Day August 11, 2005

From The Blanket, a “Journal of Protest and Dissent”, their view of the IRA disarming. It is almost two weeks since the IRA announced a conclusion to its failed campaign to achieve a British declaration of intent to withdraw from…

Podshow joined by Kleiner? The stakes have been raised. Podshow, Adam Curry’s new-new-media startup, has reportedly secured $8.85 million in funding from Silicon Valley venture capitalists Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. (Hat tip: Podcasting News) The proceeds will give Adam…

From Mike at Crooks and Liars in an email Okay, front page in the Washington Post today: In a rare move, the Army relieved a four-star general of his command amid allegations that he had an extramarital affair with a…

Siberia feels the heat. It’s a frozen peat bog the size of France and Germany combined, contains billions of tonnes of greenhouse gas and, for the first time since the ice age, it is melting. The researchers found that what…

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