Day August 6, 2005

Time Magazine photo essay on HiroshimaNagasaki photos. The photographer The U.S. is the only country to have used nuclear weapons on civilians. U.S. interventions – 1890-1999 (PDF). A partial list of over 130 invasions and military actions against other countries.

California Army National Guard troops charged unauthorized, off-the-books “rent” to Iraqi-owned businesses inside Baghdad’s Green Zone in Iraq to raise money for a “soldier’s fund,” military officials and sources within the troops’ battalion said Friday. Army officials say the total…

Less than two months after giving $10,000 to an initiative campaign committee tied to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a well-connected private prison company was tentatively awarded a $20 million contract by the state of California to operate a San Joaquin Valley…

A little bit of spicy chili peppers is all African farmers need to keep hungry elephants from stealing crops. Meanwhile, in our backyard garden, I’ve got about ten species of hot peppers growing, including the fearsome Habanero, which are just…

“A quintet of ‘podheads’ in Oklahoma has struck cyber-gold on the Internet with a rock-and-roll song that celebrates podcasts and denigrates terrestrial radio. “On a Podcast” is a light-hearted and profane anthem praising the freedom that artists have to create…