1. I "read" Watchmen--finally 3 hours ago   permalink

P.M. / Thomas P.M. Barnett :

The ultimate cut of The Watchmen came out recently and we got it. Other than Star Trek, it's the only other movie that really caught my attention so far this year. I saw it twice in IMAX and then once on DVD when it came out a while ago. I think I have seen Star Trek almost ten times already. This ultimate cut version includes the "Black ...

2. Recovering from Stupidity 4 hours ago   permalink

Scott Loftesness / Scott Loftesness

So, yesterday we went off to our family's Thanksgiving celebration. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday - it's just about getting together, sharing, and enjoying our company. No obligations, no gifts, just us. Anyway, with my right (camera!) arm still in a sling, I headed off without my trusty Canon 5D Mark II and glass. No way was I ever going ...

3. Man, what a massive screw-up by the Secret Service! 6 hours ago   permalink

P.M. / Thomas P.M. Barnett :

I don't care what these two jokers plead. They should be arrested and charged. It's not just willfully accessing an event with the president, but one featuring the leader of another country--one that has lost leaders to assassinations more regularly than we. This isn't Outer Slobovia but India, one of the top handful of powers in the world. I say,

4. Donald R. McGlothlin 10 hours ago   permalink

Uber Pig / BLACKFIVE

Thanks to Matt's post about Corporal Javier Perez , and the magic of the Google machine, I learned a bit more about one of the Marines who died that day, and who Corporal Perez was trying to reach when he was injured.� His name is Donald R. McGlothlin and he had given up a scholarship to study Chemistry at Stanford in order to serve.� You can ...

5. ­An open letter to graduate students and young scientists in fields related to climate research from Dr. Judith ... 10 hours ago   permalink

Climateprogress.org

I have known Dr. Judith Curry, Chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, for many years.  I have interviewed her a number of times and quoted her work on the hurricane-warming connection at length for my 2006 book, “Hell and High Water:  Global Warming — the Solution and the ...

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6. Thanksgiving in West "By God" Virginia 12 hours ago   permalink

Uncle Jimbo / BLACKFIVE

We had a great family feast out at my brother's farm house just over the line in West Virginia. The Misty Mountains you see there are the Blue Ridge ones and they mark the line between WV and VA. Great time for all. There was a magnificent experiment conducted w/ the turkey and I have documented it here. Actual cooking time 2 hrs. 45 min. for 14 ...

7. IPCC AR4 Working Group I Report access page 14 hours ago   permalink

Ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu

Please access the Summary for Policymakers (SPM), the Technical Summary (TS), chapters and other material from the following table of links. Links to the Supplementary Material pages are also provided.

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8. Rupert has balls 14 hours ago   permalink

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine

Tweet: Rupert has balls. Well, he used to. That’s the essence of Murdoch: balls. It’s the essence of the culture of News Corp., which I learned from working there (at TV Guide): Australian macho seat-of-the-pants instant decision making. That is the secret to Murdoch’s success. It is also the secret to his failure: Sometimes his [

9. Giving Terrorists More Rights Than Our American Warriors 16 hours ago   permalink

Blackfive / BLACKFIVE

Chris Muir nails why this is happening ... �

10. Mission accomplishable 16 hours ago   permalink

Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette

General McChrystal met American lawmakers in Afghanistan this week, and told them "he believed that the mission was accomplishable".Some of the lawmakers pressed McChrystal on Obama's lengthy decision-making, but the general described it as a "thoughtful process and wouldn't go any further," Price said. "I was a little surprised he didn't voice ...

11. Invisible Glove 19 hours ago   permalink

Cc / Cool Tools

Latex gloves and the better purple nitrile gloves can be irritating to the skin, reduce the ability to feel what you're doing and are easy to drag, pinch, and tear when working on mechanical things. If you've ever tried to wind a wing nut or fiddle with a fastener with those thin, sticky gloves you know what I mean. With Invisible Glove, I can ...

12. Sure China's impacted Africa 22 hours ago   permalink

P.M. / Thomas P.M. Barnett :

OP-ED: China in Africa: Soft power, hard results , By Loro Horta, The Daily Star , November 16, 2009 Great summary of China's impact on Africa to date, and the growing friction from below: Building upon interviews from a broad range of Africans, it is shown that elites generally favor China's presence in the region while the lower classes do not.

13. African problems that won't go away on their own 23 hours ago   permalink

P.M. / Thomas P.M. Barnett :

ARTICLE: Somalia's Islamist militants spill into neighboring countries , By Max Delany and Scott Baldauf Good exploration of why we needed an Africom: problems like Somalia don't go away on their own, even as we cannot commit significant resources to deal with them. (Via WPR's Media Roundup)

14. Thanksgiving during war - Iraq and Afghanistan, 2009 1 day ago   permalink

Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette

Thanksgiving dinner video from the dining facilities (DFACs) on Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) in Iraq and Afghanistan, 2009. Soundtrack is my addition, and should be familiar to one and all. I'm thankful to have been there, done that, and be home for this one. And I'm thankful that the men and women of the US military keep on keeping on....