Remember the wind-powered rotating skyscrapers of Dubai? Well, the building boom in the Emirates is over, thanks to the financial crisis. Most of the huge and expensive construction projects have been cancelled or are on hold. Not only that, foreign laborers are being laid off at an astounding rate ...

Puckered Gun Nutz by digby I surrendered in the gun wars a long time ago because, well, they won.It's pointless to keep banging your head against a wall. And frankly, I've come to appreciate the wisdom of giving the Bill of Rights an expansive reasding because it's more fragile than I thought. But I...

This week's issue of the Olympic College's newspaper The Olympian includes news of the HP 3000. In specific, the paper reports about the fate of systems which support admissions, registration, financial aid and graduation tracking. This nearly-total range of college operations relies on an H...

Whoa hey how’d the Entire News Media miss this one? Especially considering the main things we all jabber about, these days, are stock prices and whatever Jon Stewart said about Jim Cramer …. Anyway, get out your duct tape because a certified American Nazi was building a “dirty bomb...

Times are tough. Library funding is down, library use is up, and people are asking more and more questions demanding more and more time from their public library staff. In response to these increasing demands on library resources, Library Development staff at the Washington State Library have been c...

I'd been meaning to post about this song - The Childhood of a Leader - for quite some time. It's one of my favorite hip-hop songs, and a real anomaly amongst all of the hip-hop I own. This is primarily because it's by a guy who really isn't, by any standard, a hip-hop MC to begin with. Cex comes fro...

Not news: Diaper-wearing whiny-ass titty-baby throws a tantrum and sets off a security alarm when he misses his pwane. News: The WATB is gpuke senator David Vitter. After missing a flight last Thursday from Washington to New Orleans, Sen. David Vitter opened an armed security door and went off on a ...

This week, the buzz in the Catholic blogosphere is over certain actions being undertaken by the state legislature of Connecticut, as they relate to the administration of dioceses and parishes of the Catholic Church in that state. Not all the churches. Not some of the churches. Only the Catholic Chur...

Gulf War Pilot Still ‘Missing’ March 10, 2009 Associated Press WASHINGTON - A U.S. fighter pilot lost nearly 20 years ago in the Persian Gulf War will continue to be listed as missing, according to the Navy, which no longer suspects that he was captured by Iraqi forces. Navy officials in...

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