Carceral Nation

China Threatens, Tawang Shrugs

2009-11-07T17:36:23Z

Tawang, a controversial place in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India, situated on the border of Tibet, is all set to welcome Dalai Lama on Sunday, November 8th. 2009. The place is...

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Ndamukong Suh and the $18,000 Cat

2009-11-05T15:04:52Z

Ndamukong Suh -- "Mr. Suh" to you and me -- is a 6'4", 300 pound, defensive tackle on the University of Nebraska football team and possible Heisman Trophy candidate. A couple of days ago, Mr. Suh...

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Wireless Broadband Betrayal by Tata Indicom

2009-10-22T16:40:30Z

I was the happiest person the day I got the news about the launch of the wireless mobile broadband service in India, with a supposed-to-be download speed up to 3.1 Mbps. I was...

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Pricking the Heene Hoax

2009-10-19T14:01:06Z

The Heene Balloon Boy Hoax has gone on long enough to demonstrate nobody really tells the truth any longer when pressed for a confession of fact; and the experience confirms the mainstream media will...

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FTC Kills the Shills

2009-10-07T13:41:04Z

The gig is up! The freeloading is over! The shills have been shot down as the Federal Trade Commission demands bloggers must reveal if they are paid for a review or if they are provided...

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Bashing a Beauty School

2009-09-24T12:53:24Z

Should we be prevented from speaking our minds on the internet? Can we say whatever we wish without fear of prosecution or persecution?...

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Nuke Trucks in Your Neighborhood

2009-09-14T17:13:56Z

Is it possible to be imperiled and imprisoned by trucks running throughout your urban core or village hamlet? If you aren't aware of the "Nuke Trucks" parading around you -- now is the time to...

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Violent Crime and American Football

2009-09-08T11:55:28Z

I was looking at Google Trends the other day and something strange stood out to me: A rather unfamiliar name appeared three times in the top ten search result with two different spellings. I knew...

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UPS Fails to Deliver

2009-08-25T13:09:00Z

It used to be that if you sent a parcel, you could expect that the parcel would arrive in a timely manner and that the parcel delivery service would be able to give you status updates on the parcel...

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Spanking the Ugly

2009-08-11T16:28:31Z

Should we be surprised to read in the New York Times this morning that disabled students are spanked more than their average peers? ...

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The End of Democracy

2009-08-04T14:00:51Z

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann used to be the voice of liberal justice. Now, because MSNBC's parent company, GE, doesn't like Olbermann picking fights with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly -- because Bill...

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A Perishable Impulse

2009-07-30T15:00:05Z

August 1961. Teenage East German border guard Conrad Schumann leaps to freedom on the Western side. The Cold War begins....

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Can Plastic Logic Free Us from Amazon Imprisonment?

2009-07-23T13:50:25Z

I used to be a big fan of the Kindle -- until the betraying release of the Kindle DX by Amazon a couple of months after my purchase of the Kindle 2. What great news it was to read this...

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The NSA and You: Guilty, but Uncharged

2009-07-07T12:03:47Z

The NSA are at it again. They're watching your email and finding you guilty of impure and dangerous thoughts....

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iPhone 3GS Recantation

2009-06-30T12:22:33Z

I recently vowed I would not be upgrading to the new iPhone 3GS after adopting the first two versions of the phone. I am now thrilled to recant the argument of that previous article and...

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