Notes from the Surf
Bubble Bursting
http://i.imgur.com/ngd34.jpg
Might come in useful.
Top 10 quirky science tricks for Christmas parties
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_f3SkxTWxc
Interestingly cheesy Vaudeville.
Fractal Wrongness
http://i.imgur.com/wXmHg.png
"You are wrong at every conceivable scale of resolution..."
Gulf petro-powers to launch currency in latest threat to dollar hegemony
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/6819136/Gulf-petro-powers-to-launch-currency-in-latest-threat-to-dollar-hegemony.html
“The US dollar has failed. We need to delink” ...The Sunni Gulf states are deeply concerned about the great power ambitions of Shiite Iran and its quest for nuclear weapons... They nevertheless repeated on Tuesday that “any military action against Iran” by Western powers would be unacceptable.
Soldiers Forced to Go AWOL for PTSD Care
http://www.indypendent.org/2009/12/16/soldiers-forced-to-go-awol-for-ptsd-care/
"He asked if I was suicidal... and I said not right now, I’m not planning on going home and blowing my brains out. He said, ‘well, you’re good to go then.’" ...He’s turning himself in “because he is not a flight risk and wants to take responsibility for what he’s done,” Branum stressed.
Last Words : Ultimo Discurso (Salvador Allende)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYGxGeLAMBE
"The people must defend themselves, but they must not sacrifice themselves. The people must not let themselves be destroyed or riddled with bullets... Other men will overcome this dark and bitter moment..."
Solidarity Forever (Pete Seeger)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYiKdJoSsb8
"This is a tribute to all the workers who sacrificed to make a better world for their children and grand children."
Hit back if police officer attacks - Russian interior minister
http://en.rian.ru/society/20091126/157000028.html
Ordinary citizens have the right to defend themselves against police officers who launch illegal attacks on them, Russia's interior minister said... "If the citizen is not a criminal who is being detained and has not broken any laws...if he is being attacked, self-defense is applicable here"
Prisoners riot in ’climate jail’
http://www.modkraft.dk/spip.php?article12227
"the police have used pepperspray against the inmates in the climate prison in Valby. Climate activists smashed the cages and used benches to break cell doors open."
Greece in Revolt
http://libcom.org/news/wave-strikes-sweeps-greece-17122009
"All media have gone on a 24h strike... there are no news broadcasts on radio TV or the internet... almost 60% of (police) officers consider quiting their jobs if they have to wear insignia with their number or name while on duty... Strikers have occipied the broadcasting headquarters of ERT3, the Salonica state channel."