came from a North Korean source. At this time, we’d like to point your attention to this Wired article from back in the day about the Estonian denial of service attacks. This graphic in particular provides some good explanation about what’s happening now. • source
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08 Jul 2009 23:15

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U.S.: Mount Rushmore needed a change, so some activists added Obama

Unfortunately, Obama isn’t made of stone. He’s made of some banner material – the kind that gets 11 people arrested for trespassing. source
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08 Jul 2009 22:57

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Culture: This is the last time we ever post about Michael Jackson’s death

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08 Jul 2009 22:44

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U.S.: N.Y. Gov. David Paterson picks some old guy to be his punching bag

Richard Ravitch is 76. He’s a Democrat. He knows crisis management. The N.Y. State Senate is in crisis. Richard Ravitch may create more crisis. source
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08 Jul 2009 22:27

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Offbeat, World: “Kim Jong Ale” shows us the softer side of propaganda

  • Apparently North Korea isn’t all about making plans to rule the world. A new ad run on state television (with predictably *awesome* graphics) promotes beer drinking, saying it gives you good health and contains protein. Now that’s something we could totally get behind. source
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