The IRA disarms

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…

Podcasting gets VC money

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…

Global warming hits ‘tipping point’

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…

More on the Cuban Five

The decision from the judges was unamimous. This was the first time ever that a verdict was voided and a new trial ordered based on the refusal of the original court to permit a change of venue. This is a…

Weird

For the past several weeks Polizeros has been getting 200-300 hits a day from Googles Images by people looking for Abu Ghraib prison photos. This has been quite steady and it’s always 200-300 a day. I have no explanation.