Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: IREON – the German
gateway for Search via AltSearchEngines by Guest Author on 11/15/08
The database “World Affairs Online” is a joint venture of German think
tanks, for example the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik” in Berlin,
and is offered since
Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Take in a New Point of
View at Big Think [Video] via Lifehacker by Jason Fitzpatrick on
11/15/08
If You Tube had an overly-intellectual kid brother who preferred Noam
Chomsky to Naruto, that brother would be Big Think. Big Think is a web
site built
Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: HUGE EXOPLANET NEWS
ITEMS: PICTURES!!! via RSSmeme by Phil Plait on 11/13/08
Shared 121 times Tagged astronomy (637) Cool Stuff (786) Pretty
pictures (167) Science (4088)
This is incredible: For the first time, ever, astronomers have captured
an opt
Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Reducing the Risk of
Human Extinction via Slashdot by kdawson on 11/14/08 wiredog sends in a
study from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Center For
Biosecurity, assessing risks of human extinction and the costs of
preventing it. "In this c
Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Jaguar, World's Most
Powerful Supercomputer via Slashdot by ScuttleMonkey on 11/14/08
Protoclown writes "The National Center for Computational Sciences
(NCCS), located at Oak Ridge National Labs (ORNL) in Tennessee, has
upgraded the Jaguar supercompu
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Novel via Alex Constantine's Blacklist by Alex Constantine on 11/15/08
By JIM RUTENBERG
April 30, 2007
“What’s your favorite novel?” is a perennial campaign question, the
answer to which presumably gives insight into leadership
Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Wikipedia deletes
Benjamin Emanuel entry via Signs of the Times on 11/15/08 Wikipedia has
deleted Rahm Emanuel's father's page. Benjamin M. Emanuel's entry was
recommended for deletion shortly after Obama named the younger Emanuel
as his Chief of Sta
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Have to Know that Being 'Pro-Israel' Means Bringing Big Pressure
Against Occupation Now via Mondoweiss by Philip Weiss on 11/15/08
Steve Walt has good faith about Obama’s foreign policy. (Having lately
seen evidence of his clairvo