lightning strikes twice

Google Search: george bush

As noted by Tim Bray: the top ranked images of George Bush on google aren’t exactly complimentary.

Student in Hot Water Over Ex-Lax Brownies

This is the sort of stuff that made 80s movies so memorable — now its a felony charge!! Strange times people, strange times.

Gender guide tells men what she’s really saying

I thought deciphering women was simple — what they mean is always the opposite to what they say. No?

Old school Nintendo game controller hot pants

These are so damn hot.

just not john howard

Details:

• the Bush family and friends (Cheney etc.) dealings with the Middle East over the last twenty five years.
• what happened immediately after 9/11
• how 9/11, Bin Laden and Afghanistan were unjustifiably moulded as reasons to attack/liberate Iraq

Definitely can be classed as propaganda but it was interesting and entertaining viewing nonetheless. As someone else has said, if only 10% of the allegations are true (and the fact checking behind the movie are well documented), then some serious questions need to be asked.

Apparently the US army will foot the bill for your fake breasts:

Porn star tells U.S. military “bullets, not boobs”

Einstein’s Clocks, Poincare’s Maps – Peter Galison

This is a history of how the theory of relativity was developed. It demonstrates how the development of the ideas was not linear, but rather a collision of ideas from practical (time coordination and longitude) and theoretical (simultaneity) realms.

There were also significant social and cultural influences, such as the need for coordinated time in the era of extensive rail expansion, and the empirical desires of France and Britain.

Poincare and Einstein had similar ideas, and a great if not grudging respect for each other. This book mentions how this respect developed despite their generational gap and their philosophical differences.

Other topics:

• detailed outline of Poincare’s path from the French Polytechnique to the variety of distinguished public offices he held, such as the head position at the Bureau of Longitude.
• brief outline of Einstein’s passage from university to the patent office.

Bear Drinks 36 Cans of Favorite Beer

This is so awesome, imagine having this bear as your drinking buddy. Apart from the fact he could eat you at any moment (say, if you ran out of beer) it would have to be lots of fun. Just like the Bundaberg Rum ads I guess.

A paean to sovereignty

Good reading on why we should keep to ourselves just a little bit more.