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There’s an interesting article by Alfred W. McCoy, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, on TomDispatch. It is prepended by a commentary by Tom Engelhardt, so for the article, it’s best to read it on alternet.org. McCoy thinks that the American decline in world influence has already started (triggered by Bush’s ill-advised . . . → Read More: Decline and Fall of the USA … but you can’t pay to support WikiLeaks. Wikipedia on the Klan: Today, a large majority of sources consider the Klan to be a “subversive or terrorist organization”. In 1999, the city council of Charleston, South Carolina passed a resolution declaring the Klan to be a terrorist organization… …In April 1997, FBI agents . . . → Read More: Pay for your Ku Klux Klan membership with Visa/Mastercard… The US clothing store Gap Inc. has a new logo. Gap – old (left) and new (right) logos Unfortunately it isn’t well received. In fact there is even a website called crap logo, where you can generate your own logo in Gap’s new style. Perhaps I should give Keys Corner a . . . → Read More: Crap Logo
Development of the use of the name "John" This is an interesting site if you want to see how common your name was in the past, and is now. It is based on American data, so it’s no good if you want to get the statistics for names in other countries. . . . → Read More: How common is your name? My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes. Ronald Regan’s infamous sound check, which resulted in part of the Soviet army being put on alert for 30 minutes after word of the statement reached the Soviet Union. Ronald Sherman, the president of the Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade, which represents 28 large fleet owners, said he had seen would-be taxi passengers ignore Chevrolet Malibu or Ford Escape cabs, opting for a longer wait in order to grab the more spacious Crown Vic. “These minis are ridiculous; passengers do not get . . . → Read More: “These minis are ridiculous…” BP has been quite tight-lipped about what is going on at the Deepwater Oil Spill site, so it is difficult as a member of the public to understand the issues about the spill. There is a web site, The Oil Drum, which has attracted a lot of informed comments about the developing situation . . . → Read More: What is really going on in the Gulf of Mexico? I can’t see the point in some of the more modern internet trends – I tried FaceBook and gave up after a couple of weeks, and have never felt the slightest urge to share my life using Twitter. However I know quite a few people who do use Twitter. They may want to consider . . . → Read More: Careful what you tweet… Senior US military officials may have committed the biggest fraud in US history, the Independent reports. Fifty billion dollars seems to have gone AWOL (absent without leave) and a total of $125 billion aid for Iraq appears to have been misused: In 2004-05, the entire Iraq military procurement budget of $1.3bn was siphoned off . . . → Read More: US military fraud “bigger than Madoff” The US National Intelligence Council (NIC) published a report this week assessing how the relationship between the USA and other parts of the World will probably develop by 2025. The report is written every four years for the incoming government and is thus relatively easy non-technical reading. It predicts that US influence will . . . → Read More: The NIC report |
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