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Internet archives now has a collection of 911 films and commentary on their "wayback" machine.
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The Philippines made it into the news again: for a 21 foot crocodile.
and a larger one might be lurking nearby too.
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Wikileaks reveals the reason our lovely ex president Gloria didn't declare martial law in 2005 was that the US opposed it.
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Okie blogger Dustbury posts a Texas joke.
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a couple days ago, a mother jones article blamed the west for the starvation in Somalia.
StrategyPage explains the real problem: it's the Islamic extremists, stupid.
AlJ. reports the same problem:
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Al-Shabab fighters, who control parts of the country, withdrew from positions in Mogadishu earlier this month, in what they called a "tactical" move, but they continue to restrict aid into areas they control in famine-hit southern regions
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Uncle Orson laments the rightwing takeover of the teaparty, instructs you how to use Q tips, and (from his review of the book 1493) gives us the factoid of the day:
Did you know that most of the silver from Spain's American empire went to China?
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