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