Thursday, June 18, 2009

Stuff below the fold

"...On June 11, the American destroyer USS John McCain, while training off Subic Bay in the Philippines, had its towed sonar array collide with a Chinese submarine..."
more at StrategyPage
The Philippines was upset, but since both ships were in international waters, they can't do much about it.
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Calling Axel Foley:
Someone is smuggling bonds:
"...Two Japanese men are detained in Italy after allegedly attempting to take US$134 billion (HK$1.04 trillion) worth of US bonds over the border into Switzerland. Details are maddeningly sketchy, so naturally the global rumor mill is kicking into high gear.

Are these would-be smugglers agents of Kim Jong Il stashing North Korea's cash in a Swiss vault? Bagmen for Nigerian internet scammers? Was the money meant for terrorists looking to buy nuclear warheads? Is Japan dumping its dollars secretly? Are the bonds real or counterfeit?.."

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The source code to get around the blockage of twitter is now on line...more information HERE at boingboing

Just in case you are a CNN correspondent in Tehran who can't get through.

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Remembering GeorgeGamow...who got years of ridicule for promoting the big bang theory.

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Why Tolkien Rocks.

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120,000 year old microbes revived...

Great, now we have to worry about epidemics from ancient germs

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